Duncan ronaldo biography

A total of episodes were produced. By the time the last show was filmed in , Renaldo had so many injuries from doing his own stunts that he was no longer able to mount a horse. The actor retired to a ranch in Santa Barbara, California. Because the shows had been filmed in color, they had a long life in reruns in the 's and 's. He was often called upon to make public appearances as the Cisco Kid, which he did with great enthusiasm, often accompanied by the horse Diablo that he rode in the television series.

Until his death in , costar Carrillo was a frequent visitor to the ranch. In the rock group War recorded a song called "Cisco Kid, " which Renaldo promoted with a television appearance. He died in Santa Barbara. Duncan Renaldo has been listed as a notable author, actor. He impressed interviewers as a thoughtful and soft-spoken man who was filled with endless enthusiasm for the acting profession and for the role that made him famous.

He married his first wife, Suzette, and fathered a son in the early 's. In he married Lea Rosenblatt and the marriage ended in divorce seven years later. The couple had three children. In he married his third wife, Audrey. Back to Profile. Photos Works. Main Photo. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history.

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Duncan ronaldo biography

The Daring Caballero 6. The Gay Amigo 6. The Valiant Hombre 6. Sword of the Avenger 6. Jungle Flight 5. Two Years Before the Mast 6. The Little Witch 7. South of the Rio Grande 6. In Old New Mexico 6. The Cisco Kid Returns 6. Sheriff of Sundown 6. See all. Previous 7. The Lady and the Bandit 6. July 1, - September 3, his death. Suzette Echard - divorced.

Suzette Echard? During the season of The Cisco Kid , he was severely injured in a rock fall and hospitalized through nine episodes. The producers had Cisco wearing masks, disguised as a ghost and used other gimmicks where they could use doubles. He had to record his lines--and shoot his close-ups--from his hospital bed, and the producers also used previously shot footage of him.

Sidekick Pancho got along on a palomino named Loco. The horses' names came out of the radio series. Renaldo was arrested for illegal immigration in he was a sailor on a ship that docked in Maryland in the late s but caught fire at the pier and burned, stranding him in the US. There was some confusion as to his birthplace--he was orphaned as a child in Europe and didn't know where he was born--and since the authorities didn't know to which country he should be deported, he was imprisoned for a year.

He was "rescued" by Republic Pictures president Herbert J. Yates , who signed him to a contract and vouched for him, and he was eventually granted a pardon by President Franklin D.