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Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion is an American half-hour black-and-white television series about the French Foreign Legion starring Buster Crabbe in the title role. Crabbe's real-life son Cullen Crabbe played the Legion mascot, with cowboy sidekick Fuzzy Knight playing himself as Legion comedy relief. The series premiered on NBC on 13 February 1955 and ended its first run with the 65th episode shown on 7 December 1957. It was shown for many years in syndication on American television under the title Foreign Legionnaire.
Original Release
02/13/1955 on NBC
US Release
02/13/1955
Cast
Name | Character |
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Buster Crabbe | Capt. Michael Gallant / Captain Michael Gallant |
Fuzzy Knight | Pvt. Fuzzy Knight / Private Fuzzy Knight |
Cullen Crabbe | Cuffy Sanders |
Gilles Quéant | Sergeant Duval / Sgt. Duval / Duval |
Peter Trent | Colonel / The Colonel |
Giacomo Rossi Stuart | Sgt. Rousseau / Sgt. Andre Rousseau |
Daniel Lecourtois | The Colonel |
Roger Tréville | The Colonel / The General / De La Tour |
Henry Beckman | Louis / Private Miller |
Robert Christopher | Aru Mettler / Makko / Steve Dodosa |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Gallant's New Post | Sunday, 16 September 1956 |
2 | Cuffy's Guides | Sunday, 23 September 1956 |
3 | The Long Night | Sunday, 30 September 1956 |
4 | Cuffy's Present | Sunday, 07 October 1956 |
5 | The Flaming Hoop | Sunday, 14 October 1956 |
6 | Rodeo | Sunday, 21 October 1956 |
7 | Fuzzy's Furlough | Sunday, 28 October 1956 |
8 | The Magic Lamp | Sunday, 04 November 1956 |
9 | A Private Affair | Sunday, 11 November 1956 |
10 | The Informer's Map | Sunday, 18 November 1956 |
11 | Cuffy's Good Deed | Sunday, 25 November 1956 |
12 | Guns for Sale | Sunday, 02 December 1956 |
13 | Shifting Sands | Sunday, 09 December 1956 |
14 | The Gift | Sunday, 16 December 1956 |
15 | Mystery Man of the Desert | Sunday, 06 January 1957 |
16 | Out of Bounds | Sunday, 13 January 1957 |
17 | Water | Sunday, 20 January 1957 |
18 | Ring of Steel | Saturday, 12 October 1957 |
19 | The Third Person | Sunday, 03 February 1957 |
20 | One Accident Too Many | Sunday, 10 February 1957 |
21 | Dr. Legionnaire | Sunday, 17 February 1957 |
22 | Rescue | Sunday, 24 February 1957 |
23 | Lone Legionaire | Sunday, 03 March 1957 |
24 | Court Martial | Sunday, 10 March 1957 |
25 | The Man from Cairo | Sunday, 17 March 1957 |
26 | Too Many Suspects | Sunday, 24 March 1957 |
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Directors
Jean Yarbrough, Marcel Cravenne, Sam Newfield, Steve Previn, Pierre Schwab, Leslie H. Martinson
Writers
Gene Levitt, William N. Robson, Jack Andrews, R.D. Walker, Lou Morheim, Lester Fuller, John O'Dea, Harold Jack Bloom, Walter Daniels
Cast
Name | Character |
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Buster Crabbe | Capt. Michael Gallant / Captain Michael Gallant |
Fuzzy Knight | Pvt. Fuzzy Knight / Private Fuzzy Knight |
Cullen Crabbe | Cuffy Sanders |
Gilles Quéant | Sergeant Duval / Sgt. Duval / Duval |
Peter Trent | Colonel / The Colonel |
Giacomo Rossi Stuart | Sgt. Rousseau / Sgt. Andre Rousseau |
Daniel Lecourtois | The Colonel |
Roger Tréville | The Colonel / The General / De La Tour |
Henry Beckman | Louis / Private Miller |
Robert Christopher | Aru Mettler / Makko / Steve Dodosa |
Jess Hahn | Bartender / Lou |
Charles Fawcett | Denner / Shargue / The Doctor |
Richard Watson | Piccard / Emile de Brissac / Race |
Philippe Nicaud | Eric Jarbeau / Hassan / Maret |
Gregoire Aslan | Hamish / Mitchell / Olmar |
Hans Verner | Corporal Johann Schmidt / Hans - German Legionnaire |
Pierre Tabard | Jean Martel / Michael Darney |
Pierre Marteville | Balin |
Henri Miller | Harris / Legionnaire |
Anna Korda | Mother / The Sheik's Wife |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Gilbert Ralston | Executive Producer |
Michał Waszyński | Producer |
Gilbert Ralston | Producer |
Serge Glykson | Producer |