R.G. Armstrong

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Born on April 07, 1917 (108 years old)

Passed Away on July 27, 2012

From Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Known for Acting

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.

Cast Credits

2024
- Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
  as
  Self
  2024
2014
- no image
  Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film
  as
  Self
  2014
2006
- no image
  Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
  as
  Self
  2006
2005
- Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
  as
  Self
  2005
2004
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
  as
  Self
  2004
2001
- Keeper of Souls
  2001
1999
- Purgatory
  as
  Coachman
  1999
1998
- The Man in the Iron Mask
  as
  Old Man
  1998
1996
- Don't Look Back
  as
  Parish
  1996
- Invasion of Privacy
  as
  Sam Logan - Storekeeper
  1996
- Millennium
  as
  The Old Man
  1996
1995
- Payback
  as
  Mac
  1995
- Cybill
  as
  Stitch Sullivan
  1995
1994
- Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion
  as
  Retired Texas Ranger
  1994
- Dead Center
  as
  Art Fencer
  1994
1993
- Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
  as
  Self
  1993
- Warlock: The Armageddon
  as
  Franks
  1993
- Walker, Texas Ranger
  as
  Frank Dodge
  1993
1990
- Dick Tracy
  as
  Pruneface
  1990
1989
- Ghetto Blaster
  as
  Curtis
  1989
- Trapper County War
  as
  Pop Luddigger
  1989
- Quantum Leap
  as
  Davison
  1989
1988
- Bulletproof
  as
  Miles Blackburn
  1988
1987
- Predator
  as
  Major General Homer Phillips
  1987
- LBJ: The Early Years
  as
  Samuel Ealey Johnson
  1987
- no image
  Independence
  as
  Uriah Creed
  1987
- Friday the 13th: The Series
  as
  Lewis Vendredi
  1987
- Beauty and the Beast
  1987
1986
- The Best of Times
  as
  Schutte
  1986
- Jocks
  as
  Bettlebom
  1986
- Red Headed Stranger
  as
  Sheriff Reese Scoby
  1986
- Oceans of Fire
  as
  Rusty West
  1986
- L.A. Law
  as
  Frank Osgood
  1986
- Matlock
  as
  Sheriff Dalton Parks
  1986
1984
- Children of the Corn
  as
  Diehl
  1984
1983
- Lone Wolf McQuade
  as
  T. Tyler
  1983
1982
- The Beast Within
  as
  Doc Schoonmaker
  1982
- Hammett
  as
  Lt. O'Mara
  1982
- The Shadow Riders
  as
  Sheriff Miles Gillette
  1982
- Matt Houston
  1982
1981
- Evilspeak
  as
  Sarge
  1981
- Raggedy Man
  as
  Rigby
  1981
- Reds
  as
  Government Agent
  1981
- The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
  as
  Dempsey
  1981
- Dynasty
  1981
- Darkroom
  1981
- Code Red
  1981
1980
- Where the Buffalo Roam
  as
  Judge Simpson
  1980
- no image
  Skag
  1980
1979
- The Legend of the Golden Gun
  as
  Judge Harrison Harding
  1979
- Steel
  as
  Kellin
  1979
- Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
  as
  Mr. Hemmings
  1979
- Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
  as
  Al Barber
  1979
- The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
  as
  Leland Stanford
  1979
- Trapper John, M.D.
  1979
1978
- Heaven Can Wait
  as
  General Manager
  1978
- Texas Detour
  as
  Sheriff Burt
  1978
- Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
  as
  Dunworth
  1978
- The Time Machine
  as
  Gen. Harris
  1978
- Vega$
  1978
1977
- The Car
  as
  Amos Clements
  1977
- The Pack
  as
  Cobb
  1977
- Mr. Billion
  as
  Sheriff T.C. Bishop
  1977
- Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
  1977
1976
- Stay Hungry
  as
  Thor Erickson
  1976
- Dixie Dynamite
  as
  Charlie White - Bank President
  1976
- Kingston
  as
  Father Reardon
  1976
- Charlie's Angels
  as
  Sebastian Craig
  1976
1975
- Race with the Devil
  as
  Sheriff Taylor
  1975
- Boss Nigger
  as
  Mayor Griffin
  1975
- White Line Fever
  as
  Prosecutor
  1975
- Mean Johnny Barrows
  as
  Richard
  1975
- Starsky & Hutch
  as
  'Dad' Watson
  1975
- Baretta
  1975
- Switch
  as
  Detective Wills
  1975
1974
- Manhunter
  as
  Henry Stratemeyer
  1974
- Reflections of Murder
  as
  Mr. Turner
  1974
- The Legend of Hillbilly John
  as
  Bristowe
  1974
- Movin' On
  1974
- The Manhunter
  1974
1973
- White Lightning
  as
  Big Bear
  1973
- Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
  as
  Ollinger
  1973
- My Name Is Nobody
  as
  Honest John
  1973
- Cotter
  as
  Jack
  1973
- Running Wild
  as
  Bull
  1973
- Prologue to Wounded Knee
  as
  Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'
  1973
1972
- The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
  as
  Clell Miller
  1972
- Justin Morgan Had a Horse
  as
  Squire Fisk
  1972
- The Century Turns
  as
  Ben Ritt
  1972
- The Final Comedown
  as
  Mr. Freeman
  1972
- J.W. Coop
  as
  Jim Sawyer
  1972
- The Sixth Sense
  1972
1971
- Alias Smith and Jones
  1971
- Cannon
  1971
- McMillan & Wife
  as
  Sheriff Farraday
  1971
1970
- Tiger by the Tail
  as
  Ben Holmes
  1970
- The Ballad of Cable Hogue
  as
  Quittner
  1970
- The McMasters
  as
  Watson
  1970
- The Great White Hope
  as
  Captain Dan
  1970
1969
- 80 Steps to Jonah
  as
  Mackray
  1969
1968
- Hawaii Five-O
  as
  Capt. Wade
  1968
- Lancer
  1968
- Here Come the Brides
  1968
- Hawaii Five-O
  as
  Warden
  1968
1967
- Cimarron Strip
  1967
- The High Chaparral
  as
  Ed Henderson
  1967
- The Guns of Will Sonnett
  1967
- Custer
  1967
- The Invaders
  as
  Gus Flagg
  1967
- The Invaders
  as
  Police Capt. Bill Battersea
  1967
1966
- El Dorado
  as
  Kevin MacDonald
  1966
- The Time Tunnel
  as
  Allan Pinkerton
  1966
- Felony Squad
  1966
- T.H.E. Cat
  as
  Police Capt. McAllister
  1966
- T.H.E. Cat
  as
  Capt. McAllister
  1966
1965
- Major Dundee
  as
  Reverend Dahlstrom
  1965
- The F.B.I.
  as
  Sheriff Crowley
  1965
- Run for Your Life
  as
  Edward Loomis
  1965
- The Big Valley
  as
  Wallace Miles
  1965
- The F.B.I.
  as
  Ed Cray
  1965
- The F.B.I.
  as
  George David Owens
  1965
1964
- He Rides Tall
  as
  Joshua 'Josh' McCloud
  1964
- Calhoun
  as
  Zac Laird
  1964
- Daniel Boone
  as
  Jarvis
  1964
- Daniel Boone
  as
  Joseph Garth
  1964
1963
- The Fugitive
  as
  Tully Gage
  1963
- The Fugitive
  as
  Marshal Matt Peters
  1963
- The Fugitive
  as
  Sheriff Bradley
  1963
1962
- Ride the High Country
  as
  Joshua Knudsen
  1962
- The Virginian
  as
  Ben Winters
  1962
- The Virginian
  as
  Frederick Harley
  1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  as
  William Downey
  1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  as
  John Cooley
  1962
1961
- Everglades
  1961
- 87th Precinct
  as
  Franklin Phelps
  1961
1960
- The Fugitive Kind
  as
  Sheriff Jordan Talbott
  1960
- Ten Who Dared
  as
  Oramel Howland
  1960
- The Man Who Found the Money
  as
  Captain Bone
  1960
- The Andy Griffith Show
  as
  Farmer Flint
  1960
- The Tall Man
  1960
- The Westerner
  as
  Shell Davidson
  1960
- Surfside 6
  as
  Paul Wyatt
  1960
1959
- No Name on the Bullet
  as
  Asa Canfield
  1959
- Mr. Lucky
  1959
- The Twilight Zone
  as
  Contractor
  1959
- Rawhide
  as
  Enoch Talby
  1959
- Black Saddle
  as
  Ben Dawes
  1959
- Riverboat
  as
  Rothgate
  1959
- Rawhide
  as
  Gantry Hobson
  1959
- Rawhide
  as
  Sheriff John Keeley
  1959
- Bonanza
  as
  Nathan Clay
  1959
- Bonanza
  as
  Andrew Holloway
  1959
- Bonanza
  as
  Col. Keith Jarrell
  1959
- Rawhide
  as
  Burke
  1959
1958
- From Hell to Texas
  as
  Hunter Boyd
  1958
- Never Love a Stranger
  as
  Flix
  1958
- Bronco
  1958
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  as
  Asa Wynter
  1958
- Bat Masterson
  as
  Marshal William MacWilliams
  1958
- The Texan
  1958
- no image
  Jefferson Drum
  as
  Kreiger
  1958
- The Texan
  as
  Big Sam Aldridge
  1958
- The Rifleman
  as
  Sheriff Tomlinson
  1958
- The Rifleman
  as
  Sheriff Fred Tomlinson
  1958
- Lawman
  as
  Major Ben Rogers
  1958
1957
- A Face in the Crowd
  as
  Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
  1957
- Perry Mason
  as
  Matthew Bartlett
  1957
- Have Gun, Will Travel
  1957
- Sugarfoot
  as
  Clay Calhoun
  1957
- Maverick
  as
  Wellington Cosgrove
  1957
- Sugarfoot
  as
  Lou Stoner
  1957
- Perry Mason
  as
  Harry Bright
  1957
- Perry Mason
  as
  John Gregory
  1957
- Have Gun, Will Travel
  as
  Mayor Lovett
  1957
- Wagon Train
  as
  John Muskie
  1957
- Wagon Train
  as
  General Kirby
  1957
1956
- Baby Doll
  as
  Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)
  1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
  as
  Sheriff Fred Tomlinson
  1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
  as
  Sheriff Les Houghton
  1956
1955
- Cheyenne
  1955
- Gunsmoke
  as
  Capt. Benter
  1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  as
  Captain Bone
  1955
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
  1955
- Gunsmoke
  as
  Major
  1955
- Gunsmoke
  as
  Jud Briar
  1955
- Gunsmoke
  as
  Carl Anderson
  1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  as
  Fred Riordan
  1955
- Cheyenne
  as
  Nathanael Grimm
  1955
1954
- Garden of Eden
  as
  J. Randolph Latimore
  1954
- Lassie
  1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney
  as
  Billy Soto
  1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney
  as
  Jack O'Neal
  1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney
  as
  Squire Fisk
  1954
1953
- General Electric Theater
  as
  Jerry Boynton
  1953

Crew Credits

2007
- The Hottest State
  as
  Thanks
  2007