At the age of eight, Fleming hopped on a freight train to Chicago to escape his abusive father. Following hospitalization for gang fight injuries, he returned to California where he lived with his mother and worked at Paramount as a laborer. Fleming joined the Merchant Marine, and then he served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific in WW II, where he ...
[Citizen-News/Los Angeles, March 1, 1962] Most cattle today are like one large fillet. They are too pampered to appear on Rawhide (1959).
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Fact
1
His mother's maiden name was Anderson.
2
Fleming was unmarried and had no children. He was to have married long-time companion Lynne Garber within two days of his death.
3
During Fleming's enlistment in the Seabees in 1942, his face was shattered when a 200-pound block of steel slipped from a hoist. A long convalescence and four plastic surgical procedures created the face familiar to Rawhide (1959) viewers.
4
Drowned while filming a TV scene in Peru at age 41.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Off to See the Wizard
1967
TV Series
Bonanza
1966
TV Series
Heber Clauson / Wes Dunn
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966
Edgar Hill
Rawhide
1959-1965
TV Series
Gil Favor
Curse of the Undead
1959
Preacher Dan Young
Flight
1958
TV Series
Queen of Outer Space
1958
Capt. Neal Patterson
Studio One in Hollywood
1958
TV Series
Jace Farrow
The Silent Service
1958
TV Series
Kirkpatrick
Suspicion
1957
TV Series
The Phil Silvers Show
1956
TV Series
Private Mike McLusty / USN Recruiting Chief / Rory Mundane
Fright
1956
Dr. James Hamilton
Conquest of Space
1955
Capt. Barney Merritt
Secret File, U.S.A.
1955
TV Series
German Sgt. - Car 775
To My Valentine
1953
TV Movie
The General's Bible
1953
TV Movie
Joan of Arc
1952
TV Movie
Cameo Theatre
1952
TV Series
Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers
1951
TV Series
Major Dell Conway (April and May, 1951)
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rawhide
TV Series written by - 1 episode, 1962 story - 1 episode, 1961
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
CBS: The Stars' Address
1963
TV Movie
Himself
Stump the Stars
1962
TV Series
Himself
Here's Hollywood
1961
TV Series
Himself
About Faces
1960
TV Series
Himself
Person to Person
1959
TV Series documentary
Himself
B-29 Flight Procedure and Combat Crew Functioning
1944
Short documentary
Engineer (uncredited)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rawhide
1964
TV Series
Gil Favor
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1965
Bronze Wrangler
Western Heritage Awards
Fictional Television Drama
Rawhide (1959)
1964
Bronze Wrangler
Western Heritage Awards
Fictional Television Drama
Rawhide (1959)
1962
Bronze Wrangler
Western Heritage Awards
Fictional Television Drama
Rawhide (1959)
1961
Bronze Wrangler
Western Heritage Awards
Fictional Television Drama
Rawhide (1959)
Known for movies
Rawhide (1959-1965) as Gil Favor
Queen of Outer Space (1958) as Capt. Neal Patterson
$100,000
