Eric Fleming
Eric Fleming ( born July 4, 1925 in Santa Paula, California, † September 28, 1966 in Tingo María, Peru ) was an American actor.
Life
Fleming tore at the age of eleven years out of his home and made his way to New York City, where he chatted with odd jobs. Later he joined the Merchant Navy and served during World War II at the SeaBees the United States Navy. During his work at the Bautruppen the Navy he had an accident at work, from which he suffered severe facial injuries. After several operations and leaving the Navy Fleming took acting lessons.
His acting career began at theaters in Chicago and New York, he had made his Broadway debut in 1950 in The Tower Beyond Tragedy. Between April and May 1951 he played in the children's series Major Dell Conway of the Flying Tigers in the title role. After he was first seen in a few other TV productions before moving to Byron Haskins science fiction movie had the conquest of space, his feature film debut. After leading roles in B-movies in the claws of Venus next to Zsa Zsa Gabor and Curse of the Undead 1959 he received the lead role in the Western series one thousand miles of dust. In the next Bonanza and Gunsmoke counted as one of the most successful Western series series he played 1959-1965 in 201 episodes, the role of Gil Favor, the leader of the Cowboys and supervisors of the played by Clint Eastwood Rowdy Yates.
1965 before dropping the series to further his film career, and was a supporting role in the Doris Day film comedy spy in lace panties. During the filming of the pilot episode of a planned series adventure in Peru, where he paddled in a canoe in the Río Huallaga, tipped to this; Fleming was swept away by the current and drowned. His body was found until four days later.