Laredo (TV series)
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| Genre | Western |
| Starring |
Neville Brand William Smith Peter Brown Philip Carey |
| Theme music composer | Russell Garcia |
| Composer(s) | Stanley Wilson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 56 |
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| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Universal Television |
| Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 16, 1965 – April 7, 1967 |
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| Related shows | The Virginian |
Laredo is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1965 to 1967 Laredo stars Neville Brand, William Smith, Peter Brown, and Philip Carey as Texas Rangers. It is set on the Mexican border about Laredo in Webb County in south Texas. The program presented fifty-six episodes in color. It was produced by Universal Television. The series has a very strong comedic element, but, like another NBC series that premiered in 1965, The Wackiest Ship in the Army, it was an hour in length, had no laugh track, and characters were not infrequently killed in it, thus going against three unofficial rules for sitcoms at the time.
The pilot episode of Laredo aired on NBC's The Virginian under the title, "We've Lost a Train" (April 21, 1965; Season 3, Episode 30). In 1969, the pilot was released theatrically under the title Backtrack. Three episodes from the first season of the series were edited into the 1968 feature film Three Guns for Texas.
Laredo combines action and humor with the focus on three fictitious Texas Rangers. Reese Bennett, played by Neville Brand, is older than his two partners. Brand was perhaps best known in his role as mobster Al Capone on the ABC/Desilu T.V. series, "The Untouchables" (starring Robert Stack). Chad Cooper is played by Peter Brown, the former co-star with John Russell of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Lawman. Joe Riley is portrayed by William Smith, best known for his villainous role of Falconetti on the ABC mini-series,"Rich Man, Poor Man", and as one of Steve McGarrett's men in the final season of the original Hawaii Five-O. Reese was previously an officer of the Union Army during the American Civil War. Originally from New Orleans, Chad was in the Border Patrol during the war, and joined the Rangers to search for gunrunners who had ambushed fellow border patrolmen. Joe was a gunfighter who was at times on the wrong side of the law. He joined the Rangers to obtain protection from a sheriff. Chad and Joe tease Reese about his age: he was in his forties.
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