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Duncan Renaldo
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Duncan Renaldo
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1904-04-23,Oancea, Galați, Romania
Gender
Male
Biography
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

6.167

The Capture
1950-04-08

Outlaws of the Desert

6

Outlaws of the Desert
1941-11-01

Hands Across the Border

6

Hands Across the Border
1944-01-05

5.4

Trader Horn
1931-02-03

South of the Border

6

South of the Border
1939-12-15

Spawn of the North

6.042

Spawn of the North
1938-08-26

8

Rebellion
1936-10-27

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

7.333

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10

Pals of the Prairie

8

Pals of the Prairie
1929-07-01

Down Mexico Way

10

Down Mexico Way
1941-10-15

San Antonio Kid

8

San Antonio Kid
1944-08-16

0

The Moth
1934-01-14

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

8

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
1929-03-30

Cowboys from Texas

6

Cowboys from Texas
1939-11-29

Zorro Rides Again

7.5

Zorro Rides Again
1937-11-20

Special Agent K-7

4.875

Special Agent K-7
1936-05-04

Heroes of the Saddle

9

Heroes of the Saddle
1940-12-01

6.333

Lady Luck
1936-09-13

5.9

Jungle Flight
1947-08-22

5.5

Ten Laps to Go
1936-12-05

Covered Wagon Days

9

Covered Wagon Days
1940-04-22

King of the Texas Rangers

7

King of the Texas Rangers
1941-10-03

7

Jungle Menace
1937-09-01

3.833

Sky Racket
1937-10-01

Oklahoma Renegades

10

Oklahoma Renegades
1940-08-29

Gauchos of El Dorado

7

Gauchos of El Dorado
1941-10-24

Moonlight Murder

4.833

Moonlight Murder
1936-03-27

Pioneers of the West

7

Pioneers of the West
1940-03-12

The Tiger Woman

7.5

The Tiger Woman
1944-05-27

Two Minutes to Play

5.667

Two Minutes to Play
1936-11-02

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

7.333

The Lone Ranger Rides Again
1939-02-25

Rough Riders' Round-up

5.25

Rough Riders' Round-up
1939-03-13

The Daring Caballero

6

The Daring Caballero
1949-06-13

7

Jungle Terror
1946-06-01

Sword of the Avenger

7.667

Sword of the Avenger
1948-06-02

Mile a Minute Love

7

Mile a Minute Love
1937-04-05

Rose of the Rio Grande

7

Rose of the Rio Grande
1938-03-15

The Kansas Terrors

10

The Kansas Terrors
1939-10-05

Rocky Mountain Rangers

8

Rocky Mountain Rangers
1940-05-24

In Old New Mexico

7

In Old New Mexico
1945-05-15

6.833

The Gay Amigo
1949-05-13

The Cisco Kid Returns

7

The Cisco Kid Returns
1945-02-16

South of Panama

7.5

South of Panama
1941-05-02

A Yank in Libya

4.714

A Yank in Libya
1942-07-24

7

Tiger Fangs
1943-09-10

Gaucho Serenade

6.5

Gaucho Serenade
1940-05-09

Trapped in Tia Juana

6

Trapped in Tia Juana
1932-08-14

For Whom the Bell Tolls

6.5

For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943-07-12

Call of the South Seas

7

Call of the South Seas
1944-04-07

The Fighting Seabees

6.302

The Fighting Seabees
1944-01-27

The Girl from San Lorenzo

8

The Girl from San Lorenzo
1950-02-24

The Painted Stallion

5.375

The Painted Stallion
1937-06-05

King of the Mounties

8

King of the Mounties
1942-10-17

Sheriff of Sundown

9

Sheriff of Sundown
1944-11-07

South of the Rio Grande

7

South of the Rio Grande
1945-09-15

5.4

Satan's Cradle
1949-10-06

The Valiant Hombre

8

The Valiant Hombre
1948-12-15

Bad Men of Missouri

6.167

Bad Men of Missouri
1941-07-26

6.25

Border Patrol
1943-04-02

Clothes Make the Woman

10

Clothes Make the Woman
1928-06-04

Around the World

6.333

Around the World
1943-11-27

Mission to Moscow

5.738

Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29

6.167

Tropic Holiday
1938-06-29

The Mad Empress

5.75

The Mad Empress
1939-12-16

Public Stenographer

5.667

Public Stenographer
1934-01-09

Secret Service In Darkest Africa

7

Secret Service In Darkest Africa
1943-07-24

6.1

The Cisco Kid
1950-09-05

Western von gestern

7.7

Western von gestern
1978-05-05