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R.G. Armstrong
R.G. Armstrong

R.G. Armstrong

ActingBorn April 7, 1917Died July 27, 2012 (age 95)Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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.

Filmography

2006Movie
1999
Purgatory

as Coachman

Movie
1998Movie
1996
Invasion of Privacy

as Sam Logan - Storekeeper

Movie
1996
Millennium

as The Old Man

TV
1996Movie
1995
Payback

as Mac

Movie
1995
Cybill

as Stitch Sullivan

TV
1994Movie
1994
Dead Center

as Art Fencer

Movie
1993Movie
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger

as Frank Dodge

TV
1990
Dick Tracy

as Pruneface

Movie
1989Movie
1989
Quantum Leap

as Davison

TV
1989
Trapper County War

as Pop Luddigger

Movie
1988
War and Remembrance

as 'Moose' Fitzgerald

TV
1988
Bulletproof

as Miles Blackburn

Movie
1987TV
1987
Beauty and the Beast

as Stanley Kazmarek

TV
1987
Predator

as Major General Homer Phillips

Movie
1987
Independence

as Uriah Creed

Movie
1987
LBJ: The Early Years

as Samuel Ealey Johnson

Movie
1986
Jocks

as Bettlebom

Movie
1986
Red Headed Stranger

as Sheriff Reese Scoby

Movie
1986
Oceans of Fire

as Rusty West

Movie
1986
L.A. Law

as Frank Osgood

TV
1986
Matlock

as Sheriff Dalton Parks

TV
1986Movie
1984Movie
1983Movie
1982
The Shadow Riders

as Sheriff Miles Gillette

Movie
1982
Hammett

as Lt. O'Mara

Movie
1982
The Beast Within

as Doc Schoonmaker

Movie
1981
Reds

as Government Agent

Movie
1981
Darkroom

as Sheriff Dodson

TV
1981Movie
1981TV
1981
Raggedy Man

as Rigby

Movie
1981
Evilspeak

as Sarge

Movie
1981TV
1980
Where the Buffalo Roam

as Judge Simpson

Movie
1980TV
1979Movie
1979
Steel

as Kellin

Movie
1979
The Legend of the Golden Gun

as Judge Harrison Harding

Movie
1979Movie
1978
The Time Machine

as Gen. Harris

Movie
1978Movie
1978TV
1978
Heaven Can Wait

as General Manager

Movie
1978
Texas Detour

as Sheriff Burt

Movie
1977
The Pack

as Cobb

Movie
1977
The Car

as Amos Clements

Movie
1977
Mr. Billion

as Sheriff T.C. Bishop

Movie
1976
Charlie's Angels

as Sebastian Craig

TV
1976
Kingston

as Father Reardon

Movie
1976
Dixie Dynamite

as Charlie White - Bank President

Movie
1976
Stay Hungry

as Thor Erickson

Movie
1975Movie
1975
Starsky & Hutch

as 'Dad' Watson

TV
1975
Switch

as Detective Wills

TV
1975
Boss Nigger

as Mayor Griffin

Movie
1975
White Line Fever

as Prosecutor

Movie
1975
Race with the Devil

as Sheriff Taylor

Movie
1975TV
1974Movie
1974TV
1974
Manhunter

as Henry Stratemeyer

Movie
1974Movie
1973
My Name Is Nobody

as Honest John

Movie
1973Movie
1973
White Lightning

as Big Bear

Movie
1973Movie
1973
Prologue to Wounded Knee

as Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'

Movie
1973
Cotter

as Jack

Movie
1972Movie
1972
The Final Comedown

as Mr. Freeman

Movie
1972Movie
1972Movie
1972
J.W. Coop

as Jim Sawyer

Movie
1971
McMillan & Wife

as Sheriff Farraday

TV
1971TV
1970
The Great White Hope

as Captain Dan

Movie
1970
The McMasters

as Watson

Movie
1970Movie
1970
Tiger by the Tail

as Ben Holmes

Movie
1969Movie
1968TV
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Capt. Wade

TV
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Warden

TV
1967
The High Chaparral

as Ed Henderson

TV
1967TV
1967
The Invaders

as Gus Flagg

TV
1967
The Invaders

as Police Capt. Bill Battersea

TV
1966
El Dorado

as Kevin MacDonald

Movie
1966
T.H.E. Cat

as Police Capt. McAllister

TV
1966
T.H.E. Cat

as Capt. McAllister

TV
1966
The Time Tunnel

as Allan Pinkerton

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Sheriff Crowley

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Ed Cray

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as George David Owens

TV
1965
The Big Valley

as Wallace Miles

TV
1965
Run for Your Life

as Edward Loomis

TV
1965
Major Dundee

as Reverend Dahlstrom

Movie
1964
Daniel Boone

as Jarvis

TV
1964
Daniel Boone

as Joseph Garth

TV
1964
Calhoun

as Zac Laird

Movie
1964
He Rides Tall

as Joshua 'Josh' McCloud

Movie
1963
The Fugitive

as Tully Gage

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Marshal Matt Peters

TV
1963
The Fugitive

as Sheriff Bradley

TV
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as William Downey

TV
1962TV
1962
The Virginian

as Ben Winters

TV
1962
The Virginian

as Frederick Harley

TV
1962
Ride the High Country

as Joshua Knudsen

Movie
1961
87th Precinct

as Franklin Phelps

TV
1960Movie
1960
Ten Who Dared

as Oramel Howland

Movie
1960
Surfside 6

as Paul Wyatt

TV
1960
The Andy Griffith Show

as Farmer Flint

TV
1960
The Westerner

as Shell Davidson

TV
1960
The Fugitive Kind

as Sheriff Jordan Talbott

Movie
1959TV
1959
The Twilight Zone

as Contractor

TV
1959
Riverboat

as Rothgate

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Nathan Clay

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Andrew Holloway

TV
1959
Bonanza

as Col. Keith Jarrell

TV
1959
No Name on the Bullet

as Asa Canfield

Movie
1959
Black Saddle

as Ben Dawes

TV
1959
Rawhide

as Enoch Talby

TV
1959
Rawhide

as Gantry Hobson

TV
1959
Rawhide

as Sheriff John Keeley

TV
1959
Rawhide

as Burke

TV
1958
Bat Masterson

as Marshal William MacWilliams

TV
1958
Lawman

as Major Ben Rogers

TV
1958
The Rifleman

as Sheriff Tomlinson

TV
1958
The Rifleman

as Sheriff Fred Tomlinson

TV
1958
The Texan

as Big Sam Aldridge

TV
1958
The Texan

as Cliff Clifford

TV
1958
Bronco

as Reverend Hardin

TV
1958TV
1958Movie
1958
From Hell to Texas

as Hunter Boyd

Movie
1958
Jefferson Drum

as Kreiger

TV
1957
Maverick

as Wellington Cosgrove

TV
1957
Perry Mason

as Matthew Bartlett

TV
1957
Perry Mason

as Harry Bright

TV
1957
Perry Mason

as John Gregory

TV
1957
Wagon Train

as John Muskie

TV
1957
Wagon Train

as General Kirby

TV
1957
Sugarfoot

as Clay Calhoun

TV
1957
Sugarfoot

as Lou Stoner

TV
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel

as Mayor Lovett

TV
1957
A Face in the Crowd

as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

Movie
1956
Baby Doll

as Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Sheriff Fred Tomlinson

TV
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Sheriff Les Houghton

TV
1955TV
1955TV
1955TV
1955
Cheyenne

as Nathanael Grimm

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Capt. Benter

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Major

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Jud Briar

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Carl Anderson

TV
1954TV
1954TV
1954TV
1954
Garden of Eden

as J. Randolph Latimore

Movie
1953
General Electric Theater

as Jerry Boynton

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayApril 7, 1917
Day of DeathJuly 27, 2012
Place of BirthBirmingham, Alabama, USA
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