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 West · 1950Two 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 House · 1952O. 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 Trail · 1950The Cariboo Trail
★ 6.41950
MovieWestern
A cattleman fights to establish a ranch in the middle of gold country.
Legends of the West · 1992Legends 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 Lawless · 1964Law 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 Hair · 1948The 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 World · 1955Top 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 Bull · 1954Sitting 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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Legends of the West · 1992Legends 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
Maj. Robert Parrish in 'Sitting Bull' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Flamingo Road · 1949Flamingo Road
★ 7.01949
MovieDramaRomance
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
Tunis Simms (uncredited)
Lure of the Wilderness · 1952Lure of the Wilderness
★ 6.11952
MovieAdventureDrama
A young girl and her father, who is unjustly accused of murder, seek refuge in a Georgia swamp until they are befriended by a trapper who penetrates the swamp in search of his dog.
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