Updated: July 31, 2025

Zorro continued to create new generations of fans in the 1980’s. George Hamilton starred in an uproarious film farce entitled Zorro, the Gay Blade which delighted theater audiences in 1980. An animated series, The New Adventures of Zorro, aired on CBS Saturday mornings from 1981-1983. Disney produced another Zorro television series in 1983, Zorro and Son, for CBS, another spoof on the character.

Zorro entered the 1990’s with a new live action TV series co-produced by New World Television ( U.S. ), Ellipse ( France ), and RAI ( Italy ). Premiering the very first week of the decade, Zorro aired in over 50 countries around the world. Eighty-nine episodes were produced and shown over four years. Another animated series comprised of fifty-two episodes of Japanese style animation was released through Mondo TV of Italy in 1992.

Disney once again hopped on the Zorro bandwagon in 1992 using state-of-the-art computer techniques to colorize all 78 episodes of its classic series. It continues to play in many countries around the world.