Dale robertson actor biography
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Dale Robertson
American actor (1923–2013)
Dale Robertson | |
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Robertson as Jim Hardie, 1958 | |
| Born | Dayle Lymoine Robertson (1923-07-14)July 14, 1923 Harrah, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | February 27, 2013(2013-02-27) (aged 89) La Jolla, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1948–1994 |
| Spouse(s) | Frederica Jacqueline Wilson (1951–1956; divorced); 1 daughter Mary Murphy (1956–1956; annulled) Lula Mae Robertson (m. 1959–1977); two daughters [citation needed] Susan Robbins Robertson (married 1980–2013; his death)[1] |
| Children | 3 |
Dayle Lymoine Robertson (July 14, 1923 – February 27, 2013) was an American actor best known for his starring roles on television. He played the roving investigator Jim Hardie in the television series Tales of Wells Fargo and railroad owner Ben Calhoun in Iron Horse. He often was presented as a deceptively thoughtful but modest Western hero. From 1968 to 1970, Robertson was the fourth and
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Dale L. Robertson
“Wherever he walks, the map of Oklahoma goes with him.”
Art Rush, 1979
Biography
Native Oklahoman Dale Robertson and his family moved to Oklahoma City in 1927 where Dale graduated from Classen High School. He received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star medals of the U.S. and the Cross of Lorraine from France during World War II and began his acting career in 1946. He starred or was featured in more than 60 major motion pictures in America, Japan, Italy, England, and Yugoslavia, played in over 400 television shows such as “Wells Fargo”, “Iron Horse,” and “Death Valley Days,” and thrilled audiences at state fairs, rodeos, night clubs, and charitable events around the nation. Discounting the title “retired” beginning in 1967, Robertson managed his Haymaker Farms, a quarterhorse operation, and the Dale Robertson Insurance Company. In 1983, he was inducted into the Hollywood Stuntman’s ingångsrum of Fame and returned to television in 1987 in the starring role on
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dayle Lymoine Robertson (July 14, 1923 – February 27, 2013) 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