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Bobby Diamond, also known as Robert Leroy Diamond (born August 23, 1943, in Los Angeles), is a California civil and criminal law attorney who was a child star and young-adult actor, mostly in the 1950s and 1960s. He is best remembered after nearly a half-century for his role as the orphaned Joey Clark Newton in the television series Fury, which ran on NBC with new episodes from October 15, 1955 through March 19, 1960. ^[1] He was listed as Robert Diamond in the cast credits during the first season in 1955.

In 1961, Diamond appeared as "Buddy" in NBC's situation comedy The Nanette Fabray Show. He was thereafter cast in 1962-1963 as Dobie Gillis's cousin, Duncan "Dunky" Gillis, for seven episodes of the final season of CBS's The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, starring Dwayne Hickman^[2] and Bob Denver of Gilligan’s Island, who played Maynard G. Krebs.

In Fury, Diamond's character Joey, who had run afoul of the law, befriends a handsome wild black stallion and lives on the Broken Wheel Ranch in California with his widowed and presumably adopted father, Jim Newton, played by Peter Graves, later known for his role on Mission: Impossible. Newton's wife and son had been killed by a drunk driver.^[3] Joey called Jim by his first name but in time looked upon him as a father. The late character actor William Fawcett played the housekeeper and top ranch hand Pete Wilkey.^[4] Fawcett was the veteran of many western on TV and in motion picutures. Roger Mobley also had a recurring role as Homer "Packy" Lambert and Jimmy Baird as PeeWee, friends of Joey's. The popular program originally ran after school hours during the week, but moved to Saturday mornings, was subtitled: "The Story of a Horse and the Boy Who Loves Him." Fury reruns continued on the network until September 3, 1966, and later in syndication under the title the Black Stallion.^[5]

In 1964, Diamond graduated from Ulysses S. Grant High School in the San Fernando Valley, then located in Van Nuys but now in Valley Glen. He has two sons, Robert A. Diamond and Jesse Diamond, from a previous marriage to Tara Parker.^[6] His interest in the law was spurred by his efforts to procure a student draft deferment during the Vietnam War. He obtained his bachelor of arts degree from California State University, Northridge, then known as San Fernando Valley State College. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of West Los Angeles, then known as the San Fernando Valley College of Law in Woodland Hills. On January 5, 1972, Diamond was admitted to the California bar and soon commenced the practice of law in Los Angeles. He resides in Woodland Hills.^[7]

As a boy, Diamond appeared in the films Vaquero (1953), Americano (1955), and Man With a Gun (1958). In 1965, he starred in the British film Billie, starring Patty Duke as a tomboy whose strait-laced father, portrayed by Jim Backus, is running for mayor.^[8]

Over the years, Diamond appeared in dozens of television series, including The Fugitive with David Janssen and The Rebel starring Nick Adams, both on ABC, The Loretta Young Show and Father Knows Best starring Robert Young, both then on NBC. He also appeared in episodes of NBC's Wagon Train (TV western series) and CBS's The Twilight Zone (TV Scifi series), The Andy Griffith Show (TV comedy series), and Mr. Ed (TV comedy series). He starred with Robert Bray of Stagecoach fame, who portrayed forest ranger Corey Stuart, in three episodes of CBS's Lassie between 1965 and 1967. Diamond's last role was in Gary Cole's Midnight Caller program on NBC in 1990.^[9]

On October 21, 2000, Diamond was among the honorees at Iverson's Movie Ranch near Chatsworth in the San Fernando Valley,^[10]where he left his signature, handprints, and bootprints in the courtyard. Iverson's is dedicated to preserving the history of film and television Westerns.^[11]

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