Robert J. Wilke

Robert J. Wilke

Known for
Acting
Born
May 18, 1914
Died
March 28, 1989 (aged 74)
Birthplace
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Biography

Prolific American character actor of primarily villainous roles. The son of German parents, Cincinnati feed-store manager August Wilke and his wife Rose, Robert Joseph Wilke grew up in Cincinnati. He worked as a lifeguard at a Miami, Florida, hotel, where he made contacts in the film business. He was able to obtain work as a stuntman and continued as such until the mid-'40s, when he began getting actual roles in low-budget westerns and serials. A prominent appearance as one of the heavies in Le train sifflera trois fois (1952) led to work in higher-quality films. He worked extensively in television as well as movies, and became an enormously familiar face, though a fairly anonymous one to the general public. His weathered visage made him a perfect western bad guy, but he occasionally played sympathetic parts as well, as in Les moissons du ciel (1978). An expert golfer, he was said by his friend Claude Akins to have earned more money on the golf course than he ever did in movies. He died in 1989. -

Known For

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Filmography

1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life poster

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1981
Stripes poster

Stripes

Movie · as Gen. Barnicke

1979
The Sweet Creek County War poster

The Sweet Creek County War

Movie

1978
Days of Heaven poster

Days of Heaven

Movie · as The Farm Foreman

1978
Wild and Wooly poster

Wild and Wooly

Movie · as Demas Scott

1978
Dallas poster

Dallas

TV · as Tom Owens · 1 ep

1977
How the West Was Won poster

How the West Was Won

TV · as Appleton · 1 ep

1975
Starsky & Hutch poster

Starsky & Hutch

TV · as Mac Johnson · 1 ep

1974
Run, Joe, Run poster

Run, Joe, Run

TV · 1 ep

1973
Santee poster

Santee

Movie · as Deaks (as Robert Wilke)

1973
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf poster

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

Movie · as The Sheriff

1972
The Rookies poster

The Rookies

Movie · as Officer Shaw

1972
Kung Fu poster

Kung Fu

TV · as Sgt. Bridger · 1 ep

1971
A Gunfight poster

A Gunfight

Movie · as Marshal Tom Cater

1971
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler poster

The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler

Movie · as Hugh Fielding

1971
They Call It Murder poster

They Call It Murder

Movie · as Sheriff Rex Brandon

1970
The Cheyenne Social Club poster

The Cheyenne Social Club

Movie · as Corey Bannister

1969
The Desperate Mission poster

The Desperate Mission

Movie · as Gant

1968
The Outcasts poster

The Outcasts

TV · 1 ep

1968
Lancer poster

Lancer

TV · 1 ep

1967
Tony Rome poster

Tony Rome

Movie · as Ralph Turpin

1967
Cimarron Strip poster

Cimarron Strip

TV · as Hardy Miller · 1 ep

1967
Rango poster

Rango

TV · 1 ep

1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett poster

The Guns of Will Sonnett

TV · as Sheriff Dan Butler, Tom Judd · 1 ep

1966
The Magnificent Stranger poster

The Magnificent Stranger

Movie · as Sheriff McVey

1966
Smoky poster

Smoky

Movie · as Jeff Nicks

1966
The Monroes poster

The Monroes

TV · 1 ep

1966
Tarzan poster

Tarzan

TV · as Spooner · 3 eps

1965
The Hallelujah Trail poster

The Hallelujah Trail

Movie · as Chief Five Barrels

1965
The Legend of Jesse James poster

The Legend of Jesse James

TV · as Marshal Sam Corbett · 34 eps

1965
The Wild Wild West poster

The Wild Wild West

TV · as Maj. Gen. Titus Ord Baldwin · 1 ep

1964
Fate Is the Hunter poster

Fate Is the Hunter

Movie · as Stillman

1964
Shock Treatment poster

Shock Treatment

Movie · as Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke)

1964
Daniel Boone poster

Daniel Boone

TV · as Toff, Fryman, Jake Manning · 1 ep

1963
The Gun Hawk poster

The Gun Hawk

Movie · as Johnny Flanders

1963
The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth

TV · as Lou Sirotta · 1 ep

1963
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

TV · as Johnny · 1 ep

1963
The Dakotas poster

The Dakotas

TV · 1 ep

1962
Sam Benedict poster

Sam Benedict

TV · as Lt. Mike Radich · 2 eps

1962
The Beachcomber poster

The Beachcomber

TV · as Bill Winters, Jason Despol · 1 ep

1962
The Virginian poster

The Virginian

TV · as Conrad, Colton · 1 ep

1962
The Lucy Show poster

The Lucy Show

TV · as Tom Carter · 1 ep

1961
The Long Rope poster

The Long Rope

Movie · as Ben Matthews

1961
Target: The Corruptors! poster

Target: The Corruptors!

TV · 1 ep

1960
Spartacus poster

Spartacus

Movie · as Guard captain

1960
The Slowest Gun in the West poster

The Slowest Gun in the West

Movie · as Billy the Kid Blake

1960
The Magnificent Seven poster

The Magnificent Seven

Movie · as Wallace

1960
The Tall Man poster

The Tall Man

TV · as Marshal Ben Hartley · 1 ep

1960
Outlaws poster

Outlaws

TV · 1 ep

1960
Stagecoach West poster

Stagecoach West

TV · as Taylor Norman · 1 ep

1960
The Westerner poster

The Westerner

TV · as Murdo · 1 ep

1960
My Three Sons poster

My Three Sons

TV · as Danny Donnigan · 1 ep

1959
Never Steal Anything Small poster

Never Steal Anything Small

Movie · as Lennie

1959
Bourbon Street Beat poster

Bourbon Street Beat

TV · 2 eps

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as Sheriff McVey, Tom Galt, Lafe Thomas · 1 ep

1959
Adventures in Paradise poster

Adventures in Paradise

TV · as Riker · 1 ep

1959
Laramie poster

Laramie

TV · 1 ep

1959
Law of the Plainsman poster

Law of the Plainsman

TV · as Amos Cameron · 1 ep

1959
Riverboat poster

Riverboat

TV · as Bolesy, Red Dog Hanlon · 1 ep

1959
Wichita Town poster

Wichita Town

TV · 1 ep

1959
The Third Man poster

The Third Man

TV · as Vince Gabriel · 1 ep

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Charlie Sheppard, Al Simmons, Sheriff Claude T. Booker, Brazos, Marshal Hollister · 1 ep

1959
The Deputy poster

The Deputy

TV · as Ace Gentry · 1 ep

1959
The Untouchables poster

The Untouchables

TV · as George 'Bugs' Moran, Dutch Schultz · 2 eps

1958
Man of the West poster

Man of the West

Movie · as Ponch

1958
Return to Warbow poster

Return to Warbow

Movie · as Red

1958
Peter Gunn poster

Peter Gunn

TV · 1 ep

1958
Bronco poster

Bronco

TV · 1 ep

1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive poster

Wanted: Dead or Alive

TV · as Virgil, Ben Hooker, Jack Radovitch · 1 ep

1958
Bat Masterson poster

Bat Masterson

TV · as Bull Kirby, Rod Clements · 1 ep

1958
Lawman poster

Lawman

TV · as Marshal Tom Haddon, Fallon - Bounty Hunter, Lal Hoard · 1 ep

1958
The Texan poster

The Texan

TV · as Marshal Bart Pennock, Sheriff Tip Latta, Pete Torrey, Asa Kirby · 1 ep

1958
77 Sunset Strip poster

77 Sunset Strip

TV · as Vern Reece · 1 ep

1958
The Rifleman poster

The Rifleman

TV · as Flory Sheltin, Ward Haskins · 1 ep

1957
Night Passage poster

Night Passage

Movie · as Concho

1957
The Tarnished Angels poster

The Tarnished Angels

Movie · as Hank

1957
Hot Summer Night poster

Hot Summer Night

Movie · as Tom Ellis (as Robert Wilke)

1957
Perry Mason poster

Perry Mason

TV · as Deputy Sheriff Connors · 1 ep

1957
The Thin Man poster

The Thin Man

TV · 1 ep

1957
The Walter Winchell File poster

The Walter Winchell File

TV · as Fisher · 1 ep

1957
Maverick poster

Maverick

TV · as McCabe, Diamond Dan Malone · 1 ep

1957
Wagon Train poster

Wagon Train

TV · as Sgt. Wick, Wesley Thomas, Col. Thomas Stone, Jabez Moore · 1 ep

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV · as Will Tybee, Casey Bryan, Walt DeVries, Trail Boss Rook, Maj. Blake · 1 ep

1957
Tombstone Territory poster

Tombstone Territory

TV · as Burt Foster, Jess Caulfield · 1 ep

1957
Zorro poster

Zorro

TV · as Capt. Salvador Mendoza · 4 eps

1956
Backlash poster

Backlash

Movie · as Jeff Welker

1956
Written on the Wind poster

Written on the Wind

Movie · as Dan Willis

1956
Gun the Man Down poster

Gun the Man Down

Movie · as Matt Rankin

1956
The Lone Ranger poster

The Lone Ranger

Movie · as Cassidy

1956
Canyon River poster

Canyon River

Movie · as Joe Graycoe

1956
The Rawhide Years poster

The Rawhide Years

Movie · as Neal (as Robert Wilke)

1956
Raw Edge poster

Raw Edge

Movie · as Sile Doty

1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie poster

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

TV · 1 ep

1955
Smoke Signal poster

Smoke Signal

Movie · as Daly

1955
Strange Lady in Town poster

Strange Lady in Town

Movie · as Karg

1955
Wichita poster

Wichita

Movie · as Ben Thompson

1955
Shotgun poster

Shotgun

Movie · as Bentley (as Robert Wilke)

1955
Cheyenne poster

Cheyenne

TV · as Bob Manson, Carl Banner, Kelso Prather, Jed Begert, Ben Creed · 1 ep

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Hickock, Pitt, Pegger, Tom, Ab Rankin, Kelby, Luke Cumberledge · 1 ep

1955
Screen Director's Playhouse poster

Screen Director's Playhouse

TV · as Zecca · 1 ep

1954
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea poster

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Movie · as First Mate of the Nautilus

1954
The Far Country poster

The Far Country

Movie · as Madden

1954
Two Guns and a Badge poster

Two Guns and a Badge

Movie · as Moore - Outlaw

1954
The Lone Gun poster

The Lone Gun

Movie · as Hort Moran (as Robert Wilke)

1954
Lassie poster

Lassie

TV · as Mr. Corey · 1 ep

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Jed - Outlaw, Ben Tilton · 2 eps

1953
Arrowhead poster

Arrowhead

Movie · as Sgt. Stone

1953
War Paint poster

War Paint

Movie · as Trooper Grady

1953
Cow Country poster

Cow Country

Movie · as Sledge

1953
From Here to Eternity poster

From Here to Eternity

Movie · as Sgt. Henderson (uncredited)

1952
High Noon poster

High Noon

Movie · as Jim Pierce

1952
The Las Vegas Story poster

The Las Vegas Story

Movie · as Clayton (as Robert Wilke)

1952
Cattle Town poster

Cattle Town

Movie · as Keeno

1952
Hellgate poster

Hellgate

Movie · as Sgt. Maj. Kearn

1952
Road Agent poster

Road Agent

Movie · as Slab Babcock

1952
Wyoming Roundup poster

Wyoming Roundup

Movie · as Wyatt - Henchman

1952
Fargo poster

Fargo

Movie · as Link - Henchman

1952
The Maverick poster

The Maverick

Movie · as Massey

1952
Adventures of Superman poster

Adventures of Superman

TV · as Bingham · 1 ep

1952
Cavalcade of America poster

Cavalcade of America

TV · 1 ep

1952
Four Star Playhouse poster

Four Star Playhouse

TV · as George, Ben Crane · 1 ep

1952
The Abbott and Costello Show poster

The Abbott and Costello Show

TV · as Mike Brodie · 1 ep

1951
Best of the Badmen poster

Best of the Badmen

Movie · as Jim Younger

1951
Overland Telegraph poster

Overland Telegraph

Movie · as Bellew - Henchman (as Robert Wilke)

1951
Saddle Legion poster

Saddle Legion

Movie · as Henchman Hooker

1951
Hot Lead poster

Hot Lead

Movie · as Stoney Dawson

1951
Gunplay poster

Gunplay

Movie · as Henchman Winslow

1951
Pistol Harvest poster

Pistol Harvest

Movie · as Andy Baylor

1951
Cyclone Fury poster

Cyclone Fury

Movie · as Henchman Bunco (as Bob Wilke)

1951
Vengeance Valley poster

Vengeance Valley

Movie · as Cowhand (uncredited)

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars poster

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

TV · as Red Fischer, Whitey · 1 ep

1951
Boston Blackie poster

Boston Blackie

TV · as Edgar · 1 ep

1950
Frontier Outpost poster

Frontier Outpost

Movie · as Krag Benson

1950
Across the Badlands poster

Across the Badlands

Movie · as Duke Jackson / Keno Jackson (as Bob Wilke)

1950
Outcast of Black Mesa poster

Outcast of Black Mesa

Movie · as Curt - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)

1950
The Desert Hawk poster

The Desert Hawk

Movie · as Camel Driver

1950
Mule Train poster

Mule Train

Movie · as Bradshaw - Henchman (uncredited)

1950
The Gene Autry Show poster

The Gene Autry Show

TV · as Henchman Cody, Charlie Bolton, Monte - Henchman, Henchman in Plaid Shirt · 1 ep

1950
The Cisco Kid poster

The Cisco Kid

TV · as Judd Storme, Henchman Vic, Barney · 1 ep

1949
Flaming Fury poster

Flaming Fury

Movie

1949
The Wyoming Bandit poster

The Wyoming Bandit

Movie · as Sam

1949
Coyote Canyon poster

Coyote Canyon

Movie · as Deputy Sheriff Ed (as Bob Wilkie)

1949
Laramie poster

Laramie

Movie · as Cronin (uncredited)

1949
The Blonde Bandit poster

The Blonde Bandit

Movie · as Police Det. Walker

1949
The Lone Ranger poster

The Lone Ranger

TV · as Henchman (uncredited) · 1 ep

1948
Homicide for Three poster

Homicide for Three

Movie · as Policeman

1948
Daredevils of the Clouds poster

Daredevils of the Clouds

Movie · as Joe

1948
Carson City Raiders poster

Carson City Raiders

Movie · as Ed Noble

1947
The Ghost Goes Wild poster

The Ghost Goes Wild

Movie · as Burglar

1947
Web of Danger poster

Web of Danger

Movie · as Station Wagon Driver

1947
Blackmail poster

Blackmail

Movie · as Policeman

1947
Twilight on the Rio Grande poster

Twilight on the Rio Grande

Movie · as Henchman

1947
Law of the Canyon poster

Law of the Canyon

Movie · as Knife-Throwing Henchman (uncredited)

1947
Buck Privates Come Home poster

Buck Privates Come Home

Movie · as GI Buddy (uncredited)

1946
The Inner Circle poster

The Inner Circle

Movie · as Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke)

1946
The Catman of Paris poster

The Catman of Paris

Movie · as The Catman (uncredited)

1946
Traffic in Crime poster

Traffic in Crime

Movie · as Hogan's Driver

1946
Passkey to Danger poster

Passkey to Danger

Movie · as Police Sergeant

1946
Rendezvous with Annie poster

Rendezvous with Annie

Movie · as MP (uncredited)

1946
Badman's Territory poster

Badman's Territory

Movie · as Deputy Marshal (uncredited)

1946
White Tie and Tails poster

White Tie and Tails

Movie · as Starter (uncredited)

1945
Hitchhike to Happiness poster

Hitchhike to Happiness

Movie · as Stage Hand (uncredited)

1945
Bandits of the Badlands poster

Bandits of the Badlands

Movie · as Keller

1945
Corpus Christi Bandits poster

Corpus Christi Bandits

Movie · as Henchman Steve

1945
Sheriff of Cimarron poster

Sheriff of Cimarron

Movie · as Henchman Dobie

1945
Santa Fe Saddlemates poster

Santa Fe Saddlemates

Movie · as Rawhide

1945
Earl Carroll Vanities poster

Earl Carroll Vanities

Movie · as Cab Driver

1945
Rough Riders of Cheyenne poster

Rough Riders of Cheyenne

Movie · as Smoke - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)

1945
Sunset in El Dorado poster

Sunset in El Dorado

Movie · as Curley Roberts

1945
Trail of Kit Carson poster

Trail of Kit Carson

Movie · as Dave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke)

1945
Lone Texas Ranger poster

Lone Texas Ranger

Movie · as Henchman (uncredited)

1944
Cowboy and the Senorita poster

Cowboy and the Senorita

Movie · as Townsman (uncredited)

1944
San Antonio Kid poster

San Antonio Kid

Movie · as Henchman

1944
Code of the Prairie poster

Code of the Prairie

Movie

1944
Hidden Valley Outlaws poster

Hidden Valley Outlaws

Movie · as Rancher (uncredited)

1944
Vigilantes of Dodge City poster

Vigilantes of Dodge City

Movie · as Bill

1944
Bordertown Trail poster

Bordertown Trail

Movie · as Henchman

1944
Call of the Rockies poster

Call of the Rockies

Movie · as Deputy Jim

1944
Faces in the Fog poster

Faces in the Fog

Movie · as Photographer

1944
The Fighting Seabees poster

The Fighting Seabees

Movie · as Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)

1944
Sheriff of Sundown poster

Sheriff of Sundown

Movie · as Bradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)

1943
Whispering Footsteps poster

Whispering Footsteps

Movie · as Bank Customer

1941
Sierra Sue poster

Sierra Sue

Movie · as Carnival Spectator (uncredited)

1941
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. poster

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

Movie · as Cutter Helmsman

1940
Adventures of Red Ryder poster

Adventures of Red Ryder

Movie · as Henchman

1940
In Old Missouri poster

In Old Missouri

Movie · as Hillbilly

1940
Grand Ole Opry poster

Grand Ole Opry

Movie · as Hillbilly (uncredited)

1939
Daredevils of the Red Circle poster

Daredevils of the Red Circle

Movie · as G-Man

1939
Star Reporter poster

Star Reporter

Movie · as Reporter

1939
In Old Monterey poster

In Old Monterey

Movie · as Man on Wagon

1939
S.O.S Tidal Wave poster

S.O.S Tidal Wave

Movie · as Man in TV Studio

1938
The Fighting Devil Dogs poster

The Fighting Devil Dogs

Movie · as Marine in Shanghai (uncredited)

1937
San Quentin poster

San Quentin

Movie · as Young Convict in Yard (uncredited)

1937
That Man's Here Again poster

That Man's Here Again

Movie · as (uncredited)