R.G. Armstrong
April 7, 1917 (107 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western as Self
- 2006 · Sam Peckinpah: Portrait as Self
- 2005 · Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah as Self
- 2004 · Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self
- 2001 · Keeper of Souls as
- 1999 · Purgatory as Coachman
- 1998 · The Man in the Iron Mask as Old Man
- 1996 · Invasion of Privacy as Sam Logan - Storekeeper
- 1996 · Millennium as
- 1996 · Millennium as The Old Man
- 1996 · Don't Look Back as Parish
- 1995 · Payback as Mac
- 1995 · Cybill as
- 1994 · Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion as Retired Texas Ranger
- 1994 · Dead Center as Art Fencer
- 1993 · Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron as Self
- 1993 · Warlock: The Armageddon as Franks
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Frank Dodge
- 1990 · Dick Tracy as Pruneface
- 1989 · Ghetto Blaster as Curtis
- 1989 · Quantum Leap as Davison
- 1989 · Trapper County War as Pop Luddigger
- 1988 · Bulletproof as Miles Blackburn
- 1987 · Friday the 13th: The Series as Lewis Vendredi
- 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as
- 1987 · Predator as Major General Homer Phillips
- 1987 · Independence as Uriah Creed
- 1987 · LBJ: The Early Years as Samuel Ealey Johnson
- 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
- 1986 · The Best of Times as Schutte
- 1984 · Children of the Corn as Diehl
- 1983 · Lone Wolf McQuade as T. Tyler
- 1982 · The Shadow Riders as Sheriff Miles Gillette
- 1982 · Matt Houston as
- 1982 · Hammett as Lt. O'Mara
- 1982 · The Beast Within as Doc Schoonmaker
- 1981 · Reds as Government Agent
- 1981 · Darkroom as
- 1981 · The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper as Dempsey
- 1981 · Code Red as
- 1981 · Raggedy Man as Rigby
- 1981 · Evilspeak as Sarge
- 1981 · Dynasty as
- 1980 · Where the Buffalo Roam as Judge Simpson
- 1980 · Skag as
- 1979 · The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang as Leland Stanford
- 1979 · Steel as Kellin
- 1979 · Trapper John, M.D. as
- 1979 · The Legend of the Golden Gun as Judge Harrison Harding
- 1979 · Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider as Al Barber
- 1979 · Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff as Mr. Hemmings
- 1978 · The Time Machine as Gen. Harris
- 1978 · Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell as Dunworth
- 1978 · Vega$ as
- 1978 · Heaven Can Wait as General Manager
- 1978 · Texas Detour as Sheriff Burt
- 1977 · The Pack as Cobb
- 1977 · The Car as Amos Clements
- 1977 · Mr. Billion as Sheriff T.C. Bishop
- 1977 · Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected as
- 1976 · Charlie's Angels as Sebastian Craig
- 1976 · Kingston as Father Reardon
- 1976 · Dixie Dynamite as Charlie White - Bank President
- 1976 · Stay Hungry as Thor Erickson
- 1975 · Mean Johnny Barrows as Richard
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as 'Dad' Watson
- 1975 · Switch as Detective Wills
- 1975 · Boss Nigger as Mayor Griffin
- 1975 · White Line Fever as Prosecutor
- 1975 · Race with the Devil as Sheriff Taylor
- 1975 · Baretta as
- 1974 · Reflections of Murder as Mr. Turner
- 1974 · The Manhunter as
- 1974 · J.W. Coop as Jim Sawyer
- 1974 · Movin' On as
- 1974 · Manhunter as Henry Stratemeyer
- 1974 · The Legend of Hillbilly John as Bristowe
- 1973 · My Name Is Nobody as Honest John
- 1973 · Running Wild as Bull
- 1973 · White Lightning as Big Bear
- 1973 · Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Ollinger
- 1973 · Prologue to Wounded Knee as Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'
- 1973 · Cotter as Jack
- 1972 · The Century Turns as Ben Ritt
- 1972 · The Final Comedown as Mr. Freeman
- 1972 · The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid as Clell Miller
- 1972 · Justin Morgan Had a Horse as Squire Fisk
- 1972 · The Sixth Sense as
- 1971 · McMillan and Wife as Sheriff Farraday
- 1971 · Cannon as
- 1971 · Alias Smith and Jones as
- 1970 · The Great White Hope as Captain Dan
- 1970 · The McMasters as Watson
- 1970 · The Ballad of Cable Hogue as Quittner
- 1970 · Tiger by the Tail as Ben Holmes
- 1969 · 80 Steps to Jonah as Mackray
- 1968 · Here Come the Brides as
- 1968 · Lancer as
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Capt. Wade
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Warden
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Ed Henderson
- 1967 · The Guns of Will Sonnett as
- 1967 · Cimarron Strip as
- 1967 · Custer as
- 1967 · The Invaders as Gus Flagg
- 1967 · The Invaders as Police Capt. Bill Battersea
- 1966 · El Dorado as Kevin MacDonald
- 1966 · T.H.E. Cat as Police Capt. McAllister
- 1966 · T.H.E. Cat as Capt. McAllister
- 1966 · Felony Squad as
- 1966 · The Time Tunnel as Allan Pinkerton
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Sheriff Crowley
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Ed Cray
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as George David Owens
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Wallace Miles
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as Edward Loomis
- 1965 · Major Dundee as Reverend Dahlstrom
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Jarvis
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Joseph Garth
- 1964 · Calhoun as Zac Laird
- 1964 · He Rides Tall as Joshua 'Josh' McCloud
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Tully Gage
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Marshal Matt Peters
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Sheriff Bradley
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as William Downey
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as John Cooley
- 1962 · The Virginian as Ben Winters
- 1962 · The Virginian as Frederick Harley
- 1962 · Ride the High Country as Joshua Knudsen
- 1961 · Everglades as
- 1961 · 87th Precinct as
- 1960 · The Man Who Found the Money as Captain Bone
- 1960 · Ten Who Dared as Oramel Howland
- 1960 · Surfside 6 as Paul Wyatt
- 1960 · The Andy Griffith Show as Farmer Flint
- 1960 · The Westerner as Shell Davidson
- 1960 · The Tall Man as
- 1960 · The Fugitive Kind as Sheriff Jordan Talbott
- 1959 · Mr. Lucky as
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Contractor
- 1959 · Riverboat as Rothgate
- 1959 · Bonanza as Nathan Clay
- 1959 · Bonanza as Andrew Holloway
- 1959 · Bonanza as Col. Keith Jarrell
- 1959 · No Name on the Bullet as Asa Canfield
- 1959 · Black Saddle as Ben Dawes
- 1959 · Rawhide as Enoch Talby
- 1959 · Rawhide as Gantry Hobson
- 1959 · Rawhide as Sheriff John Keeley
- 1959 · Rawhide as Burke
- 1958 · Bat Masterson as Marshal William MacWilliams
- 1958 · The Rifleman as Sheriff Tomlinson
- 1958 · The Rifleman as Sheriff Fred Tomlinson
- 1958 · The Texan as
- 1958 · The Texan as Big Sam Aldridge
- 1958 · Bronco as
- 1958 · Wanted: Dead or Alive as Asa Wynter
- 1958 · Never Love a Stranger as Flix
- 1958 · From Hell to Texas as Hunter Boyd
- 1958 · Jefferson Drum as Kreiger
- 1957 · Maverick as Wellington Cosgrove
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Matthew Bartlett
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Harry Bright
- 1957 · Perry Mason as John Gregory
- 1957 · Sugarfoot as Clay Calhoun
- 1957 · Sugarfoot as Lou Stoner
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as Mayor Lovett
- 1957 · A Face in the Crowd as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
- 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
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Captain Bone
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Fred Riordan
- 1955 · Cheyenne as
- 1955 · Cheyenne as Nathanael Grimm
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Capt. Benter
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Major
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Jud Briar
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Carl Anderson
- 1955 · The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as
- 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 · Lassie as
- 1954 · Garden of Eden as J. Randolph Latimore
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Jerry Boynton