Eric Fleming (born Edward Heddy Jr.; July 4, 1925 [citation needed] – September 28, 1966) was an American actor known primarily for his role as Gil Favor in the long-running CBS Western television series Rawhide.

2019年6月19日 · Eric Fleming became a household name during the late 1950s as the trail boss, Gil Favor on “Rawhide.” Sadly, the quiet and reserved actor’s life came to an untimely end during the making of a film after a scene went horribly wrong.

Eric Fleming. Actor: Rawhide. 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.

Eric Fleming was an American actor and writer best known for his role of the trail boss Gil Favor in the CBS television series ‘Rawhide’. Born with a club foot, the actor endured a troubled childhood with a brutally abusive father.

Eric Fleming. Actor: Rawhide. 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.

2019年8月29日 · Eric Fleming, the true Star of the TV Western "Rawhide". Gone too soon! Will be missed forever!

LIMA, Peru, Sept. 30 (UPI)-- Eric Fleming, star of the television series "Rawhide," drowned Wednesday during the filming of a motion-picture scene 220 miles northeast of Lima. His death was ...

For the first seven seasons, from 1959–65, Eric Fleming was undeniably the star of the Western. When Fleming left Rawhide at the start of the eighth and final season, the cattle drive was over for all intents and purposes. The show sank (even more dramatically) in the ratings.

Eric Fleming. Director: Trinity. Eric Fleming won his first job in entertainment during a college Spring Break when he lied to a production manager about experience as a stunt-double. Within an hour, Burt Reynolds was sitting on his chest, beating him up in Reynold's detective series, "BL Stryker." Oddly enough, he was hooked.

LOS ANGELES (DPI) -Eric Fleming, 41, who starred in television’s “Rawhide’’ series, left most of a $125,000 estate to his mother, it was disclosed in Superior Court Wednesday. Attorney A. Charles Wilson, who drew up the will, filed it for probate.