Career
Fulmer first began on Broadway with a role in Auntie Mame, co-starring with a number of different actresses in the lead role, including Rosalind Russell, Greer Garson, Beatrice Lillie and Eve Arden. His big acting break came in Chicago when he co-starred opposite Kathryn Crosby in the play, Sunday in New New York Crosby"s husband, legendary singer Bing Crosby, gave Hollywood producers rave reviews of Fulmer"s work, which led to a number of roles.
Prior to Hazel, Fulmer had appeared once on film, in the role of "Aga" on Wild Is My Love in 1963 and four times on network television: as Holmes in the 1964 episode "Mail Call" of American Broadcasting Company"s war-time drama Combat! and in three segments between November 1964 and January 1965 of National Broadcasting Company"s The Rogues.
The twenty-nine episodes in which Fulmer appears are the last of the series, but Hazel had already run for 125 episodes on National Broadcasting Company from 1961-1965. The name "Steve Baxter" had never been mentioned in the previous four years of the series.
Hazel could have been renewed for a sixth season with Fulmer in the cast, as it had good ratings, but Shirley Booth"s health issues at the time led instead to cancellation. Booth also owned her series.
After the show was cancelled following his only season, Fulmer made no attempt to hide his criticism of the show"s scripts, saying that they were repetitious, full of grammatical errors and sloppy writing, and had plot flaws.
However, he had nothing but praise for Booth, saying, "What"s amazing is how Shirley Booth can make something out of nothing. lieutenant has been an education to watch her work."
After Hazel, Fulmer portrayed Lee Gantry from November 1968 to 1971 on the Columbia Broadcasting System soap opera The Guiding Light. He had a second soap opera role in 1974 as Martin Nell Dillard in the daytime drama Somerset, a 1970-1976 spin-off of National Broadcasting Company"s Another World.
Fulmer"s last television role was as Hugh Porter on the episode "The Razor"s Edge," which was released on September 13, 1992, on the syndicated series, The New WKRP in Cincinnati.
Fulmer later hosted infomercials for self-help guru Tony Robbins.
