Robert Foulk

Robert C. Foulk (May 5, 1908 – February 25, 1989), was an American television and film character actor best remembered for having portrayed Sheriff H. Miller in the CBS series, Lassie, a role which he filled in eighteen episodes from 1958 to 1962.

Robert Foulk
Robert Foulk in The Real McCoys 1961
Born
Robert C. Foulk

(1908-05-05)May 5, 1908
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedFebruary 25, 1989(1989-02-25) (aged 80)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
OccupationActor
Years active1949–1977
Spouse(s)Alice Frost
(m. 19??; ? 19??)
(m. 1947)

Early years

Foulk attended the University of Pennsylvania, studying to be an architectural draftsman.[1]

Stage

Acting

Foulk's Broadway credits include What a Life,[2] Brother Rat (1936), Boy Meets Girl (1935), and two productions of As Husbands Go in 1930 and in 1932.[3]

Directing

Foulk was an aide to producer-director George Abbott, and he went on to direct productions in places such as Palos Verdes.[4]

Television

Between 1953 and 1959, Foulk was in thirteen episodes of the NBC anthology series, The Loretta Young Show. From 1954 to 1957, he was in five episodes as Ed Davis in the sitcom Father Knows Best with Robert Young, when the series aired on NBC. In 1956, he played Jackley in the Walt Disney Mickey Mouse Club serial "The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure".

In 1957 and 1958, Foulk played the outlaw Curly Bill Brocius in three episodes, "Gunslinger from Galeville", "Ride Out at Noon", and "Skeleton Canyon Massacre", of the western television series, Tombstone Territory, with Pat Conway as Sheriff Clay Hollister. In 1958, Foulk portrayed Sheriff Brady in the film, The Left Handed Gun. From 1959 to 1960, he had the recurring role of bartender Joe Kingston in the NBC western series, Wichita Town, with Joel McCrea and Jody McCrea. Foulk appeared in five episodes of The Rifleman. He played the blacksmith in "The Second Witness" (episode 23), "Three Legged Terror" (episode 30) and "Outlaw's Inheritance" (episode 38). He played Johannson in "The Raid" (episode 37) and Herbert Newman in "The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town" (episode 99).[5]

Foulk made four appearances on CBS's Perry Mason, all of them as a law-enforcement officer including the 1958 episode 'The Case of the Buried Clock'. He made thirteen appearances on NBC's Bonanza, mostly as a sheriff or deputy sheriff. He also had recurring roles as Mr. Wheeler and Roy Trendall, former Hooterville phone company president, in sixteen episodes of CBS's Green Acres, starring Eddie Albert. In 1960, he guest starred in the TV Western Bat Masterson, playing Judge Pete Perkins, the town’s crooked judge in S2E30’s “Welcome To Paradise”. In the early 1970s, Foulk made four guest appearances on CBS's Here's Lucy in various roles.

Architecture

In addition to acting, Foulk worked as an architectural draftsman. An article in the Chicago Tribune reported, "... he keeps his finger in architecture because he finds it good therapy for the tensions that build up while performing."[1]

Personal life

In the 1930s, Foulk was married to actress Alice Frost.[6][7] In 1947, he married Barbara Slater, who was an actress starring in two Three Stooges short features. She left Hollywood in the same year. They remained married to each other until his death in 1989.[8] He is buried at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

  1. "Actor Robert Foulk Also an Architect". Chicago Tribune. February 28, 1960. p. Radio-Part 3. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  2. "Studio Notes". The Evening News. Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. February 8, 1939. p. 14. Retrieved June 8, 2017 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "("Robert Foulk" search results)". Playbill. Archived from the original on June 8, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  4. Boyea, Samuel A. (June 15, 1964). "Verdes Players in Season's Final". Independent. California, Long Beach. p. 10. Retrieved June 8, 2017 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Secrets Of TV's "The Rifleman" Will Make Your Head Explode". November 14, 2016.
  6. Stevenson, L.L. (May 10, 1939). "Lights of New York". The Daily Reporter. Indiana, Greenfield. p. 2. Retrieved June 7, 2017 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Fairfax, Arthur (March 2, 1940). "Mr. Fairfax Replies" (PDF). Movie and Radio Guide. p. 59. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  8. Capello, Bill. The Three Stooges Journal No. 93 (Spring 2000)
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