Cisco Kid
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The Cisco Kid is a fictional Mexican cowboy character created by author O. Henry in his short story The Caballero's Way published in 1907 in the "Heart of the West" book of Western short stories.
Numerous films were made featuring the Cisco Kid as well as a television series that ran from 1950 to 1956. With the exception of Jimmy Smits, who portrayed the Cisco Kid in a one-time 1994 made-for-television film, all the actors played the role in a number of films and Duncan Renaldo did it in film and on the television series.
Actors who have portrayed the Cisco Kid character:
The Cisco Kid had a sidekick in film, the first was 'Gordito' portrayed by Chris-Pin Martin then 'Pancho', played by Martin Garralaga and later by Leo Carrillo. For the 1994 TV film, the role of 'Pancho' was played by Cheech Marin.
Cisco Kid films:
- In Old Arizona (1928)
- The Arizona Kid (1930)
- The Slippery Pearls (1931)
- The Cisco Kid (1931 film) (1931)
- The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939)
- Return of the Cisco Kid (1939)
- Lucky Cisco Kid (1940)
- Viva Cisco Kid (1940)
- The Gay Caballero (1940)
- Romance of the Rio Grande (1941)
- Ride on Vaquero (1941)
- The Cisco Kid Returns (1945)
- The Cisco Kid In Old New Mexico (1945)
- South of the Rio Grande (1945)
- The Gay Cavalier (1946)
- South of Monterey (1946)
- Beauty and the Bandit (1946)
- Riding the California Trail (1947)
- Robin Hood of Monterey (1947)
- King of the Bandits (1947)
- Valiant Hombre (1948)
- The Gay Amigo (1949)
- The Daring Caballero (1949)
- Satan's Cradle (1949)
- The Girl From San Lorenzo (1950)
- The Cisco Kid (1950 film) (1950)
- The Cisco Kid (1994 film) (TV)
