Dale Robertson
Actor
Born July 14, 1923 in Harrah, Oklahoma USA
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.
Filmography
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
Self (archive footage)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
Harts of the West
Legends of the West
Maj. Robert Parrish in 'Sitting Bull' (archive footage) (uncredited)
J.J. Starbuck
J.J. Starbuck
Murder, She Wrote
Lee Goddard (uncredited)
Dynasty
Walter Lankershim
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Judge Isaac Parker
Dallas
Frank Crutcher
The Love Boat
Mason Fleers
The Kansas City Massacre
Melvin Purvis
Melvin Purvis G-Man
Melvin Purvis
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
Self (uncredited)
The Walking Major
Major Clark J. Allen
The Johnny Cash Show
Self
Hollywood Squares
Self
The Iron Horse
Ben Calhoun
Scalplock
Benjamin Calhoun
The One Eyed Soldiers
Richard Owen
The Man from Button Willow
Justin Eagle (voice)
Coast of Skeletons
A.J. Magnus
Blood on the Arrow
Wade Cooper
Law of the Lawless
Judge Clem Rogers
The Hollywood Palace
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
Jim Hardie
Fast and Sexy
Raffaele
Hell Canyon Outlaws
Sheriff Caleb Wells
Tales of Wells Fargo
Jim Hardie
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The High Terrace
Bill Lang
Dakota Incident
John Banner
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Tales of Wells Fargo
A Day of Fury
Jagade
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Lt. Clay Tucker
Son of Sinbad
Sinbad
Top of the World
Lee Gannon
Climax!
Sitting Bull
Bob Parrish
Studio 57
The Gambler from Natchez
Vance Colby
City of Bad Men
Brett Stanton
Devil's Canyon
Billy Reynolds
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Dan Harrow
The Silver Whip
Race Crim
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
John Oakhurst
The Ford Television Theatre
Donny Weaver
This Is Your Life
Self
Death Valley Days
Self - Host
O. Henry's Full House
Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")
Lydia Bailey
Albion Hamlin
Return of the Texan
Sam Crockett
Golden Girl
Tom Richmond
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Red Skelton Show
Robinson Crusoe
The Secret of Convict Lake
Narrator (Voice) (uncredited)
Take Care of My Little Girl
Joe Blake
Call Me Mister
Capt. Johnny Comstock
Two Flags West
Lem
The Cariboo Trail
Will Gray
Fighting Man of the Plains
Jesse James
Flamingo Road
Tunis Simms (uncredited)
The Boy with Green Hair
Policeman (uncredited)