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George Washington Trendle (July 4, 1884 – May 10, 1972) was an American lawyer and businessman, best known as the producer of the Lone Ranger radio and television programs along with The Green Hornet and Sergeant Preston of the Yukon.
When George Washington Trendle Jr was born on 22 February 1918, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, his father, George Washington Trendle Sr, was 33 and his mother, Kathryn Marion Mylne, was 33.
After a long and successful career in radio and television broadcasting, George W. Trendle died on May 10, 1972 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, at the age of 87. He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit.
He first appeared in 1933 in a radio show on WXYZ (Detroit), conceived either by station owner George W. Trendle or by Fran Striker, the show's writer. Test episodes aired earlier on radio station WEBR in Buffalo.
George W. Trendle, Junior, American lawyer, specializing in the field of Estate Planning Law, Wills Law, Trusts Law, Probate Law Semi-retired.
Trendle is survived by his wife, Adelaide; a son, George W. Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. Dwight Johnston; and five grandchildren. His home was in Grosse Pointe Shores and he maintained an office in the Mutual Building, where he could look down on the marquees of theaters he once owned.
May 12, 1972 · GROSSE POINTE, Mich., May 11 (UPI)—George W. Trendle, a former radio executive who created “The Lone Ranger,” “Sgt. Preston of the Yukon” “The Green Hornet,” died yesterday of a ...
