"The Cisco Kid" (1950) TV series 1950-1956

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

6 March 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

The Cisco Kid and his English-mangling sidekick Pancho travel the old west in the grand tradition of the Lone Ranger...

Plot Keywords:

Cisco Kid | Character Name In Title

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Duncan Renaldo	...	The Cisco Kid / ... (156 episodes, 1950-1956)
Leo Carrillo	...	Pancho / ... (156 episodes, 1950-1956)
Diablo	...	Cisco's Horse / ... (87 episodes, 1950-1956)
Loco	...	Pancho's Horse / ... (77 episodes, 1950-1956)

Series Directed by
Lambert Hillyer		(39 episodes, 1953-1956)
Paul Landres		(31 episodes, 1950-1954)
Eddie Davis		(29 episodes, 1951-1954)
Leslie Goodwins		(14 episodes, 1955-1956)
Derwin Abrahams		(13 episodes, 1950)
Sobey Martin		(8 episodes, 1952-1953)
George Cahan		(7 episodes, 1952)
Albert Herman		(6 episodes, 1950-1951)
Lew Landers		(6 episodes, 1953-1954)
Herbert I. Leeds		(2 episodes, 1953)

Series Writing credits
O. Henry		(156 episodes, 1950-1956)
J. Benton Cheney		(37 episodes, 1950-1956)
Barry Cohon		(17 episodes, 1954-1956)
Ande Lamb		(10 episodes, 1950-1956)
Barney A. Sarecky		(10 episodes, 1953-1956)
Warren Wilson		(9 episodes, 1951-1954)
Betty Burbridge		(6 episodes, 1950-1951)
Kenneth A. Enochs		(6 episodes, 1954-1956)
Robert Clayton		(5 episodes, 1952-1955)
Edmond Kelso		(5 episodes, 1952-1954)
Donn Mullally		(5 episodes, 1953-1956)
Wilbur S. Peacock		(5 episodes, 1954-1955)
Sherman L. Lowe		(4 episodes, 1950-1951)
Elizabeth Beecher		(4 episodes, 1951-1952)
George Callahan		(4 episodes, 1953-1954)
Louise Rousseau		(3 episodes, 1951)
Richard S. Conway		(3 episodes, 1952-1953)
Buckley Angell		(3 episodes, 1954-1956)
Royal K. Cole		(2 episodes, 1950)
Irwin Lieberman		(2 episodes, 1952-1953)
Larry Lund		(2 episodes, 1953-1956)
Roy Hamilton		(2 episodes, 1953-1954)
Ben Markson		(2 episodes, 1953)
Ed Gardner		(2 episodes, 1954-1956)
Gerald Geraghty		(2 episodes, 1954)

Series Produced by
Walter Schwimmer	....	producer / presentation producer (153 episodes, 1950-1956)
Frederick W. Ziv	....	executive producer / producer (27 episodes, 1950-1954)
Philip N. Krasne	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Albert Glasser		(156 episodes, 1950-1956)

Series Cinematography by
Curt Fetters		(59 episodes, 1952-1955)
Kenneth Peach		(52 episodes, 1950-1952)
Robert Hoffman		(20 episodes, 1954-1956)
Daniel B. Clark		(7 episodes, 1953-1954)
Monroe P. Askins		(5 episodes, 1955-1956)

Series Film Editing by
Asa Boyd Clark		(43 episodes, 1951-1956)
Martin G. Cohn		(23 episodes, 1950-1954)
John B. Woelz		(20 episodes, 1952-1955)
Sam Starr		(10 episodes, 1954-1956)
Thomas Scott		(10 episodes, 1955)
Tholen Gladden		(8 episodes, 1950)
Arthur H. Bell		(7 episodes, 1950-1955)
Charles Craft		(6 episodes, 1950-1954)
Owen C. Gladden		(2 episodes, 1950)
W. Duncan Mansfield		(2 episodes, 1954-1955)

Series Set Decoration by
Lucien Hafley		(47 episodes, 1953-1955)
Bruce MacDonald		(7 episodes, 1955)
Vin Taylor		(6 episodes, 1955-1956)
Robert C. Bradfield		(3 episodes, 1956)
Budd Friend		(2 episodes, 1956)

Series Makeup Department
George Gray	....	makeup artist (123 episodes, 1951-1956)
Glenn Cavender	....	makeup artist (5 episodes, 1953-1955)

Series Production Management
Eddie Davis	....	production manager / production supervisor (32 episodes, 1951-1954)
Barry Cohon	....	production supervisor (20 episodes, 1955-1956)
Leon Benson	....	production supervisor (3 episodes, 1953)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Eddie Stein	....	assistant director (50 episodes, 1951-1956)
Eddie Davis	....	assistant director (29 episodes, 1950-1952)
Donald Verk	....	assistant director (26 episodes, 1953-1955)
William A. O'Connor	....	assistant director (9 episodes, 1950)
Marty Moss	....	assistant director (7 episodes, 1955)
George Loper	....	assistant director (4 episodes, 1952-1953)
Louis Germonprez	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1950)
Lou Perlof	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1950)
Joe Wonder	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1954)
Ralph Slosser	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1955)
Edward F. Mull	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1956)

Series Art Department
Lucien Hafley	....	property master (43 episodes, 1951-1953)
Ygnacio Sepulveda	....	property master (42 episodes, 1953-1956)
Eugene C. Stone	....	property master (22 episodes, 1950-1951)
Victor E. Petrotta Sr.	....	property master (22 episodes, 1955-1956)
Donald Sandstrom	....	property master (13 episodes, 1950-1951)
Jack T. Collis	....	set designer (12 episodes, 1955-1956)
Max Pittman	....	property master (10 episodes, 1955)

Series Sound Department
Garry A. Harris	....	sound / sound mixer (99 episodes, 1950-1956)
Herbert Norsch	....	sound supervisor / sound (45 episodes, 1951-1954)
Gus Galvin	....	sound supervisor (39 episodes, 1954-1956)
Jay Ashworth	....	sound mixer (27 episodes, 1955-1956)
Victor B. Appel	....	sound (9 episodes, 1950)
Hugh McDowell Jr.	....	sound (2 episodes, 1950)
Jack F. Lilly	....	sound mixer (2 episodes, 1954)
Roy Meadows	....	sound mixer (2 episodes, 1954)
Philip Mitchell	....	sound mixer (2 episodes, 1955)
Sidney Sutherland	....	sound supervisor (2 episodes, 1955)

Series Stunts
Troy Melton	....	stunt double: Duncan Renaldo (22 episodes, 1950-1955)
Bill Catching	....	stunt double: Leo Carillo (12 episodes, 1950)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Barlow Simpson	....	lighting technician (26 episodes, 1951-1952)
Richard L. Rawlings	....	camera operator (4 episodes, 1955-1956)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alfred Berke	....	wardrobe (84 episodes, 1952-1956)

Series Editorial Department
Donald Tait	....	editorial supervisor (1 episode, 1956)

Series Other crew
Donald Tait	....	film coordinator (85 episodes, 1952-1956)
Larry Lund	....	script supervisor (46 episodes, 1952-1956)
Mel Mark	....	assistant to producer (18 episodes, 1950-1952)
Joe Wonder	....	production coordinator (17 episodes, 1955-1956)
Billy Vernon	....	script supervisor (12 episodes, 1955-1956)
Helen McCaffrey	....	script supervisor (9 episodes, 1954-1955)
Maurice Unger	....	head of production (7 episodes, 1951-1952)
Leon Benson	....	story supervisor (5 episodes, 1952-1953)
Julius Evans	....	story editor (4 episodes, 1952-1953)
Helen Gailey	....	script supervisor (3 episodes, 1953)
Pearl Leiter	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1953)
Jane Ficker	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1956)

Production Companies

• ZIV Television Programs

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1954) (UK) (TV)
• Blair Entertainment (1980s) (USA) (TV) (syndication)
• Rhino Home Video (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Marathon Music & Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Marathon Music & Video (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Navarre Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• VCI Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• VCI Home Video (2002) (USA) (VHS)
• MPI Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (collection 1)
• Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (VHS)
• MPI Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (collection 2)
• Moviecraft (2005) (USA) (VHS)
• Nostalgia Collectibles (2005) (USA) (VHS)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Peter Rodgers Organization (2011) (worldwide) (all media)
• Rhodes Productions (????) (USA) (TV) (syndication)

Other Companies

• Screen Time Images  color correction
• Screen Time Images  film restoration
• Screen Time Images  film transfer

Also Known As:

Runtime:

30 min (156 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company:

ZIV Television Programs

Trivia:

First television series to be shot in color

Quotes:

[last lines of each episode]
The Cisco Kid:Oh, Pancho!
Pancho:Oh, Cisco!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Creepshow 2 (1987)

O Henry's Famous Robin Hood of the West

I used to have a television that occasionally got a weak signal station from Fort Erie, Ontario over here in Buffalo. And I got to relive a little childhood seeing episodes of Cisco Kid and the Lone Ranger.

Unlike the Ranger all of Cisco's stuff was in color. Great foresight because a whole lot of westerns that were done in black and white can't be given away now.

Cisco was quite the guy. A gentleman always, a righter of wrongs, and an amazingly tolerant guy to keep Pancho around. Unlike Tonto who was really useful to the Lone Ranger, I think Cisco kept Pancho around for laughs. He was slow on the uptake, but devoted to Cisco, and someone you didn't have to worry about betraying you.

I thought and still Cisco was great. Many friends in my age group and slightly older who are of Latino background told me how much Cisco meant to them as a role model. He was such a good guy, I wonder what he did that made him an outlaw in the first place.

O Henry spent much time in border towns on the American side and in old Mexico himself. In writing The Caballero's Way and introducing us to Cisco, he gave us another universal hero. Cisco will be syndication 100 years from now.

Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo were a couple of Hollywood veterans with substantial credits. But they will always be known as the Cisco Kid and Pancho.

By the way, did Pancho have a last name?