Secrets Of TV’s The Rifleman: More Than Just Guns And Good Times

Toomey The Blacksmith (Robert Foulk)

Robert Foulk appeared in five episodes of The Rifleman. He played the blacksmith in “The Second Witness” (episode 23), “Three Legged Terror” (episode 30) and “Outlaw’s Inheritance” (episode 38). He played Johannson in “The Raid” (episode 37) and Herbert Newman in “The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town” (episode 99). When he launched his show biz career he worked as a dialogue coach. He wound up appearing in over 200 films and TV shows, including the westerns Last of the Badmen, The Tall Stranger, The Left-Handed Gun and Cast a Long Shadow. He also played the bartender in Wichita Man.