ERIK HUNTER was added to the Laredo cast in the second season, an addition in keeping with the outlandish direction some of the plots took.  Erik came to Company B from Europe by way of Company A. (Not as a rookie Ranger as some synopses have it.)  There was a saying in Company A that there were two ways of doing things, the Ranger’s way and Erik Hunter’s way.  ["Legend of Midas Mantee"]   This meant he would fit right in with Chad, Joe and Reese.  Erik was sometimes paired with Reese (Neville Brand) because the contrast between them provided opportunity for comedy.  He was rarely partnered with Joe (William Smith) perhaps because the writers had not written Joe as educated enough to play off Erik verbally or as enough of a buffoon to provide a humorous contrast.  More often, if not working alone, Erik was paired with Chad (Peter Brown)  They could exchange witticisms at the same level and compete for women. As Reese said of Chad & Erik, “Putting you two in the same place with one girl is like throwing a pork chop between a lion and a tiger.”  ["Dance of the Laughing Death"]. The Captain referred to them as “God’s gift to the working girl.”  ["Enemies & Brothers"].  Erik frequently bested Chad in the skirt chasing department;  a number of second season episodes ended with Erik romancing the female villain.  As in most Western series, other Rangers wore the same clothes in every episode.   Erik had a bottomless saddlebag of outlandish outfits.

There isn’t much on Netherlands-born ROBERT WOLDERS credits list, nothing after his 1975 marriage to Merle Oberon.  He had a few unimportant roles in unimportant movies and a few TV series guest appearances.  One of his most notable part after Laredo was his guest appearance on The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode “Not Just Another Pretty Face”  (9-21-74) in which he played a handsome European ski instructor.  Mary feels guilty about dating him because they have nothing in common--she's only dating him because of his looks.  When she finally confesses this to him, he assures her he's only dating her for her looks.  [Interestingly Peter Brown played a similar part in a 1972 episode of The Bob Newhart Show.  His tennis instructor character consults Bob about his problem:  he is so incredibly good looking that women are always coming on to him.]

After Merle Oberon died, Wolders became the companion of Audrey Hepburn until her death.  By all reports, they were a very happy couple.  The picture below is from a nice Hepburn fansite that has several pictures of Robert.  http://audreyhepburn.excelland.com/rw.html