1934              Age 9               Attempted to kill father; left
                                                home via freight train to
                                                Chicago.

1936              Age 11              Hospitalized in Chicago for
                                                injuries sustained in gang.
                                                Remanded to his father in
                                                California; Fleming chose
                                                to live with his mother.
 
                                               Parents divorced.
                                               December 29
 

1938-1940    Ages 13-15      Worked at Paramount Studios:
                                               hod carrier, construction
                                               worker, grip, carpenter.
 

1940-1942    Ages 15-17      Merchant Marine; served in
                                                              the Pacific.

1942-1946    Ages 17-21      Enlisted in U.S. Navy/Seabees;
                                               Master Carpenter.

1942             Age 17              Injured in Seattle

1946             Age 21              Discharged from the Navy.

1946-1948   Ages 20-23       Returned to Paramount; began acting in stock and
                                               small theater groups.

1948-1949    Age 24            Toured with the national road company of  Happy Birthday.

1950             Age 25             Chicago: Springboard to Nowhere
                                               Selwyn Theater
                                               October 9 - 21

                                              New York: The Tower Beyond
                                                    Tragedy
                                              ANTA Playhouse
                                              November 26 - December 23

1951                                      Live Television: Major Dell
                                                   Conway of the Flying Tigers
                                               DuMont Television Network
                                               April 4 -  May 26

                                               New York: Stalag 17
                                               Forty-Eighth Street Theatre
                                               May 8, 1951 - 1952

1952              Age 26            Live Television: Cameo
                                              Theater
                                              Dark of the Moon
                                              NBC Repertory
                                              January 6

1953              Age 27           New York: My Three Angels
                                             Morosco Theatre
                                              March 11 - ?

1954               Age 29         New York: Portrait of a Lady
                                            ANTA Theatre
                                            December 21 - 24

1954-1955                         Filmed Conquest of Space for
                                            Paramount Pictures.
                                            Release date: March 1955

1956                                   Television: The Phil Silvers Show - Hollywood CBS
                                            January 3
                                            The Face on the Recruiting Poster
                                            October 16

                                            New York: Plain and Fancy
                                            Mark Hellinger Theatre
                                            January - February

                                            New York: Pygmalion
                                            Downtown Theatre
                                            February 27 -  March 5

                       Age 31         Filmed Fright for Allied Artists.
                                            Release date: 1957

                                            New York: No Time for Sergeants
                                            Alvin Theatre
                                            June 1956  -  June 1957

1957             Age 32    Filmed Queen of Outer Space for Allied Artists.
                                      Release date: September 1958

1958                             Television: Studio One - The Strong Man  CBS
                                      June 9

                                     Filmed Curse of the Undead for Universal.
                                     Release date: 1959

                    Age 33     Television: The Silent Service
                                     Christmas Under Water
                                     Syndicated

                                     Television: The Phil Silvers Show
                                     Bilko Joins the Navy
                                     October 28

1958-1965   Ages 33-40   Television series:
                                           Rawhide
                                           CBS-TV
                                           Debut January 9, 1959

1962              Age 37        Television: Stump the
                                          Stars
                                          CBS

1965              Age 40        Purchased ranch in
                                          Hawaii.

                                          Television: Bonanza - 3 episodes
                                          NBC
                                          February 6, October 2 and 9, 1966

                                          Filmed The Glass Bottom Boat
                                          for MGM.
                                          Release date: 1966

1966              Age 41        Arrived in Lima, Peru to film High Jungle for MGM and ABC.
                                          August 17
                                          Died during filming.
                                          September 28

Above photographs courtesy of The Billy Rose Theatre Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts/Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations

                                      Eric Fleming Information Base 
              Biography
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 Film Credits

                       Television Credits

 ........................................................................ Photographs
                        In Memoriam
                                          Acknowledgements

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