Dale Robertson
American actor (1923-2013) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 89
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.
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The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden StoryFilm1993
Harts of the WestSeries1984
Murder, She WroteSeries, Lee Goddard (uncredited)1979
The Last Ride of the Dalton GangFilm, Judge Isaac Parker1978
DallasSeries, Frank Crutcher1970East ConnectionFilm1969
The Johnny Cash ShowSeries1966
ScalplockFilm, Benjamin Calhoun1965
Coast of SkeletonsFilm, A.J. Magnus1964
The Hollywood PalaceSeries1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries1961
Gunfight at Black Horses CanyonFilm, Jim Hardie1958The George Burns ShowSeries
Fast and SexyFilm, 1958Raffaele1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSeries
A Day of FuryFilm, 1956Jagade1955
Son of SinbadFilm, Sinbad1954
Climax!Series, Nicky Jordan1953
City of Bad MenFilm, Brett Stanton1952
Lure of the WildernessFilm, Opening off-screen Narrator (voice) (uncredited)1951
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries, Jim Hardie
Call Me MisterFilm, 1951Capt. Johnny Comstock1949
Fighting Man of the PlainsFilm, Jesse James1948
The Boy with Green HairFilm, Policeman (uncredited)1923Born14 July 1923People around Dale
Jean Negulesco Directed O. Henry's Full House and Lydia Bailey
- Dan Curtis Directed The Kansas City Massacre (1975)
Harmon Jones Directed City of Bad Men and A Day of Fury
Lloyd Bacon Directed Call Me Mister and Golden Girl- Henry Levin Directed The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)
Douglas Kennedy Also in Flamingo Road and Sitting Bull
Lewis R. Foster Directed Dakota Incident and Top of the World- Sidney Salkow Directed Sitting Bull and Blood on the Arrow
- John Karlen Also in Melvin Purvis: G-Man (1975)
Jeanne Crain Also in O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Jeffrey Hunter Also in Call Me Mister (1951)
Jean Peters Also in Lure of the Wilderness (1952)
Richard Boone Also in Call Me Mister and City of Bad Men
Bill Williams Also in Fighting Man of the Plains (1949)
Hank Mann Also in Golden Girl (1951)Paul Burke Also in Dynasty, Call Me Mister and Golden Girl
Helen Westcott Also in The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)- Lionel Newman Wrote Golden Girl and The Gambler from Natchez
Edwin L. Marin Directed Fighting Man of the Plains (1950)
Hugo Friedhofer Wrote Two Flags West and Lydia Bailey
Kermit Maynard Also in Golden Girl (1951)
William F. Nolan Wrote The Kansas City Massacre (1975)
James Griffith Also in Son of Sinbad (1955)- Walter Bullock Wrote Golden Girl and O. Henry's Full House
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Elvis: That's the Way It Is 1970
Flamingo Road 1949
The Boy with Green Hair 1948
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Television 24
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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.