Robert Fuller (actor)

Robert Fuller, American actor and rancher

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Born: July 29, 1933
Age in 2026: 93
Zodiac sign: Leo
Birth year: 1933

About Robert Fuller (actor)

Robert Fuller (born Leonard Leroy Lee; July 29, 1933) is an American retired actor. Fuller was known for his deep "charcoal" voice, his roles on the popular Western series Laramie as Jess Harper and Wagon Train as Cooper Smith, and as Dr. Kelly Brackett in the medical/action drama Emergency! (1972–1977). He was also in several movies, including: The Brain from Planet Arous (1957), Teenage Thunder (1957), Return of the Seven (1966), Incident at Phantom Hill (1966), What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969), and The Hard Ride (1971). == Early life == Robert Fuller was born Leonard Leroy Lee on July 29, 1933, in Troy, New York, the only child of Elizabeth Lee, a dance instructor. Later in his childhood, Betty married Robert Simpson Sr., a Naval Academy officer. In 1939, the family moved to Key West, Florida, where, already known by the nickname of "Buddy", he took the name Robert Simpson Jr. His parents owned a dancing school in Florida.

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Career and life highlights

Fuller's first small role was as an extra in the 1952 film Above and Beyond.
Fuller's first recorded speaking role was in Friendly Persuasion in 1956, where he worked with future Laramie co-star John Smith and another close friend, Doug McClure, as well as Gary Cooper.

Robert Fuller (actor) timeline

1952Fuller's first small role was as an extra in the 1952 film Above and Beyond.
1956Fuller's first recorded speaking role was in Friendly Persuasion in 1956, where he worked with future Laramie co-star John Smith and another close friend, Doug McClure, as well as Gary Cooper.
1972Fuller was known for his deep "charcoal" voice, his roles on the popular Western series Laramie as Jess Harper and Wagon Train as Cooper Smith, and as Dr. Kelly Brackett in the medical/action drama Emergency! (1972–1977).

The world when Robert Fuller (actor) was born

Robert Fuller (actor) was born in 1933. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1933

#1 song"Stormy Weather" – Ethel Waters
Top movieKing Kong
Best-selling bookLost Horizon – James Hilton

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst MLB All-Star Game played at Comiskey Park
Top headlineAdolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
Technology milestoneFM radio patented by Edwin Armstrong
Defining fadChain letters
Notable inventionFM radio
World population2.17 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
U.S. population125.6M

1933 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Robert Fuller (actor)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1933	2026
Gas	$0.18	$3.45/gal
Average home	$4,800	$435,000
Average income	$2,300	$67,500
Minimum wage	$0.25	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$0.20	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.03	$0.73
Population	125.6M	341 million

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