"Zorro" (1990) TV series 1990-1993

Director:

Donald Paonessa

Writers:

Michael Halperin (writer)
Adam Taylor (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

3 January 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Western

Plot:

Set in Spanish California, this often-refilmed story chronicles the adventures of Don Diego de la Vega...

Plot Keywords:

Zorro | Experiment | Secret Identity | Lancer | Fencing

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Duncan Regehr	...	Don Diego de la Vega / ... (87 episodes, 1990-1993)
James Victor	...	Sergeant Jaime Mendoza (87 episodes, 1990-1993)
Juan Diego Botto	...	Felipe (87 episodes, 1990-1993)
Patrice Martinez	...	Victoria Escalante (85 episodes, 1990-1993)
Henry Darrow	...	Don Alejandro de la Vega / ... (62 episodes, 1990-1993)
Michael Tylo	...	Alcalde Luis Ramone / ... (49 episodes, 1990-1991)
J.G. Hertzler	...	Alcalde Ignacio de Soto (38 episodes, 1991-1993)

Also Known As:

Les nouvelles aventures de Zorro (France)
The New Zorro

Runtime:

30 min | 30 min (83 episodes)

Country:

USA | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:MG6

Filming Locations:

Spain

Company:

Carrington Productions International

Trivia:

Henry Darrow was the first actor to be involved with 4 different productions of Zorro. He was the voice of Don Diego/Zorro in the animated series "The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour" (1980) and "New Adventures of Zorro, The" (1981)_. He then starred once again as Don Diego/Zorro in the series "Zorro and Son" (1983). Then he was Don Alejandro in this series for three of its four seasons.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Wild World of Batwoman (#6.15)" (1993)

Soundtrack:

Zorro Theme Song

Used to watch it with my dad...

I don't remember much about this show, except that my dad is a Zorro fan, so we used to watch this when I was all of four or five. I remember it featured the hot Mexican lady from Three Amigos. There was a bumbling fat guy who looked sort of like a Latino Oliver Hardy. He was naturally the comic relief. I think there was a deaf kid who was sort of Zorro's sidekick. I think the episodes usually culminated in some impressive fencing. I thought the Zorro costume was pretty cool. I believe the theme song was the generic late-80s theme song they used on every action pack show at this time, that kind of passionate hair-metal-meets-orchestral-score music, except it had sort of a Hispanic flavor to it.

Like I said, I have great memories of sitting on my dad's lap watching this show, along with Rifleman and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Unfortunately, at some point there was a scheduling conflict wherein they started showing ST:TNG at the same time they were showing this, so usually we opted for the latter. Had we known TNG would still be showing in reruns fifteen years later, while Zorro would die a quiet death and never be heard from again, I suppose we would have rethought our decision. But you know what they say about hindsight.