Cowboy actor Dale Robertson dies at 89
Hollywood is mourning the passing of renowned western histrion Dale Robertson, who died inward San Diego on February 27 from lung cancer and pneumonia.
He died at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla within San Diego, California
The tall too ruggedly handsome Robertson began his acting career past times peril when he was inward the United States Army. In Europe during World War II he was wounded twice and received Bronze and Silver Star medals.
Stationed at San Luis Obispo, California, Robertson decided to get got a photograph taken for his mother; too therefore he too several other soldiers went to Hollywood to abide by a photographer. H5N1 large re-create of his photograph was after displayed inward the photographer’s store window. He constitute himself receiving letters from cinema agents who wished to stand upwardly for him. After the war, Robertson stayed inward California.
Hollywood actor Will Rogers, Jr., gave him this advice: “Don’t e'er get got a dramatic lesson. They volition endeavour to rate your vocalism inward a dinner jacket, too people similar their hominy too grits inward everyday clothes.” Robertson thereafter avoided formal acting lessons.
Robertson was a skilled Equus caballus rider, too oft said the entirely argue he became an histrion was to salve upwardly to laid about a Equus caballus farm inward Oklahoma, which he after did, breeding polo ponies too racehorses.
During his acting career, he appeared inward to a greater extent than than threescore films too 430 TV episodes.
In its March 30, 1959, encompass even on telly westerns, Time magazine reported Robertson was half dozen feet tall, weighed 180 pounds, too measured 42-34-34. He sometimes made move of his physique inward “beefcake” scenes, such every bit ane inward 1952’s Return of the Texan where he is seen bare-chested too sweaty, repairing a fence.
He developed, owned too starred inward the “Wells Fargo” series, playing Jim Hardie, a troubleshooter for the stagecoach company. To brand the graphic symbol distinctive, he had the otherwise right-handed Hardie clit his gun too shoot left-handed.
In 1981, Robertson was inward the master starring cast of ABC’s pop night-time soap opera, Dynasty, playing Walter Lankershim, a graphic symbol who disappeared after the laid about season. In 1985, it was revealed inward the even problem that the graphic symbol had died off screen. The adjacent year, he had a recurring component inward unopen to other glitzy nighttime lather opera, Dallas. Later inward the decade, he starred every bit the title character in the short-lived NBC crime drama J.J. Starbuck. In Dec 1993 too Jan 1994, Robertson appeared inward 2 episodes of the CBS comedy/western Harts of the West in the component of “Zeke Terrell”, the blood brother of serial co-star Lloyd Bridges.
He received the Golden Boot Award in 1985, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is every bit good inward the Hall of Great Western Performers and the Cowboy Hall of Fame inward Oklahoma City.
In 1960, Robertson invitee starred every bit himself inward NBC’s The Ford Show, starring Tennessee Ernie Ford. In 1962, he similarly appeared on a short-lived western comedy too multifariousness series, ABC’s The Roy Rogers too Dale Evans Show. In 1963, after Tales of Wells Fargo ended its five-year run, he played the Pb component inward the laid about of A. C. Lyles’ second feature westerns, Law of the Lawless.
Robertson created United Screen Arts inward 1965 which released 2 of his films, The Man from Button Willow (1965, animated) and One Eyed Soldiers (1966).
Robertson was married iv times too is survived past times his wife, Susan Robbins, whom he married inward 1980. He is every bit good survived past times his 2 daughters, Rochelle Robertson too Rebel Lee, too a granddaughter.
Dale Robertson (Dayle Lymoine Robertson), born xiv July 1923; died 27 Feb 2013
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