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3 unusual facts about Eric Fleming


Eric Fleming

After Fleming left Rawhide at the end of the 1964-65 season (the series would continue for thirteen episodes before it was cancelled by CBS), he took part in a Doris Day vehicle The Glass Bottom Boat where he played a suave spy, and then was signed to star in High Jungle, an MGM adventure film shot in Peru.

In 1958, the 6 foot 3 1/2 inches (half an inch shorter than his co-star Clint Eastwood) Fleming landed the starring role as trail boss Gil Favor in Rawhide .

Roger Ewing

That same year, he appeared as Billy Wallace in the episode "The Calf Women" of CBS's western Rawhide starring Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood.



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