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Duncan Renaldo

Duncan Renaldo

To most audiences, Duncan Renaldo will always be identified as film and TV's "The Cisco Kid." However, this role occurred late in his career, which consisted of much more than just this western character. Not much is known about Renaldo's early life. In fact, his date and place of birth is still questioned. The usual given birth date is April 23, 1904. His birthplace has been generally stated as Spain--he has said that his first memories as a child were in Spain--although Romania and even New Jersey have been mentioned as well. An orphan, he never knew his actual parents and was never able to ascertain the exact date and place of his birth. He was raised and educated in various European countries and arrived in the US in the early 1920s as a stoker on a Brazilian coal ship. Entering the country on a 90-day seaman's permit, he stayed when his ship caught fire at the dock and burned to the waterline. A paltry existence as a portrait painter forced him to seek other work, and he somehow found his way into films as a producer of short features, which in turn led to on-camera work as an actor with MGM in 1928. The studio capitalized on his dashing Hispanic looks and initially typed him as a "Latin lover", but it didn't last long. In the early 1930s his career was interrupted when he was arrested and faced deportation due to his illegal immigrant status. The actor was eventually pardoned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt--his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, had bought one of Renaldo's paintings, looked into his case and persuaded her husband to pardon him. He returned to minor films for both Republic and Monogram, alternating as heroic sidekick and villain. He co-starred as one of the Three Mesquiteers in the revamped film series, and showed up regularly in 1930s and 1940s cliffhangers, including The Painted Stallion (1937), Jungle Menace (1937), Zorro Rides Again (1937), King of the Mounties (1942), Secret Service in Darkest Africa (1943) The Tiger Woman (1944). In 1945 he began the Cisco Kid film series and transferred the character successfully to TV in the early 1950s, with Leo Carrillo as faithful sidekick Pancho. Renaldo made the character clean-shaven and more of a do-gooder than the roguish bandit who actually was in the books. Renaldo retired soon after the series' demise and died years later at Goleta Valley Community Hospital in California of lung cancer in 1980.

Personal information

Birthday

1904-04-23

Birth Place

Oancea, Galați, Romania

Movies and TV shows :

A Yank in Libya

A Yank in Libya

1942

4.3

Movie
Around the World

Around the World

1943

5.0

Movie
Bad Men of Missouri

Bad Men of Missouri

1941

5.6

Movie
Border Patrol

Border Patrol

1943

6.0

Movie
Call of the South Seas

Call of the South Seas

1944

5.0

Movie
Clothes Make the Woman

Clothes Make the Woman

1928

0.0

Movie
Covered Wagon Days

Covered Wagon Days

1940

0.0

Movie
Cowboys from Texas

Cowboys from Texas

1939

2.0

Movie
Down Mexico Way

Down Mexico Way

1941

0.0

Movie
For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1943

6.5

Movie
Gaucho Serenade

Gaucho Serenade

1940

0.0

Movie
Gauchos of El Dorado

Gauchos of El Dorado

1941

0.0

Movie
Hands Across the Border

Hands Across the Border

1944

5.5

Movie
Heroes of the Saddle

Heroes of the Saddle

1940

0.0

Movie
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

6.0

Movie
In Old New Mexico

In Old New Mexico

1945

0.0

Movie
Jungle Flight

Jungle Flight

1947

5.9

Movie
Jungle Menace

Jungle Menace

1937

5.0

Movie
Jungle Terror

Jungle Terror

1946

0.0

Movie
King of the Mounties

King of the Mounties

1942

0.0

Movie
King of the Texas Rangers

King of the Texas Rangers

1941

6.0

Movie
Lady Luck

Lady Luck

1936

5.0

Movie
Mile a Minute Love

Mile a Minute Love

1937

6.0

Movie
Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow

1943

5.2

Movie
Moonlight Murder

Moonlight Murder

1936

5.0

Movie
Oklahoma Renegades

Oklahoma Renegades

1940

0.0

Movie
Outlaws of the Desert

Outlaws of the Desert

1941

0.0

Movie
Pals of the Prairie

Pals of the Prairie

1929

0.0

Movie
Pioneers of the West

Pioneers of the West

1940

0.0

Movie
Public Stenographer

Public Stenographer

1934

4.5

Movie
Rebellion

Rebellion

1936

6.0

Movie
Rocky Mountain Rangers

Rocky Mountain Rangers

1940

0.0

Movie
Rose of the Rio Grande

Rose of the Rio Grande

1938

0.0

Movie
Rough Riders' Round-up

Rough Riders' Round-up

1939

6.0

Movie
San Antonio Kid

San Antonio Kid

1944

0.0

Movie
Satan's Cradle

Satan's Cradle

1949

4.2

Movie
Secret Service In Darkest Africa

Secret Service In Darkest Africa

1943

5.0

Movie
Sheriff of Sundown

Sheriff of Sundown

1944

0.0

Movie
Sky Racket

Sky Racket

1937

3.3

Movie
South of Panama

South of Panama

1941

6.0

Movie
South of the Border

South of the Border

1939

5.0

Movie
South of the Rio Grande

South of the Rio Grande

1945

0.0

Movie
Spawn of the North

Spawn of the North

1938

5.6

Movie
Special Agent K-7

Special Agent K-7

1936

3.8

Movie
Sword of the Avenger

Sword of the Avenger

1948

8.0

Movie
Ten Laps to Go

Ten Laps to Go

1936

4.0

Movie
The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

1929

7.5

Movie
The Capture

The Capture

1950

6.1

Movie
poster

The Cisco Kid

1950

6.4

TV
The Cisco Kid Returns

The Cisco Kid Returns

1945

8.0

Movie
The Daring Caballero

The Daring Caballero

1949

6.0

Movie
The Fighting Seabees

The Fighting Seabees

1944

6.2

Movie
The Gay Amigo

The Gay Amigo

1949

6.5

Movie
The Girl from San Lorenzo

The Girl from San Lorenzo

1950

0.0

Movie
The Kansas Terrors

The Kansas Terrors

1939

0.0

Movie
The Lone Ranger Rides Again

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

1939

6.0

Movie
The Mad Empress

The Mad Empress

1939

5.6

Movie
The Moth

The Moth

1934

0.0

Movie
The Painted Stallion

The Painted Stallion

1937

4.5

Movie
The Tiger Woman

The Tiger Woman

1944

6.0

Movie
The Valiant Hombre

The Valiant Hombre

1948

0.0

Movie
Tiger Fangs

Tiger Fangs

1943

4.0

Movie
Trader Horn

Trader Horn

1931

5.3

Movie
Trapped in Tia Juana

Trapped in Tia Juana

1932

4.0

Movie
Tropic Holiday

Tropic Holiday

1938

5.5

Movie
Two Minutes to Play

Two Minutes to Play

1936

5.0

Movie
poster

Western von gestern

1978

7.5

TV
Zorro Rides Again

Zorro Rides Again

1937

7.0

Movie