RIP Robert Sampson

Los Angeles Times

January 29, 2020

Robert LeRoy Sampson, born May 10, 1933, passed peacefully on January 18, 2020 in Santa Barbara, CA. A life-long resident of Chatsworth/West Hills, Robert enjoyed a 50-plus-year acting career spanning over 150 movie and television productions, including Re-Animator, The Dark Side of the Moon, Robot Jox, and many theatre and commercial productions. He is survived by partner Richard Witt, daughter Rebecca Lowi (Ralph), brother Orwyn (Diane), and sister Joyce Yamahata (Scott), two grandsons, nine nieces and nephews, as well as many family members and friends.

Services will be Thursday, January 30 at 11 a.m. at Oakwood Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to the West Valley Animal Shelter or LA Animal Rescue.

SAMPSON, Robert (Robert LeRoy Sampson)

Born: 5/10/1933, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Died: 1/18/2020, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.

Robert Sampson’s westerns – actor:

The Peacemaker – 1956 (station agent)

Man Without a Gun (TV) – 1958 (Dilly)

The Deputy (TV) – 1959 (Micah)

Young Jesse James – 1960 (Yankee soldier)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV) – 1960 (Cully Dray)

Frontier Circus (TV) – 1961 (Mark Hedges)

Outlaws (TV) – 1961 (Charlie Harper)

Rawhide (TV) – 1961 (Lieutenant Meadows)

Shotgun Slade (TV) – 1961 (Ned Roberts)

The Broken Land – 1962 (Dave Dunson)

Tales of Wells Fargo (TV) – 1961, 1962 (Arthur King, young Hal)

Bonanza (TV) – 1962 (Bill Winters, Artie Clay)

The Virginian (TV) – 1962 (Jesse)

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV) – 1964 (Lieutenant Mason)

Gunsmoke (TV) – 1967 (McKenny)

The Big Valley (TV) – 1969 (Page, Zack Morton)