Western Rabbit Hole #1 -Actor Robert Fuller

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which he got to play the bad guy. In interviews, he’s stated that those characters were often the most fun, too. The following list is of the guest roles in the most popular westerns. The bold titles are the ones that I’ve tracked down to watch, and that I find most enjoyable.<ul><li>Death Valley Days 2 episodes (1958)</li><li>The Restless Gun 2 episodes (1958–59)</li><li>Cimarron City, S1 EP 20 Blind is the Killer (1959) — his second time working with John Smith, who would be his Laramie co-star, and an impressive performance.</li><li>The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp S4 EP 29 The Judas Goat(1959) He may be a Deputy US Marshall, but Hank Drew is not one of the good guys.</li><li>Lawman S1 EP27 The Souvenir and S1 EP39 The Friend</li><li>Laramie — Jess Harper in 124 episodes (1959–1963) Standout episodes that feature Jess, in my opinion, are (Season 1) Stage Stop, which introduces the characters and sets up the series. The Star Trail, The Run to Tumavaca, and Duel at Alta Mesa are all strong first season episodes. (Season 2) License to Kill, Rimrock, Bitter Glory, and Trigger Point are topnotch episodes. (Season 3) Dragon at the Door, Siege at Jubilee, and The Replacement are my top picks. (Season 4) And in the final season, I really liked Bad Blood, Gun Duel, The Fugitives, Broken Honor, and The Marshals. My favorite Jess Harper line of all time comes in an episode in season 4. While the Sherman Ranch contingent is attending a wedding, Jess is asked by a woman how it is that he’s not married yet. “I’m shy,” he replies. “And I have a fast horse.”</li><li>Wagon Train (Season 2–1959) Fuller’s guest spots here are a couple of my very favorites. He’s just such a cute young cowboy in love. The Ella Lindstrom Story stars Betty Davis, but young James Fitzpatrick’s reaction to his first kiss under a Conestoga is adorable. And Chris Finley in The Kate Parker Story is crazy in love with his wife, played by the wonderful Ruta Lee. I’d have loved to have seen those two paired up more often. They played off each other so well. In seasons 7 and 8 (1963–1965) he takes on the regular role of wagon train scout Cooper Smith. I have to confess that I’m still on season 4, and have only watched a couple of episodes. However, I’ve seen enough to know that Cooper Smith is a very different character than Jess Harper. And that The Story of Cain is an outstanding performance.</li><li>I’ve not yet seen Incident at Phantom Hill (1966)</li><li>In Return of the Seven (1966) Fuller replaces Steve McQueen as Vin Tanner. It’s my favorite of the Magnificent Seven films.</li><li>In season 5 of The Virginian there’s a charming fellow in A Welcoming Town (1967) who turns out to be a cowardly weasel who isn’t brave enough to do his own killing. Clint Richards is my favorite bad guy role, and allows the actor to demonstrate an impressive range of emotions. He plays another bad guy in season 9, but it’s a small part so Flight From Memory (1971) isn’t a favorite.</li><li>Private Sneed is yet another sort of cowardly bad guy in The Gatling Gun (1971) It’s not

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my favorite, but a lot of fans really like it.</li><li>Three movies that I have not yet located are Mustang Country (1976), Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (1978), and Jake’s Way (1980).</li><li>The role of Charlie Poke in Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988) is a good one.</li><li>There are a few TV western guest spots that I’ve not seen yet. The Oregon Trail (1978), 2 episodes of Paradise (1989 and 1991), 2 episodes of The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993), and one of Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1995).</li><li>Mel Gibson’s Maverick (1994) gave a lot of older cowboy stars bit parts. Fuller plays a riverboat gambler, and it’s a nice part.</li><li>And finally, I’m back to the Walker, Texas Ranger episodes. In the 2-part episode Last of a Breed (1997), Fuller plays an old west Texas Ranger, Cabe Wallace in a story that Ranger Walker tells some kids at the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame. In Season 8, he takes on the character of Wade Harper — a great-great grandson of Jess Harper — in A Matter of Principle (2000). That character returned in the 2-part finale of the show, The Final Showdown (2001).</li></ul>This is not an exhaustive filmography, but covers what I think are the highlights of a long career. And, except for those unfortunate 1970s polyester leisure suits that Dr. Brackett wore outside the hospital on Emergency, Robert Fuller has always looked darned good in all his roles.At 90, he hasn’t lost any of his cowboy appeal, as his many fans will attest.I’m so glad that I rediscovered my love of old westerns and that many are so easily found online, on streaming services, and on DVD today. If you share my appreciation for them, check out some of my favorites. I suggest looking for Laramie. I bet you’ll fall in love with Jess Harper, too.<h1 id="05d0">******* Happy 90th Birthday, Robert Fuller! *******</h1><div id="f9f4" class="link-block"> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298333/"> <div> <div> <h2>Robert Fuller | Actor, Stunts</h2> <div><h3>Robert Fuller. Actor: Emergency!. Robert Fuller was born in Troy, New York on July 29, 1933 at 1:50 PM and was raised…</h3></div> <div>www.imdb.com</div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*TAECb-DHe8oWRO2_)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="654b" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/chewin-the-fat-with-iron-willed-laramie-cowboy-star-robert-fuller-89c473fe9cd9"> <div> <div> <h2>Chewin’ the fat with iron-willed ‘Laramie’ cowboy star Robert Fuller</h2> <div><h3>The Wagon Train and Emergency! star reflects on Robert Duvall, Ernest Borgnine, Dan Duryea, The High Chaparral…</h3></div> <div>medium.com</div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*Y4P65YoW8HDfj9Z3tlJegQ.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div>The Twin Wranglers <a href="https://duds-odds-n-ends.com/robert-fuller/">https://duds-odds-n-ends.com/robert-fuller/</a></article></body>

Western Rabbit Hole #1 -Actor Robert Fuller

Today, July 29, is actor Robert Fuller’s 90th birthday.

It seems appropriate to write my first Western Rabbit Hole review in his honor. Well, and after much research I’ve come to the conclusion that the cowboy characters he’s portrayed on TV and in movies absolutely embody my idea of male perfection.

As I may have mentioned in my story, A Love Letter to Old TV Cowboys, I’ve always been attracted to dark-haired men with deep voices and sexy hands. A turned up cuff revealing a chiseled forearm makes me swoon — but never mind all that. Good looks and self assurance will take a man to Hollywood, but it requires actual talent to sustain a career for decades.

According to the IMDb website, he’s acquired 95 acting credits between his appearance as an extra in Come Back, Little Sheba in 1952 and his retirement from acting in 2001.

While I haven’t met the man, I’d say there’s also something special about his personality because his Facebook Fandom boasts close to 6,000 members, and that’s just one of the pages or groups devoted to him or to the popular TV shows he’s starred in.

Many of those fans travel to film and nostalgia festivals to meet him, often more than once, and evidence suggests that he’s as genuinely happy to see and interact with his fans as they are to see him.

A writer needs a mouse pad. This one featuring Robert Fuller as Jess Harper from Laramie makes time spent at the computer a lot less boring! Mouse pad from The Twin Wranglers. Photo by Linda Bittle © 2023.

While Mr. Fuller will always be best known as a cowboy, he’s a versatile actor, stuntman and dancer. Some of his key non-western performances include the following. The titles in bold type are among my favorites.

as a chorus boy/dancer in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1952)

playing a smug young punk in Teenage Thunder (1957)

the sci-fi cult classic The Brain From Planet Arous (1957)

the “giant American” agricultural expert under a death sentence in the Alcoa Premier episode The Hour of the Bath (1962) This one was hard to find, but worth the effort.

the Vietnam veteran in the motorcycle movie The Hard Ride (1971)

as Dr. Kelly Brackett in the TV series Emergency (1972–1978)

the many guest appearances, sometimes playing the good guy and sometimes the bad guy, on popular TV shows like Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, The Fall Guy, Tour of Duty, Murder She Wrote, Seinfeld, and JAG.

hosting TV fishing shows Fishing Fever, Colorado River Adventure, and Blue Water Challenge.

guest starring in 4 episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger. And those, especially the 2 episodes in which he plays a descendent of Laramie’s Jess Harper should be considered westerns.

Which brings me to the westerns.

There were a lot of westerns on TV in the 1950s and 1960s. Before he was cast in Laramie (1959–1963) Robert Fuller guest starred in quiet a few of them. Some of his best roles were those in which he got to play the bad guy. In interviews, he’s stated that those characters were often the most fun, too. The following list is of the guest roles in the most popular westerns. The bold titles are the ones that I’ve tracked down to watch, and that I find most enjoyable.

Death Valley Days 2 episodes (1958)

The Restless Gun 2 episodes (1958–59)

Cimarron City, S1 EP 20 Blind is the Killer (1959) — his second time working with John Smith, who would be his Laramie co-star, and an impressive performance.

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp S4 EP 29 The Judas Goat(1959) He may be a Deputy US Marshall, but Hank Drew is not one of the good guys.

Lawman S1 EP27 The Souvenir and S1 EP39 The Friend

Laramie — Jess Harper in 124 episodes (1959–1963) Standout episodes that feature Jess, in my opinion, are (Season 1) Stage Stop, which introduces the characters and sets up the series. The Star Trail, The Run to Tumavaca, and Duel at Alta Mesa are all strong first season episodes. (Season 2) License to Kill, Rimrock, Bitter Glory, and Trigger Point are topnotch episodes. (Season 3) Dragon at the Door, Siege at Jubilee, and The Replacement are my top picks. (Season 4) And in the final season, I really liked Bad Blood, Gun Duel, The Fugitives, Broken Honor, and The Marshals. My favorite Jess Harper line of all time comes in an episode in season 4. While the Sherman Ranch contingent is attending a wedding, Jess is asked by a woman how it is that he’s not married yet. “I’m shy,” he replies. “And I have a fast horse.”

Wagon Train (Season 2–1959) Fuller’s guest spots here are a couple of my very favorites. He’s just such a cute young cowboy in love. The Ella Lindstrom Story stars Betty Davis, but young James Fitzpatrick’s reaction to his first kiss under a Conestoga is adorable. And Chris Finley in The Kate Parker Story is crazy in love with his wife, played by the wonderful Ruta Lee. I’d have loved to have seen those two paired up more often. They played off each other so well. In seasons 7 and 8 (1963–1965) he takes on the regular role of wagon train scout Cooper Smith. I have to confess that I’m still on season 4, and have only watched a couple of episodes. However, I’ve seen enough to know that Cooper Smith is a very different character than Jess Harper. And that The Story of Cain is an outstanding performance.

I’ve not yet seen Incident at Phantom Hill (1966)

In Return of the Seven (1966) Fuller replaces Steve McQueen as Vin Tanner. It’s my favorite of the Magnificent Seven films.

In season 5 of The Virginian there’s a charming fellow in A Welcoming Town (1967) who turns out to be a cowardly weasel who isn’t brave enough to do his own killing. Clint Richards is my favorite bad guy role, and allows the actor to demonstrate an impressive range of emotions. He plays another bad guy in season 9, but it’s a small part so Flight From Memory (1971) isn’t a favorite.

Private Sneed is yet another sort of cowardly bad guy in The Gatling Gun (1971) It’s not my favorite, but a lot of fans really like it.

Three movies that I have not yet located are Mustang Country (1976), Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (1978), and Jake’s Way (1980).

The role of Charlie Poke in Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988) is a good one.

There are a few TV western guest spots that I’ve not seen yet. The Oregon Trail (1978), 2 episodes of Paradise (1989 and 1991), 2 episodes of The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993), and one of Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1995).

Mel Gibson’s Maverick (1994) gave a lot of older cowboy stars bit parts. Fuller plays a riverboat gambler, and it’s a nice part.

And finally, I’m back to the Walker, Texas Ranger episodes. In the 2-part episode Last of a Breed (1997), Fuller plays an old west Texas Ranger, Cabe Wallace in a story that Ranger Walker tells some kids at the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame. In Season 8, he takes on the character of Wade Harper — a great-great grandson of Jess Harper — in A Matter of Principle (2000). That character returned in the 2-part finale of the show, The Final Showdown (2001).

This is not an exhaustive filmography, but covers what I think are the highlights of a long career. And, except for those unfortunate 1970s polyester leisure suits that Dr. Brackett wore outside the hospital on Emergency, Robert Fuller has always looked darned good in all his roles.

At 90, he hasn’t lost any of his cowboy appeal, as his many fans will attest.

I’m so glad that I rediscovered my love of old westerns and that many are so easily found online, on streaming services, and on DVD today. If you share my appreciation for them, check out some of my favorites. I suggest looking for Laramie. I bet you’ll fall in love with Jess Harper, too.