LARAMIE's Robert Fuller remembers! How I became a Western Star & replaced Steve McQueen! AWOW!

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  • @paulkitt-er9dr
    @paulkitt-er9dr Рік тому +66

    Wonderful story about Yul Bryner. Robert had a great chemistry with John Smith in Laramie really made the show .

    • @johnreidy2804
      @johnreidy2804 Рік тому +7

      I agree their relationship was magic

  • @wesmcgee1648
    @wesmcgee1648 Рік тому +42

    Fuller has seen it all in early tv westerns. Great stories!

  • @donhosmer8159
    @donhosmer8159 Рік тому +19

    Robert Fuller is unmistakable in every role he played
    Even the smallest of parts

  • @kenhurley4441
    @kenhurley4441 Рік тому +27

    Robert Fuller gave us his "full" talent in several movies and westerns! Remembering the good ole days is what I love! A+ Rob for this video!

  • @nancyborden5860
    @nancyborden5860 11 місяців тому +4

    In the 70s i worked at The Breakers in Palm Beach Florida. Robert Fuller was seated at a table with sunglasses on talking to another man. He was a heartthrob for this young girl from Bar Harbor Maine! I couldn't stop look8ng at him. Thank god he didn't noticed me 😅

  • @azohundred1353
    @azohundred1353 Рік тому +32

    That story about Laramie is great. Getting the role you wanted was not easy in those days, and Robert Fuller got it.
    Thanks for the interview, Rob.

  • @jamescaron6465
    @jamescaron6465 11 місяців тому +5

    Always liked Robert Fuller. Thanks for the great times.

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  11 місяців тому +1

      Me, too! Our pleasure, James. Thanks.

  • @ryancarroll3961
    @ryancarroll3961 Рік тому +19

    Wow
    He could have blown it in Hollywood or became a hero with that attitude
    Thank God he trusted his instincts and became the latter
    Great guy

  • @Rangersly
    @Rangersly Рік тому +16

    Not many actors are more associated with westerns than Robert Fuller. He sure had some guts to say no to producers until he got exactly the role he wanted to break away with. Laramie, especially the early seasons with the great Hoagy Carmichael and young Bobby Crawford, is still my favorite series of his. And it fills my heart with joy to hear that his idol was Jock Mahoney, another favorite of mine.

  • @willhorting5317
    @willhorting5317 Рік тому +6

    I still watch Robert Fuller nearly every afternoon, in Laramie, and Wagon Train.

  • @rgyoho
    @rgyoho Рік тому +5

    I really loved this episode. Robert Fuller was one of my western heroes as a child.

  • @Pashasmom1
    @Pashasmom1 11 місяців тому +4

    Loved him in Laramie. Very talented and still a very handsome man. Love his interview here.

  • @tomsmith5216
    @tomsmith5216 Рік тому +5

    Laramie was one of my favorite western tv shows.

  • @Yayaterioz
    @Yayaterioz Рік тому +10

    Always loved Robert Fuller! Great actor!

  • @AndyTempleman-ot6lu
    @AndyTempleman-ot6lu Рік тому +5

    Good for Robert for having such confidence in his choices.

  • @lisamcarthur6175
    @lisamcarthur6175 Рік тому +6

    He has aged very well, still a nice looking man.

  • @gregbarnett3141
    @gregbarnett3141 Рік тому +28

    Rob, thank you for this interview. I'm assuming I'm like some others that first remember him as Dr. Brackett, but I have since seen him in earlier shows. A really fine actor and great interview!

  • @jasonwebb1969
    @jasonwebb1969 Рік тому +11

    Robert is the best storyteller, and a dream interview or event guest: literally introduce him and get out of the way! 😄

  • @johnvoorhees7881
    @johnvoorhees7881 Рік тому +12

    Robert might be my favorite all time voices. I grew up with him on "EMERGENCY!" And years later, I find him on all of the old westerns. He is a great guy.

  • @terryhurlburt9113
    @terryhurlburt9113 Рік тому +6

    Loved Robert Fuller! Laramie, Wagon Train, & EMERGENCY. He was one of the good ones! I think it was a TV guide interview, Robert Said that he had just bought a brand new pair of Cowboy boots when he got the call from Jack Webb about being a Doctor in EMERGENCY.

  • @xray86delta
    @xray86delta Рік тому +7

    I remember Robert Fuller the most from "Emergency" in the 70s.😉

  • @elizabethbeckman1947
    @elizabethbeckman1947 5 місяців тому +3

    Thinking about you today, Bob Fuller. Happy Birthday! Wishing you all the best. Thank you for all you've done. Good times.

  • @ltcolumbo9708
    @ltcolumbo9708 Рік тому +4

    Unfortunately I only remember Robert Fuller from Emergency! And I was delighted to see his cameo on Maverick with Mel Gibson

  • @thack57
    @thack57 Рік тому +18

    Did he leave out Yul Brenner's response to McQueen? For those who haven't heard it: Legend has it that Mr. Brenner's response to McQueen's continuous messing with his hat so the he would draw the viewer's attention was, "If you don't stop that I'm going to take off my hat, and then no one will look at you for the rest of the film."

    • @hiramnoone
      @hiramnoone Рік тому +5

      McQueen was a self centered nuisance to some of the other actors too. Remarking to one of them (Coburn I think) that instead of the entire Seven, the film should be more focused on one guy.
      With Coburn responding with, "So what guy did you have in mind, Steve?".

    • @terryhurlburt9113
      @terryhurlburt9113 Рік тому

      McQueen was a rising star and Yul had already begun the downward spin. People would have kept looking at Steve. Girls anyway.

  • @SusanH4626
    @SusanH4626 Рік тому +7

    I love Robert Fuller❤❤❤❤! Loved Laramie!

  • @richb313
    @richb313 Рік тому +16

    Thanks for this stories from Robert Fuller one of my favorite actors in Westerns Laramie was great but unaware of his connection and friendship with Yul Brynner and Jock Mahoney.

  • @fokkerd3red618
    @fokkerd3red618 Рік тому +6

    Rob, That was and excellent interview with Robert Fuller, especially the last part about the barn door. That had me cracking up.

  • @kirkmanning6232
    @kirkmanning6232 Рік тому +2

    Great video ! Great to see Robert Fuller!
    He really preferred westerns. Jack Webb had to really twist his arm to play Dr. Brackett on Emergency. He said, “Bob, westerns are dead!” And he was right!

  • @joansmith1195
    @joansmith1195 Рік тому +4

    Robert is a great story teller. Loved him in everything that he did.

  • @bwoolno
    @bwoolno Рік тому +5

    I'm glad they gave him the Jess Harper role . Love the show as a kid and Jess

  • @williambilyeu9801
    @williambilyeu9801 Рік тому +10

    I have long been a fan of Robert Fuller. I watched him on "Laramie" and "Wagon Train." I even watched "Emergency." I also liked it when he would guest star on "Walker, Texas Ranger" with Chuck Norris. 👍😊

  • @alananderson5929
    @alananderson5929 Рік тому +11

    Spot on comments and what’s Really cool is: they’re running Laramie on the western channel-We all loved Robert. Thanks Pard. SF🇺🇸

  • @chars1184
    @chars1184 Рік тому +4

    There’s an excellent Robert Fuller interview included on the Wagon Train Complete Color Season (season 7) dvd set. He tells some funny stories on himself. I knew him first from all of his westerns and they are my favorites. Watched ‘Emergency’ with our kids, but much prefer the cowboys. Always have, always will. Wonderful interview and great to read he is doing well at age 90!

  • @dianefiske-foy4717
    @dianefiske-foy4717 Рік тому +4

    I love Robert Fuller! Great actor! He can play spoons really good too! Met him in Bakersfield, California in 1973 or 1974. He was the nicest person 👩🏻‍🏫🥰‼️

  • @DarrylWhiteguitar
    @DarrylWhiteguitar 11 місяців тому +5

    Great stories from one of my favorite stars.

  • @guitartim2128
    @guitartim2128 Рік тому +8

    Robert Fuller is a favorite of mine so I was very glad to see this. Thanx Word on Westerns🎸👍

  • @carolynrussell774
    @carolynrussell774 Рік тому +4

    Oh I really like Robert Fuller, a great actor, I enjoyed this so very much, thank you Rob Word loved it....

  • @desertfox3860
    @desertfox3860 Рік тому +4

    Exciting times back then!

  • @OldBiker54
    @OldBiker54 Рік тому +6

    One of my Favorite Actor

  • @elizabethbeckman1947
    @elizabethbeckman1947 Рік тому +9

    He gives great interviews. This is a special treat for me, so many years of joy and pleasure watching Robert Fuller, one of my all time favorite performers - one great storyteller too. 90 in '23, what a blessing! I like that he knew what he wanted, what was right for him and went for it. The time must have been right - I also like that he accepted the role of Kelly Brackett, Emergency!. As a person, as an actor, one of the best.

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  11 місяців тому +1

      Couldn't agree more! Thanks, elizabeth.

  • @Kw1161
    @Kw1161 Рік тому +3

    Thanks Rob for sharing Robert Fuller’s advice on how not to impress your heroes….😂!
    Hope you have a wonderful 2024!

  • @bmuell64
    @bmuell64 Рік тому +4

    One of heroes! Thank you, you always have the best guests and great interviews. This time you were brilliant in letting him go and tell it all. Another job well done, thank you. You made me feel like a kid again! You're the BEST!

  • @jimross7648
    @jimross7648 Рік тому +11

    I always liked Robert Fuller as an actor. He was a western movie actor, whom you believed was the part he played. Although Return of the Magnificent Seven was not in the same class as its predecessor, it was a solid western. The stellar supporting cast of the original couldn't be duplicated, but I personally thought Fuller did an adequate job as Vin. Solid interview as always, and I learned stuff I didn't know about the actor and some of the productions he was and wasn't in. I'm sure his independent streak must have driven his agent crazy, but knowing who he was and what he wanted to do in TV and films, made him the unique screen presence that he was.

  • @rosezingleman5007
    @rosezingleman5007 Рік тому +6

    I love to see Robert Fuller in Gentlemen Prefer Blonds and I Love Melvin. What a hunk!

  • @hughtollett7200
    @hughtollett7200 Рік тому +4

    I miss all the actors/story tellers of the westerns. If God lets me go to heaven I'll be sitting and listening to them again.

  • @janisdais2832
    @janisdais2832 4 місяці тому +1

    I LOVE this man !! 💜🌹💜🌹💜🌹💜🌹💜🌹💜🌹💜🌹💜🌹💜

  • @OdeeOz
    @OdeeOz Рік тому +3

    Yup... Now I know how, and why Bob Fuller was such a dynamic actor in my eyes. He lived the Roles he played, and they came out always totally believable.
    👍👍 5⭐

  • @pablobruning4508
    @pablobruning4508 Рік тому +5

    Growing up in the 60s and 70s, I only knew him as Dr. Kelly Brackett in the 1970s medical/action drama Emergency!
    Thanks to your videos, I know so much more about his career.

  • @zorrpop
    @zorrpop Рік тому +7

    90 and what a memory . Great stories too ! Thanks Rob

  • @pennhill5459
    @pennhill5459 Рік тому +4

    big fan dude, you look great, differently but great love those days

  • @chrislj2890
    @chrislj2890 Рік тому +3

    What an awesome story and interview. Being a kid in the '50s was so great with all of MY western heroes, and I had a lot of them. Sure wish I could go back.

  • @jerryconnos6112
    @jerryconnos6112 Рік тому +4

    Very cool interview rob I love the return of the magnificent 7 movie .👍

  • @cyberius7042
    @cyberius7042 Рік тому +7

    Great interview, I wish this was 3 hrs long.

  • @grahamhill6340
    @grahamhill6340 Рік тому +18

    ROBERT FULLER outlasted a good many of his fellow western actors who came from television...
    Always down-to-earth and full of good stories, he knew he wasn't going to become a big star like Steve McQueen or James Garner, but he had fun in just being a part of that group.
    United Artists were desperate for money by the mid-1960's so they insisted that producer Walter Mirisch make sequels to THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, which were always going to be inferior without good writers and actors, still they entertained and made money on low Spanish budgets.
    UA bought out the Mirisch Corporation that gaves us and them so many iconic hits, and they also became the model that overtook the old studio system.
    At least because of their frugality, UA had the sense to keep the ELMER BERNSTEIN musical magic to make Fuller, George Kennedy and alike, ride tall in the saddle as Yul Brnyner and Steve McQueen!

  • @maryuline2585
    @maryuline2585 Рік тому +9

    Wonderful interview and stories!!

  • @philigan2339
    @philigan2339 Рік тому +6

    ❤ it, ❤ it, ❤ it, Thanks to everyone involved in putting this together.

  • @johnwarren1445
    @johnwarren1445 Рік тому +20

    Steve McQueen was Vin but Robert Fuller did a great job in the part,Kudos to him.

  • @Mark-wx7vp
    @Mark-wx7vp 11 місяців тому +3

    Loved this story 😁

  • @dougreed2257
    @dougreed2257 Рік тому +6

    Brilliant,the great Robert fuller,what an enjoyable interview, not many of the 50's/60's/70's tv western legends remaining,we need to cherish these guys😊

  • @maxthepupp
    @maxthepupp Рік тому +4

    Thank you! Wonderful stories!😎

  • @prestonnull4009
    @prestonnull4009 Рік тому +3

    Love this guy on Wagon Train.

  • @terriselph4100
    @terriselph4100 5 місяців тому +1

    It was such a wonderful interview. He had me laughing out loud with the story about the barn door.

  • @arjay777
    @arjay777 Рік тому +7

    omg, what great stories from Robert Fuller. I could listen to him all day long. What a great interview and story teller!

  • @bessiemorris5282
    @bessiemorris5282 Рік тому +3

    This is a great story told by mr fuller i know he had to be nerveous meeting mr bryner .as he could look serious i loved mr fuller in larimie as jess harper i could not really see him playing the part of slim he was jess harper its really great to see mr fuller still looking so young and healthy we are so blessed to still have him here with us as we have lost so many of our cowboy stars i am wishing you all a very happy and blessed new year stay healthy and well 😊

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  Рік тому

      Thank you, Bessie. Happy and healthy new year to you.

  • @jimshelton1
    @jimshelton1 Рік тому +5

    I met Mr. Fuller at the July 2010 Hollywood show in L.A., a very nice gentleman. He was sitting between Peter Brown and Morgan Woodward.

  • @HalfassDIY
    @HalfassDIY Рік тому +4

    Thats one cool hombre !

  • @bigblue6917
    @bigblue6917 Рік тому +4

    I grew up watching Laramie. Loved every minute of it. I also remember The Ranger Rider. I was given a book for Christmas about TV westerns and there was a photograph of Jock Mahoney and Dick west on the set of The Ranger Rider.

  • @KyleCowden
    @KyleCowden Рік тому +5

    Thank you Rob! Robert Fuller was one of my favorites and I remember meeting him as a kid. I think it was at Frontier City USA in OKC. I met a few there like James Drury, Clu Gallagher and Doug McClure. It used to be a great place with phenomenal gunfights and shows. I remember Fuller, like all I met, being the nicest guy and incredibly patient with the inane questions coming from a snot nosed nine year old.

  • @BrianRidgway-u5g
    @BrianRidgway-u5g 10 місяців тому +2

    Another epic talent! We're lucky he is still around and clear minded! Hope to meet him some day!

  • @Wingman115
    @Wingman115 11 місяців тому +3

    Great video.

  • @charleslennon1
    @charleslennon1 Рік тому +7

    A lesson from a "old" hand sticking to his guns, bravo!

  • @jt66723
    @jt66723 Рік тому +4

    Great stories, thanks for sharing.

  • @swimasfastasyoucan
    @swimasfastasyoucan Рік тому +6

    Awesome interview..thanks rob

  • @jozatexan1964
    @jozatexan1964 Рік тому +7

    GREAT interview . Loved it.

  • @ronevans852
    @ronevans852 Рік тому +6

    Great video Rob love those western.

  • @US_Joe
    @US_Joe Рік тому +8

    Very enjoyable episode Rob - Thank you & have a great week! 👍🐎🐴🐎🐴🐎

  • @williamclifford9757
    @williamclifford9757 Рік тому +5

    Great story ! Absolutely brilliant..

  • @mikesaunders4775
    @mikesaunders4775 Рік тому +4

    A great actor and a great raconteur. I've been a fan since he was Jess Harper.

  • @gregdavis19
    @gregdavis19 Рік тому +5

    Eager to see the rest of the interview, Rob! Gotta love Bob Fuller!

  • @spnkysy791
    @spnkysy791 Рік тому +4

    This was produced/filmed in 2017 if you read the info. What a great guy!

  • @tonyrollman3991
    @tonyrollman3991 Рік тому +8

    High school would've been alot more fun if I looked like Robert Fuller

  • @MikeHorton-c1c
    @MikeHorton-c1c 5 місяців тому

    Robert Fuller is one of my favorites . Great acter and great story teller.. it's sad there's not many of our TV western heroes left anymore. I grew up on westerns in the 60.tys . and i like yul Brynner i think that he made at least 7 or 8 westerns and they all were good

  • @joanpeach8927
    @joanpeach8927 6 місяців тому +2

    My first crush when I was a little girl in fifth grade. Never missed Laramie on Tuesday nights at 7:30. But my homework had to be done first.

    • @davidrice3337
      @davidrice3337 Місяць тому

      I came of age watching Emergency reruns - Waylon Jennings named his daughter after Julie London - is who I crushed on

  • @carlevans5760
    @carlevans5760 Рік тому +10

    Robert Fuller-at three minutes in on this excellent show-could have easily been Wyatt Earp instead of Hugh O'Brien. Although once you're used to seeing someone as a certain character-like Fess Parker as Davy Crockett or Daniel Boone; you don't want that changed. On Steve McQueen. One could easily see that he was going to be a star. I watched him in The Blob and he was just really learning the ropes. Then came along Hell IS For Heroes and Wanted Dead or Alive. The way he used props-like what Mr. Fuller said when he'd take his hat off-he was a mega star waiting to be acknowledged as one.

  • @derekmurray1462
    @derekmurray1462 Рік тому +5

    What a nice guy, down to earth, I have a cousin named John Smith, to be fair I think most people have 😂

  • @johnchaparro5393
    @johnchaparro5393 Рік тому +5

    He was great in Laramie. I still watch it.

  • @jerryblackerby7017
    @jerryblackerby7017 Рік тому +5

    A great interview 👍

  • @lescook9021
    @lescook9021 Рік тому +3

    Not only does this channel provide me with wonderful interviews about westerns and western actors, but even more exciting to me, it almost always gives me a new book about movies or actors to read.
    Today's book, already ordered before the video ended,
    I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History by Walter Mirisch

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  Рік тому +4

      It's a terrific book, Les. You're gonna like it. I've just written and recorded the Walter Mirisch portion of my 2023 Memorial tribute to Walter and more of those we lost last year who contributed to westerns. Should be ready to post on AWOW in a couple of weeks.

    • @lescook9021
      @lescook9021 Рік тому +2

      @@AWordonWesterns Downloaded and I'll start it tonight.
      Thank you, again.

    • @lescook9021
      @lescook9021 Рік тому +1

      @@AWordonWesterns Interesting read.
      Dustin Hoffman doesn't come off well in this one.

  • @darrelljohnston8676
    @darrelljohnston8676 Рік тому +5

    Some great stories. Loved it.

  • @johnwillis12454
    @johnwillis12454 Рік тому +5

    I loved this, thank you !

  • @johnnycee5179
    @johnnycee5179 Рік тому +2

    I remember Robert Fuller as a doctor on the show Emergency but I have seen him in Western reruns and he was pretty good. He was a really good looking guy, I was once too before Father Time beat me up.

  • @muffassa6739
    @muffassa6739 Рік тому +4

    😊 thanks for the great video 😊😊😊😊

  • @kenshores9900
    @kenshores9900 Рік тому +2

    Liked him as Mark Bracket on Jack Webb’s emergency.

  • @Pushyhog
    @Pushyhog 4 місяці тому +1

    thanks rob!

  • @docbrown6550
    @docbrown6550 Рік тому +4

    Great one, I always loved his movies. Thanks, 🙏🙏

  • @m.t.fisher4655
    @m.t.fisher4655 4 місяці тому

    I met Robert Fuller at the Memphis Film Festival, and he was the kindest man.

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  4 місяці тому +2

      He sure it, MT. Makes sure that all of his fans get a chance to chat with him. Thanks.

  • @Fred_Lougee
    @Fred_Lougee Рік тому +1

    Robert Fuller, "Western" actor...but i only know him from playing an MD. Easy job, really. He would come in one day a week, shoot the hospital scenes with Julie London and Bobby Troup.

  • @DougPoulton
    @DougPoulton Рік тому +2

    I saw that same interview about 10 years ago with four cowboys sitting around a table but never get tired of seeing it again from a different camera angle. Thanks for bringing it back.

  • @thepayne7862
    @thepayne7862 Рік тому +6

    The first thing I saw Robert Fuller in was Emergency. So it was kind of weird when I saw him in his younger days doing westerns.

    • @TERoss-jk9ny
      @TERoss-jk9ny Рік тому +3

      The very first time my mother let me stay up late was to watch an episode of “Emergency”. I was probably around 7? In was in the mid seventies.
      A great memory.

  • @keithdavis82
    @keithdavis82 Рік тому +3

    Of course, great as always. Where are you?

    • @AWordonWesterns
      @AWordonWesterns  11 місяців тому

      As it says in the Description, I shot it in my hotel room in Williamsburg, VA. I'd love to do it all again and make it even longer!

    • @keithdavis82
      @keithdavis82 11 місяців тому

      Sorry Rob, I guess I should start reading the descriptions. Anyway, Thanks for another great video@@AWordonWesterns