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Duncan Renaldo‌

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Duncan Renaldo

Oancea, Galați, Romania

Duncan Renaldo

Oancea, Galați, Romania

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1904-04-23

Popularity

star3.4

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.

Movie Credits

The Capture

The Capture‌
star5.8
calendar 1950

Outlaws of the Desert

Outlaws of the Desert‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

Hands Across the Border

Hands Across the Border‌
star5.5
calendar 1944

Trader Horn

Trader Horn‌
star5.3
calendar 1931

South of the Border

South of the Border‌
star5.0
calendar 1939

Spawn of the North

Spawn of the North‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

Rebellion

Rebellion‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Pals of the Prairie

Pals of the Prairie‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

Down Mexico Way

Down Mexico Way‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

San Antonio Kid

San Antonio Kid‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

The Moth

The Moth‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey‌
star8.0
calendar 1929

Cowboys from Texas

Cowboys from Texas‌
star2.0
calendar 1939

Zorro Rides Again

Zorro Rides Again‌
star7.0
calendar 1937

Special Agent K-7

Special Agent K-7‌
star3.8
calendar 1936

Heroes of the Saddle

Heroes of the Saddle‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Lady Luck

Lady Luck‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

Jungle Flight

Jungle Flight‌
star5.9
calendar 1947

Ten Laps to Go

Ten Laps to Go‌
star4.0
calendar 1936

Covered Wagon Days

Covered Wagon Days‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

King of the Texas Rangers

King of the Texas Rangers‌
star6.0
calendar 1941

Jungle Menace

Jungle Menace‌
star5.0
calendar 1937

Sky Racket

Sky Racket‌
star3.3
calendar 1937

Oklahoma Renegades

Oklahoma Renegades‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Gauchos of El Dorado

Gauchos of El Dorado‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

Moonlight Murder

Moonlight Murder‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

Pioneers of the West

Pioneers of the West‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

The Tiger Woman

The Tiger Woman‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

Two Minutes to Play

Two Minutes to Play‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

The Lone Ranger Rides Again

The Lone Ranger Rides Again‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

Rough Riders' Round-up

Rough Riders' Round-up‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

The Daring Caballero

The Daring Caballero‌
star6.0
calendar 1949

Jungle Terror

Jungle Terror‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

Sword of the Avenger

Sword of the Avenger‌
star8.0
calendar 1948

Mile a Minute Love

Mile a Minute Love‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

Rose of the Rio Grande

Rose of the Rio Grande‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

The Kansas Terrors

The Kansas Terrors‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Rocky Mountain Rangers

Rocky Mountain Rangers‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

In Old New Mexico

In Old New Mexico‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

The Gay Amigo

The Gay Amigo‌
star6.5
calendar 1949

The Cisco Kid Returns

The Cisco Kid Returns‌
star8.0
calendar 1945

South of Panama

South of Panama‌
star6.0
calendar 1941

A Yank in Libya

A Yank in Libya‌
star4.3
calendar 1942

Tiger Fangs

Tiger Fangs‌
star4.0
calendar 1943

Gaucho Serenade

Gaucho Serenade‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Trapped in Tia Juana

Trapped in Tia Juana‌
star4.0
calendar 1932

For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls‌
star6.5
calendar 1943

Call of the South Seas

Call of the South Seas‌
star5.0
calendar 1944

The Fighting Seabees

The Fighting Seabees‌
star6.2
calendar 1944

The Girl from San Lorenzo

The Girl from San Lorenzo‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

The Painted Stallion

The Painted Stallion‌
star4.5
calendar 1937

King of the Mounties

King of the Mounties‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Sheriff of Sundown

Sheriff of Sundown‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

South of the Rio Grande

South of the Rio Grande‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Satan's Cradle

Satan's Cradle‌
star4.2
calendar 1949

The Valiant Hombre

The Valiant Hombre‌
star0.0
calendar 1948

Bad Men of Missouri

Bad Men of Missouri‌
star5.6
calendar 1941

Border Patrol

Border Patrol‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

Clothes Make the Woman

Clothes Make the Woman‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Around the World

Around the World‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

Mission to Moscow

Mission to Moscow‌
star5.2
calendar 1943

Tropic Holiday

Tropic Holiday‌
star5.0
calendar 1938

The Mad Empress

The Mad Empress‌
star5.6
calendar 1939

Public Stenographer

Public Stenographer‌
star4.5
calendar 1934

Secret Service In Darkest Africa

Secret Service In Darkest Africa‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

Tv Credits

The Cisco Kid

The Cisco Kid‌
star6.4
calendar 1950

Western von gestern

Western von gestern‌
star7.5
calendar 1978