Bill O’Neal 
Reel Rangers 
Texas Rangers in Movies, TV, Radio & Other Forms of Popular Culture

For more than a century the world’s most famous law enforcement body has inspired novelists, actors, and filmmakers. From ’The Lone Ranger’ to ’Walker, Texas Ranger, ’ from Zane Grey’s ’The Lone Star Ranger’ to Larry Mc Murtry’s ’Lonesome Dove, ’ Texas Rangers have been portrayed on the silver screen, network radio, and television. John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Tom Mix, Clint Eastwood, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, and a host of lesser Western stars each took his turn at depicting Texas Rangers. Decade by decade, movie by movies, ’Reel Rangers’ explores in detail-rich popular that has dramatized the heroic mystique of the Texas Rangers.