R.G. Armstrong

R.G. Armstrong

1917-04-07 • Birmingham, Alabama, USA • Male • 164 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-04-07

Place of Birth

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Known Credits

164

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

R. G. Armstrong, Robert Golden Armstrong, Robert Armstrong, Robert Golden Armstrong Jr.

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Known For Movies

Predator

Predator

1987
Reds

Reds

1981
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

1972
No Name on the Bullet

No Name on the Bullet

1959
El Dorado

El Dorado

1966
The Legend of Hillbilly John

The Legend of Hillbilly John

1974
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

2005
The Man Who Found the Money

The Man Who Found the Money

1960
From Hell to Texas

From Hell to Texas

1958
A Face in the Crowd

A Face in the Crowd

1957
Mean Johnny Barrows

Mean Johnny Barrows

1975
Baby Doll

Baby Doll

1956
LBJ: The Early Years

LBJ: The Early Years

1987
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

1981
The Time Machine

The Time Machine

1978
The Great White Hope

The Great White Hope

1970
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

1978
The Car

The Car

1977
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

1979
80 Steps to Jonah

80 Steps to Jonah

1969
My Name Is Nobody

My Name Is Nobody

1973
Major Dundee

Major Dundee

1965
Raggedy Man

Raggedy Man

1981
The Shadow Riders

The Shadow Riders

1982
Children of the Corn

Children of the Corn

1984
Payback

Payback

1995
Lone Wolf McQuade

Lone Wolf McQuade

1983
Ride the High Country

Ride the High Country

1962
The Ballad of Cable Hogue

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970
Stay Hungry

Stay Hungry

1976
White Line Fever

White Line Fever

1975
Bulletproof

Bulletproof

1988
Garden of Eden

Garden of Eden

1954
Race with the Devil

Race with the Devil

1975
Warlock: The Armageddon

Warlock: The Armageddon

1993
Prologue to Wounded Knee

Prologue to Wounded Knee

1973
Dixie Dynamite

Dixie Dynamite

1976
Jocks

Jocks

1986
Oceans of Fire

Oceans of Fire

1986
Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

1990
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979
Boss Nigger

Boss Nigger

1975
The Best of Times

The Best of Times

1986
The McMasters

The McMasters

1970
Evilspeak

Evilspeak

1981
Calhoun

Calhoun

1964
The Fugitive Kind

The Fugitive Kind

1960
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973
Purgatory

Purgatory

1999
The Pack

The Pack

1977
The Legend of the Golden Gun

The Legend of the Golden Gun

1979
Steel

Steel

1979
J.W. Coop

J.W. Coop

1972
Manhunter

Manhunter

1974
Mr. Billion

Mr. Billion

1977
Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait

1978
White Lightning

White Lightning

1973
Where the Buffalo Roam

Where the Buffalo Roam

1980
Hammett

Hammett

1982
Ghetto Blaster

Ghetto Blaster

1989
Ten Who Dared

Ten Who Dared

1960
Kingston

Kingston

1976
The Beast Within

The Beast Within

1982
Don't Look Back

Don't Look Back

1996
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film

Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film

2014
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

2024
Tiger by the Tail

Tiger by the Tail

1970
The Final Comedown

The Final Comedown

1972
Trapper County War

Trapper County War

1989
Justin Morgan Had a Horse

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

1972
Reflections of Murder

Reflections of Murder

1974
Never Love a Stranger

Never Love a Stranger

1958
Red Headed Stranger

Red Headed Stranger

1986
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion

Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion

1994
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

1993
Texas Detour

Texas Detour

1978
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

1979
Cotter

Cotter

1973
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait

Sam Peckinpah: Portrait

2006
Invasion of Privacy

Invasion of Privacy

1996
He Rides Tall

He Rides Tall

1964
The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

1998
Running Wild

Running Wild

1973
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004
Dead Center

Dead Center

1994
The Century Turns

The Century Turns

1972
Independence

Independence

1987
Keeper of Souls

Keeper of Souls

2001

Known For TV Shows

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

1957
Bonanza

Bonanza

1959
The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show

1960
Lassie

Lassie

1954
Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels

1976
Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap

1989
The Fugitive

The Fugitive

1963
Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957
Dynasty

Dynasty

1981
Wagon Train

Wagon Train

1957
Maverick

Maverick

1957
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

1959
Cheyenne

Cheyenne

1955
The Big Valley

The Big Valley

1965
The Virginian

The Virginian

1962
The Rifleman

The Rifleman

1958
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962
Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

1968
L.A. Law

L.A. Law

1986
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956
Matlock

Matlock

1986
Vega$

Vega$

1978
Walker, Texas Ranger

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993
Cannon

Cannon

1971
The High Chaparral

The High Chaparral

1967
Starsky & Hutch

Starsky & Hutch

1975
Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

1964
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

1955
Rawhide

Rawhide

1959
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955
Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958
The Invaders

The Invaders

1967
Millennium

Millennium

1996
Baretta

Baretta

1975
The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

1965
Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson

1958
Trapper John, M.D.

Trapper John, M.D.

1979
Lawman

Lawman

1958
Friday the 13th: The Series

Friday the 13th: The Series

1987
Matt Houston

Matt Houston

1982
Felony Squad

Felony Squad

1966
The Texan

The Texan

1958
Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life

1965
The Time Tunnel

The Time Tunnel

1966
Switch

Switch

1975
Cybill

Cybill

1995
Surfside 6

Surfside 6

1960
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955
Sugarfoot

Sugarfoot

1957
McMillan & Wife

McMillan & Wife

1971
Alias Smith and Jones

Alias Smith and Jones

1971
The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967
Bronco

Bronco

1958
Lancer

Lancer

1968
Black Saddle

Black Saddle

1959
Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky

1959
The Tall Man

The Tall Man

1960
Cimarron Strip

Cimarron Strip

1967
Riverboat

Riverboat

1959
The Manhunter

The Manhunter

1974
Movin' On

Movin' On

1974
The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense

1972
Here Come the Brides

Here Come the Brides

1968
87th Precinct

87th Precinct

1961
Custer

Custer

1967
Everglades

Everglades

1961
Code Red

Code Red

1981
The Westerner

The Westerner

1960
Darkroom

Darkroom

1981
The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954
T.H.E. Cat

T.H.E. Cat

1966
Jefferson Drum

Jefferson Drum

1958
Skag

Skag

1980
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

1977
General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

1953
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

1987

Movie Credits

Predator

1987

Major General Homer Phillips

Reds

1981

Government Agent

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

1972

Clell Miller

No Name on the Bullet

1959

Asa Canfield

El Dorado

1966

Kevin MacDonald

The Legend of Hillbilly John

1974

Bristowe

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

2005

Self

The Man Who Found the Money

1960

Captain Bone

From Hell to Texas

1958

Hunter Boyd

A Face in the Crowd

1957

Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

Mean Johnny Barrows

1975

Richard

Baby Doll

1956

Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)

LBJ: The Early Years

1987

Samuel Ealey Johnson

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

1981

Dempsey

The Time Machine

1978

Gen. Harris

The Great White Hope

1970

Captain Dan

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

1978

Dunworth

The Car

1977

Amos Clements

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

1979

Leland Stanford

80 Steps to Jonah

1969

Mackray

My Name Is Nobody

1973

Honest John

Major Dundee

1965

Reverend Dahlstrom

Raggedy Man

1981

Rigby

The Shadow Riders

1982

Sheriff Miles Gillette

Children of the Corn

1984

Diehl

Payback

1995

Mac

Lone Wolf McQuade

1983

T. Tyler

Ride the High Country

1962

Joshua Knudsen

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970

Quittner

Stay Hungry

1976

Thor Erickson

White Line Fever

1975

Prosecutor

Bulletproof

1988

Miles Blackburn

Garden of Eden

1954

J. Randolph Latimore

Race with the Devil

1975

Sheriff Taylor

Warlock: The Armageddon

1993

Franks

Prologue to Wounded Knee

1973

Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'

Dixie Dynamite

1976

Charlie White - Bank President

Jocks

1986

Bettlebom

Oceans of Fire

1986

Rusty West

Dick Tracy

1990

Pruneface

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979

Mr. Hemmings

Boss Nigger

1975

Mayor Griffin

The Best of Times

1986

Schutte

The McMasters

1970

Watson

Evilspeak

1981

Sarge

Calhoun

1964

Zac Laird

The Fugitive Kind

1960

Sheriff Jordan Talbott

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973

Ollinger

Purgatory

1999

Coachman

The Pack

1977

Cobb

The Legend of the Golden Gun

1979

Judge Harrison Harding

Steel

1979

Kellin

J.W. Coop

1972

Jim Sawyer

Manhunter

1974

Henry Stratemeyer

Mr. Billion

1977

Sheriff T.C. Bishop

Heaven Can Wait

1978

General Manager

White Lightning

1973

Big Bear

Where the Buffalo Roam

1980

Judge Simpson

Hammett

1982

Lt. O'Mara

Ghetto Blaster

1989

Curtis

Ten Who Dared

1960

Oramel Howland

Kingston

1976

Father Reardon

The Beast Within

1982

Doc Schoonmaker

Don't Look Back

1996

Parish

Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film

2014

Self

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

2024

Self

Tiger by the Tail

1970

Ben Holmes

The Final Comedown

1972

Mr. Freeman

Trapper County War

1989

Pop Luddigger

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

1972

Squire Fisk

Reflections of Murder

1974

Mr. Turner

Never Love a Stranger

1958

Flix

Red Headed Stranger

1986

Sheriff Reese Scoby

Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion

1994

Retired Texas Ranger

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

1993

Self

Texas Detour

1978

Sheriff Burt

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

1979

Al Barber

Cotter

1973

Jack

Sam Peckinpah: Portrait

2006

Self

Invasion of Privacy

1996

Sam Logan - Storekeeper

He Rides Tall

1964

Joshua 'Josh' McCloud

The Man in the Iron Mask

1998

Old Man

Running Wild

1973

Bull

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004

Self

Dead Center

1994

Art Fencer

The Century Turns

1972

Ben Ritt

Independence

1987

Uriah Creed

Keeper of Souls

2001

TV Credits

Perry Mason

1957

Matthew Bartlett (1 episodes)

Bonanza

1959

Nathan Clay (1 episodes)

The Andy Griffith Show

1960

Farmer Flint (1 episodes)

Lassie

1954

(1 episodes)

Charlie's Angels

1976

Sebastian Craig (1 episodes)

Quantum Leap

1989

Davison (1 episodes)

The Fugitive

1963

Tully Gage (1 episodes)

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

(1 episodes)

Dynasty

1981

(3 episodes)

Wagon Train

1957

John Muskie (1 episodes)

Maverick

1957

Wellington Cosgrove (2 episodes)

The Twilight Zone

1959

Contractor (1 episodes)

Cheyenne

1955

(1 episodes)

The Big Valley

1965

Wallace Miles (1 episodes)

The Virginian

1962

Ben Winters (1 episodes)

The Rifleman

1958

Sheriff Tomlinson (1 episodes)

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

William Downey (1 episodes)

Hawaii Five-O

1968

Capt. Wade (1 episodes)

L.A. Law

1986

Frank Osgood (2 episodes)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

Sheriff Fred Tomlinson (1 episodes)

Matlock

1986

Sheriff Dalton Parks (2 episodes)

Vega$

1978

(1 episodes)

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993

Frank Dodge (2 episodes)

Cannon

1971

(3 episodes)

The High Chaparral

1967

Ed Henderson (1 episodes)

Starsky & Hutch

1975

'Dad' Watson (1 episodes)

Daniel Boone

1964

Jarvis (1 episodes)

Gunsmoke

1955

Capt. Benter (1 episodes)

Rawhide

1959

Enoch Talby (1 episodes)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

(1 episodes)

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958

Asa Wynter (1 episodes)

The Invaders

1967

Gus Flagg (1 episodes)

Millennium

1996

The Old Man (3 episodes)

Baretta

1975

(1 episodes)

The F.B.I.

1965

Sheriff Crowley (1 episodes)

Bat Masterson

1958

Marshal William MacWilliams (1 episodes)

Trapper John, M.D.

1979

(1 episodes)

Lawman

1958

Major Ben Rogers (1 episodes)

Friday the 13th: The Series

1987

Lewis Vendredi (5 episodes)

Matt Houston

1982

(1 episodes)

Felony Squad

1966

(1 episodes)

The Texan

1958

(1 episodes)

Run for Your Life

1965

Edward Loomis (1 episodes)

The Time Tunnel

1966

Allan Pinkerton (1 episodes)

Switch

1975

Detective Wills (1 episodes)

Cybill

1995

Stitch Sullivan (1 episodes)

Surfside 6

1960

Paul Wyatt (1 episodes)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

Captain Bone (1 episodes)

Sugarfoot

1957

Clay Calhoun (1 episodes)

McMillan & Wife

1971

Sheriff Farraday (1 episodes)

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

(1 episodes)

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967

(1 episodes)

Bronco

1958

(1 episodes)

Lancer

1968

(1 episodes)

Black Saddle

1959

Ben Dawes (1 episodes)

Mr. Lucky

1959

(1 episodes)

The Tall Man

1960

(1 episodes)

Cimarron Strip

1967

(1 episodes)

Riverboat

1959

Rothgate (1 episodes)

The Manhunter

1974

(1 episodes)

Movin' On

1974

(1 episodes)

The Sixth Sense

1972

(1 episodes)

Here Come the Brides

1968

(1 episodes)

87th Precinct

1961

Franklin Phelps (1 episodes)

Custer

1967

(1 episodes)

Everglades

1961

(1 episodes)

Code Red

1981

(1 episodes)

The Westerner

1960

Shell Davidson (1 episodes)

Darkroom

1981

(1 episodes)

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

Billy Soto (1 episodes)

T.H.E. Cat

1966

Police Capt. McAllister (26 episodes)

Jefferson Drum

1958

Kreiger (1 episodes)

Skag

1980

(1 episodes)

Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

1977

(1 episodes)

General Electric Theater

1953

Jerry Boynton (1 episodes)

Beauty and the Beast

1987

(1 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

The Hottest State

Thanks

2007

TV Production Credits

No TV production credits available.