Robert Fuller Net Worth

Robert Fuller's Quotes

• I've got a big plaque up on the wall next to Gary Cooper and John Wayne and all the big guys. Next to all the great Western performers.
• I was assistant manager of Grauman's Chinese Theater. I started out there as the doorman wearing a Chinese outfit. I was there maybe six months when the assistant manager left and they gave me the job. I was 17 years old. I wore a suit and tie in the daytime and a tuxedo at night. I was in charge of all the usherettes. We had 20 usherettes on staff in 1951. It was a great job. I had a good time.
• Well, all the years that I did Laramie (1959) and Wagon Train (1957), Tony Curtis' dressing room was directly across from mine. His and Rock Hudson's. My dressing room .. . you know, I did all three series at Universal Studios: "Laramie", "Wagon Train" and Emergency! (1972), I guess that was fifteen or sixteen years or something like that. But the row of dressing rooms that I was on was called Whiskey Row. And the reason it was called Whiskey Row was because the first dressing room was Ward Bond, the second dressing room was Frank McGrath, the third was Terry Wilson, the fourth was John Smith, the fifth was me and the sixth was Lee Marvin. And we all partied after lunch, so they called it Whiskey Row. Now, in the same amount of space directly across from us were only two dressing rooms and they were bungalows; they were fabulous. Ours were great; I mean, we had dressing room, living room, makeup, kitchen, and all that, but these guys were like a condominium, practically. Tony Curtis and Rock Hudson right across from us for all those years.
• [on joining the cast for the last two seasons of Wagon Train (1957)]: It didn't have anything to do with Robert Horton. He had been away from that series for two years already. Denny Miller replaced him.
• Well, it came about because of Laramie (1959). "Laramie" was the number-one television show in Japan and Germany. I made several trips to both of those countries. My character, Jess Harper, was so big in Japan . . . well, "Laramie" was the number-one television show for, like, five years in Japan; the number-one show. They liked the character of Jess Harper because it reminded them of a Samurai warrior. Always helping the underdog like the Samurai did in those days, and so they liked that character. I had marvelous times over there. I won the best actor award over there in Japan, over all Japanese actors in 1961. And helped raise $100,000 for the Japanese Red Cross for underprivileged children and was given the highest award ever given to an American by the emperor called the Golden Order of Merit. I got to have a viewing with the emperor and empress of Japan and had lunch at the prime minister's home. It was unbelievable; I had such a fabulous time over there.

Interesting Facts about Robert Fuller

1. Father of Rob (full name: Leonard Leroy Lee III), Christine, and Patrick.
2. He is the only Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) guest star ever to be killed off twice in the same episode; it was the 2-part series finale, in which he played a dual role.
3. He was an uncredited extra in Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus (1960).
4. Was a semi-regular on the 70s game show The Hollywood Squares (Syndication) (1971). Often his job on the show was to intentionally give the wrong answer but in a way that might convince the contestant that this might be one of the rare times he was right.
5. Was close friends (for over 40 years) of singers/actors Julie London and Bobby Troup, long before they appeared together on Emergency! (1972).
6. After starring in the movie The Hard Ride (1971), Fuller didn't want to do Emergency! (1972), however, Jack Webb strongly insisted he star in it opposite Julie London (Webb's ex-wife). Fuller reluctantly accepted the role due to Webb's insistence. Long after Emergency! (1972) was cancelled, Fuller and London remained close friends until her death in 2000.
7. Was a spokesperson for Budweiser Malt Liquor in the early 1970s.
8. He has 7 hobbies: fishing, playing tennis, golfing, gardening, horseback riding, traveling and taking care of farm animals.
9. Before he was a successful actor, he was the assistant manager of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.
10. His parents divorced when he was six years old and he moved with his mother to Key West, Florida in 1939. He enrolled in the Miami Military Academy but dropped out in 9th grade, at age 15. His mother, Betty, remarried to Robert Simpson, with whom she later co-owned a dance studio.
11. After his guest-starring role on Walker, Texas Ranger (1993), he retired from acting at age 67.
12. Actor Chuck Courtney taught him how to ride horses, before Fuller became an actor.
13. A cowboy buff, Fuller began riding horses when he was only 15.
14. Ranks third between Danny Thomas and Jane Wyman in changing birth names more than once. He legally changed his name from Buddy Lee to Robert Simpson Jr. to Robert Fuller, because he had a Fuller on his mother's side of the family.
15. Began his career as a bit contract player for MGM in 1952.
16. Was a fan of Jack Webb's TV series, before he got to star in Emergency! (1972).
17. The bronze sculpture of Jess Harper on Traveller, which was awarded to him by The Robert Fuller Fandom and The National Festival Of The West in recognition of his years of work in the entertainment industry. [18 March 2006].
18. He attends an annual Festival of the West in Arizona, where he answers questions and signs autographs.
19. Was awarded with the Silver Spur Award. [12 October 2007].
20. Inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Hall Of Great Western Performers in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [12 April 2008].