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R.G. Armstrong (1917–2012)


A golden career was reflected in his name. Robert Golden Armstrong ("Bob" to his friends) was born in Birmingham, Alabama on April 7, 1917. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While there, he was frequently performing on stage with the Carolina Playmakers. After graduating, R.G... See full bio »

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2001 The Waking
Edward Sloan
 
1999 Purgatory (TV movie)
Coachman
 
1997-1998 Millennium (TV series)
The Old Man / Old Man
The Time Is Now (1998) … Old Man (voice) (uncredited)
The Fourth Horseman (1998) … Old Man (voice) (uncredited)
Roosters (1998) … The Old Man
Owls (1998) … The Old Man
 
1998/II The Man in the Iron Mask
Old Farmer
 
1997 Good Guys Bad Guys (TV series)
Clergyman
New Dogs, Old Tricks (1997) … Clergyman (as Robert Armstrong)
 
1996 Invasion of Privacy
Sam Logan, Storekeeper
 
1996 Don't Look Back (TV movie)
Isaiah Parish
 
1995 Cybill (TV series)
Stitch Sullivan
See Jeff Jump, Jump, Jeff, Jump! (1995) … Stitch Sullivan
 
1995 Payback
Mac
 
1994 Walker, Texas Ranger (TV series)
Frank Dodge
Deadly Reunion (1994) … Frank Dodge
 
1993 Dead Center
Art Fencer
 
1993 Warlock: The Armageddon
Franks
 
1992-1993 L.A. Law (TV series)
Frank Osgoode
 
1991 Quantum Leap (TV series)
Davison
 
1991 Silk Stalkings (TV series)
Mr. Cameron
Going to Babylon (1991) … Mr. Cameron
 
1990 Dick Tracy
Pruneface (as R. G. Armstrong)
 
1989 Matlock (TV series)
Sheriff Dalton Parks
The Hunting Party: Part 1 (1989) … Sheriff Dalton Parks
The Hunting Party: Part 2 (1989) … Sheriff Dalton Parks
 
1988-1989 War and Remembrance (TV mini-series)
Gen. 'Moose' Fitzgerald
 
1989 Beauty and the Beast (TV series)
Stanley Kazmarek
A Kingdom by the Sea (1989) … Stanley Kazmarek
 
1987-1989 Friday the 13th (TV series)
Lewis Vendredi
Night Hunger (1989) … Lewis Vendredi (uncredited)
What a Mother Wouldn't Do (1988) … Lewis Vendredi (uncredited)
Hellowe'en (1987) … Lewis Vendredi
 
1989 Trapper County War
Pop Luddigger
 
1989 Ghetto Blaster
Curtis
 
1988 Bulletproof
Miles Blackburn
 
1987 Independence (TV movie)
Uriah Creed
 
1987 LBJ: The Early Years (TV movie)
Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr.
 
1986 Red Headed Stranger
Sheriff Reese Scoby, Driscoll Montana
 
1986 Oceans of Fire (TV movie)
Rusty West
 
1986 The Best of Times
Schutte
 
1981-1985 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
George / Bates / Ralph / …
Hot Shot (1985) … Repairman
Eternally Yours (1984) … Telephone Repairman
This Gland Is Your Gland (1984) … Ralph
Truth and Consequences: Part 2 (1982) … George
Truth and Consequences: Part 1 (1982) … George
 
1984 Matt Houston (TV series)
Bert
Caged (1984) … Bert
 
1979-1983 The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series)
Calloway / Tom Pryor
Ding, Dong, the Boss Is Dead (1983) … Calloway
Witness for the Persecution (1979) … Tom Pryor
 
1982 Dynasty (TV series)
Alfred Grimes
The Wedding (1982) … Alfred Grimes
The Roof (1982) … Alfred Grimes
The Cliff (1982) … Alfred Grimes
 
1982 The Shadow Riders (TV movie)
Sheriff Miles Gillette
 
1982 Hammett
Lt. O'Mara
 
1981 Darkroom (TV series)
Sheriff Dodson
The Bogeyman Will Get You (1981) … Sheriff Dodson
 
1981 Reds
Government Agent
 
1981 The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
Dempsey
 
1981 Raggedy Man
Rigby
 
1981 Evilspeak
Sarge
 
1981 Stockers (TV movie)
Mr. Fisk
 
1980 Where the Buffalo Roam
Judge Simpson
 
1980 Skag (TV series)
Zanski
The Wildcatters (1980) … Zanski
 
1980 Visions (TV series)
 
1980 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
Sebastian Craig
Of Ghosts and Angels (1980) … Sebastian Craig
 
1979 The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (TV movie)
Leland Stanford
 
1979 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Captain Hawks
The Chain Gang/The Boss (1979) … Captain Hawks
 
1979 Steel
Kellin
 
1979 Salvage 1 (TV series)
Sheriff
Confederate Gold (1979) … Sheriff
 
1979 Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Mr. Hemmings
 
1979 The Legend of the Golden Gun (TV movie)
Judge Harrison Harding
 
1979 Dear Detective (TV series)
Pilot (1979)
 
1979 Vega$ (TV series)
Wellman
Demand and Supply (1979) … Wellman
 
1978 The Time Machine (TV movie)
Gen. Harris
 
1978 Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (TV movie)
Dunworth
 
1978 Texas Detour
Sheriff Burt
 
1977 The Pack
Cobb
 
1977 Baretta (TV series)
Fayso
It's Hard But It's Fair (1977) … Fayso
 
1977 Mr. Billion
Sheriff T.C. Bishop
 
1977 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
'Dad' Watson
Huggy Bear and the Turkey (1977) … 'Dad' Watson
 
1977 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
The Final Chapter (1977)
 
1976 Switch (TV series)
Detective Wills
Maggie's Hero (1976) … Detective Wills
 
1976 Kingston: Confidential (TV series)
Father Reardon
Kingston (1976) … Father Reardon
 
1976 Dixie Dynamite
Charlie White - Bank President
 
1976 Stay Hungry
Thor Erickson
 
1976 Ellery Queen (TV series)
Stan Buffo
The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger (1976) … Stan Buffo
 
1976 Movin' On (TV series)
Sam Jellico
Witch Hunt (1976) … Sam Jellico
 
1976 Mean Johnny Barrows
Richard
 
1975 White Line Fever
Prosecutor
 
1975 Race with the Devil
Sheriff Taylor
 
1975 Boss Nigger
Mayor Griffin
 
1974 Police Story (TV series)
Elwood Fraser
Love, Mabel (1974) … Elwood Fraser
 
1974 Reflections of Murder (TV movie)
Mr. Turner
 
1974 The Manhunter (TV series)
Sheriff Mosley
Trackdown (1974) … Sheriff Mosley
 
1974 McMillan & Wife (TV series)
Sheriff Farraday
Downshift to Danger (1974) … Sheriff Farraday
 
1974 The Legend of Hillbilly John
Bristowe
 
1974 Manhunter (TV movie)
Henry Stratemeyer
 
1974 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Grandee
No Charity for the MacAllisters (1974) … Grandee
 
1973 My Name Is Nobody
Honest John (as R.K. Armstrong)
 
1971-1973 Cannon (TV series)
Banner / Sheriff
He Who Digs a Grave (1973) … Banner
A Lonely Place to Die (1971) … Sheriff
 
1973 Running Wild
Bull
 
1973 White Lightning
Big Bear
 
1973 Gentle Savage
Rupert Beeker, Owner of "Beeker's Bar"
 
1973 Cotter
 
1972 The Sixth Sense (TV series)
Jack Preston
Gallows in the Wind (1972) … Jack Preston
 
1972 Hec Ramsey (TV series)
Ben Ritt
The Century Turns (1972) … Ben Ritt
 
1972 The Final Comedown
Mr. Freeman
 
1959-1972 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Squire Fisk / Billy Soto / Jack O'Neal
Justin Morgan Had a Horse: Part 2 (1972) … Squire Fisk
Justin Morgan Had a Horse: Part 1 (1972) … Squire Fisk
The Griswold Murder (1959) … Jack O'Neal
 
1972 Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Squire Fisk
 
1971 Alias Smith and Jones (TV series)
Max
The Bounty Hunter (1971) … Max
 
1971 J.W. Coop
Jim Sawyer
 
1969-1970 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Captain Wade / Warden
The Double Wall (1970) … Warden
The Box (1969) … Captain Wade
 
1970 The Great White Hope
Cap'n Dan
 
1970 The High Chaparral (TV series)
Henderson
Wind (1970) … Henderson
 
1970 The McMasters
Watson
 
1970 Angels Die Hard
Mel
 
1970 The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Quittner
 
1970 Tiger by the Tail
Ben Holmes
 
1969 80 Steps to Jonah
Mackray
 
1969 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (TV series)
 
1969 Here Come the Brides (TV series)
Lijah
The Deadly Trade (1969) … Lijah
 
1968 Lancer (TV series)
Gant Foley
Foley (1968) … Gant Foley
 
1968 The Doris Day Show (TV series)
Henry R. Pritchart
The Friend (1968) … Henry R. Pritchart
 
1967-1968 The Invaders (TV series)
Gus Flagg / Police Capt. Bill Battersea
The Life Seekers (1968) … Police Capt. Bill Battersea
Panic (1967) … Gus Flagg
 
1968 Day of the Evil Gun (scenes deleted)
 
1967-1968 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Jarvis / Joseph Garth
The Flaming Rocks (1968) … Joseph Garth
The Wolf Man (1967) … Jarvis
 
1967 The Guns of Will Sonnett (TV series)
Collin Atwood
The Turkey Shoot (1967) … Collin Atwood
 
1961-1967 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Argonaut / Capt. Benter / Carl Anderson / …
Stranger in Town (1967) … Carl Anderson
Which Dr. (1966) … Argonaut
The Lady (1965) … Jud Briar
With a Smile (1963) … Major
Indian Ford (1961) … Capt. Benter
 
1967 Felony Squad (TV series)
Arnie Kale
Time of Trial (1967) … Arnie Kale
 
1965-1967 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Ed Cray / George David Owens / Sheriff Crowley
Blood Verdict (1967) … George David Owens
The Extortionist (1967) … Ed Cray
A Mouthful of Dust (1965) … Sheriff Crowley
 
1967 Cimarron Strip (TV series)
William Payne
The Battleground (1967) … William Payne
 
1963-1967 The Virginian (TV series)
Ben Winters / Frederick Harley
The Girl on the Pinto (1967) … Frederick Harley
The Small Parade (1963) … Ben Winters
 
1966-1967 T.H.E. Cat (TV series)
Police Capt. McAllister
If Once You Fail (1967) … Police Capt. McAllister
The Canary Who Lost His Voice (1966) … Police Capt. McAllister
Curtains for Miss Winslow (1966) … Police Capt. McAllister
To Bell T.H.E. Cat (1966) … Police Capt. McAllister
Marked for Death (1966) … Police Capt. McAllister
 
1966 El Dorado
Kevin MacDonald
 
1966 The Time Tunnel (TV series)
Alan Pinkerton
 
1959-1966 Bonanza (TV series)
Andrew Holloway / Colonel Keith Jarrell / Nathan Clay
The Last Mission (1966) … Colonel Keith Jarrell
The Horse Breaker (1961) … Nathan Clay
The Phillip Diedesheimer Story (1959) … Andrew Holloway
 
1965 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Edward Loomis
This Town for Sale (1965) … Edward Loomis
 
1965 The Big Valley (TV series)
Wallace Miles
My Son, My Son (1965) … Wallace Miles
 
1963-1965 The Fugitive (TV series)
Marshall Matt Peters / Sheriff Bradley / Tully
All the Scared Rabbits (1965) … Marshall Matt Peters
Corner of Hell (1965) … Tully
The Other Side of the Mountain (1963) … Sheriff Bradley
 
1959-1965 Rawhide (TV series)
Burke / Enoch Talby / Gantry Hobson / …
Six Weeks to Bent Fork (1965) … Sheriff John Keeley
Incident of the Lost Woman (1962) … Gantry Hobson
Incident of the 100 Amulets (1960) … Burke
Incident of the Dog Days (1959) … Enoch Talby
 
1963-1965 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Bundage / Steve
Birthright (1965) … Bundage
Deadly Decision (1963) … Steve
 
1965 Major Dundee
Reverend Dahlstrom (as R. G. Armstrong: in closing credits)
 
1965 Slattery's People (TV series)
Jonathan Blaine
Question: How Do You Fall in Love with a Town? (1965) … Jonathan Blaine
 
1964 He Rides Tall
Joshua 'Josh' McCloud
 
1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
Sheriff Harder
My Enemy, This Town (1964) … Sheriff Harder
 
1962-1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
John Cooley / William Downey
Terror at Northfield (1963) … John Cooley
Final Vow (1962) … William Downey
 
1963 The Wide Country (TV series)
Charlie Devlin
Don't Cry for Johnny Devlin (1963) … Charlie Devlin
 
1960-1962 Laramie (TV series)
Jud / Marshal Al Dawson / Matthews / …
Time of the Traitor (1962) … Vic Prescott
The Jailbreakers (1961) … Marshal Al Dawson
Run of the Hunted (1961) … Jud
License to Kill (1960) … Sam Jarrad
Cemetery Road (1960) … Matthews (uncredited)
 
1958-1962 Perry Mason (TV series)
Harry Bright / John Gregory / Matthew Bartlett
The Case of the Stand-In Sister (1962) … John Gregory
The Case of the Petulant Partner (1959) … Harry Bright
The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde (1958) … Matthew Bartlett
 
1962 Wagon Train (TV series)
General Kirby / John Muskie
The Shiloh Degnan Story (1962) … General Kirby
The Charley Shutup Story (1962) … John Muskie
 
1962 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)
R.V. Reagan
The Long Walk Home (1962) … R.V. Reagan
 
1962 Surfside 6 (TV series)
Paul Wyatt
Midnight for Prince Charming (1962) … Paul Wyatt
 
1962 Ride the High Country
Joshua Knudsen
 
1960-1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Captain Bone / Fred Riordan
What Frightened You, Fred? (1962) … Fred Riordan
The Man Who Found the Money (1960) … Captain Bone
 
1962 87th Precinct (TV series)
Franklin Phelps
Killer's Choice (1962) … Franklin Phelps
 
1962 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Hanson
Winter Storm (1962) … Hanson
 
1962 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Jerry Boynton
The Little Hours (1962) … Jerry Boynton
 
1962 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Contractor
Nothing in the Dark (1962) … Contractor
 
1962 Frontier Circus (TV series)
Uriah Foster
Coals of Fire (1962) … Uriah Foster
 
1961 Everglades (TV series)
Luther
Primer for Pioneers (1961) … Luther
 
1961 Great Ghost Tales (TV series)
The Monkey's Paw (1961)
 
1961 The Andy Griffith Show (TV series)
Farmer Flint
Ellie Saves a Female (1961) … Farmer Flint
 
1961 Bat Masterson (TV series)
Marshal William MacWilliams
No Amnesty for Death (1961) … Marshal William MacWilliams
 
1961 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV series)
Joe Taylor
Casey and the Clowns (1961) … Joe Taylor
 
1960-1961 Cheyenne (TV series)
Angus Emmett / Nathanael Grimm
The Return of Mr. Grimm (1961) … Nathanael Grimm
Alibi for the Scalped Man (1960) … Angus Emmett
 
1960 The Tall Man (TV series)
Neal Bailey
Bitter Ashes (1960) … Neal Bailey
 
1960 Ten Who Dared
Oramel Howland
 
1960 The Westerner (TV series)
Shell Davidson
School Days (1960) … Shell Davidson
 
1960 Mr. Lucky (TV series)
Mike Haley
I Bet Your Life (1960) … Mike Haley
 
1959-1960 Maverick (TV series)
Colonel Karl Bent / Wellington Cosgrove
The People's Friend (1960) … Wellington Cosgrove
The Saga of Waco Williams (1959) … Colonel Karl Bent
 
1959 The Fugitive Kind
Sheriff Jordan Talbott
 
1959 Riverboat (TV series)
Rothgate
A Night at Trapper's Landing (1959) … Rothgate
 
1959 Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)
Asa Wynter
The Tyrant (1959) … Asa Wynter
 
1959 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
The Human Comedy (1959)
 
1958-1959 The Texan (TV series)
Big Sam Aldridge / Cliff Clifford
Letter of the Law (1959) … Big Sam Aldridge
Desert Passage (1958) … Cliff Clifford
 
1959 Lawman (TV series)
Gabe Dallas / Major Ben Rogers
Battle Scar (1959) … Major Ben Rogers
The Brand Release (1959) … Gabe Dallas
 
1958-1959 Sugarfoot (TV series)
Clay Calhoun / Lou Stoner
The Giant Killer (1959) … Lou Stoner
The Hunted (1958) … Clay Calhoun
 
1959 No Name on the Bullet
Asa Canfield
 
1959 U.S. Marshal (TV series)
Link Thompson
Grandfather (1959) … Link Thompson
 
1959 Black Saddle (TV series)
Ben Dawes
Client: Dawes (1959) … Ben Dawes
 
1958 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
Sheriff Fred Tomlinson / Sheriff Les Houghton
Let the Man Die (1958) … Sheriff Les Houghton
 
1958 The Rifleman (TV series)
Sheriff Fred Tomlinson
 
1958 Bronco (TV series)
Reverend Hardin
The Turning Point (1958) … Reverend Hardin
 
1958 The Californians (TV series)
Malone
The Street (1958) … Malone
 
1958 Never Love a Stranger
Flix
 
1958 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Marshall Tom Jaffey / Mayor S. J. Lovett
Killer's Widow (1958) … Marshall Tom Jaffey
 
1958 From Hell to Texas
Hunter Boyd
 
1958 Jefferson Drum (TV series)
Kreiger
Law and Order (1958) … Kreiger
 
1957 A Face in the Crowd
TV Prompter Operator (uncredited)
 
1956 Baby Doll
Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)
 
1956 West Point (TV series)
Football Coach
His Highness and the Halfback (1956) … Football Coach
 
1954 Garden of Eden
J. Randolph Latimore
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2006 The Hottest State (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (9 titles)
2010 Passion & Poetry: The Early Sam (video short)
Himself
 
2007 Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 Passion & Poetry: Major Dundee (video short)
Himself
 
2005 Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (TV documentary)
Himself (also archive footage)
 
2002 Film Genre (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Western (2002) … Himself
 
1996 Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right (documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1983 The Making of 'Lone Wolf McQuade' (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2003 Go West, Young Man! (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1992 Gunfighters of the Old West (video documentary)
Miller (uncredited)
 

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(1957) Stage: Appeared (as "Sheriff Talbott") in "Orpheus Descending" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Tennessee Williams. Incidental music by Chuck Wayne. Incidental music arranged by John Mehegan. Music for "Heavenly Grass" by Paul Bowles. Lyrics for "Heavenly Grass"... See more »

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Alternate Names:

R. G. Armstrong | R.K. Armstrong | Robert Armstrong

Height:

6' 3" (1.91 m)
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Personal Quote:

I had to learn it the hard way. I studied with Lee Strasberg. Acting is not acting. It's being. If you have the kind of personality makeup where you can transform into being the character in that situation, it brings about authenticity. You get a feel of the situation, the line in a scene and where your hearts goes to in a scene and you always keep that in mind. See more »

Trivia:

Has four daughters - Robbie Armstrong-Dunham, Laurie Nell, Daryl Armstrong and Betty and one son - Wynn Armstrong. See more »

Nickname:

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Star Sign:

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