Dale Robertson
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.
Fotos
Filmes (44)
Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
2007 · Self (archive footage)
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
Legends of the West
1992 · Maj. Robert Parrish in 'Sitting Bull' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979 · Judge Isaac Parker
The Kansas City Massacre
1975 · Melvin Purvis
Melvin Purvis G-Man
1975 · Melvin Purvis
East Connection
1970
Elvis: That's the Way It Is
1970 · Self (uncredited)
The Walking Major
1970 · Major Clark J. Allen
Scalplock
1966 · Benjamin Calhoun
The One Eyed Soldiers
1966 · Richard Owen
The Man from Button Willow
1965 · Justin Eagle (voice), Presenter
Coast of Skeletons
1965 · A.J. Magnus
Blood on the Arrow
1964 · Wade Cooper
Law of the Lawless
1964 · Judge Clem Rogers
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
1961 · Jim Hardie
Fast and Sexy
1958 · Raffaele
Hell Canyon Outlaws
1957 · Sheriff Caleb Wells
The High Terrace
1956 · Bill Lang
Dakota Incident
1956 · John Banner
A Day of Fury
1956 · Jagade
Son of Sinbad
1955 · Sinbad
Top of the World
1955 · Lee Gannon
Sitting Bull
1954 · Bob Parrish
The Gambler from Natchez
1954 · Vance Colby
City of Bad Men
1953 · Brett Stanton
Devil's Canyon
1953 · Billy Reynolds
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1953 · Dan Harrow
The Silver Whip
1953 · Race Crim
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1952 · John Oakhurst
O. Henry's Full House
1952 · Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")
Lure of the Wilderness
1952 · Opening off-screen Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Lydia Bailey
1952 · Albion Hamlin
Return of the Texan
1952 · Sam Crockett
Golden Girl
1951 · Tom Richmond
The Secret of Convict Lake
1951 · Narrator (Voice) (uncredited)
Take Care of My Little Girl
1951 · Joe Blake
Call Me Mister
1951 · Capt. Johnny Comstock
Two Flags West
1950 · Lem
The Cariboo Trail
1950 · Will Gray
Fighting Man of the Plains
1949 · Jesse James
Flamingo Road
1949 · Tunis Simms (uncredited)
The Boy with Green Hair
1948 · Policeman (uncredited)
The Living Swamp
· Narrator
Séries (24)
Harts of the West
1993
J.J. Starbuck
1987 · J.J. Starbuck
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Lee Goddard (uncredited)
Dynasty
1981 · Walter Lankershim
Dallas
1978 · Frank Crutcher
O Barco do Amor
1977 · Mason Fleers
The Johnny Cash Show
1969 · Self
Hollywood Squares
1966 · Self
The Iron Horse
1966 · Ben Calhoun
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self - Co-Host, Self
The George Burns Show
1958 · Self
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957 · Jim Hardie
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self, Self - Guest
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Lt. Clay Tucker
Climax!
1954 · Nicky Jordan
Studio 57
1954
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Donny Weaver
This Is Your Life
1952 · Self
Death Valley Days
1952 · Self - Host
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Jim Hardie
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Robinson Crusoe