Duncan Renaldo
1904-04-23 ( 120 years old ) in Oancea, Galați, Romania

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.

Movies

Hollywood: The Dream Factory 1972-01-10
The Capture 1950-04-08
The Girl from San Lorenzo 1950-02-24
Satan's Cradle 1949-10-06
The Daring Caballero 1949-06-13
The Gay Amigo 1949-05-13
The Valiant Hombre 1948-12-15
Sword of the Avenger 1948-06-02
Jungle Flight 1947-08-22
Jungle Terror 1946-06-01
South of the Rio Grande 1945-09-15
In Old New Mexico 1945-05-15
The Cisco Kid Returns 1945-02-16
Sheriff of Sundown 1944-11-07
San Antonio Kid 1944-08-16
The Tiger Woman 1944-05-27
Call of the South Seas 1944-04-07
The Fighting Seabees 1944-01-27
Hands Across the Border 1944-01-05
Around the World 1943-11-27
Tiger Fangs 1943-09-10
Secret Service In Darkest Africa 1943-07-24
For Whom the Bell Tolls 1943-07-12
Mission to Moscow 1943-04-29
Border Patrol 1943-04-02
King of the Mounties 1942-10-17
A Yank in Libya 1942-07-24
Outlaws of the Desert 1941-11-01
Gauchos of El Dorado 1941-10-24
Down Mexico Way 1941-10-15
King of the Texas Rangers 1941-10-03
Bad Men of Missouri 1941-07-26
South of Panama 1941-05-02
Heroes of the Saddle 1940-12-01
Oklahoma Renegades 1940-08-29
Rocky Mountain Rangers 1940-05-24
Gaucho Serenade 1940-05-09
Covered Wagon Days 1940-04-22
Pioneers of the West 1940-03-12
The Mad Empress 1939-12-16
South of the Border 1939-12-15
Cowboys from Texas 1939-11-29
The Kansas Terrors 1939-10-05
Rough Riders' Round-up 1939-03-13
The Lone Ranger Rides Again 1939-02-25
Spawn of the North 1938-08-26
Tropic Holiday 1938-06-29
Rose of the Rio Grande 1938-03-15
Zorro Rides Again 1937-11-20
Sky Racket 1937-10-01
Jungle Menace 1937-09-01
The Painted Stallion 1937-06-05
Mile a Minute Love 1937-04-05
Ten Laps to Go 1936-12-05
Two Minutes to Play 1936-11-02
Rebellion 1936-10-27
Lady Luck 1936-09-13
Special Agent K-7 1936-05-04
Moonlight Murder 1936-03-27
The Moth 1934-01-14
Public Stenographer 1934-01-09
Trapped in Tia Juana 1932-08-14
Trader Horn 1931-02-03
Pals of the Prairie 1929-07-01
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 1929-03-30
Clothes Make the Woman 1928-06-04

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