I first want to thank John M. Hansley for all his support, encouragement, involvement, and hours of work in computerizing this information base and for making my words and Eric Fleming come to life - which was the whole point. Thanks also for sharing my obsession. I owe gratitude to the wonderful and helpful staff of the Research Department/The Billy Rose Theatre Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center Plaza - a great place to conduct research;  to Roger Crowley of Old West Shop Publishing who provided useful suggestions, lots of data, and generously permitted use of photographs from The First Official TV Western Book (Volume 1) by Neil Summers;  to the Center for Motion Picture Study/Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Beverly Hills, California; and to Eric Fleming for all that he was and all that he gave.

     Additional thanks to the following individuals who provided information and aided in the lengthy verification process which preceded this work:

• Jean Anderson - for generous use of her photo collection and for her support, encouragement, remembrances, and friendship
• Judy Lee - for kinship born of these pages
• Tsutomu Yamauchi - for providing information and photographs from Japan
• Hennie Dikmans - for the inspiration to create a memorial on the site
• Petty Officer Collier in the Public Affairs Division of the U.S. Navy
• Jack Green at the U.S. Navy Historical Center
• Charlie Ball of the American Merchant Marine Veterans Association
• Lorra-Lea Bartlett of the CBS-TV Archives Department in Los Angeles
• Elizabeth Nolan of King Features Syndicate/The Hearst Corp. in N.Y.
• Bruce Stapleton of Playbill/New York
• Kathy Cherboski of the Huntington Library in Pasadena
• Peggy at the Pasadena Playhouse
• Katherine "Kit" Ludwig, secretary/alumni affairs - Pasadena Playhouse
• Christopher Dexter of the Writer's Guild of America
• Julia Rayber of the Los Angeles Times Research Department
• Jonathan Rosenthal - Research Services Department of The Museum of Television & Radio/New York
• Mel Ramige, national secretary of the U.S. Navy Seabee Veterans of America
• Ann O'Day, editor of CAN DO, quarterly publication of the U.S. Navy Seabee Veterans of America

 If you are a former colleague, acquaintance, or family member of  Mr. Fleming and possess information that would be of value in clarifying, correcting,  or enhancing this information base,  please contact the author Sherry B. Hansley at:

P.O. Box 417, Voluntown, CT. USA 06384 or
e-mail:  neoluddite@att.net

     Comments, suggestions, and additional data are eagerly requested. Thank you for your interest.