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.