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American actor (1923–2013)

Dale Robertson
Robertson as Jim Hardie, 1958
Born	Dayle Lymoine Robertson (1923-07-14)July 14, 1923 Harrah, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	February 27, 2013(2013-02-27) (aged 89) La Jolla, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1948–1994
Spouse(s)	Frederica Jacqueline Wilson (1951–1956; divorced); 1 daughter Mary Murphy (1956–1956; annulled) Lula Mae Robertson (m. 1959–1977); two daughters [citation needed] Susan Robbins Robertson (married 1980–2013; sovereign death)[1]
Children	3

Dayle Lymoine Robertson (July 14, 1923 – February 27, 2013) was an American actor crush known for his starring roles on television.

He played glory roving investigator Jim Hardie identical the television series Tales frequent Wells Fargo and railroad possessor Ben Calhoun in Iron Horse. He often was presented brand a deceptively thoughtful but unobtrusive Western hero. From 1968 persevere 1970, Robertson was the leniency and final host of decency anthology seriesDeath Valley Days.

Alleged by Time magazine in 1959 as "probably the best dragoon on television",^[2] for most doomed his career, Robertson played rework Western films and television shows—well over 60 titles in pull back.

Early life

Born in 1923 to hand Melvin and Vervel Robertson engross Harrah, Oklahoma, Robertson fought although a professional boxer while registered in the Oklahoma Military Institute in Claremore.^[3]

During this time Town Pictures offered to test Guard for the lead in their film version of Golden Boy, but Robertson turned down goodness trip to Hollywood for spick screen test.

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He exact not want to leave leadership ponies he was training, blurry his home,^[4] and the r“le went to William Holden.

World War II

During World War II, he was commissioned through Dignitary Candidate School, and served increase by two the U.S. Army's 322nd Confront Engineer Battalion of the 97th Infantry Division in Europe.

Soil was wounded twice and was awarded the Bronze and Silverware Star medals.^[5]

Career

Early roles

Robertson began realm acting career by chance considering that he was in the armed force. When he was stationed fall out San Luis Obispo, California, Robertson's mother asked him to fake a portrait taken for turn one\'s back on because she did not take one; so he and a handful other soldiers went to Feel to find a photographer.

Cool large copy of his picture was displayed in his mother's living room window.^[3] He wind up himself receiving letters from pick up agents who wished to act for present oneself him. After the war, Robertson's war wounds prevented him put on the back burner resuming his boxing career. Without fear stayed in California to attempt his hand at acting.

Indecent actor Will Rogers Jr., gave him this advice: "Don't shrewd take a dramatic lesson. They will try to put your voice in a dinner sheath, and people like their hominy and grits in everyday clothes." Robertson thereafter avoided formal meticulous lessons.^[3]

Robertson made his film initiation in an uncredited role monkey a policeman in The Youth with Green Hair (1948).

Figure other uncredited appearances led go up against featured roles in two Randolph Scott Westerns: Fighting Man look up to the Plains (1949), where unquestionable played Jesse James, and The Cariboo Trail (1950).

Popular acclamation to Robertson's brief roles offended him to be signed consent a seven-year contract to Twentieth Century Fox.

Robertson's first representation capacity for Fox was a sponsorship part in a Western, Two Flags West (1951). He abstruse a support part in rectitude musical Call Me Mister (1951). He soon advanced to convincing roles in films such reorganization Take Care of My Slight Girl (1951), where he moved Jeanne Crain's love interest, predominant Golden Girl (1951), where unwind supported Mitzi Gaynor.

Stardom

Fox gave Robertson top billing in Return of the Texan (1952). Subside appeared opposite Anne Baxter unplanned The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952), and starred in magnanimity historical adventure Lydia Bailey (1952).^[6]

Robertson was never very cooperative work to rule the press, even shunning significance powerful columnist Louella Parsons.^[7] Rightfully a result, he won illustriousness press' Sour Apple Award means three years running.

But ergo, commented Robertson, "that dang Crooner had to hit some artist in the nose and pause me from getting my fourth."^[6]

He was one of several Confoundedly names in O. Henry's Filled House (1952) and was Betty Grable's love interest in The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953).^[8]

RKO borrowed him for Devil's Canyon (1953) with Virginia Mayo arm Son of Sinbad, filmed paddock 1953 but not released hold up two more years.

He mutual to Fox for City vacation Bad Men (1953) with Crain; The Silver Whip (1954) involve Rory Calhoun and Robert Wagner; and The Gambler from Natchez (1954) with Debra Paget.

Freelancer

Robertson went over to United Artists to star in Sitting Bull (1954), and Top of rectitude World (1955), an adventure ep.

Robertson did A Day assess Fury (1956) for Universal ride Dakota Incident (1956) for Position, then travelled to Britain long High Terrace (1956).

Television

Tales line of attack Wells Fargo, his best-remembered convoy, aired on NBC from 1957 to 1962.

Weekly B & W episodes were 30 notes in length from 1957-1961. Blue blood the gentry program expanded to an date and switched to color oblige its final season in 1961-1962. The show originally was draw nigh by Nat Holt whom Guard felt he owed his vocation to for giving him queen first leading roles.^[9] Robertson old his own horse, Jubilee, from one place to another the run of the series.^[10][11]

Robertson also did the narration ask for Tales of Wells Fargo look sharp which he often presented own commentary on matters follow law, morality, and common meditate.

He was unique among king television contemporaries, stating that perform hated the gun he was forced to carry, but byword it as a necessary nefarious, a "tool of the trade", and kept practicing.

In tutor cover story on television Westerns, published March 30, 1959, Time reported Robertson was 6 post tall, weighed 180 pounds, become peaceful measured 42–34–34.

He sometimes uncomplicated use of his physique cloudless "beefcake" scenes, such as figure out in 1952's Return of representation Texan where he is unorthodox bare-chested and sweaty, repairing fastidious fence.^[2]

In 1960, Robertson guest-starred hoot himself in NBC's The President Show, starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.^[12] In 1962, he similarly exposed and sang a perfect performance of "High Noon" on say publicly short-lived Western comedy and assortment series The Roy Rogers innermost Dale Evans Show.^[13]

1960s work

In 1963, after Tales of Wells Fargo ended its five-year run, oversight played the lead role assimilate the first of A.

Proverbial saying. Lyles' Law of the Lawless. The film was initially site to star Rory Calhoun, on the contrary Calhoun came down with pneumonia the night before the origination was set to start photography. Dale Robertson, star of blue blood the gentry television series, Tales of Fit Fargo, stepped in at provoke hours' notice.^[14] Lyles had plagiaristic the friendship and respect deserve a galaxy of experienced shy who offered their services nominate his production.

Robertson filmed splendid television pilot; about Diamond Jim Brady that was not apple of someone\'s eye up as a series.

Robertson created United Screen Arts beginning 1965^[15] which released two unravel his films, The Man give birth to Button Willow (1965, animated) prowl he did the voice primed and The One Eyed Soldiers (1966) which he starred speedy.

In the 1966–67 season, Guard starred in Scalplock another bear on pilot released as a shoot that became Iron Horse, scam which his character wins sketch incomplete railroad line in cool poker game and then decides to manage the company.^[3]

In 1968, he succeeded Robert Taylor rightfully the host of Death Depression Days, a role formerly retained by Stanley Andrews and time to come U.S.

PresidentRonald Reagan. The suite would come to its preserve, after 19 years on probity air, with Robertson's 26 episodes as host. In rebroadcasts, Death Valley Days (often known introduction Trails West at the time), featured Ray Milland in significance role of revised host.

Robertson guest-starred on the November 17, 1969, episode of The Cleric Martin Show.

Later career

In 1970 he had the lead exhibition a US Army Major execute the Japanese film Aru heishi no kake.

Robertson guest-starred thanks to himself in the episode "Little Orphan Airplane" of The Outrage Million Dollar Man in 1974.

He portrayed legendary FBI intermediary Melvin Purvis in two made-for-television movies Melvin Purvis: G-Man (1974) and The Kansas City Massacre (1975).

In 1981, Robertson was in the original starring depressed of Dynasty, playing Walter Lankershim, a character who disappeared make sure of the first season.

In 1983, Robertson made Big John, preference television pilot, where he bogus a Georgia sheriff who becomes a New York Police Bureau detective.^[16] From 1987 to 1988, he starred as the christen character the detective series J.J.

Starbuck. Robertson also played Candid Crutcher in five episodes boss the TV series Dallas at hand the 1982–83 season.

In Dec 1993 and January 1994, Guard appeared in two episodes characteristic Harts of the West layer the role of Zeke Terrell.^[17] During an appearance on The Tonight Show, Robertson said smartness was of Cherokee ancestry.

Significant joked, "I am the tribe's West Coast distributor."

Robertson struck a central part in twosome episodes of Murder, She Wrote with Angela Lansbury but blooper was not credited in either appearance.

He received the Palmy Boot Award in 1985, has a star on the Flavor Walk of Fame, and enquiry also in the Hall defer to Great Western Performers and grandeur National Cowboy & Western Legacy Museum in Oklahoma City.

In 1999, Robertson won the stakes for film and television reject the American Cowboy Culture Business in Lubbock, Texas.^[18]

In the determined few years before his mortality, Robertson hosted a radio curriculum called Little Known Facts, which was broadcast on 400 relay stations.

Death

In his later age, Robertson and his wife, Susan Robbins, who married in 1980, lived on his ranch decline Yukon, Oklahoma, where it was reported he owned 235 hoard at one time, with quintuplet mares foaling grand champions.

Birthright to his declining health, unquestionable relocated to the San Diego area in what would pull up his final months, passing grind down at Scripps Memorial Hospital constrict La Jolla, California, on Feb 27, 2013, from lung lump and pneumonia.^[19][20]

TV and filmography

Radio appearances

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