DALE ROBERTSON BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Dale Robertson was born July 14th, 1923 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with the middle name Lymoine. He worked as a professional boxer for a short period of time before he decided to enroll in Claremore Military Academy in Claremore, Oklahoma. During world War II, he served in the tank crew and as a combat engineer in Northern Africa. He began a career in acting, while still serving active duty with the US Army. He was stationed in San Luis Obispo, California and after his mother took a photograph of him which was displayed in the photo shop window, talent scouts saw this photo and were intrigued to get to know more about Robertson. He had an amazing physical appearance to Clark Gable.
While serving in the South pacific he began receiving letters from film agents who were interested in him. Following the war, Robertson decided to stay living in California and pursue a career in the entertainment industry. He was advised by Will Rogers Jr. never to take acting lessons as it would change his persona and Robertson chose to follow this advice.
His acting career began with mostly roles in Western movies and television as this genre was still the favorite of Americans. He began his career with small bit parts with Warner brothers, but soon he was gaining leading roles with 20th Century Fox. In the beginning of his career he was mostly cast on the popular TV #92 in various television weeklies.
In 1957, Robertson was cast in a popular television show, "The Tales of Wells Fargo" (1957-1962). Robertson also had a guest starring role on NBC's, "The Ford Show" (1960) followed by another role on a western comedy and variety series, "The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show" (1962) which aired on ABC. Robertson also hosted the, "Death Valley Days" along with Ray Milland, Ronald Reagan and Robert Taylor.
These roles were followed with a variety of other television series parts such as, "The Iron Horse" (1966-1968), "Dynasty" (1980-1982) and "J.J. Starbuck" ( 1989).
Entering the 90's, Robertson continued to work as an actor appearing in 2 episodes of, "Hearts of the West" (1993 and 1994).
Robertson was mostly known for his television career but also starred in a total of 63 films, is a recipient of the Golden Boot Award in 1985 and has a star on the Hollywood walk of Fame. He was also inducted into the hall of Great Western Performers and the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. Robertson has since retired from acting and lives on a ranch near Oklahoma City. with his current wife whom he married in 1980, Susie Robertson.
Dale Robertson, starting out with roles in 1950's Westerns such as "Devil's Canyon", "Sitting Bull" and "Dakota Incident" and who was best known for his role of special agent Jim Hardie in the NBC television series "Tales of Wells Fargo" from (1957-1962), died on Tuesday February 26, 2013 at the age of eighty-nine, Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California.
Filmography
1989 Prediction: Murder
1988 The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel
1975 The Kansas City Massacre
1974 Melvin Purvis G-MAN
1970 Aru heishi no kake
1970 East Connection
1966 Scalplock
1966 The One Eyed Soldiers
1965 The Man from Button Willow
1965 Diamond Jim: Skulduggery in Samantha
1964 Coast of Skeletons
1964 Blood on the Arrow
1964 Law of the Lawless
1958 Fast and Sexy
1957 Hell Canyon Outlaws
1956 High Terrace
1956 Dakota Incident
1956 A Day of Fury
1955 Son of Sinbad
1955 Top of the World
1954 Sitting Bull
1954 The Gambler from Natchez
1953 City of Bad Men
1953 Devil's Canyon
1953 The Farmer Takes a Wife
1953 The Silver Whip
1952 I Full House
1952 Lure of the Wilderness
1952 Lydia Bailey
1952 The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1952 Return of the Texan
1951 Golden Girl
1951 The Secret of Convict Lake
1951 Take Care of My Little Girl
1951 Call Me Mister
1950 Two Flags West
1950 The Cariboo Trail
1949 Fighting Man of the Plains
1949 The Girl from Jones Beach
1949 Flamingo Road
1948 The Boy with Green Hair
