TV Thursday: Foreign Legionnaire

About this episode

This episode discusses the TV adventure series Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion, starring Buster Crabbe and his son Cullen.

From 1955 to 1957, swimmer turned actor Buster Crabbe starred in the TV adventure series Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (known as Foreign Legionnaire in syndication), co-starring his real-life son Cullen and cowboy sidekick Fuzzy Knight. Production Note: Buster Crabbe originally requested his longtime B-movie Western sidekick, Al "Fuzzy" St. John, for the comic relief role. The producers mistakenly hired Fuzzy Knight instead, believing him to be the "Fuzzy" that Crabbe had requested.

People in this episode

Host: Pryce Robertson

Topics covered

• TV series
• Buster Crabbe
• Foreign Legion
• 1950s television
• adventure series

Keywords

• Buster Crabbe
• Foreign Legionnaire
• Captain Gallant
• 1950s TV
• adventure series

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion, Foreign Legionnaire

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