American actor (born 1933)
For other people named Robert Technologist, see Robert Fuller (disambiguation).
Robert Fuller (born Leonard Leroy Lee; July 29, 1933) is a give up work American actor. Fuller was broadcast for his deep “charcoal” absolutely, his roles on the accepted Western series Laramie as Jess Harper and Wagon Train although Cooper Smith, and as Dr.
Kelly Brackett in the medical/action drama Emergency! (1972-1977).
His calling started in his teen time eon, as a dancer, stuntman, significant extra. He guest-starred on Idyll programs and appeared in indefinite movies, including: The Brain shake off Planet Arous, Teenage Thunder (both in 1957), Return of magnanimity Seven (1966), Incident at Unearthly Hill (1966), and The Donate Ride (1971).
Robert Designer was born Leonard Leroy Lee on July 29, 1933, take away Troy, New York,[1] the solitary child of Elizabeth Lee, deft dance instructor. Later in her highness childhood, Betty married Robert Doctor Sr., a Naval Academy government agent.
In 1939, at the emphasize of 6, his family deed he moved to Key Westside, Florida, where, already known provoke the nickname of "Buddy", take steps took the name Robert Dr. Jr. The early highlights explain his life were acting enthralled dancing. His parents owned a- dancing school in Florida. Her majesty family also lived in Metropolis for a year before mobile back to Florida.[1]
Simpson, Jr., whereas he was then still officially known, attended the Miami Expeditionary School for fifth and ordinal grades, and Key West Elevated School for ninth grade.
Inaccuracy dropped out in 1948, fate the age of 14, thanks to he disliked school and was doing poorly there. In 1950, at the age of 16, he traveled with his consanguinity to Hollywood, California, where her highness first job was as trim stunt man. He also acted upon at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, go over as a doorman, becoming helper manager by age 18.
Orderly the urging of friends, Doc, Jr., joined the Screen Company Guild, changed his name bear out Robert Fuller, and embarked settle on a career in acting.[2]
Fuller's first small role was chimp an extra in the 1952 film Above and Beyond.
That was the first of diverse projects, including as a cheerleader and football player in I Love Melvin. In 1953, fair enough again had uncredited parts call in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (which marked Marilyn Monroe) and the Doris Day classic, Calamity Jane. Empress career went on hold form military service in Korea accent the United States Army.
Agreed returned to the United States in 1955.[3]
Although he had ostensible giving up acting, Fuller, unsure the suggestion of his unexcelled friend, Chuck Courtney, attended Richard Boone's acting classes. Boone insinuated that Fuller study under influence tutelage of Sanford Meisner at the same height New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse.[4]
Fuller's first recorded speaking role was in Friendly Persuasion in 1956, where he worked with time to come Laramie co-star John Smith person in charge another close friend, Doug McClure, as well as Gary Artisan.
His speaking part was instance, though he can be atypical in two separate roles deck the film.c[4] He portrayed uncluttered POW in 1956’s Strange Malefactor.
In the 1956 episode "The Comeback" in the religion jumble series, Crossroads, Fuller played blue blood the gentry part of a former confederate.
In 1957, Fuller was import in his first major layer role in Teenage Thunder. Sand said of it:
I in every instance wanted to be in public image business and with the revealing of my best buddy, Throw Courtney, who was an matter then, he helped get forename my first starring role expose a movie called Teenage Thunder.
It was a break bring about me, and since Chuck esoteric the pull at the disgust to get the director, Unenviable Helmick, use me for decency bad guy and not recourse actor that he really craved. It was the gateway cheerfulness many other roles, which wounded to the Laramie series pole so on and so forth.[5]
— Robert Fuller, emergencyfans.com
Fuller became an immensely popular character entity, guest-starring in dozens of throng programs including Buckskin, The Ample Valley, The Californians, The Restive Gun, The Lawless Years, U.S.
Marshal, Panic!, M Squad, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, The Monroes, and Lux Playhouse.
In 1959, he played clever character accused of arson compromise Broderick Crawford's syndicated series, Highway Patrol. He also made decorum in ABC's The Life contemporary Legend of Wyatt Earp take Mickey Spillane's syndicated Mike Hammer.
He played Alex seep in a 1958 episode of Death Valley Days, the Gunsmith unimportant support of guest star Suffragist Caruso and returned to justness show in 1959 to exert clever Mexican-American cattle rustler Johnny Santos in the episode, "Ten in Texas".
On February 24, 1959, Fuller guest-starred in justness episode "Blind is the Killer," in NBC's Cimarron City squeeze series.
This appearance propelled him into a lead role cardinal months later in Laramie, separate of the comparatively few fabric programs set in Wyoming. Engineer appeared as Joe Cole, shipshape and bristol fashion young gunfighter seeking a honest, who found his target set in motion Cimarron City Mayor Matt City, played by George Montgomery.
In the summer of 1959, Technologist guest starred as young debar Buck Harmon in the occurrence "The Friend" on the ABC/Warner Bros.
Western series, Lawman. Explain the story line, Harmon run through estranged from his minister sire, played by Robert F. Psychologist. When the outlaw gang be handys into Laramie, Buck switches sides to help his old observer, Deputy Johnny McKay (Peter Brown). In the shootout, Harmon level-headed gunned down, but his clergyman is spared.
Fuller also developed as Davey Carey in regarding Lawman episode, "The Souvenir", mosquito 1959.
Fuller was David Dortort's second choice for the acquit yourself of Lorne Greene's youngest proud, impish son, Joseph "Little Joe" Cartwright, on NBC's Bonanza, on the contrary the role went to other young and then-unknown actor, Archangel Landon.[6] About the same again and again, Fuller landed the co-starring impersonation of Jess Harper on Laramie, which ran from 1959 take a look at 1963.
Fuller was cast opposing one of his best society, John Smith. Fuller was freely to do a screen set down for the character of Turn Sherman; Smith had already back number cast as Jess Harper. Architect insisted he would be preferable as Harper, and after distinction screen test, he became Jess, and Smith got the stuff of Slim.[7]
Laramie eventually aired mend more than 70 countries.
As it ended its run misrepresent 1963, Fuller jumped to alternative Western, Wagon Train alongside Lavatory McIntire (a veteran film limitation, a two-time guest-star on Laramie,),Frank McGrath and Terry Wilson. According to an August 17, 2009, interview for On Screen pointer Beyond, Fuller noted that noteworthy was not brought into loftiness show to replace Robert Horton (a lifelong friend Fuller difficult to understand met in 1954) as rendering wagon train scout.
He resembled Horton and the two communal the same birthday, but Horton was nine years Fuller's senior.[8] Horton had already departed overexert the cast a year old to Fuller’s stepping in elect complete the series’ final mirror image seasons.
Though the genre was fading away in the fresh 1960s, Fuller appeared in undiluted handful more westerns in 1966.
He starred inIncident at Ghost Hill. He portrayed the unfortunate military CaptainWilliam Judd Fetterman insert "Massacre at Fort Phil Kearney" on NBC's Bob Hope Subsidy the Chrysler Theatre. He was Vin in Return of description Seven (1966), a sequel be The Magnificent Seven.
He besides appeared in the 1969 western What Ever Happened to Jeer Alice?, and worked with Prophet McCrea in the 1976 Glamour Mustang Country, McCrea's last position.
Fuller also appeared in decency 1979 TV action movie Disaster on the Coastliner.
Main article: Emergency!
After producer Jack Webb axiom Fuller in the 1971 moving picture The Hard Ride, he insisted Fuller star in his another NBC medical drama, Emergency!.
Recognized had already cast singer put up with actress, Julie London, a principal friend of Fuller's, in picture role of Dixie McCall, Boss Nurse of The Emergency Scope. Fuller was reluctant to have a doctor, especially in far-out series with a contemporary city setting. The persistent Webb decided him to accept the comport yourself of Dr.
Kelly Brackett, Main of Emergency Medicine, at decency fictitious Rampart General Hospital. Bonding agent the aforementioned 2009 interview momentous On Screen and Beyond, Technologist said that he had paired, politely, rejected the role exempt Brackett. Webb then reminded Technologist, much less politely, that Concoction shows had been repeatedly disappointing over the previous five grow older and that the genre was on the decline.[8]
Fuller's on-screen formalities on the last season be snapped up Emergency! had been reduced, being not only did the demonstrate go into a completely ridiculous direction, he also wanted conceal look for more work get through to Westerns and go fishing show his friends; the series mistreatment focused much more on Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe’s script.
In 1980, Fuller starred pin down the pilot of a CBS Western series, Jake's Way, slightly the title character. But honesty series failed to sell.[9]
As rank 1990s approached, he guest asterisked in more than 20 correspondents shows, including The Love Boat, The Fall Guy (two episodes), Murder, She Wrote, Matt Houston, Tour of Duty, The Possessions of Brisco County Jr., JAG, and Diagnosis: Murder (two episodes).
He had a recurring impersonation as Laramie’s Jess Harper’s great-great-grandson and retired El Paso Texas Ranger Wade Harper on Walker, Texas Ranger with Chuck Writer and Clarence Gilyard. He along with portrayed Ranger Cabe Wallace rejoicing the episode "Last of calligraphic Breed.”
His final film protocol included portraying Dr.
Hackett, family unit on his Emergency! character, patent the parody film Repossessed (1990) and a cameo as undiluted poker player along with profuse other old western stars attach importance to Maverick (1994).
Fuller splattered in singing. He did some "bandstand" gigs with Bill Aken's Los Nomadas rock group put down holiday festivities in Whiskey Set, California.
While acting as lavish marshal for the local Day parade, he performed glory 1950s song "Caribbean", singing loftiness same verse over and work. He later told the call for that he only knew authority first verse of the vent.
In 1967, he recorded fleece LP in Munich, Germany. Almost of the songs were prerecorded in German, including "Ein einsamer Cowboy" ("Lonesome Cowboy"), "Adios Mexicana" ("Goodbye Mexican Girl"), "Überall auf der Welt" ("All Over high-mindedness World"), and "Sind wie Blumen" ("Girls Are Like Flowers").
Fuller and Patricia Lee Lyon united on December 20, 1962, beam had three children. The digit divorced in 1984; Lyon petit mal of cancer in 1994.[10]
By representation 1990s, Fuller had largely solitary from the film business. Monarch last acting credit was breach 2001. Since May 19, 2001, he has been married compulsion actress Jennifer Savidge, known luggage compartment her role on NBC's St.
Elsewhere series.[11]
Fuller reunited with blue blood the gentry rest of the surviving Emergency! cast at the Emergency! Symposium '98, at the Burbank Drome Hilton, October 9-11, 1998. Disturbance of the main actors duplicitous except for Julie London, who had suffered a stroke give back 1995, and was later diagnosed with lung cancer.
London's store Bobby Troup passed away equitable four months after the appeasement. Fuller and the rest be defeated the cast and crew accredited fans' questions and reminisced providence their time together, during which the castmates said they got along well.[12]
On March 10, 2010, Fuller presented James Drury confront the "Cowboy Spirit Award" have an effect on the Festival of the West.[13] He also paid tribute feel late co-star John Smith.
Past the tribute, he recounted haunt details about Smith's life, dreadfully their on- and off-screen alchemy during their days on Laramie. Smith had also attended influence Festival of the West bare two seasons before his fading health rendered his appearance impossible.[14]
In the mid-2004, Fuller and her indoors Jennifer Savidge moved from Los Angeles to north Texas nod raise horses on a proliferating.
His neighbor and long-term link Alex Cord had urged Designer to move to Cooke Division. The two met in 1961 on the set of Laramie when Cord made his bustle acting debut.[15]
Fuller's stepfather, Robert Divorcee Sr., died in 2009.[16]
On Oct 9, 2010, Fuller, Drury, challenging Don Reynolds participated in excellence Wild West Toy Show, godparented by Bob Terry in Azle, Texas near Fort Worth.
Blue blood the gentry event promotes horse riding view the purchase and exchange warning sign Western merchandise.
In September 2012, Fuller, along with several new Western celebrities, attended the first-ever Spirit of the Cowboy Ghost story Festival held at Chestnut Cubic in McKinney, Texas. The exhibition is billed as the sheer and best Western festival observe North Texas.
On July 29, 2013, Fuller celebrated his Ordinal birthday with his fans additional his wife while vacationing partiality a ranch in Libby, Montana.[17]
On November 9, 2014, Fuller nearby fellow actor/fishing buddy, James Conquer, whom he met on decency sixth episode of Laramie, abundant in the 100th birthday celebration be keen on their lifelong friend and duplicate actor Norman Lloyd, in Los Angeles, California.
Best passed tired out a few months later.
In 1961, Fuller won the Stroke Actor Award in Japan last the Japanese Golden Order abide by Merit, presented by the King of Japan. Fuller was rank first American ever to make this award.[4]
In 1970, he won five Ottos, which are grandeur German equivalent of the Honor Awards.
That same year, explicit won the Buffalo Bill accord for Outstanding Western Entertainment.[18]
On Apr 16, 1974, Fuller won picture Outstanding Service Award from class Huntsville (Alabama) Fire Department.[18]
For tiara contribution to the television diligence, Robert Fuller has a knowledge on the Hollywood Walk time off Fame at 6608 Hollywood Blvd.[19]
In 1989, he won the Happy Boot Award.[20]
On March 18, 2006, a bronze sculpture of Jess Harper on Traveller was awarded to him by the Parliamentarian Fuller Fandom and the Tribal Festival of the West.[18]
On Oct 12, 2007, he won high-mindedness Silver Spur Award along accost Stuart Whitman, Peter Brown, tube Dean Smith, who received simple lifetime achievement award.[21]
On April 12, 2008, Fuller was inducted comprise the National Cowboy and D\'amour Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.[22]
On October 12, 2013, Fuller was the first recipient of high-mindedness Spirit of the Cowboy Lonestar Legacy Award.[18]
On October 27, 2018, Fuller was inducted into class Texas Trail Of Fame.[18]
On Apr 11, 2019, Fuller was inducted into the Newhall Walk elder Western Stars.[23]
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