Ripcord is an American syndicated television series that ran for 76 episodes from 1961 to 1963 about the exploits of a skydiving operation by the same name.

The premise was a variety of adventures surrounding the then-new sport of skydiving. The men and their private aircraft were placed in unusual situations where the team's special skills and abilities were needed. This led them on weekly adventures from chasing criminals to performing daring, if occasionally absurd, rescues.

The series stared Larry Pennell as Ted McKeever and Ken Curtis as Jim Buckley, his older mentor. Pilot Chuck Lambert, as played by Paul Comi, was replaced for the second season by Charlie Kern, portrayed by fellow Sons of the Pioneers bandmate Shug Fisher.

Guest stars included Richard Arlen, Harry Carey, Jr., Pat Conway, Richard Eastham, Lang Jeffries, Dayton Lummis, Tyler McVey, Denver Pyle, Lurene Tuttle, Lee Van Cleef, and the then little-known James Coburn.

The stuntmen performing the actual skydiving were Bob Fleming (an airline pilot) and Joe Mangione, both from Brooklyn, New York. Fleming also doubled as the pilot at the controls when not involved in the scene.

Cameramen included Tom Ryan, whose previous experience included early parachute development, testing and design. Tom was a pioneer in capturing closeup movies of falling skydivers.

During 1962, filming of the series involved the transfer of a stuntman between two planes, whilst being filmed from a third plane. Due to air turbulence, the two planes of the transfer touched, and both subsequently crashed. The pilots of both planes, and the stuntman, were all able to parachute to safety. The dramatic footage from this event was subsequently used in two episodes of the series.

The show sponsored a popular Ripcord toy consisting of a large plastic parachute with a skydiver figure attached which could be thrown in the air and would float to the ground.