Western von gestern
1978 · TV Show
as Renaldo
Duncan Renaldo
1904-04-23
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Oancea, Galați, Romania
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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.
Filmography
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Capture
1950 · Movie
as Carlos
The Girl from San Lorenzo
1950 · Movie
as The Cisco Kid
The Cisco Kid
1950 · TV Show
as The Cisco Kid
The Daring Caballero
1949 · Movie
as The Cisco Kid
The Gay Amigo
1949 · Movie
as The Cisco Kid
Satan's Cradle
1949 · Movie
as The Cisco Kid
Sword of the Avenger
1948 · Movie
as Fernando
The Valiant Hombre
1948 · Movie
as The Cisco Kid
Jungle Flight
1947 · Movie
as Police Captain Costa
Jungle Terror
1946 · Movie
as Armand Roget
In Old New Mexico
1945 · Movie
as The Cisco Kid
The Cisco Kid Returns
1945 · Movie
as The Cisco Kid
South of the Rio Grande
1945 · Movie
as The Cisco Kid
Hands Across the Border
1944 · Movie
as Juan Morales
San Antonio Kid
1944 · Movie
as Johnny Bennett
The Tiger Woman
1944 · Movie
as José Delgado
Call of the South Seas
1944 · Movie
as Commissioner Charcot
The Fighting Seabees
1944 · Movie
as Construction Worker at Party
Sheriff of Sundown
1944 · Movie
as Chihuahua Ramírez
Tiger Fangs
1943 · Movie
as Peter Jeremy
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943 · Movie
as Lt. Berrendo
Border Patrol
1943 · Movie
as Commandante
Around the World
1943 · Movie
as Dragoman
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Movie
as Italian Reporter (uncredited)
Secret Service In Darkest Africa
1943 · Movie
as Capt. Pierre LaSalle
A Yank in Libya
1942 · Movie
as Sheik David
King of the Mounties
1942 · Movie
as Pierre (Ch. 1, 11-12)
Outlaws of the Desert
1941 · Movie
as Sheik Suleiman
Down Mexico Way
1941 · Movie
as Juan
King of the Texas Rangers
1941 · Movie
as Lt. Pedro Garcia
Gauchos of El Dorado
1941 · Movie
as Gaucho / José Ojara
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South of Panama
1941 · Movie
as Captain of Police
Bad Men of Missouri
1941 · Movie
as Dan
Heroes of the Saddle
1940 · Movie
as Rico
Covered Wagon Days
1940 · Movie
as Rico Rinaldo
Oklahoma Renegades
1940 · Movie
as Rico Rinaldo
Pioneers of the West
1940 · Movie
as Rico
Rocky Mountain Rangers
1940 · Movie
as Rico
Gaucho Serenade
1940 · Movie
as Gaucho Don José
South of the Border
1939 · Movie
as Andreo Mendoza
Cowboys from Texas
1939 · Movie
as Rico Rinaldo
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939 · Movie
as Juan Vasquez
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939 · Movie
as Alcalde Don Enriguez
The Kansas Terrors
1939 · Movie
as Renaldo
The Mad Empress
1939 · Movie
as Col. Miguel López
Spawn of the North
1938 · Movie
as Ivan
Rose of the Rio Grande
1938 · Movie
as Sebastian
Tropic Holiday
1938 · Movie
as Young Blood (uncredited)
Zorro Rides Again
1937 · Movie
as Renaldo
Jungle Menace
1937 · Movie
as Armand Roget
Sky Racket
1937 · Movie
as Count Barksi
Mile a Minute Love
1937 · Movie
as Count Ribalto
The Painted Stallion
1937 · Movie
as Zamorro
Rebellion
1936 · Movie
as Ricardo Castillo
Special Agent K-7
1936 · Movie
as Tony Blank
Lady Luck
1936 · Movie
as Tony Morelli
Ten Laps to Go
1936 · Movie
as Eddie DeSylva
Moonlight Murder
1936 · Movie
as Pedro
Two Minutes to Play
1936 · Movie
as Lew Ashley
The Moth
1934 · Movie
as Don Pedro
Public Stenographer
1934 · Movie
as Henchman Orsini
Trapped in Tia Juana
1932 · Movie
as Lt. Kenneth Holbert / El Zorro
Trader Horn
1931 · Movie
as Peru
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Pals of the Prairie
1929 · Movie
as Francisco Valencia
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1929 · Movie
as Esteban
Clothes Make the Woman
1928 · Movie
