Duncan Renaldo filmography

Duncan Renaldo as the Cisco Kid with his horse Diablo

Duncan Renaldo (1904–1980) was an American actor of European birth. He was best known in the 1950s United States for his lead role in the The Cisco Kid, which co-starred Leo Carrillo as Pancho. The children's television series ran for six years and 156 episodes 1950–1956.^[1] He and Carrillo first crossed professional paths in the 1935 film Moonlight Murder. Prior to his television success, Renaldo appeared in 67 feature-length films beginning in the silent era. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer hired him in 1929 for a silent version of The Bridge of San Luis Rey.^[2] Paramount Pictures cast him in five films, including the acclaimed Two Years Before the Mast and For Whom the Bell Tolls.

Twenty of his films were for Republic Pictures, appearing alongside Republic lead stars John Wayne, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Bob Steele. When Ray Corrigan left the popular Three Mesquiteers series of western films in 1939, rather than immediately casting another actor in his recurring role of Tucson Smith, Republic created the role of Rico for Renaldo who portrayed the character in seven subsequent Mesquiteer films.^[3]

Although Renaldo was seen by audiences most often as Spanish surnamed characters, the Romania-born actor never knew his own parents or his ethnic heritage. His film career took a two-year hiatus at McNeil Island Federal Prison for falsifying passport documents by claiming his birthplace as New Jersey.^[4] When President Franklin D. Roosevelt granted him a pardon in 1936, he was able to resume his career and was granted full American citizenship by Judge James O'Connor in 1941.^[5]

In 1945, he appeared in three Monogram Pictures films as the Cisco Kid, paired with Martin Garralaga as Cisco's sidekick Pancho. Preceding the successful television series, he and Leo Carrillo teamed up in 1949 and 1950 for five feature length Cisco Kid movies for United Artists, four of which he co-produced. For his contributions to the entertainment industry, Renaldo received a star at 1680 Vine Street on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960.^[6]

Films

Year	Title	As actor (role)	As writer	Director	Producer	Studio/Distributor	Other cast members	Ref(s)
1928	Clothes Make the Woman	unknown		Tom Terriss	—	Tiffany-Stahl Productions	Eve Southern, Walter Pidgeon	[7]
1928	The Naughty Duchess	Armand		Tom Terriss	—	Tiffany-Stahl Productions	Eve Southern, H. B. Warner	[8]
1929	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	Esteban		Charles Brabin	—	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Lili Damita, Raquel Torres	[9]
1929	Pals of the Prairie	Francisco		Louis King	—	F.B.O. Productions, Inc.	Frank Rice, Buzz Barton	[10]
1931	Trader Horn	Peru		W. S. Van Dyke	—	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Harry Carey, Edwina Booth	[11]
1932	Trapped in Tia Juana	Kenneth/El Zorro		Wallace Fox	George W. Weeks	Mayfair Pictures Corp, Action Pictures Inc.	Edwina Booth	[12]
1933	Public Stenographer	Jerome Eagan		Lewis D. Collins	D. J. Mountan	Showmen's Pictures, Inc., State Rights, Screencraft Productions, Inc.	Lola Lane	[13]
1935	The Moth	Don Pedro		Fred C. Newmeyer	Al Alt	Showmen's Pictures, Inc., Screencraft Productions, Inc.	Sally O'Neil, Paul Page, Wilfred Lucas	[14]
1936	Rebellion	Ricardo Castillo		Lynn Shores	E. B. Derr	Crescent Pictures Corp.	Tom Keene, Rita Hayworth	[15]
1936	Two Minutes to Play	Lew Ashley		Robert Hill	Sam Katzman	Victory Pictures Corp.	Herman Brix, Eddie Nugent	[16]
1936	Moonlight Murder	Pedro		Edwin L. Marin	Lucian Hubbard, Ned Marin	MGM	Leo Carrillo, Chester Morris	[17]
1936	Lady Luck	Tony Morelli		Charles Lamont	George R. Batcheller	Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corp	Patricia Farr, William Bakewell	[18]
1937	Mile-a-Minute-Love	Count Ribalto	X	Elmer Clifton	Fanchon Royer	Fanchon Royer Features, Inc., State Rights	William Bakewell, Arletta Duncan	[19]
1937	Special Agent K-7	Tony Black		Raymond K. Johnson	—	C. C. Burr Productions, Inc.	Walter McGrail, Queenie Smith	[20]
1937	Sky Racket	unknown		Sam Katzman	Sam Katzman	Victory Pictures	Herman Bix, Joan Barclay	[21]
1938	Spawn of the North	Ivan		Henry Hathaway	Albert Lewin	Paramount Pictures	George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, John Barrymore	[22]
1938	Ten Laps to Go	Eddie DeSilva		Elmer Clifton	Fanchon Rover	Fanchon Royer Features, Inc., State Rights, Ace Pictures Corp	Rex Lease, Muriel Evans	[23]
1938	Tropic Holiday	Young Blood		Theodore Reed	—	Paramount Pictures	Dorothy Lamour, Bob Burns, Ray Milland, Martha Raye, Binnie Barnes	[24]
1938	Rose of the Rio Grande	Sebastian		William Nigh	Dorothy Davenport Reid	Monogram Pictures	Movita Castaneda, John Carroll	[25]
1939	Rough Riders' Round-up	Alcalde Don Enriguez		Joseph Kane	Joseph Kane	Republic Pictures	Roy Rogers	[26]
1939	Cowboys from Texas	Rico		George Sherman	Harry Grey	Republic Pictures	Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Yakima Canutt	[27]
1939	South of the Border	Andreo/Mendoza		George Sherman	William A. Berke	Republic Pictures	Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette	[28]
1939	The Kansas Terrors	Rico		George Sherman	Harry Grey	Republic Pictures	Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Yakima Canutt	[29]
1939	The Mad Empress	Colonel Miguel Lopez		Miguel Contreras Torres	Miguel Contreras Torres	Warner Bros.	Conrad Nagel, Lionel Atwill, Medea Novora	[30]
1939	Zaza	Animal trainer		George Cukor	Albert Lewin	Paramount Pictures	Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Bert Lahr	[31]
1940	Covered Wagon Days	Rico		George Sherman	Harry Grey	Republic Pictures	Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton	[32]
1940	Gaucho Serenade	Gaucho Don José		Frank McDonald	William Berke	Republic Pictures	Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette	[33]
1940	Pioneers of the West	Rico		Lester Orlebeck	Harry Grey	Republic Pictures	Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton	[34]
1940	Oklahoma Renegades	Rico		Nate Watt	Harry Grey	Republic Pictures	Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton	[35]
1940	Heroes of the Saddle	Rico		William Witney	Harry Grey	Republic Pictures	Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton	[36]
1940	Rocky Mountain Rangers	Rico		George Sherman	Harry Grey	Republic Pictures	Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton	[37]
1941	Bad Men of Missouri	Henchman		Ray Enright	Jack L. Warner	Warner Bros.	Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman, Wayne Morris	[38]
1941	King of the Texas Rangers	Pedro Garcia		William Witney, John English	Hiram S. Brown Jr	Republic Pictures	"Slingin' Sammy Baugh"	[39]
1941	Down Mexico Way	Juan		Joseph Santley	Harry Grey	Republic Pictures	Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette	[40]
1941	Gauchos of El Dorado	José Ojara, the Gaucho		Lester Orlebeck	Louis Gray	Republic Pictures	Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Rufe Davis, Yakima Canutt	[41]
1941	Outlaws of the Desert	Sheik Suleiman		Howard Bretherton	Harry Sherman	Paramount Pictures	William Boyd	[42]
1941	South of Panama	Captain of police		Jean Yarbrough	Melville Shyer	Producers Releasing Corp., T. H. Richmond Productions, Inc.	Roger Pryor	[43]
1942	We Were Dancing	Sam Estrella		Robert Z. Leonard	Robert Z. Leonard, Orville O. Dull	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Norma Shearer, Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick	[44]
1942	A Yank in Libya	Sheik Isic David		Albert Herman	George M. Merrick	Producers Releasing Corp., M & A Productions	H.B. Warner	[45]
1943	For Whom the Bell Tolls	Lieutenant Berrendo		Sam Wood	Sam Wood	Paramount Pictures	Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff	[46]
1943	Mission to Moscow	Italian reporter		Michael Curtiz	Jack L. Warner	Warner Bros.	Walter Huston, Ann Harding, Oskar Homolka	[47]
1943	Tiger Fangs	Peter Jeremy		Sam Newfield	Jack Schwarz	Producers Releasing Corporation	Frank Buck	[48]
1943	Secret Service in Darkest Africa	Captain Pierre LaSalle		Spencer Gordon Bennet	William J. O'Sullivan	Republic Pictures	Rod Cameron	[49]
1943	Border Patrol	Commandant La Barca		Lesley Selander	Harry Sherman	United Artists	William Boyd, Robert Mitchum	[50]
1944	The Tiger Woman	José Delgado		Spencer Gordon Bennet	William J. O'Sullivan	Republic Pictures	Linda Stirling	[49]
1944	The Desert Song	Captain of the Guard		Robert Florey	Robert Buckner	Warner Bros.	Dennis Morgan, Irene Manning, Bruce Cabot	[51]
1944	Hands Across the Border	Juan Morales		Joseph Kane	—	Republic Pictures	Roy Rogers	[52]
1944	The Fighting Seabees	Juan		Edward Ludwig	Albert J. Cohen	Republic Pictures	John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley	[53]
1944	Call of the South Seas	Charcot		John English	Walter H. Goetz	Republic Pictures	Allan Lane, Janet Martin	[54]
1944	Around the World	Dragoman		Allan Dwan	Allan Dwan	RKO Pictures	Kay Kyser, Mischa Auer, Joan Davis	[55]
1944	The San Antonio Kid	Johnny Bennett, the San Antonio Kid		Howard Bretherton	William J. O'Sullivan	Republic Pictures	Bill Elliott, Robert Blake	[56]
1944	Sheriff of Sundown	Chihuahua Ramirez		Lesley Selander	William J. O'Sullivan	Republic Pictures	Allan Lane	[57]
1945	In Old New Mexico	The Cisco Kid		Phil Rosen	Philip N. Krasne	Monogram Pictures	Martin Garralaga	[58]
1945	The Cisco Kid Returns	The Cisco Kid		John P. McCarthy	Philip N. Krasne	Monogram Pictures	Martin Garralaga	[59]
1945	South of the Rio Grande	The Cisco Kid		Lambert Hillyer	Lindsley Parsons	Monogram Pictures	Martin Garralaga	[60]
1946	Don Ricardo Returns	—	X	Terry O. Morse	James S. Burkett, Duncan Renaldo	Producers Releasing Corporation	Fred Coby, Isabelita	[61]
1946	Two Years Before the Mast	Mexican captain		John Farrow	Seton I. Miller	Paramount Pictures	Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix, Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Da Silva	[62]
1947	Bells of San Fernando	—	X	Terry O. Morse	Duncan Renaldo, James S. Burkett	Screen Guild Productions, inc., Hillcrest Productions, Inc.	Donald Woods, Gloria Warren	[63]
1947	Jungle Flight	Police Captain Costa		Sam Newfield	—	Pine-Thomas Productions, Paramount Pictures	Robert Lowery, Ann Savage, Barton MacLane	[64]
1948	Sword of the Avenger	Fernando		Sidney Salkow	Sidney Salkow	Eagle-Lion Films, United Philippine Artists, Inc.	Ramon Delgado, Sigrid Gurie	[65]
1949	The Valiant Hombre	The Cisco Kid		Wallace Fox	Philip N. Krasne, Duncan Renaldo	United Artists, Inter-American Productions, Inc.	Leo Carrillo, John Litel	[66]
1949	The Daring Caballero	The Cisco Kid		Wallace Fox	Philip N. Krasne, Duncan Renaldo	United Artists, Inter-American Productions, Inc.	Leo Carrillo, Kippee Valez	[67]
1949	The Gay Amigo	The Cisco Kid		Wallace Fox	Philip N. Krasne, Duncan Renaldo	United Artists, Inter-American Productions, Inc.	Leo Carrillo, Armida	[68]
1949	Satan's Cradle	The Cisco Kid		Ford Beebe	Philip N. Krasne, Duncan Renaldo	United Artists, Inter-American Productions, Inc.	Leo Carrillo, Ann Savage	[69]
1950	The Girl from San Lorenzo	The Cisco Kid		Derwin Abrahams	Philip N. Krasne	United Artists, Inter-American Productions, Inc.	Leo Carrillo, Jane Adams	[70]
1950	The Capture	Carlos		John Sturges	Niven Busch	RKO Pictures	Lew Ayres, Teresa Wright, Victor Jory	[71]
1951	The Highwayman	—	X	Lesley Selander	Hal E. Chester, Jack Dietz	Monogram Pictures	Wanda Hendrix, Victor Jory, Charles Coburn	[72]
1951	The Lady and the Bandit	—	X	Ralph Murphy	—	Columbia Pictures	Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina	[73]

See also

• Leo Carrillo on stage and screen

Citations

1. Rivera-Viruet, Resto (2008) , p. 77; Morton, Adamson (2009), p, 164
2. Hischak (2012), p. 32
3. Hurst (2007), p, 164
4. Kessler (2010), p. 133
5. Starr (2001), pp. 207–208
6. "Duncan Renaldo's Star". Hollywood Walk of Fame. Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
7. "Clothes Make the Woman". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
8. "The Naughty Duchess". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
9. Hischak (2012), p. 32;"The Bridge of San Luis Rey". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
10. "Pals of the Prairie". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
11. Tuska (1999), p. 33;"Trader Horn". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
12. "Trapped in Tia Juana". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
13. "Public Stenographer". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
14. "The Moth". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
15. "Rebellion". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
16. "Two Minutes to Play". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
17. "Moonlight Murder". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
18. "Lady Luck". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
19. "Mile-a-Minute-Love". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
20. "Special Agent K-7". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
21. "Sky Racket". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
22. Aaker (2013), p. 77;"Spawn of the North". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
23. "Ten Laps to Go". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
24. "Tropic Holiday". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
25. "Rose of the Rio Grande". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
26. "Rough Riders' Round-up". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
27. Hurst (2007), p, 164;"Cowboys from Texas". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
28. Mavis (2011), p. 572;"South of the Border". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
29. Hurst (2007), p, 164;"The Kansas Terrors". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
30. "The Mad Empress". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
31. "Zaza". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
32. Hurst (2007), p, 164;"Covered Wagon Days". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
33. "Gaucho Serenade". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
34. Hurst (2007), p, 164;"Pioneers of the West". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
35. Hurst (2007), p, 164;"Oklahoma Renegades". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
36. Hurst (2007), p, 164;"Heroes of the Saddle". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
37. Hurst (2007), p, 164;"Rocky Mountain Rangers". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
38. "Bad Men of Missouri". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
39. King of the Texas Rangers at the Internet Movie Database
40. "Down Mexico Way". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
41. "Gauchos of El Dorado". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
42. "Outlaws of the Desert". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
43. "South of Panama". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
44. "We Were Dancing". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
45. "A Yank in Libya". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
46. Holston (2012), p. 288;"For Whom the Bell Tolls". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
47. "Mission to Moscow". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
48. "Tiger Fangs". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
49. Fletcher (2009), pp. 53.86
50. "Border Patrol". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
51. "Desert Song". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
52. "Hands Across the Border". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
53. McGhee (1999), p, 336;"The Fighting Seebees". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
54. "Call of the South Seas". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
55. "Around the World". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
56. Blottner (2007), pp. 120–121;"The San Antonio Kid". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
57. "Sheriff of Sundown". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
58. "In Old New Mexico". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
59. "The Cisco Kid Returns". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
60. "South of the Rio Grande". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
61. "Don Ricardo Returns". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
62. "Two Years Before the Mast". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
63. "Bells of San Fernando". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
64. "Jungle Flight". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
65. "Sword of the Avenger". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
66. Drew (2014), p. 83;"The Valiant Hombre". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
67. Drew (2014), p. 83;"The Darling Caballero". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
68. Drew (2014), p. 83;"The Gay Amigo". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
69. Drew (2014), p. 83;"Satan's Cradle". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
70. Drew (2014), p. 83;"The Girl from San Lorenzo". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
71. "The Capture". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
72. "The Highwayman". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
73. "The Lady and the Bandit". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved August 10, 2014.

References

• Aaker, Everett (2013). George Raft: The Films. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-6646-7.
• Blottner, Gene (2007). Wild Bill Elliott: A Complete Filmography. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-8025-8.
• Drew, Bernard A. (2014). Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide. New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-72665-8.
• Fletcher, Anthony L. (2009). Don't Dare Miss the Next Thrilling Chapter. Minneapolis, MN: Mill City Press, Inc.,. ISBN 978-1-936107-18-6.
• Hischak, Thomas S. (June 2012). American Literature on Stage and Screen: 525 Works and Their Adaptations. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-9279-4.
• Holston, Kim R. (2012). Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911–1973. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-9261-9.
• Hurst, Richard M. (2007). Republic Studios: Beyond Poverty Row and the Majors. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1-4617-3170-2.
• Kessler, Lauren (2010). The Happy Bottom Riding Club: The Life and Times of Pancho Barnes. Random House. ISBN 978-0-307-76964-0.
• Mavis, Paul (2011). The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999. McFarland & Company. p. 572. ISBN 978-1-4766-0427-5.
• McGhee, Richard D. (1999). John Wayne: Actor, Artist, Hero. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0752-1.
• Morton, Lisa; Adamson, Kent (2009). Savage Detours: The Life and Work of Ann Savage. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-5706-9.
• Rivera-Viruet, Rafael J.; Resto, Max (2008). Hollywood-- Se Habla Español. Terramax Entertainment. ISBN 978-0-9816650-0-9.
• Starr, Jimmy (2001). Barefoot on Barbed Wire: An Autobiography of a Forty-year Hollywood Balancing Act. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3941-0.
• Tuska, Jon (1999). The Vanishing Legion: A History of Mascot Pictures, 1927–1935. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0749-1.

External links

• Duncan Renaldo at the Internet Movie Database