R.G. Armstrong

R.G. Armstrong

Known for
Acting
Born
April 7, 1917
Died
July 27, 2012 (aged 95)
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

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Stockers

Stockers

Movie · as Mr. Fisk

2024
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western poster

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

Movie · as Self

2014
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film

Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film

Movie · as Self

2006
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait

Sam Peckinpah: Portrait

Movie · as Self

2005
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah poster

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

Movie · as Self

2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade poster

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Movie · as Self

2001
Keeper of Souls poster

Keeper of Souls

Movie · as Edward Sloan

1999
Purgatory poster

Purgatory

Movie · as Coachman

1998
The Man in the Iron Mask poster

The Man in the Iron Mask

Movie · as Old Man

1996
Don't Look Back poster

Don't Look Back

Movie · as Parish

1996
Invasion of Privacy poster

Invasion of Privacy

Movie · as Sam Logan - Storekeeper

1996
Millennium poster

Millennium

TV · as The Old Man · 3 eps

1995
Payback poster

Payback

Movie · as Mac

1995
Cybill poster

Cybill

TV · as Stitch Sullivan · 1 ep

1994
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion poster

Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion

Movie · as Retired Texas Ranger

1994
Dead Center poster

Dead Center

Movie · as Art Fencer

1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron poster

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

Movie · as Self

1993
Warlock: The Armageddon poster

Warlock: The Armageddon

Movie · as Franks

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV · as Frank Dodge · 2 eps

1990
Dick Tracy poster

Dick Tracy

Movie · as Pruneface

1989
Ghetto Blaster poster

Ghetto Blaster

Movie · as Curtis

1989
Trapper County War poster

Trapper County War

Movie · as Pop Luddigger

1989
Quantum Leap poster

Quantum Leap

TV · as Davison · 1 ep

1988
Bulletproof poster

Bulletproof

Movie · as Miles Blackburn

1988
War and Remembrance poster

War and Remembrance

TV · as 'Moose' Fitzgerald · 1 ep

1987
Predator poster

Predator

Movie · as Major General Homer Phillips

1987
LBJ: The Early Years poster

LBJ: The Early Years

Movie · as Samuel Ealey Johnson

1987
Independence

Independence

Movie · as Uriah Creed

1987
Friday the 13th: The Series poster

Friday the 13th: The Series

TV · as Lewis Vendredi · 5 eps

1987
Beauty and the Beast poster

Beauty and the Beast

TV · as Stanley Kazmarek · 1 ep

1986
The Best of Times poster

The Best of Times

Movie · as Schutte

1986
Jocks poster

Jocks

Movie · as Bettlebom

1986
Red Headed Stranger poster

Red Headed Stranger

Movie · as Sheriff Reese Scoby

1986
Oceans of Fire poster

Oceans of Fire

Movie · as Rusty West

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Frank Osgood · 2 eps

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Sheriff Dalton Parks · 2 eps

1984
Children of the Corn poster

Children of the Corn

Movie · as Diehl

1983
Lone Wolf McQuade poster

Lone Wolf McQuade

Movie · as T. Tyler

1982
The Beast Within poster

The Beast Within

Movie · as Doc Schoonmaker

1982
Hammett poster

Hammett

Movie · as Lt. O'Mara

1982
The Shadow Riders poster

The Shadow Riders

Movie · as Sheriff Miles Gillette

1982
Matt Houston poster

Matt Houston

TV · 1 ep

1981
Evilspeak poster

Evilspeak

Movie · as Sarge

1981
Raggedy Man poster

Raggedy Man

Movie · as Rigby

1981
Reds poster

Reds

Movie · as Government Agent

1981
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper poster

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

Movie · as Dempsey

1981
Dynasty poster

Dynasty

TV · 3 eps

1981
Code Red poster

Code Red

TV · 1 ep

1981
Darkroom poster

Darkroom

TV · as Sheriff Dodson · 1 ep

1980
Where the Buffalo Roam poster

Where the Buffalo Roam

Movie · as Judge Simpson

1980
Skag

Skag

TV · 1 ep

1979
The Legend of the Golden Gun poster

The Legend of the Golden Gun

Movie · as Judge Harrison Harding

1979
Steel poster

Steel

Movie · as Kellin

1979
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff poster

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

Movie · as Mr. Hemmings

1979
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider poster

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

Movie · as Al Barber

1979
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang poster

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

Movie · as Leland Stanford

1979
Trapper John, M.D. poster

Trapper John, M.D.

TV · 1 ep

1978
Heaven Can Wait poster

Heaven Can Wait

Movie · as General Manager

1978
Texas Detour poster

Texas Detour

Movie · as Sheriff Burt

1978
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell poster

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

Movie · as Dunworth

1978
The Time Machine poster

The Time Machine

Movie · as Gen. Harris

1978
Vega$ poster

Vega$

TV · 1 ep

1977
The Car poster

The Car

Movie · as Amos Clements

1977
The Pack poster

The Pack

Movie · as Cobb

1977
Mr. Billion poster

Mr. Billion

Movie · as Sheriff T.C. Bishop

1977
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected poster

Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

TV · 1 ep

1976
Stay Hungry poster

Stay Hungry

Movie · as Thor Erickson

1976
Dixie Dynamite poster

Dixie Dynamite

Movie · as Charlie White - Bank President

1976
Kingston poster

Kingston

Movie · as Father Reardon

1976
Charlie's Angels poster

Charlie's Angels

TV · as Sebastian Craig · 1 ep

1975
Race with the Devil poster

Race with the Devil

Movie · as Sheriff Taylor

1975
Boss Nigger poster

Boss Nigger

Movie · as Mayor Griffin

1975
White Line Fever poster

White Line Fever

Movie · as Prosecutor

1975
Mean Johnny Barrows poster

Mean Johnny Barrows

Movie · as Richard

1975
Starsky & Hutch poster

Starsky & Hutch

TV · as 'Dad' Watson · 1 ep

1975
Baretta poster

Baretta

TV · 1 ep

1975
Switch poster

Switch

TV · as Detective Wills · 1 ep

1974
Manhunter poster

Manhunter

Movie · as Henry Stratemeyer

1974
Reflections of Murder poster

Reflections of Murder

Movie · as Mr. Turner

1974
The Legend of Hillbilly John poster

The Legend of Hillbilly John

Movie · as Bristowe

1974
Movin' On poster

Movin' On

TV · 1 ep

1974
The Manhunter poster

The Manhunter

TV · as Sheriff Mosley

1973
White Lightning poster

White Lightning

Movie · as Big Bear

1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid poster

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Movie · as Ollinger

1973
My Name Is Nobody poster

My Name Is Nobody

Movie · as Honest John

1973
Cotter poster

Cotter

Movie · as Jack

1973
Running Wild poster

Running Wild

Movie · as Bull

1973
Prologue to Wounded Knee poster

Prologue to Wounded Knee

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

1972
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid poster

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

Movie · as Clell Miller

1972
Justin Morgan Had a Horse poster

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

Movie · as Squire Fisk

1972
The Century Turns poster

The Century Turns

Movie · as Ben Ritt

1972
The Final Comedown poster

The Final Comedown

Movie · as Mr. Freeman

1972
J.W. Coop poster

J.W. Coop

Movie · as Jim Sawyer

1972
The Sixth Sense poster

The Sixth Sense

TV · 1 ep

1971
Alias Smith and Jones poster

Alias Smith and Jones

TV · 1 ep

1971
Cannon poster

Cannon

TV · 3 eps

1971
McMillan & Wife poster

McMillan & Wife

TV · as Sheriff Farraday · 1 ep

1970
Tiger by the Tail poster

Tiger by the Tail

Movie · as Ben Holmes

1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue poster

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Movie · as Quittner

1970
The McMasters poster

The McMasters

Movie · as Watson

1970
The Great White Hope poster

The Great White Hope

Movie · as Captain Dan

1969
80 Steps to Jonah poster

80 Steps to Jonah

Movie · as Mackray

1969
Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O

TV · as Capt. Wade, Warden · 1 ep

1968
Lancer poster

Lancer

TV · 1 ep

1968
Here Come the Brides poster

Here Come the Brides

TV · 1 ep

1967
Cimarron Strip poster

Cimarron Strip

TV · 1 ep

1967
The High Chaparral poster

The High Chaparral

TV · as Ed Henderson · 1 ep

1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett poster

The Guns of Will Sonnett

TV · 1 ep

1967
Custer poster

Custer

TV · 1 ep

1967
The Invaders poster

The Invaders

TV · as Gus Flagg, Police Capt. Bill Battersea · 1 ep

1966
El Dorado poster

El Dorado

Movie · as Kevin MacDonald

1966
The Time Tunnel poster

The Time Tunnel

TV · as Allan Pinkerton · 1 ep

1966
Felony Squad poster

Felony Squad

TV · 1 ep

1966
T.H.E. Cat poster

T.H.E. Cat

TV · as Police Capt. McAllister · 26 eps

1965
Major Dundee poster

Major Dundee

Movie · as Reverend Dahlstrom

1965
The F.B.I. poster

The F.B.I.

TV · as Sheriff Crowley, Ed Cray, George David Owens · 1 ep

1965
Run for Your Life poster

Run for Your Life

TV · as Edward Loomis · 1 ep

1965
The Big Valley poster

The Big Valley

TV · as Wallace Miles · 1 ep

1964
He Rides Tall poster

He Rides Tall

Movie · as Joshua 'Josh' McCloud

1964
Calhoun poster

Calhoun

Movie · as Zac Laird

1964
Daniel Boone poster

Daniel Boone

TV · as Jarvis, Joseph Garth · 1 ep

1963
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

TV · as Tully Gage, Sheriff Bradley, Marshal Matt Peters · 1 ep

1962
Ride the High Country poster

Ride the High Country

Movie · as Joshua Knudsen

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

TV · as Ben Winters, Frederick Harley · 1 ep

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour poster

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV · as William Downey, John Cooley · 1 ep

1961
Everglades poster

Everglades

TV · 1 ep

1961
87th Precinct poster

87th Precinct

TV · as Franklin Phelps · 1 ep

1960
The Fugitive Kind poster

The Fugitive Kind

Movie · as Sheriff Jordan Talbott

1960
Ten Who Dared poster

Ten Who Dared

Movie · as Oramel Howland

1960
The Man Who Found the Money poster

The Man Who Found the Money

Movie · as Captain Bone

1960
The Andy Griffith Show poster

The Andy Griffith Show

TV · as Farmer Flint · 1 ep

1960
The Tall Man poster

The Tall Man

TV · 1 ep

1960
The Westerner poster

The Westerner

TV · as Shell Davidson · 1 ep

1960
Surfside 6 poster

Surfside 6

TV · as Paul Wyatt · 1 ep

1959
No Name on the Bullet poster

No Name on the Bullet

Movie · as Asa Canfield

1959
Mr. Lucky poster

Mr. Lucky

TV · 1 ep

1959
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Contractor · 1 ep

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as Enoch Talby, Gantry Hobson, Sheriff John Keeley, Burke · 1 ep

1959
Black Saddle poster

Black Saddle

TV · as Ben Dawes · 1 ep

1959
Riverboat poster

Riverboat

TV · as Rothgate · 1 ep

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Nathan Clay, Andrew Holloway, Col. Keith Jarrell · 1 ep

1958
From Hell to Texas poster

From Hell to Texas

Movie · as Hunter Boyd

1958
Never Love a Stranger poster

Never Love a Stranger

Movie · as Flix

1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive

TV · as Asa Wynter · 1 ep

1958
Bat Masterson poster

Bat Masterson

TV · as Marshal William MacWilliams · 1 ep

1958
Jefferson Drum poster

Jefferson Drum

TV · as Kreiger · 1 ep

1958
The Texan poster

The Texan

TV · as Big Sam Aldridge, Cliff Clifford · 1 ep

1958
The Rifleman poster

The Rifleman

TV · as Sheriff Tomlinson, Sheriff Fred Tomlinson · 1 ep

1958
Lawman poster

Lawman

TV · as Major Ben Rogers · 1 ep

1958
Bronco poster

Bronco

TV · as Reverend Hardin · 1 ep

1957
A Face in the Crowd poster

A Face in the Crowd

Movie · as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

1957
Perry Mason poster

Perry Mason

TV · as Matthew Bartlett, Harry Bright, John Gregory · 1 ep

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV · as Mayor Lovett · 1 ep

1957
Sugarfoot poster

Sugarfoot

TV · as Clay Calhoun, Lou Stoner · 1 ep

1957
Maverick poster

Maverick

TV · as Wellington Cosgrove · 2 eps

1957
Wagon Train poster

Wagon Train

TV · as John Muskie, General Kirby · 1 ep

1956
Baby Doll poster

Baby Doll

Movie · as Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Fred Tomlinson, Sheriff Les Houghton · 1 ep

1955
Cheyenne poster

Cheyenne

TV · as Nathanael Grimm · 1 ep

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Capt. Benter, Major, Jud Briar, Carl Anderson · 1 ep

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Captain Bone, Fred Riordan · 1 ep

1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp poster

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

TV · 1 ep

1954
Garden of Eden poster

Garden of Eden

Movie · as J. Randolph Latimore

1954
Lassie poster

Lassie

TV · 1 ep

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Billy Soto, Jack O'Neal, Squire Fisk · 1 ep

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Jerry Boynton · 1 ep