The Cisco Kid Was Played by a Body Double for Nine Episodes
During the filming of The Cisco Kid in 1953, things went tragically awry and Duncan Renaldo was seriously injured. They were on set when he was caught in a rockfall and ended up in the hospital.
The bad news came back that he would not be ready to return during the shooting of the next 9 episodes. Rather than replace him with a new actor and risk alienating the audience, they used a body double and had him wear masks, ghost outfits, etc. to disguise his face. They also used any footage they could find that hadn’t made it into previous episodes. Duncan Renaldo would record all his lines for these episodes in his hospital bed.
