Dale Robertson

ActorCrew Jul 14 (died age 89) Harrah, Oklahoma USA 1948–2000 (52 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Dynasty

Walter Lankershim

Film

Flamingo Road

Tunis Simms (uncredited)

Film

The Boy with Green Hair

Policeman (uncredited)

Film

O. Henry's Full House

Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")

Film

The Secret of Convict Lake

Narrator (Voice) (uncredited)

Film

Two Flags West

Lem

Film

Tales of Wells Fargo

Jim Hardie

Film

The Cariboo Trail

Will Gray

Filmography

Acting (62)

Movies (40)

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

2000

Legends of the West

1992

as Maj. Robert Parrish in 'Sitting Bull' (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

1979

as Judge Isaac Parker

1.9

Melvin Purvis G-Man

1975

as Melvin Purvis

6.0

The Kansas City Massacre

1975

as Melvin Purvis

4.7

The Walking Major

1970

as Major Clark J. Allen

2.0

East Connection

1970

The One Eyed Soldiers

as Richard Owen

Scalplock

as Benjamin Calhoun

Coast of Skeletons

as A.J. Magnus

The Man from Button Willow

1965

as Justin Eagle (voice)

Law of the Lawless

as Judge Clem Rogers

Blood on the Arrow

as Wade Cooper

Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon

as Jim Hardie

Fast and Sexy

as Raffaele

Hell Canyon Outlaws

as Sheriff Caleb Wells

The High Terrace

as Bill Lang

A Day of Fury

as Jagade

Dakota Incident

as John Banner

Son of Sinbad

as Sinbad

Top of the World

as Lee Gannon

The Gambler from Natchez

as Vance Colby

Sitting Bull

as Bob Parrish

City of Bad Men

as Brett Stanton

Devil's Canyon

as Billy Reynolds

The Silver Whip

as Race Crim

The Farmer Takes a Wife

1953

as Dan Harrow

3.3

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

1952

as John Oakhurst

5.9

O. Henry's Full House

1952

as Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")

Lydia Bailey

as Albion Hamlin

Return of the Texan

as Sam Crockett

Golden Girl

as Tom Richmond

The Secret of Convict Lake

1951

as Narrator (Voice) (uncredited)

6.6

Take Care of My Little Girl

1951

as Joe Blake

5.0

Call Me Mister

1951

as Capt. Johnny Comstock

Two Flags West

as Lem

The Cariboo Trail

as Will Gray

Flamingo Road

as Tunis Simms (uncredited)

7.0

Fighting Man of the Plains

1949

as Jesse James

5.3

The Boy with Green Hair

1948

as Policeman (uncredited)

6.2

Television (22)

Harts of the West

J.J. Starbuck

as J.J. Starbuck

Murder, She Wrote

as Colonel Lee Goddard (uncredited)

Dynasty

as Walter Lankershim

Dallas

as Frank Crutcher

The Love Boat

as Mason Fleers

The Johnny Cash Show

as Self

The Iron Horse

as Ben Calhoun

The Hollywood Palace

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

Tales of Wells Fargo

as Jim Hardie

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Tales of Wells Fargo

5.6

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956

as Self

6.0

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Lt. Clay Tucker

Climax!

Studio 57

This Is Your Life

as Self

The Ford Television Theatre

as Donny Weaver

Death Valley Days

as Self - Host

The Red Skelton Show

as Robinson Crusoe

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.2

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

The Man from Button Willow

1965

Presenter

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