Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 7, 1917
Place of Birth:
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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R.G. Armstrong
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western | Self |
| 2014 | Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film | Self |
| 2006 | Sam Peckinpah: Portrait | Self |
| 2005 | Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah | Self |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self |
| 2001 | Keeper of Souls | |
| 1999 | Purgatory | Coachman |
| 1998 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Old Man |
| 1996 | Don't Look Back | Parish |
| 1996 | Invasion of Privacy | Sam Logan - Storekeeper |
| 1995 | Payback | Mac |
| 1994 | Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion | Retired Texas Ranger |
| 1994 | Dead Center | Art Fencer |
| 1993 | Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron | Self |
| 1993 | Warlock: The Armageddon | Franks |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy | Pruneface |
| 1989 | Ghetto Blaster | Curtis |
| 1989 | Trapper County War | Pop Luddigger |
| 1988 | Bulletproof | Miles Blackburn |
| 1987 | Predator | Major General Homer Phillips |
| 1987 | LBJ: The Early Years | Samuel Ealey Johnson |
| 1987 | Independence | Uriah Creed |
| 1986 | The Best of Times | Schutte |
| 1986 | Jocks | Bettlebom |
| 1986 | Red Headed Stranger | Sheriff Reese Scoby |
| 1986 | Oceans of Fire | Rusty West |
| 1984 | Children of the Corn | Diehl |
| 1983 | Lone Wolf McQuade | T. Tyler |
| 1982 | The Beast Within | Doc Schoonmaker |
| 1982 | Hammett | Lt. O'Mara |
| 1982 | The Shadow Riders | Sheriff Miles Gillette |
| 1981 | Evilspeak | Sarge |
| 1981 | Raggedy Man | Rigby |
| 1981 | Reds | Government Agent |
| 1981 | The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper | Dempsey |
| 1980 | Where the Buffalo Roam | Judge Simpson |
| 1979 | The Legend of the Golden Gun | Judge Harrison Harding |
| 1979 | Steel | Kellin |
| 1979 | Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | Mr. Hemmings |
| 1979 | Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider | Al Barber |
| 1979 | The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang | Leland Stanford |
| 1978 | Heaven Can Wait | General Manager |
| 1978 | Texas Detour | Sheriff Burt |
| 1978 | Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell | Dunworth |
| 1978 | The Time Machine | Gen. Harris |
| 1977 | The Car | Amos Clements |
| 1977 | The Pack | Cobb |
| 1977 | Mr. Billion | Sheriff T.C. Bishop |
| 1976 | Stay Hungry | Thor Erickson |
| 1976 | Dixie Dynamite | Charlie White - Bank President |
| 1976 | Kingston | Father Reardon |
| 1975 | Race with the Devil | Sheriff Taylor |
| 1975 | Boss Nigger | Mayor Griffin |
| 1975 | White Line Fever | Prosecutor |
| 1975 | Mean Johnny Barrows | Richard |
| 1974 | Manhunter | Henry Stratemeyer |
| 1974 | Reflections of Murder | Mr. Turner |
| 1974 | The Legend of Hillbilly John | Bristowe |
| 1974 | J.W. Coop | Jim Sawyer |
| 1973 | White Lightning | Big Bear |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Ollinger |
| 1973 | My Name Is Nobody | Honest John |
| 1973 | Cotter | Jack |
| 1973 | Running Wild | Bull |
| 1973 | Prologue to Wounded Knee | Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar' |
| 1972 | The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Clell Miller |
| 1972 | Justin Morgan Had a Horse | Squire Fisk |
| 1972 | The Century Turns | Ben Ritt |
| 1972 | The Final Comedown | Mr. Freeman |
| 1970 | Tiger by the Tail | Ben Holmes |
| 1970 | The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Quittner |
| 1970 | The McMasters | Watson |
| 1970 | The Great White Hope | Captain Dan |
| 1969 | 80 Steps to Jonah | Mackray |
| 1966 | El Dorado | Kevin MacDonald |
| 1965 | Major Dundee | Reverend Dahlstrom |
| 1964 | He Rides Tall | Joshua 'Josh' McCloud |
| 1964 | Calhoun | Zac Laird |
| 1962 | Ride the High Country | Joshua Knudsen |
| 1960 | The Fugitive Kind | Sheriff Jordan Talbott |
| 1960 | Ten Who Dared | Oramel Howland |
| 1960 | The Man Who Found the Money | Captain Bone |
| 1959 | No Name on the Bullet | Asa Canfield |
| 1958 | From Hell to Texas | Hunter Boyd |
| 1958 | Never Love a Stranger | Flix |
| 1957 | A Face in the Crowd | Teleprompter Operator (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Baby Doll | Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Garden of Eden | J. Randolph Latimore |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Millennium | |
| 1996 | Millennium | The Old Man |
| 1995 | Cybill | |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Frank Dodge |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Davison |
| 1987 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Lewis Vendredi |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast | |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Frank Osgood |
| 1986 | Matlock | |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | |
| 1981 | Dynasty | |
| 1981 | Darkroom | |
| 1981 | Code Red | |
| 1980 | Skag | |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. | |
| 1978 | Vega$ | |
| 1977 | Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected | |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Sebastian Craig |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | 'Dad' Watson |
| 1975 | Baretta | |
| 1975 | Switch | Detective Wills |
| 1974 | Movin' On | |
| 1974 | The Manhunter | |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense | |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1971 | McMillan & Wife | Sheriff Farraday |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Capt. Wade |
| 1968 | Lancer | |
| 1968 | Here Come the Brides | |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Warden |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip | |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Ed Henderson |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | |
| 1967 | Custer | |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Gus Flagg |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Police Capt. Bill Battersea |
| 1966 | The Time Tunnel | Allan Pinkerton |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | |
| 1966 | T.H.E. Cat | Police Capt. McAllister |
| 1966 | T.H.E. Cat | Capt. McAllister |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Sheriff Crowley |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Edward Loomis |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Wallace Miles |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Ed Cray |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | George David Owens |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Jarvis |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Joseph Garth |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Tully Gage |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Marshal Matt Peters |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Sheriff Bradley |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Ben Winters |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Frederick Harley |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | William Downey |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | John Cooley |
| 1961 | Everglades | |
| 1961 | 87th Precinct | Franklin Phelps |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Farmer Flint |
| 1960 | The Tall Man | |
| 1960 | The Westerner | Shell Davidson |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | Paul Wyatt |
| 1959 | Mr. Lucky | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Contractor |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Enoch Talby |
| 1959 | Black Saddle | Ben Dawes |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Rothgate |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Gantry Hobson |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Sheriff John Keeley |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Nathan Clay |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Andrew Holloway |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Col. Keith Jarrell |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Burke |
| 1958 | Bronco | |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Asa Wynter |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | Marshal William MacWilliams |
| 1958 | The Texan | |
| 1958 | Jefferson Drum | Kreiger |
| 1958 | The Texan | Big Sam Aldridge |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Sheriff Tomlinson |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Sheriff Fred Tomlinson |
| 1958 | Lawman | Major Ben Rogers |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Matthew Bartlett |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Clay Calhoun |
| 1957 | Maverick | Wellington Cosgrove |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Lou Stoner |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Harry Bright |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | John Gregory |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Mayor Lovett |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | John Muskie |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sheriff Fred Tomlinson |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sheriff Les Houghton |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Capt. Benter |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Captain Bone |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Major |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Jud Briar |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Carl Anderson |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Fred Riordan |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | Nathanael Grimm |
| 1954 | Lassie | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Billy Soto |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Jack O'Neal |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Squire Fisk |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Jerry Boynton |