Laredo (1965–1967)

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  • LAREDO


    UNIVERSAL TV



    Information From IMDb


    Plot Summary
    Rustlers, bank robbers, and their own wild schemes:
    a band of Texas Rangers keeps getting in and out of trouble,
    under the jaundiced eye of Captain Parmalee.
    Written by Cleo


    Series Cast
    Neville Brand ... Reese Bennett (56 episodes, 1965-1967)
    Peter Brown ... Chad Cooper / ... (56 episodes, 1965-1967)
    William Smith ... Joe Riley (56 episodes, 1965-1967)
    Philip Carey ... Capt. Ed Parmalee / ... (56 episodes, 1965-1967)
    Robert Wolders ... Erik Hunter (26 episodes, 1966-1967)
    Claude Akins ... Cotton Buckmeister (5 episodes, 1966-1967)
    K.L. Smith ... Charlie Stamp / ... (5 episodes, 1965-1966)
    Lane Bradford ... 3-Finger Jake / ... (5 episodes, 1965-1967)
    Leonard P. Geer ... Ben / ... (5 episodes, 1965-1967)
    and many more fine character actors....


    Series Directed
    William Witney (7 episodes, 1966-1967)
    R.G. Springsteen (5 episodes, 1965-1966)
    Paul Stanley (4 episodes, 1965-1966)
    and many more...


    Series Produced
    Richard Irving .... executive producer / producer (56 episodes, 1965-1967)
    Frederick Shorr .... producer (44 episodes, 1965-1967)
    Howard Christie .... executive producer (30 episodes, 1965-1966)
    Paul Mason .... producer (12 episodes, 1966-1967)


    Series Writing Credits
    John McGreevey (8 episodes, 1965-1967)
    John D.F. Black (7 episodes, 1965-1966)
    Gene L. Coon (6 episodes, 1965-1967)
    and many more....


    Series Original Music
    Russell Garcia (29 episodes, 1965-1966)
    Jack Marshall (26 episodes, 1966-1967)


    Series Cinematography
    Andrew Jackson (41 episodes, 1965-1967)
    William Margulies (7 episodes, 1966-1967)
    Walter Strenge (3 episodes, 1965)
    Bud Thackery (3 episodes, 1966)


    Trivia
    Reese's horse was Cactus.


    The pilot aired as an episode of "The Virginian" (1962)
    and was later released theatrically as Backtrack! (1969).
    Three episodes from the first season of "Laredo"
    were also edited into a theatrical feature, 1968's Three Guns for Texas (1968).


    Filming Locations
    Denver Street, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    Stage 35, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 8 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Laredo is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 16, 1965, to April 7, 1967.
    Laredo stars Neville Brand, William Smith, Peter Brown, and Philip Carey as Texas Rangers.
    It is set on the Mexican border about Laredo, Texas.
    The program was produced by Universal Television.


    The pilot episode of Laredo aired on NBC's The Virginian under the title,
    We've Lost a Train (April 21, 1965).
    It was released theatrically in 1969 under the title Backtrack.
    Three of the episodes from the first season of the series
    were edited into the 1968 feature film Three Guns for Texas


    Laredo originally started life as The Virginian,
    but was spun off into a fine series starring
    Duke 'Pal' Neville Brand
    with Peter Brown ,William Smith
    and Philip Carey as his trusty Texas Rangers


    User Review
    16 January 2011 | by philter1949 (Canada)

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    I have recently found episodes of "Laredo", being aired on Retro TV. I have fond memories of watching this show in in its first run days when I was sitting the neighbours two sons. I had not much of a social life back then and needed the money. I enjoyed the byplay between all the main characters. My favourite would have been the Reese Bennett character played by Neville Brand. It was a good way to spend an hour watching a light hearted western show with a bunch of Texas Rangers that surely must have driven poor Captain Parmalee to distraction. Peter Brown and William Smith were excellent in their roles. I am not too sure about Robert Wolders or Claude Akins. I thought the Wolders character was a little bit too Jim West, from, "The Wild, Wild West" and I did not care for Cotton Buckmeister replacing Neville Brand's character.

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 4 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • It's coming to Encore Westerns in January.


    Season 1 was fine, when Robert Wolders in his flowered coats and matching hats came on in season 2 it went to seed.

  • William Smith could play a great villain and was great at doing his own fights. Too bad he never worked with Duke.