Dale Lymoine Robertson

 Dale Lymoine Robertson (July 14, 1923 – February 27, 2013)

He played the roving investigator Jim Hardie in the television series Tales of Wells Fargo and Ben Calhoun, the owner of an incomplete railroad line in Iron Horse. He often was presented as a deceptively thoughtful but modest Western hero. From 1968 to 1970, Robertson was the fourth and final host of the anthology series Death Valley Days. During World War II, he was commissioned through Officer Candidate School, and served in the United States Army 322nd Combat Engineer Battalion of the 97th Infantry Division in Europe. He was wounded twice and was awarded the Bronze and Silver Star medals. Following his return home, he was spotted by chance in a photograph by a Hollywood scout and the result was the launching of his career in entertainment. He was liked by studio executives due to his resemblance of Clark Gable and landed his first part with an uncredited role in the picture "The Boy with Green Hair" (1948). This was followed with his being cast in supporting and starring roles in numerous Westerns and swashbucklers. Robertson's most prolific body of work was in television which started in live broadcasts on numerous 1950s programs. In addition, to Tales of Wells Fargo, he had featured roles in the series Iron Horse (1966 to 1968), Dynasty (1981), Dallas (1982) and J.J. Starbuck (1987 to 1988).

In the last few years before his death, Robertson hosted a radio program called "Little Known Facts," which was broadcast on 400 radio stations. He died at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California on February 27, 2013, from lung cancer and pneumonia. He was 89 years old.