Acting · Harrah, Oklahoma USA · Born July 14, 1923
Dayle Lymoine Robertson 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 also did the narration for Tales of Wells Fargo through which he often presented his own commentary on matters of law, morality, and common sense. He was unique among his television contemporaries, stating that he hated the gun he was forced to carry, but saw it as a necessary evil, a "tool of the trade", and kept practicing.[citation needed] In its March 30, 1959, cover story on television westerns, Time reported Robertson was 6 feet tall, weighed 180 pounds, and measured 42-34-34. He sometimes made use of his physique in "beefcake" scenes, such as one in 1952's Return of the Texan where he is seen bare-chested and sweaty, repairing a fence. In 1960, Robertson guest-starred as himself in NBC's The Ford Show, starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.[12] In 1962, he similarly appeared on a short-lived western comedy and variety series, ABC's The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show. In 1963, after Tales of Wells Fargo ended its five-year run, he played the lead role in the first of A.C. Lyles' second feature westerns, Law of the Lawless.
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2007
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
2000
TVHarts of the West
1993
MovieLegends of the West
1992
as Maj. Robert Parrish in 'Sitting Bull' (archive footage) (uncredited)
TVJ.J. Starbuck
1987
as J.J. Starbuck
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Lee Goddard (uncredited)
TVDynasty
1981
as Walter Lankershim
MovieThe Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979
as Judge Isaac Parker
TVDallas
1978
as Frank Crutcher
TVThe Love Boat
1977
as Mason Fleers
MovieThe Kansas City Massacre
1975
as Melvin Purvis
MovieMelvin Purvis G-Man
1975
as Melvin Purvis
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1970
MovieElvis: That's the Way It Is
1970
as Self (uncredited)
MovieThe Walking Major
1970
as Major Clark J. Allen
TVThe Johnny Cash Show
1969
as Self
TVHollywood Squares
1966
as Self
TVThe Iron Horse
1966
as Ben Calhoun
MovieScalplock
1966
as Benjamin Calhoun
MovieThe One Eyed Soldiers
1966
as Richard Owen
MovieThe Man from Button Willow
1965
as Justin Eagle (voice)
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1965
as A.J. Magnus
MovieBlood on the Arrow
1964
as Wade Cooper
MovieLaw of the Lawless
1964
as Judge Clem Rogers
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1964
as Self
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Co-Host
MovieGunfight at Black Horses Canyon
1961
as Jim Hardie
The George Burns Show
1958
as Self
MovieFast and Sexy
1958
as Raffaele
MovieHell Canyon Outlaws
1957
as Sheriff Caleb Wells
TVTales of Wells Fargo
1957
as Jim Hardie
TVThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
MovieThe High Terrace
1956
as Bill Lang
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1956
as John Banner
TVThe Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Tales of Wells Fargo
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1956
as Jagade
TVThe 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
as Lt. Clay Tucker
MovieSon of Sinbad
1955
as Sinbad
MovieTop of the World
1955
as Lee Gannon
TVClimax!
1954
MovieSitting Bull
1954
as Bob Parrish
TVStudio 57
1954
MovieThe Gambler from Natchez
1954
as Vance Colby
MovieCity of Bad Men
1953
as Brett Stanton
MovieDevil's Canyon
1953
as Billy Reynolds
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1953
as Dan Harrow
MovieThe Silver Whip
1953
as Race Crim
MovieThe Outcasts of Poker Flat
1952
as John Oakhurst
TVThe Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Donny Weaver
TVThis Is Your Life
1952
as Self
TVDeath Valley Days
1952
as Self - Host
MovieO. Henry's Full House
1952
as Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")
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1952
as Albion Hamlin
MovieReturn of the Texan
1952
as Sam Crockett
MovieGolden Girl
1951
as Tom Richmond
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1951
TVThe Red Skelton Show
1951
as Robinson Crusoe
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1951
as Narrator (Voice) (uncredited)
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1951
as Joe Blake
MovieCall Me Mister
1951
as Capt. Johnny Comstock
MovieTwo Flags West
1950
as Lem
MovieThe Cariboo Trail
1950
as Will Gray
MovieFighting Man of the Plains
1949
as Jesse James
MovieFlamingo Road
1949
as Tunis Simms (uncredited)
MovieThe Boy with Green Hair
1948
as Policeman (uncredited)
