Lorenzo Lamas
Reno Raines/Vince Black
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- 1. Pilot Sep 19, 1992
- Undercover cop Reno Raines becomes a bounty hunter after he is framed for murder.
- 2. Hunting Accident Sep 26, 1992
- Reno is turned in to authorities by a man whose life he saved.
- 3. Final Judgment Oct 3, 1992
- Reno tries to prevent a judge from being murdered by a killer seeking revenge.
Renegade: Created by Stephen J. Cannell. With Lorenzo Lamas, Branscombe Richmond, Don LaFontaine, Kathleen Kinmont. After crooked cop Lieutenant "Dutch" Dixon kills his girlfriend and frames him for murder, Reno Raines escapes from jail and goes on the run.
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- 1992-09-19
- Action, Adventure, Crime
- 43
- Bon Jovi Helped Sell The Show.
- Stephen J. Cannell Wasn’T Happy with The First season.
- The Bike Was Treated Like A co-star.
- The Show Convinced Lorenzo Lamas to Get His Pilot’S License.
- Cannell Played The Bad guy.
- Lamas Had His Wife Hired—And fired.
- Johnny Cash Guest-Starred.
- Apollo Creed Directed An Episode.
- There Was A Hidden Visual in The Opening Credits.
- Lamas Endured A Pretty Bad Wig in The Final season.
A prolific writer, Stephen J. Cannell (The A-Team, The Rockford Files, Wiseguy) hatched the concept for Renegade to capitalize on the burgeoning market for syndicated series. (In first-run syndication, original shows are sold directly to local stations as opposed to networks.) In order to summarize the show, Cannell hired director Ralph Hemeckerto ...
Labeled “The Fugitive on a Harley” by critics, the debut season of Renegade struggled to find its bearings. Like Richard Kimble, Raines often found himself as the mysterious drifter who intervenes in a small-town problem, but the larger issue—being framed for the murder of his fiancée by crooked cop Dixon—was minimized. “The characters needed to be...
With its flame-paneled sides, Raines’s Harley was a perpetual presence in the series. A number of stunt bikes were used, but there was also a shiny model kept away from any dirt-caked scenes so it could be shown off. That bike was “for the glamour shots,” according to Lamas. The show was reportedly popular among Harley aficionados, who may have bee...
With most of the show’s shooting centered about 25 miles outside San Diego, Lamas was facing logistical problems in seeing his children, who lived with their mother in Lake Havasu, Arizona and would have to miss a school day traveling in order to see him. To expedite the trip, Lamas decided to get his pilot’s license so he could fly to Lake Havasu,...
It’s unusual for a series creator to play one of the leading roles in a show, but Cannell sawRenegade as an opportunity to chew scenery as “Dutch” Dixon, the Lieutenant Gerard to Raines’s Dr. Richard Kimble. Cannell made a handful of appearances every season in numerous failed attempts to kill Raines. The writer later recalled that 10 to 15 actors ...
Married for a third time to actress Kathleen Kinmont in 1989, Lamas wrote in his 2015 autobiography, Renegade at Heart, that he feared that being on location in San Diego while Kinmont remained in Burbank would be detrimental to their marriage. Cannell agreed to cast Kinmont as Cheyenne Phillips, Bobby’s sister, who perpetually pines for Raines. Th...
The famed country singer made sporadic appearances on television in the 1990s, including a recurring role on Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman. For a 1996 episode of Renegade, Cash appeared as a bail jumper who accompanies Reno on a Christmas Carol-inspired tour of how the world would be if he had been gunned down instead of becoming a fugitive.
Actor Carl Weathers wound up behind the camera for some of Cannell’s shows, directing multiple episodes of the USA detective drama Silk Stalkings and one 1995 episode of Renegade,where Raines goes undercover as a male gigolo to bust a drug ring.
Generally not a show that favored subtlety,Renegadestill managed to pull off one fairly low-key nod to one of its inspirations. During the opening credits sequence, Raines can be seen biking down a dusty path that takes the shape of a "Z." That was director Hemecker's nod to Zorro, the pulp character who comes to the aid of strangers.
For four seasons, Lamas maintained Reno's outlaw-biker aesthetic by frequently appearing shirtless, tattooed, and wearing sleeveless leather vests to dinner engagements. Prior to shooting the show's last season, Lamas opted for a shorter haircut. That concession to conformity was out of character, so producers fitted him with a somewhat unfortunate...
Oct 2, 2006 · Lorenzo actually owns the "A" bike (the really good road one). There was also a "B" bike for off-road & stunts, and a "C" bike, that wasn't actually a Harley, which is quite obvious in the episode "Stationary Target" where it takes a swan-dive off a cliff
Feb 25, 2023 · The lead role of Reno Raines belonged to one of those stars who quickly rose to fame and were forgotten even faster, Lorenzo Lamas.
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The bounty hunter Lorenzo Lamas plays on the syndicated series “Renegade” rides a Harley across country as a framed cop seeking to clear his name. In his own life, Lamas’ name is nothing if not a...
Self Defense: Directed by Ron Satlof. With Lorenzo Lamas, Branscombe Richmond, Stephen J. Cannell, Linda Blair. Reno helps his bounty who claims she killed her husband in self-defense.
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The series stars Lorenzo Lamas as Reno Raines, a police officer who is framed for a murder he did not commit. Raines goes on the run and joins forces with Native American bounty hunter Bobby Sixkiller, played by Branscombe Richmond .
