Acting
R.G. Armstrong
Acting · Born 1917-04-07 · Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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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FilmThe Hottest State
2007 · Thanks
FilmPassion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005 · Self
FilmSam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 · Self
FilmKeeper of Souls
2001
FilmPurgatory
1999 · Coachman
FilmThe Man in the Iron Mask
1998 · Old Man
FilmInvasion of Privacy
1996 · Sam Logan - Storekeeper
Millennium
1996 · The Old Man
FilmDon't Look Back
1996 · Parish
FilmPayback
1995 · Mac
Cybill
1995 · Stitch Sullivan
FilmWalker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion
1994 · Retired Texas Ranger
FilmDead Center
1994 · Art Fencer
FilmSam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993 · Self
FilmWarlock: The Armageddon
1993 · Franks
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Frank Dodge
FilmDick Tracy
1990 · Pruneface
FilmGhetto Blaster
1989 · Curtis
Quantum Leap
1989 · Davison
FilmTrapper County War
1989 · Pop Luddigger
War and Remembrance
1988 · 'Moose' Fitzgerald
FilmBulletproof
1988 · Miles Blackburn
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987 · Lewis Vendredi
Beauty and the Beast
1987 · Stanley Kazmarek
FilmPredator
1987 · Major General Homer Phillips
FilmLBJ: The Early Years
1987 · Samuel Ealey Johnson
FilmJocks
1986 · Bettlebom
FilmRed Headed Stranger
1986 · Sheriff Reese Scoby
FilmOceans of Fire
1986 · Rusty West
L.A. Law
1986 · Frank Osgood
Matlock
1986 · Sheriff Dalton Parks
FilmThe Best of Times
1986 · Schutte
FilmChildren of the Corn
1984 · Diehl
FilmLone Wolf McQuade
1983 · T. Tyler
FilmThe Shadow Riders
1982 · Sheriff Miles Gillette
Matt Houston
1982
FilmHammett
1982 · Lt. O'Mara
FilmThe Beast Within
1982 · Doc Schoonmaker
FilmReds
1981 · Government Agent
Darkroom
1981 · Sheriff Dodson
FilmThe Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
1981 · Dempsey
Code Red
1981
FilmRaggedy Man
1981 · Rigby
FilmEvilspeak
1981 · Sarge
Dynasty
1981
FilmWhere the Buffalo Roam
1980 · Judge Simpson
Skag
Skag
1980
FilmThe Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979 · Leland Stanford
FilmSteel
1979 · Kellin
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
FilmThe Legend of the Golden Gun
1979 · Judge Harrison Harding
FilmFast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
1979 · Al Barber
FilmGood Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979 · Mr. Hemmings
FilmThe Time Machine
1978 · Gen. Harris
FilmDevil Dog: The Hound of Hell
1978 · Dunworth
Vega$
1978
FilmHeaven Can Wait
1978 · General Manager
FilmTexas Detour
1978 · Sheriff Burt
FilmThe Pack
1977 · Cobb
FilmThe Car
1977 · Amos Clements
FilmMr. Billion
1977 · Sheriff T.C. Bishop
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Sebastian Craig
FilmKingston
1976 · Father Reardon
FilmDixie Dynamite
1976 · Charlie White - Bank President
FilmStay Hungry
1976 · Thor Erickson
FilmMean Johnny Barrows
1975 · Richard
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · 'Dad' Watson
Switch
1975 · Detective Wills
FilmBoss Nigger
1975 · Mayor Griffin
FilmWhite Line Fever
1975 · Prosecutor
FilmRace with the Devil
1975 · Sheriff Taylor
Baretta
1975
FilmReflections of Murder
1974 · Mr. Turner
Movin' On
1974
The Manhunter
1974
FilmManhunter
1974 · Henry Stratemeyer
FilmThe Legend of Hillbilly John
1974 · Bristowe
FilmMy Name Is Nobody
1973 · Honest John
FilmRunning Wild
1973 · Bull
FilmWhite Lightning
1973 · Big Bear
FilmPat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 · Ollinger
FilmPrologue to Wounded Knee
1973 · Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'
FilmCotter
1973 · Jack
FilmThe Final Comedown
1972 · Mr. Freeman
FilmThe Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972 · Clell Miller
FilmJustin Morgan Had a Horse
1972 · Squire Fisk
The Sixth Sense
1972
FilmJ.W. Coop
1972 · Jim Sawyer
McMillan & Wife
1971 · Sheriff Farraday
Cannon
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
FilmThe Great White Hope
1970 · Captain Dan
FilmThe McMasters
1970 · Watson
FilmThe Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970 · Quittner
FilmTiger by the Tail
1970 · Ben Holmes
Film80 Steps to Jonah
1969 · Mackray
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Capt. Wade
Here Come the Brides
1968
Lancer
1968
The High Chaparral
1967 · Ed Henderson
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
Custer
1967
The Invaders
1967 · Gus Flagg
FilmEl Dorado
1966 · Kevin MacDonald
T.H.E. Cat
1966 · Police Capt. McAllister
Felony Squad
1966
The Time Tunnel
1966 · Allan Pinkerton
The F.B.I.
1965 · Sheriff Crowley
The Big Valley
1965 · Wallace Miles
Run for Your Life
1965 · Edward Loomis
FilmMajor Dundee
1965 · Reverend Dahlstrom
Daniel Boone
1964 · Jarvis
FilmCalhoun
1964 · Zac Laird
FilmHe Rides Tall
1964 · Joshua 'Josh' McCloud
The Fugitive
1963 · Tully Gage
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · William Downey
The Virginian
1962 · Ben Winters
FilmRide the High Country
1962 · Joshua Knudsen
Everglades
1961
87th Precinct
1961 · Franklin Phelps
FilmTen Who Dared
1960 · Oramel Howland
Surfside 6
1960 · Paul Wyatt
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Farmer Flint
The Westerner
1960 · Shell Davidson
The Tall Man
1960
FilmThe Fugitive Kind
1960 · Sheriff Jordan Talbott
Mr. Lucky
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Contractor
Riverboat
1959 · Rothgate
Bonanza
1959 · Nathan Clay
FilmNo Name on the Bullet
1959 · Asa Canfield
Black Saddle
1959 · Ben Dawes
Rawhide
1959 · Enoch Talby
Bat Masterson
1958 · Marshal William MacWilliams
Lawman
1958 · Major Ben Rogers
The Rifleman
1958 · Sheriff Tomlinson
The Texan
1958 · Big Sam Aldridge
Bronco
1958 · Reverend Hardin
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Asa Wynter
FilmNever Love a Stranger
1958 · Flix
FilmFrom Hell to Texas
1958 · Hunter Boyd
Jefferson Drum
Jefferson Drum
1958 · Kreiger
Maverick
1957 · Wellington Cosgrove
Perry Mason
1957 · Matthew Bartlett
Wagon Train
1957 · John Muskie
Sugarfoot
1957 · Clay Calhoun
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Mayor Lovett
FilmA Face in the Crowd
1957 · Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
FilmBaby Doll
1956 · Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Fred Tomlinson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Captain Bone
Cheyenne
1955 · Nathanael Grimm
Gunsmoke
1955 · Capt. Benter
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Billy Soto
Lassie
1954
FilmGarden of Eden
1954 · J. Randolph Latimore
General Electric Theater
1953 · Jerry Boynton