James Westmoreland, also known and credited as Rad Fulton, (November 25, 1935 – September 14, 2016)^[1] was an American actor in films and television from 1956 to 1987.

Westmoreland was born in Dearborn, Michigan and graduated from Cooley High School in Detroit. He went to New York City to pursue a modeling career and met film agent Henry Willson, who persuaded him to go to Hollywood. Willson had represented several well-known actors and actresses including Rhonda Fleming and Rock Hudson. Westmoreland arrived in Los Angeles in 1954 and Willson gave him the stage name of Rad Fulton.^[2][1]

Credited as Fulton, Westmoreland's movie debut was the part of Walter Brennan's son in Come Next Spring,^[2] which also starred Ann Sheridan and Steve Cochran. Westmoreland later said Cochran helped to launch his acting career and "was like an older brother".^[1] Although he made thirteen movies from 1956 to 1960, he was uncredited in all but four.^[2][1]

He was given more recognition in television, where he made his debut in a 1957 episode of The West Point Story. He appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Presents twice in the late 1950s and went to appear in episodes of other series including Laramie and Route 66.^[2][1]

In 1963, Westmoreland's career as Fulton had not taken off and Willson decided to end their association. Willson claimed that "Rad Fulton" was a name belonging to him and demanded that Westmoreland stop using it.^[1] Credited as James Westmoreland, however, his television career improved and, as well as guest roles, he also secured recurring ones in series like General Hospital, as Teddy Holmes; The Monroes, as Ruel Jaxon; and The Young and the Restless, as Decker.^[2][1]

Westmoreland married actress Kim Darby in 1970, having met her only three weeks previously. The marriage lasted 47 days until it ended in divorce.^[2] He retired from acting in 1980, although he did make another couple of TV appearances in the next decade.^[1] Aged 80, Westmoreland died on September 14, 2016, in a Palm Desert hospital near his home in La Quinta, California.^[2][1]

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