Joanne says on 11/Jan/07
I have a photo of myself with RJ Wagner and Stefanie Powers, taken in 1990. I'm 5ft and the top of my head comes to just above RJ's shoulder. Stefanie (who is 5ft 8in) is around two or three inches shorter thn RJ in the pic and she was wearing heels. From this info, I'd say RJ is at least 5' 11".

MHouillon says on 28/Dec/06
He's the classic 179cm (5'10.5").

Frank2 says on 21/Jun/06
Here's Wagner next to 5'11" Clifton Webb: Click Here

Frank2. says on 10/Jun/06
Wagner was never 6'. He was shorter by about an inch than Jeff Hunter and Hunter, a good family friend was at or slightly under 6'.

MarkO says on 10/Jun/06
I saw Wagner in person, a foot away from him as he signed an autograph for me, in 1983. I was 17 and, I think about 5'11 and 3/4 at that point (6 feet, now). Wagner seemed a bit taller than me...and my 3 friends thought so, too. Who knows about heels and lifts, though.

Frank2 says on 1/Apr/06
Yes, Hunter did the unaired pilot for Star Trek. Once the network picked up the series he wasn't available so Shatner was cast in the role of the captain. Hunter's character was named Pike while Shatner's was Kirk. They ended up using Hunter's footage in an episode called The Cage. A while back they found the work print of the original hour pilot with Hunter and I believe it's available on DVD. I know they've shown it on TV since I watched it. The color is faded and there's a lot of scratches in the print, but it's the original pilot starring Hunter.

I'll never forget the day that I was driving in Beverly Hills and Hunter drove by in his Mercedes 190 SL convertible. I hadn't seen him since shortly after my father passed away so I wanted to follow him and say hello, but I was in a hurry to get somewhere and failed to go after him. He died only about a year later. I guess it just wasn't meant to be.

larry says on 31/Mar/06
Thanks Frank2: I think Jeffrey Hunter was a very good actor too. Didn't he do the ORIGINAL pilot for Star Trek?

Frank2 says on 27/Mar/06
I've seen Wagner over the years and he was never any taller than 5'11". He claims he's just under six feet. His publicicst says he's 6'. Fox Studios who he was under contract with also adverised he was 6'. But in Titanic (1953 version) as well as The Stars and Stripes Forever he was the same height as 5'11" Clifton Webb. In Brokan Lance he was shorter than 6' Earl Holliman and 6' Hugh O'Brian. In the film A Kiss Before Dying his character was listed as being 6'1" and in scenes with Jeffrey Hunter, Hunter slouched to make himself look shorter. But in another film Wagner did with Hunter called In Love and War, they were much closer to being the same height with Hunter being slightly taller.

Frank2 says on 24/Mar/06
Jeffrey Hunter was a very close personal friend of my dad. At one time they even co-produced a low budget film together. Jeff later was a pallbearer at my dad's funeral. Jeff was about 6' or slightly under. He was slightly taller than Wagner. Watch Hunter in The Searchers and see how short he is next to John Wayne. And in that film when he fights Ken Curtis who was about 5'10", they're almost the same height. The trick is that Curtis is wearing cowboy boots while Jeff is wearing moccasins. I used to call Jeff, "Uncle Jeffrey." He was just about the nicest person imaginable. He was a lot better actor than Wagner. It was a tragedy that he died so young and from a head injury sustained when a horse he was riding on tripped and he feel off. That was when he was filming some costume picture in Europe. About six months later when he got back home to California, he was going down a flight of stairs in his home when he passed out and tumbled down dying from the fall. His widow later told me that he suffered a brain aneurism so even if he hadn't fallen he would have most likely died anyway. She told me he was never the same after his accident in Europe. So sad.

Paul says on 24/Mar/06
Wow - I never would have pegged Osborne as 6'2". I guess his weight and the fact the TCM intros use a crane camera that looks down on him makes him look smaller.

Based on this info, I buy Wagner at 5'11"

larry says on 24/Mar/06
Robert Osborne of TCM once described himself as 6'2". Didn't give his weight. He looks pretty husky, so that can give the illusion of one not being as tall. Robert Wagner always looked 5'11" (even now). So, was Jeffrey Hunter really the 6'2" he is often listed as? Wagner never looked 3" shorter than Hunter to me.

Frank2 says on 15/Mar/06
I've got news for you. TCM host and Hollywood Reporter entertainment columnist Robert Osborne is well-over six feet tall! I've seen him in person. I was surpised myself since he only appears to be around 5'10" on the tube. Wagner is still almost 5'11". I saw him on the Fox Studios lot and briefly spoke with him while he was in between taping intros for the Fox Movie Channel showings of the old Hour of the Stars and he was just about as tall as me. He's a lot heavier these days. I'd say well over 200 lbs. And he still smokes!

Frank2 says on 8/Mar/06
And he's still 5'11". And he's 76 years old!