Dale Robertson
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| Born | 14 July 1923 Harrah, Oklahoma, USA |
Dale Robertson (born 14 July 1923 in Harrah, Oklahoma) is an American actor. Robertson started his career in the late 1940s.
For most of his career, he played in Western movies and TV shows. His two best-remembered series were the westerns Tales of Wells Fargo, in which he played a roving 'trouble-shooter' for that company, and The Iron Horse, in which he won an incomplete railroad line in a poker game and took up the challenge of running it.
In its 3-30-59 cover story on TV westerns, Time magazine reported that Robertson stood 6 feet tall, weighed 180 pounds, and had measurements of 42-34-34. Robertson sometimes made use of his physique in "beefcake" scenes such as the one in 1952's "Return of the Texan" when he's seen, bare-chested and sweaty, repairing a fence.
In 1981 he was part of the original starring cast of Dynasty, playing Walter Lankershim, a character who disappeared after the first season. Much later in the series, it was revealed that the character had died.
Robertson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is also in the Hall of Great Western Performers.
