Dale Robertson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 14, 1923
- Died
- February 27, 2013 (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- Harrah, Oklahoma USA
Biography
Dayle Lymoine Robertson was an American actor best known for his starring roles on television. He played the roving investigator Jim Hardie in the long-running NBC/ABC hit television series Tales of Wells Fargo, and Ben Calhoun, the owner of an incomplete railroad line in ABC's The Iron Horse. He was often presented as a deceptively thoughtful but modest Western hero. From 1968 to 1970, Robertson was the fourth and final host of the syndicated Death Valley Days anthology series. For most of his career, Robertson played in western films and television shows—well over sixty titles in all. His best-remembered series, Tales of Wells Fargo aired on NBC from 1957 to 1961, when it moved to ABC and expanded to an hour-long program for its final season in 1961-1962. The show was originally produced by Nat Holt whom Robertson felt he owed his career to for giving him his first leading roles.[10] Robertson also did the narration for Tales of Wells Fargo through which he often presented his own commentary on matters of law, morality, and common sense. He was unique among his television contemporaries, stating that he hated the gun he was forced to carry, but saw it as a necessary evil, a "tool of the trade", and kept practicing.[citation needed] In its March 30, 1959, cover story on television westerns, Time reported Robertson was 6 feet tall, weighed 180 pounds, and measured 42-34-34. He sometimes made use of his physique in "beefcake" scenes, such as one in 1952's Return of the Texan where he is seen bare-chested and sweaty, repairing a fence. In 1960, Robertson guest-starred as himself in NBC's The Ford Show, starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.[12] In 1962, he similarly appeared on a short-lived western comedy and variety series, ABC's The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show. In 1963, after Tales of Wells Fargo ended its five-year run, he played the lead role in the first of A.C. Lyles' second feature westerns, Law of the Lawless.
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Filmography
The Living Swamp
Movie · as Narrator
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Movie
Harts of the West
TV · 2 eps
Legends of the West
Movie · as Maj. Robert Parrish in 'Sitting Bull' (archive footage) (uncredited)
J.J. Starbuck
TV · as J.J. Starbuck · 18 eps
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Lee Goddard (uncredited) · 2 eps
Dynasty
TV · as Walter Lankershim · 15 eps
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Movie · as Judge Isaac Parker
Dallas
TV · as Frank Crutcher · 5 eps
The Love Boat
TV · as Mason Fleers · 1 ep
The Kansas City Massacre
Movie · as Melvin Purvis
Melvin Purvis G-Man
Movie · as Melvin Purvis
The Walking Major
Movie · as Major Clark J. Allen
East Connection
Movie
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
The Johnny Cash Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Scalplock
Movie · as Benjamin Calhoun
The One Eyed Soldiers
Movie · as Richard Owen
The Iron Horse
TV · as Ben Calhoun · 47 eps
Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self · 5 eps
The Man from Button Willow
Movie · as Justin Eagle (voice)
Coast of Skeletons
Movie · as A.J. Magnus
Law of the Lawless
Movie · as Judge Clem Rogers
Blood on the Arrow
Movie · as Wade Cooper
The Hollywood Palace
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
Movie · as Jim Hardie
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self - Co-Host · 10 eps
Fast and Sexy
Movie · as Raffaele
The George Burns Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hell Canyon Outlaws
Movie · as Sheriff Caleb Wells
Tales of Wells Fargo
TV · as Jim Hardie · 201 eps
Dakota Incident
Movie · as John Banner
A Day of Fury
Movie · as Jagade
The High Terrace
Movie · as Bill Lang
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Son of Sinbad
Movie · as Sinbad
Top of the World
Movie · as Lee Gannon
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · as Lt. Clay Tucker · 1 ep
Sitting Bull
Movie · as Bob Parrish
The Gambler from Natchez
Movie · as Vance Colby
Climax!
TV · as Nicky Jordan · 1 ep
Studio 57
TV · 1 ep
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Movie · as Dan Harrow
Devil's Canyon
Movie · as Billy Reynolds
City of Bad Men
Movie · as Brett Stanton
The Silver Whip
Movie · as Race Crim
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Movie · as John Oakhurst
Return of the Texan
Movie · as Sam Crockett
O. Henry's Full House
Movie · as Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")
Lydia Bailey
Movie · as Albion Hamlin
Lure of the Wilderness
Movie · as Opening off-screen Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
This Is Your Life
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Ford Television Theatre
TV · as Donny Weaver · 1 ep
Death Valley Days
TV · as Self - Host · 26 eps
Golden Girl
Movie · as Tom Richmond
Take Care of My Little Girl
Movie · as Joe Blake
Call Me Mister
Movie · as Capt. Johnny Comstock
The Secret of Convict Lake
Movie · as Narrator (Voice) (uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Jim Hardie · 1 ep
The Red Skelton Show
TV · as Robinson Crusoe · 1 ep
Two Flags West
Movie · as Lem
The Cariboo Trail
Movie · as Will Gray
Flamingo Road
Movie · as Tunis Simms (uncredited)
Fighting Man of the Plains
Movie · as Jesse James
The Boy with Green Hair
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)