8Acting
R.G. Armstrong
- Born
- 1917-04-07
- Died
- 2012-07-27
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
166 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
2024 · Movie
Self
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film
2014 · Movie
Self
The Hottest State
2007 · Movie
Thanks
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
2006 · Movie
Self
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005 · Movie
Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 · Movie
Self
Keeper of Souls
2001 · Movie
Edward Sloan
Purgatory
1999 · Movie
Coachman
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998 · Movie
Old Man
Don't Look Back
1996 · Movie
Parish
Invasion of Privacy
1996 · Movie
Sam Logan - Storekeeper
Millennium
1996 · TV Show
The Old Man
Cybill
1995 · TV Show
Stitch Sullivan
Payback
1995 · Movie
Mac
Dead Center
1994 · Movie
Art Fencer
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion
1994 · Movie
Retired Texas Ranger
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993 · Movie
Self
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · TV Show
Frank Dodge
Warlock: The Armageddon
1993 · Movie
Franks
Dick Tracy
1990 · Movie
Pruneface
Ghetto Blaster
1989 · Movie
Curtis
Quantum Leap
1989 · TV Show
Davison
Trapper County War
1989 · Movie
Pop Luddigger
Bulletproof
1988 · Movie
Miles Blackburn
War and Remembrance
1988 · TV Show
'Moose' Fitzgerald
Beauty and the Beast
1987 · TV Show
Stanley Kazmarek
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987 · TV Show
Lewis Vendredi
Independence
1987 · Movie
Uriah Creed
LBJ: The Early Years
1987 · Movie
Samuel Ealey Johnson
Predator
1987 · Movie
Major General Homer Phillips
Jocks
1986 · Movie
Bettlebom
L.A. Law
1986 · TV Show
Frank Osgood
Matlock
1986 · TV Show
Sheriff Dalton Parks
Oceans of Fire
1986 · Movie
Rusty West
Red Headed Stranger
1986 · Movie
Sheriff Reese Scoby
The Best of Times
1986 · Movie
Schutte
Children of the Corn
1984 · Movie
Diehl
Lone Wolf McQuade
1983 · Movie
T. Tyler
Hammett
1982 · Movie
Lt. O'Mara
Matt Houston
1982 · TV Show
Cast
The Beast Within
1982 · Movie
Doc Schoonmaker
The Shadow Riders
1982 · Movie
Sheriff Miles Gillette
Code Red
1981 · TV Show
Cast
Darkroom
1981 · TV Show
Sheriff Dodson
Dynasty
1981 · TV Show
Cast
Evilspeak
1981 · Movie
Sarge
Raggedy Man
1981 · Movie
Rigby
Reds
1981 · Movie
Government Agent
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
1981 · Movie
Dempsey
Skag
1980 · TV Show
Cast
Where the Buffalo Roam
1980 · Movie
Judge Simpson
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
1979 · Movie
Al Barber
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979 · Movie
Mr. Hemmings
Steel
1979 · Movie
Kellin
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979 · Movie
Leland Stanford
The Legend of the Golden Gun
1979 · Movie
Judge Harrison Harding
Trapper John, M.D.
1979 · TV Show
Cast
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
1978 · Movie
Dunworth
Heaven Can Wait
1978 · Movie
General Manager
Texas Detour
1978 · Movie
Sheriff Burt
The Time Machine
1978 · Movie
Gen. Harris
Vega$
1978 · TV Show
Cast
Mr. Billion
1977 · Movie
Sheriff T.C. Bishop
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977 · TV Show
Cast
The Car
1977 · Movie
Amos Clements
The Pack
1977 · Movie
Cobb
Charlie's Angels
1976 · TV Show
Sebastian Craig
Dixie Dynamite
1976 · Movie
Charlie White - Bank President
Kingston
1976 · Movie
Father Reardon
Stay Hungry
1976 · Movie
Thor Erickson
Baretta
1975 · TV Show
Cast
Boss Nigger
1975 · Movie
Mayor Griffin
Mean Johnny Barrows
1975 · Movie
Richard
Race with the Devil
1975 · Movie
Sheriff Taylor
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · TV Show
'Dad' Watson
Switch
1975 · TV Show
Detective Wills
White Line Fever
1975 · Movie
Prosecutor
Manhunter
1974 · Movie
Henry Stratemeyer
Movin' On
1974 · TV Show
Cast
Reflections of Murder
1974 · Movie
Mr. Turner
The Legend of Hillbilly John
1974 · Movie
Bristowe
The Manhunter
1974 · TV Show
Cast
Cotter
1973 · Movie
Jack
My Name Is Nobody
1973 · Movie
Honest John
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 · Movie
Ollinger
Prologue to Wounded Knee
1973 · Movie
Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'
Running Wild
1973 · Movie
Bull
White Lightning
1973 · Movie
Big Bear
J.W. Coop
1972 · Movie
Jim Sawyer
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
1972 · Movie
Squire Fisk
The Century Turns
1972 · Movie
Ben Ritt
The Final Comedown
1972 · Movie
Mr. Freeman
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972 · Movie
Clell Miller
The Sixth Sense
1972 · TV Show
Cast
Alias Smith and Jones
1971 · TV Show
Cast
Cannon
1971 · TV Show
Cast
McMillan & Wife
1971 · TV Show
Sheriff Farraday
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970 · Movie
Quittner
The Great White Hope
1970 · Movie
Captain Dan
The McMasters
1970 · Movie
Watson
Tiger by the Tail
1970 · Movie
Ben Holmes
80 Steps to Jonah
1969 · Movie
Mackray
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · TV Show
Capt. Wade · Warden
Here Come the Brides
1968 · TV Show
Cast
Lancer
1968 · TV Show
Cast
Cimarron Strip
1967 · TV Show
Cast
Custer
1967 · TV Show
Cast
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967 · TV Show
Cast
The High Chaparral
1967 · TV Show
Ed Henderson
The Invaders
1967 · TV Show
Gus Flagg · Police Capt. Bill Battersea
El Dorado
1966 · Movie
Kevin MacDonald
Felony Squad
1966 · TV Show
Cast
T.H.E. Cat
1966 · TV Show
Police Capt. McAllister · Capt. McAllister
The Time Tunnel
1966 · TV Show
Allan Pinkerton
Major Dundee
1965 · Movie
Reverend Dahlstrom
Run for Your Life
1965 · TV Show
Edward Loomis
The Big Valley
1965 · TV Show
Wallace Miles
The F.B.I.
1965 · TV Show
Sheriff Crowley · Ed Cray · George David Owens
Calhoun
1964 · Movie
Zac Laird
Daniel Boone
1964 · TV Show
Jarvis · Joseph Garth
He Rides Tall
1964 · Movie
Joshua 'Josh' McCloud
The Fugitive
1963 · TV Show
Tully Gage · Marshal Matt Peters · Sheriff Bradley
Ride the High Country
1962 · Movie
Joshua Knudsen
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · TV Show
William Downey · John Cooley
The Virginian
1962 · TV Show
Ben Winters · Frederick Harley
87th Precinct
1961 · TV Show
Franklin Phelps
Everglades
1961 · TV Show
Cast
Surfside 6
1960 · TV Show
Paul Wyatt
Ten Who Dared
1960 · Movie
Oramel Howland
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · TV Show
Farmer Flint
The Fugitive Kind
1960 · Movie
Sheriff Jordan Talbott
The Man Who Found the Money
1960 · Movie
Captain Bone
The Tall Man
1960 · TV Show
Cast
The Westerner
1960 · TV Show
Shell Davidson
Black Saddle
1959 · TV Show
Ben Dawes
Bonanza
1959 · TV Show
Nathan Clay · Andrew Holloway · Col. Keith Jarrell
Mr. Lucky
1959 · TV Show
Cast
No Name on the Bullet
1959 · Movie
Asa Canfield
Rawhide
1959 · TV Show
Enoch Talby · Gantry Hobson · Sheriff John Keeley · Burke
Riverboat
1959 · TV Show
Rothgate
The Twilight Zone
1959 · TV Show
Contractor
Bat Masterson
1958 · TV Show
Marshal William MacWilliams
Bronco
1958 · TV Show
Reverend Hardin
From Hell to Texas
1958 · Movie
Hunter Boyd
Jefferson Drum
1958 · TV Show
Kreiger
Lawman
1958 · TV Show
Major Ben Rogers
Never Love a Stranger
1958 · Movie
Flix
The Rifleman
1958 · TV Show
Sheriff Tomlinson · Sheriff Fred Tomlinson
The Texan
1958 · TV Show
Big Sam Aldridge · Cliff Clifford
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · TV Show
Asa Wynter
A Face in the Crowd
1957 · Movie
Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · TV Show
Cast · Mayor Lovett
Maverick
1957 · TV Show
Wellington Cosgrove
Perry Mason
1957 · TV Show
Matthew Bartlett · Harry Bright · John Gregory
Sugarfoot
1957 · TV Show
Clay Calhoun · Lou Stoner
Wagon Train
1957 · TV Show
John Muskie · General Kirby
Baby Doll
1956 · Movie
Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · TV Show
Fred Tomlinson · Sheriff Les Houghton
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · TV Show
Captain Bone · Fred Riordan
Cheyenne
1955 · TV Show
Cast · Nathanael Grimm
Gunsmoke
1955 · TV Show
Capt. Benter · Major · Jud Briar · Carl Anderson
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · TV Show
Cast
Garden of Eden
1954 · Movie
J. Randolph Latimore
Lassie
1954 · TV Show
Cast
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · TV Show
Billy Soto · Jack O'Neal · Squire Fisk
General Electric Theater
1953 · TV Show
Jerry Boynton