Dale Robertson
Acting
Born: July 14, 1923 · Harrah, Oklahoma USA
Died: February 27, 2013 (aged 89)
Highest Rated
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
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Dallas
1978
The Love Boat
1977
Dynasty
1981
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
1970
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
Flamingo Road
1949
O. Henry's Full House
1952
Two Flags West
1950
The Secret of Convict Lake
1951
Sitting Bull
1954
The Cariboo Trail
1950
Photos (3)
Movies (41)
O. Henry's Full House
Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")
The Cariboo Trail
Will Gray
Sitting Bull
Bob Parrish
Two Flags West
Lem
Law of the Lawless
Judge Clem Rogers
The Secret of Convict Lake
Narrator (Voice) (uncredited)
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
Jim Hardie
The Boy with Green Hair
Policeman (uncredited)
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
Legends of the West
Maj. Robert Parrish in 'Sitting Bull' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lure of the Wilderness
Opening off-screen Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
Tunis Simms (uncredited)
Top of the World
Lee Gannon
Golden Girl
Tom Richmond
Hell Canyon Outlaws
Sheriff Caleb Wells
Blood on the Arrow
Wade Cooper
Fighting Man of the Plains
Jesse James
Son of Sinbad
Sinbad
City of Bad Men
Brett Stanton
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
Judge Isaac Parker
The Man from Button Willow
Justin Eagle (voice)
A Day of Fury
Jagade
The Walking Major
Major Clark J. Allen
Fast and Sexy
Raffaele
Coast of Skeletons
A.J. Magnus
The Gambler from Natchez
Vance Colby
The Silver Whip
Race Crim
Take Care of My Little Girl
Joe Blake
Devil's Canyon
Billy Reynolds
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Dan Harrow
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Dakota Incident
John Banner
Melvin Purvis G-Man
Melvin Purvis
Lydia Bailey
Albion Hamlin
The Kansas City Massacre
Melvin Purvis
Return of the Texan
Sam Crockett
Scalplock
Benjamin Calhoun
Call Me Mister
Capt. Johnny Comstock
The High Terrace
Bill Lang
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
John Oakhurst
The One Eyed Soldiers
Richard Owen
TV Shows (16)
Dallas
Frank Crutcher · 5 eps
The Love Boat
Mason Fleers · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Lee Goddard (uncredited) · 2 eps
Dynasty
Walter Lankershim · 15 eps
The Red Skelton Show
Robinson Crusoe · 1 eps
Tales of Wells Fargo
Jim Hardie · 201 eps
Climax!
1 eps
Climax!
Nicky Jordan · 1 eps
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Lt. Clay Tucker · 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
Donny Weaver · 1 eps
Studio 57
1 eps
J.J. Starbuck
J.J. Starbuck · 18 eps
The Iron Horse
Ben Calhoun · 47 eps
Harts of the West
2 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Jim Hardie · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (13)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · 10 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Tales of Wells Fargo · 1 eps
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
This Is Your Life
Self · 1 eps
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · 1 eps
The Hollywood Palace
Self · 3 eps
Hollywood Squares
Self · 5 eps
The Johnny Cash Show
Self · 1 eps
Death Valley Days
Self - Host · 26 eps
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
Self (uncredited)
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
Self (archive footage)