Bobby Diamond 1948-2019

Robert Leroy Diamond, age 70, known as Bobby Diamond died on May 15, 2019.

He is an American attorney in his native Los Angeles, California. Diamond was a child star and young-adult actor in the 1950s through the early 1970s. He is best remembered after more than a half-century for his role as Joey Clark Newton in the television series Fury, a western which ran on NBC from October 15, 1955 through March 19, 1960. He was listed as Robert Diamond in the cast credits during the first season in 1955.

Bobby Diamond’s westerns – actor:
Ride Vaquero! – 1953 (boy)
The Silver Whip – 1953 (Jody)
The Americano – 1955 (Steve Dent)
Fury (TV) – 1955-1960 (Joey Clark Newton)
Wagon Train (TV) – 1960, 1964 (Matt Basham, Joey Henshaw)
The Rebel (TV) – 1961 (Jody Webster)
The Silent Gun (TV) – 1969 (Eddie)

Wow I am sad to read this. I loved him in Fury!

When Fury ended, Diamond said he turned down an opportunity to play one of the boys, Robbie Douglas (Don Grady), on a new show, ABC's My Three Sons, in favor of working on another sitcom, NBC's The Nanette Fabray Show.

My Three Sons ran for 12 seasons, The Nanette Fabray Show one.

"Great decision, eh? I could have been a multi-multimillionaire just from that alone," he said in a 1990 interview with the Los Angeles Times.

Savannah wrote:

I thought about you when I read that, Matthew. He was also on one episode of The Andy Griffith Show.

Oh really? Interesting. He was a great actor as a boy!

Bobby Diamond (August 23, 1943 - May 15, 2019) portrayed Evan Hendricks in The Andy Griffith Show.
Episode: Aunt Bee's Invisible Beau

His other television appearances include episodes of Father Knows Best, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The Twilight Zone, Wagon Train, Mister Ed, The Patty Duke Show, The Fugitive, Lassie, and Medical Center.


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