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Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (1955–1957)

2 seasons25 episodes30 min per episode★ 6.9 · 126 votes

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Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion was a 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.

First aired

February 13, 1955

Last episode

January 1, 1956

Network

NBC

Country of origin

United States