Dale Robertson

Acting

Dale Robertson

Born July 14, 1923 · Harrah, Oklahoma USA

Died February 27, 2013 · aged 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 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 …

Known For

Two Flags WestTwo Flags West · 1950
Two Flags West
6.21950
MovieWesternWar
A group of confedarate prisoners is sent to a unionist fort in the west to help the local garrison to fight the indians.
O. Henry's Full HouseO. Henry's Full House · 1952
O. Henry's Full House
6.91952
MovieComedyDrama
Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".
The Cariboo TrailThe Cariboo Trail · 1950
The Cariboo Trail
6.41950
MovieWestern
A cattleman fights to establish a ranch in the middle of gold country.
Legends of the WestLegends of the West · 1992
Legends of the West
1992
MovieDocumentary
Host Jack Palance explores how Hollywood has depicted Western legends like George Armstrong Custer, Billy the Kid, Crazy Horse and the O.K. Corral
Law of the LawlessLaw of the Lawless · 1964
Law of the Lawless
6.51964
MovieWestern
A former gunfighter, now a circuit court judge, faces his father's killer in a small post-Civil War Kansas town.
The Boy with Green HairThe Boy with Green Hair · 1948
The Boy with Green Hair
6.21948
MovieDramaComedy
Peter, an orphaned boy, is adopted by Gramp Frye after his parents are killed in Europe while doing war relief work. The boy feels safe with his new caretaker, but when he is taunted for being an orphan, he gets demoralized. The next day Peter wakes up with green hair. Embarrassed and further ridiculed, Peter seeks solace in a nearby forest. To his surprise, he finds other orphans in the woods, who encourage him to spread news of the injustices of war.
Top of the WorldTop of the World · 1955
Top of the World
6.51955
MovieAdventure
A team of Air Force servicemen become stranded after setting up a weather station on an island of ice in Alaska.
Sitting BullSitting Bull · 1954
Sitting Bull
5.31954
MovieWestern
Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribe is forced by the Indian-hating General Custer to react with violence, resulting in the famous Last Stand at Little Bighorn. Parrish, a friend to the Sioux, tries to prevent the bloodshed, but is court- martialed for "collaborating" with the enemy. Sitting Bull, however, manages to intercede with President Grant on Parrish's behalf.

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The Man from Button WillowThe Man from Button Willow · 1965
The Man from Button Willow
5.31965
MovieAnimationWestern
In 1869, Justin Eagle lives on his ranch called "The Eagle's Nest" near the town of Button Willow, California. In addition to being a rancher, Juston is a trouble-shooter for the U. S. Government which calls for him to act as an undercover operative and thwart the forces of evil in the rapidly-growing West. He is sent to San Franciso to find missing U. S. Senaator Freeman, who has disappeared while fighting the efforts of Montgomery Blaine, a villain who has been, with the aid of his henchman, "The Whip," forcing settlers to sell their land to him, not knowing that the land is in the path of a proposed railroad, from Utah, that will link the western United States to the East. Senator Freeman is the leader of an effort to veer the railroad southward to bypass Blaine's land and, for his efforts, is kidnapped by Bliane's henchmen and shanghaied from the San Francisco waterfront. Justin Eagle's job is to find and return him safely.

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