Zorro

Zorro was a huge hit during the fifties and sixties.  The daring masked man in black cape who made his signature Z with quick slashes of his rapier was imitated by millions of kids; Z’s carved into the tops of wooden school desks across the country became epidemic.  There were many Zorros, but the one best known on the early TV series was played by Guy Williams, born Armando Catalano-six feet 2 inches, handsome, athletic.  He had more than a few would-be senorita-moms turning the show on for their children.  Finally unmasked, Zorro died in 1989 at age sixty-five of a brain aneurysm.