Laredo: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Laredo combined action with humor to tell the tales of three Company B Texas Rangers. Reese Bennett is older then his two partners, Chad Cooper and Joe Riley. Reese is in his forties and was previously a Union Army Officer. Chad was in the Border Patrol during the Civil War but is originally from New Orleans. He joined the Rangers to search for the gunrunners who helped ambush fellow border patrolmen. Joe was a gunfighter who was at times on the wrong side of the law and joined the rangers as protection from a sheriff or two. Chad and Joe love to tease Reese about his age. They had a Gunga Din like camaraderie. They are lead by Captain Parmalee who was stern and disciplined. He would send them on their missions and many times was not amused by the shenanigans they got into. Erik Hunter joined them in the second season

Series details

• Title: Laredo
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Western
• Premiere date: 1965-09-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 1967-04-07
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 4376

Cast and credited roles

• Neville Brand — Reese Bennett
• Peter Brown — Chad Cooper
• William Smith — Joe Riley
• Philip Carey — Capt. Edward Parmalee
• Robert Wolders — Erik Hunter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1965-09-16; final listed air date 1966-04-28; episode order: 30.
• Season 2: premiered 1966-09-16; final listed air date 1967-04-07; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Laredo on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.