More factoids (about Eric Fleming, who played the part of Gil Favor, the trail boss on the series Rawhide)... Height -- 6 3.5 He was an only child and had an unhappy childhood. After being severely beaten by his father he ran away from home, and lived roughly. He joined the United States Navy during World War II. He received severe facial injuries during a dare in which he was attempting to lift a 200lb weight and had to undergo extensive plastic surgery. When Fleming first moved to Hollywood, he starred in several low-budget films, including the cult classic Queen of Outer Space -- with costar Zsa Zsa Gabor. After Fleming left Rawhide at the end of the 1964-65 season, he took part in a Doris Day vehicle The Glass Bottom Boat where he played a suave spy After that, he was signed to star in High Jungle (an MGM adventure film shot in Peru) -- During the final stages of shooting, Flemings dugout canoe overturned in the Huallaga River, and he was swept away by the current and drowned on September 28, 1966. Fleming was 41 when he died.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:36:46 +0000
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