Biography
Robert Golden Armstrong was an American actor and playwright. A veteran character actor who appeared in dozens of Westerns over the course of his 40-year career, he may be best remembered for his work with director Sam Peckinpah.
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Filmography
all 161
Movies 86
TV Shows 75
self 4
Voice 1
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The Hottest State (2006)
Movie
Self
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait (2006)
Movie
Self
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (2005)
Movie
Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
Movie
Edward Sloan
Keeper of Souls (2001)
Movie
Coachman
Purgatory (1999)
Movie
Old Man
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
Movie
Sam Logan - Storekeeper
Invasion of Privacy (1996)
Movie
The Old Man
Millennium (1996)
TV
6.43
Parish
Don't Look Back (1996)
Movie
Mac
Payback (1995)
Movie
Cybill (1995)
TV
6
Retired Texas Ranger
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion (1994)
Movie
Art Fencer
Dead Center (1994)
Movie
Self
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993)
Movie
Franks
Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)
Movie
4.74
Frank Dodge
Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
TV
5.63
Pruneface
Dick Tracy (1990)
Movie
7
Davison
Quantum Leap (1989)
TV
5.84
Curtis
Ghetto Blaster (1989)
Movie
Pop Luddigger
Trapper County War (1989)
Movie
Miles Blackburn
Bulletproof (1988)
Movie
Lewis Vendredi
Friday the 13th: The Series (1987)
TV
5.33
Beauty and the Beast (1987)
TV
5.81
Major General Homer Phillips
Predator (1987)
Movie
5.94
Uriah Creed
Independence (1987)
Movie
Samuel Ealey Johnson
LBJ: The Early Years (1987)
Movie
Bettlebom
Jocks (1986)
Movie
Sheriff Reese Scoby - Driscoll, Montana
Red Headed Stranger (1986)
Movie
Rusty West
Oceans of Fire (1986)
Movie
Frank Osgood
L.A. Law (1986)
TV
6
Matlock (1986)
TV
6
Schutte
The Best of Times (1986)
Movie
10
Diehl
Children of the Corn (1984)
Movie
5.13
T. Tyler
Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
Movie
6
Sheriff Miles Gillette
The Shadow Riders (1982)
Movie
Matt Houston (1982)
TV
Lt. O'Mara
Hammett (1982)
Movie
Doc Schoonmaker
The Beast Within (1982)
Movie
Government Agent
Reds (1981)
Movie
5
Darkroom (1981)
TV
Dempsey
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)
Movie
Code Red (1981)
TV
Rigby
Raggedy Man (1981)
Movie
Sarge
Evilspeak (1981)
Movie
7.5
Dynasty (1981)
TV
3
Judge Simpson
Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
Movie
Skag (1980)
TV
Leland Stanford
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979)
Movie
Kellin
Steel (1979)
Movie
Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
TV
6
Judge Harrison Harding
The Legend of the Golden Gun (1979)
Movie
Al Barber
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (1979)
Movie
Mr. Hemmings
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
Movie
Gen. Harris
The Time Machine (1978)
Movie
Dunworth
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978)
Movie
Vega$ (1978)
TV
General Manager
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Movie
Sheriff Burt
Texas Detour (1978)
Movie
Cobb
The Long Dark Night (1977)
Movie
Amos Clements
The Car (1977)
Movie
Sheriff T.C. Bishop
Mr. Billion (1977)
Movie
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (1977)
TV
Sebastian Craig
Charlie's Angels (1976)
TV
6.33
Father Reardon
Kingston (1976)
Movie
Charlie White - Bank President
Dixie Dynamite (1976)
Movie
Thor Erickson
Stay Hungry (1976)
Movie
Richard
Mean Johnny Barrows (1975)
Movie
'Dad' Watson
Starsky & Hutch (1975)
TV
10
Detective Wills
Switch (1975)
TV
Mayor Griffin
Boss Nigger (1975)
Movie
Prosecutor
White Line Fever (1975)
Movie
Sheriff Taylor
Race with the Devil (1975)
Movie
4
Baretta (1975)
TV
6
Mr. Turner
Reflections of Murder (1974)
Movie
Sheriff Mosley
The Manhunter (1974)
TV
Movin' On (1974)
TV
Henry Stratemeyer
Manhunter (1974)
Movie
Bristowe
The Legend of Hillbilly John (1974)
Movie
Honest John
My Name Is Nobody (1973)
Movie
4
Bull
Running Wild (1973)
Movie
Big Bear
White Lightning (1973)
Movie
Ollinger
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
Movie
6
Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'
Prologue to Wounded Knee (1973)
Movie
Jack
Cotter (1973)
Movie
Ben Ritt
The Century Turns (1972)
Movie
Mr. Freeman
The Final Comedown (1972)
Movie
Clell Miller
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)
Movie
Squire Fisk
Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1972)
Movie
The Sixth Sense (1972)
TV
Jim Sawyer
J.W. Coop (1971)
Movie
Sheriff Farraday
McMillan and Wife (1971)
TV
1
Cannon (1971)
TV
6
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
TV
Captain Dan
The Great White Hope (1970)
Movie
Watson
The McMasters (1970)
Movie
Quittner
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Movie
6
Ben Holmes
Tiger by the Tail (1970)
Movie
Mackray
80 Steps to Jonah (1969)
Movie
Here Come the Brides (1968)
TV
6
Lancer (1968)
TV
Warden / Capt. Wade
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
TV
5.45
Ed Henderson
The High Chaparral (1967)
TV
6
The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)
TV
Cimarron Strip (1967)
TV
Custer (1967)
TV
Gus Flagg / Police Capt. Bill Battersea
The Invaders (1967)
TV
6
Kevin MacDonald
El Dorado (1966)
Movie
4.33
Capt. McAllister / Captain McAllister / Police Capt. McAllister
T.H.E. Cat (1966)
TV
Felony Squad (1966)
TV
Allan Pinkerton
The Time Tunnel (1966)
TV
7
Sheriff Crowley / Ed Cray / George David Owens
The F.B.I. (1965)
TV
Wallace Miles
The Big Valley (1965)
TV
6.2
Edward Loomis
Run for Your Life (1965)
TV
Reverend Dahlstrom
Major Dundee (1965)
Movie
Joseph Garth / Jarvis
Daniel Boone (1964)
TV
5.75
Zac Laird
Calhoun (1964)
Movie
Joshua 'Josh' McCloud
He Rides Tall (1964)
Movie
Sheriff Bradley / Marshal Matt Peters / Tully Gage
The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
William Downey / John Cooley
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
TV
5
Frederick Harley / Ben Winters
The Virginian (1962)
TV
Joshua Knudsen
Ride the High Country (1962)
Movie
6
Everglades (1961)
TV
87th Precinct (1961)
TV
Actor
Great Ghost Tales (1961)
TV
Oramel Howland
Ten Who Dared (1960)
Movie
Surfside 6 (1960)
TV
Farmer Flint
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
TV
6
Shell Davidson
The Westerner (1960)
TV
The Tall Man (1960)
TV
Sheriff Jordan Talbott
The Fugitive Kind (1960)
Movie
Mr. Lucky (1959)
TV
Contractor
The Twilight Zone (1959)
TV
8
Rothgate
Riverboat (1959)
TV
Andrew Holloway / Nathan Clay / Col. Keith Jarrell
Bonanza (1959)
TV
1
Asa Canfield
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
Movie
Ben Dawes
Black Saddle (1959)
TV
Enoch Talby / Gantry Hobson / Sheriff John Keeley
Rawhide (1959)
TV
4
Marshal William MacWilliams
Bat Masterson (1958)
TV
The Rifleman (1958)
TV
6.67
Big Sam Aldridge
The Texan (1958)
TV
Bronco (1958)
TV
Asa Wynter
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
TV
Flix
Never Love a Stranger (1958)
Movie
Hunter Boyd
From Hell to Texas (1958)
Movie
Kreiger
Jefferson Drum (1958)
TV
Wellington Cosgrove
Maverick (1957)
TV
5.33
Matthew Bartlett / John Gregory / Harry Bright
Perry Mason (1957)
TV
4.33
Clay Calhoun / Lou Stoner
Sugarfoot (1957)
TV
Mayor Lovett
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
TV
6
Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Movie
Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)
Baby Doll (1956)
Movie
Sheriff Fred Tomlinson / Sheriff Les Houghton
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
TV
Fred Riordan / Captain Bone
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Cheyenne (1955)
TV
Capt. Benter / Major / Carl Anderson / Jud Briar
Gunsmoke (1955)
TV
6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
TV
Jack O'Neal / Squire Fisk
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)
TV
5.98
Lassie (1954)
TV
8
J. Randolph Latimore
Garden of Eden (1954)
Movie
Jerry Boynton
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
Ratings
Average 6.16
Based on 1.31 Million movie and tv ratings over time
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1917-04-07
Deathday2012-07-27 (95 years old)
Birth PlaceBirmingham, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsR. G. Armstrong, Robert Golden Armstrong, Robert Armstrong, R.G. Armstrong, Robert Golden Armstrong Jr.
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