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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 14, 1923
Died
February 27, 2013
Place of Birth
Harrah, Oklahoma USA
Also Known As
- Dayle Lymoine Robertson
Dale Robertson
2.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
0.0
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
6.2
Harts of the West
1993
0.0
Maj. Robert Parrish in 'Sitting Bull'
Legends of the West
1992
5.0
J.J. Starbuck
J.J. Starbuck
1987
7.5
Colonel Lee Goddard (uncredited)
Murder, She Wrote
1984
6.4
Walter Lankershim
Dynasty
1981
1.9
Judge Isaac Parker
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979
6.8
Frank Crutcher
Dallas
1978
6.3
Mason Fleers
The Love Boat
1977
4.7
Melvin Purvis
The Kansas City Massacre
1975
Credits
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
0.0
Harts of the West
1993
6.2
Legends of the West
as Maj. Robert Parrish in 'Sitting Bull'
1992
0.0
J.J. Starbuck
as J.J. Starbuck
1987
5.0
Murder, She Wrote
as Colonel Lee Goddard (uncredited)
1984
7.5
Dynasty
as Walter Lankershim
1981
6.4
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
as Judge Isaac Parker
1979
1.9
Dallas
as Frank Crutcher
1978
6.8
The Love Boat
as Mason Fleers
1977
6.3
The Kansas City Massacre
as Melvin Purvis
1975
4.7
Melvin Purvis G-Man
as Melvin Purvis
1975
6.0
The Walking Major
as Major Clark J. Allen
1970
2.0
The Johnny Cash Show
as Self
1969
6.5
The Iron Horse
as Ben Calhoun
1966
6.8
Scalplock
as Benjamin Calhoun
1966
6.5
The One Eyed Soldiers
as Richard Owen
1966
4.3
The Man from Button Willow
as Justin Eagle (voice)
1965
4.4
Coast of Skeletons
as A.J. Magnus
1965
5.7
Blood on the Arrow
as Wade Cooper
1964
3.5
Law of the Lawless
as Judge Clem Rogers
1964
6.1
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
4.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
as Jim Hardie
1961
5.6
Fast and Sexy
as Raffaele
1958
5.3
Hell Canyon Outlaws
as Sheriff Caleb Wells
1957
0.0
Tales of Wells Fargo
as Jim Hardie
1957
6.9
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
The High Terrace
as Bill Lang
1956
6.0
Dakota Incident
as John Banner
1956
6.5
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Tales of Wells Fargo
1956
5.6
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
1956
5.6
A Day of Fury
as Jagade
1956
5.5
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Lt. Clay Tucker
1955
5.4
Son of Sinbad
as Sinbad
1955
4.7
Top of the World
as Lee Gannon
1955
6.3
Climax!
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Nicky Jordan
1954
3.3
Sitting Bull
as Bob Parrish
1954
5.2
Studio 57
1954
0.0
The Gambler from Natchez
as Vance Colby
1954
6.8
City of Bad Men
as Brett Stanton
1953
5.8
Devil's Canyon
as Billy Reynolds
1953
4.6
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Dan Harrow
1953
3.3
The Silver Whip
as Race Crim
1953
6.3
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
as John Oakhurst
1952
5.9
The Ford Television Theatre
as Donny Weaver
1952
7.3
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
6.4
Death Valley Days
as Self - Host
1952
6.4
O. Henry's Full House
as Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")
1952
6.7
Lydia Bailey
as Albion Hamlin
1952
6.1
Return of the Texan
as Sam Crockett
1952
6.0
Golden Girl
as Tom Richmond
1951
5.5
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Jim Hardie
1951
7.2
The Red Skelton Show
as Robinson Crusoe
1951
7.4
The Secret of Convict Lake
as Narrator (Voice) (uncredited)
1951
6.6
Take Care of My Little Girl
as Joe Blake
1951
5.0
Call Me Mister
as Capt. Johnny Comstock
1951
6.7
Two Flags West
as Lem
1950
6.2
The Cariboo Trail
as Will Gray
1950
6.4
Fighting Man of the Plains
as Jesse James
1949
5.3
Flamingo Road
as Tunis Simms (uncredited)
1949
7.0
The Boy with Green Hair
as Policeman (uncredited)
1948
6.2