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Dale Robertson

Acting

Born July 14, 1923 · Harrah, Oklahoma USA

Died February 27, 2013

Also known as Dayle Lymoine Robertson

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 television series Tales of Wells Fargo and railroad owner Ben Calhoun in Iron Horse. He often was presented as a deceptively thoughtful and modest Western hero. From 1968 to 1970, Robertson was the fourth and final host of the anthology series Death Valley Days. Described by Time magazine in 1959 as "probably the best horseman on television", for most of his career, Robertson played in Western films and television shows—well over 60 titles in all.

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Awards & recognition

  • Purple Heart
  • Silver Star
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography28 titles

Elvis: That's the Way It Is

1970as Self (uncredited)

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Lee Goddard (uncredited)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

The Red Skelton Show

1951as Robinson Crusoe

Tales of Wells Fargo

1957as Jim Hardie

Flamingo Road

1949as Tunis Simms (uncredited)

The Iron Horse

1966as Ben Calhoun

Dallas

1978as Frank Crutcher

O. Henry's Full House

1952as Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")

Harts of the West

1993

Scalplock

1966as Benjamin Calhoun

Death Valley Days

1952as Self - Host

Dynasty

1981as Walter Lankershim

Law of the Lawless

1964as Judge Clem Rogers

Dakota Incident

1956as John Banner

Top of the World

1955as Lee Gannon

The Cariboo Trail

1950as Will Gray

The Love Boat

1977as Mason Fleers

Melvin Purvis G-Man

1975as Melvin Purvis

City of Bad Men

1953as Brett Stanton

The Boy with Green Hair

1948as Policeman (uncredited)

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955as Lt. Clay Tucker

A Day of Fury

1956as Jagade

Coast of Skeletons

1965as A.J. Magnus

Fighting Man of the Plains

1949as Jesse James

The Man from Button Willow

1965as Justin Eagle (voice)

Sitting Bull

1954as Bob Parrish

Blood on the Arrow

1964as Wade Cooper