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Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion
American TV series or program
Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion is an American 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.[1] The series premiered on NBC on 13 February 1955 and ended its first run with the 65th episode shown on 7 December 1957.[citation needed] It was shown for many years in syndication on American television under the title Foreign Legionnaire.[2]