
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. -
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Filmography

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Stripes
Movie · as Gen. Barnicke

The Sweet Creek County War
Movie

Days of Heaven
Movie · as The Farm Foreman

Wild and Wooly
Movie · as Demas Scott

Dallas
TV · as Tom Owens · 1 ep

How the West Was Won
TV · as Appleton · 1 ep

Starsky & Hutch
TV · as Mac Johnson · 1 ep

Run, Joe, Run
TV · 1 ep

Santee
Movie · as Deaks (as Robert Wilke)

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
Movie · as The Sheriff

The Rookies
Movie · as Officer Shaw

Kung Fu
TV · as Sgt. Bridger · 1 ep

A Gunfight
Movie · as Marshal Tom Cater

The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
Movie · as Hugh Fielding

They Call It Murder
Movie · as Sheriff Rex Brandon

The Cheyenne Social Club
Movie · as Corey Bannister

The Desperate Mission
Movie · as Gant

The Outcasts
TV · 1 ep

Lancer
TV · 1 ep

Tony Rome
Movie · as Ralph Turpin

Cimarron Strip
TV · as Hardy Miller · 1 ep

Rango
TV · 1 ep

The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV · as Sheriff Dan Butler, Tom Judd · 1 ep

The Magnificent Stranger
Movie · as Sheriff McVey

Smoky
Movie · as Jeff Nicks

The Monroes
TV · 1 ep

Tarzan
TV · as Spooner · 3 eps

The Hallelujah Trail
Movie · as Chief Five Barrels

The Legend of Jesse James
TV · as Marshal Sam Corbett · 34 eps

The Wild Wild West
TV · as Maj. Gen. Titus Ord Baldwin · 1 ep

Fate Is the Hunter
Movie · as Stillman

Shock Treatment
Movie · as Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke)

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

The Gun Hawk
Movie · as Johnny Flanders
The Greatest Show on Earth
TV · as Lou Sirotta · 1 ep

The Fugitive
TV · as Johnny · 1 ep

The Dakotas
TV · 1 ep

Sam Benedict
TV · as Lt. Mike Radich · 2 eps

The Beachcomber
TV · as Bill Winters, Jason Despol · 1 ep

The Virginian
TV · as Conrad, Colton · 1 ep

The Lucy Show
TV · as Tom Carter · 1 ep

The Long Rope
Movie · as Ben Matthews

Target: The Corruptors!
TV · 1 ep

Spartacus
Movie · as Guard captain

The Slowest Gun in the West
Movie · as Billy the Kid Blake

The Magnificent Seven
Movie · as Wallace

The Tall Man
TV · as Marshal Ben Hartley · 1 ep

Outlaws
TV · 1 ep

Stagecoach West
TV · as Taylor Norman · 1 ep

The Westerner
TV · as Murdo · 1 ep

My Three Sons
TV · as Danny Donnigan · 1 ep

Never Steal Anything Small
Movie · as Lennie

Bourbon Street Beat
TV · 2 eps

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

Adventures in Paradise
TV · as Riker · 1 ep

Laramie
TV · 1 ep

Law of the Plainsman
TV · as Amos Cameron · 1 ep

Riverboat
TV · as Bolesy, Red Dog Hanlon · 1 ep

Wichita Town
TV · 1 ep

The Third Man
TV · as Vince Gabriel · 1 ep

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

The Deputy
TV · as Ace Gentry · 1 ep

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

Man of the West
Movie · as Ponch

Return to Warbow
Movie · as Red

Peter Gunn
TV · 1 ep

Bronco
TV · 1 ep

Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · as Virgil, Ben Hooker, Jack Radovitch · 1 ep

Bat Masterson
TV · as Bull Kirby, Rod Clements · 1 ep

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

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

77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Vern Reece · 1 ep

The Rifleman
TV · as Flory Sheltin, Ward Haskins · 1 ep

Night Passage
Movie · as Concho

The Tarnished Angels
Movie · as Hank

Hot Summer Night
Movie · as Tom Ellis (as Robert Wilke)

Perry Mason
TV · as Deputy Sheriff Connors · 1 ep

The Thin Man
TV · 1 ep

The Walter Winchell File
TV · as Fisher · 1 ep

Maverick
TV · as McCabe, Diamond Dan Malone · 1 ep

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

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

Tombstone Territory
TV · as Burt Foster, Jess Caulfield · 1 ep

Zorro
TV · as Capt. Salvador Mendoza · 4 eps

Backlash
Movie · as Jeff Welker

Written on the Wind
Movie · as Dan Willis

Gun the Man Down
Movie · as Matt Rankin

The Lone Ranger
Movie · as Cassidy

Canyon River
Movie · as Joe Graycoe

The Rawhide Years
Movie · as Neal (as Robert Wilke)

Raw Edge
Movie · as Sile Doty

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV · 1 ep

Smoke Signal
Movie · as Daly

Strange Lady in Town
Movie · as Karg

Wichita
Movie · as Ben Thompson

Shotgun
Movie · as Bentley (as Robert Wilke)

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

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

Screen Director's Playhouse
TV · as Zecca · 1 ep

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Movie · as First Mate of the Nautilus

The Far Country
Movie · as Madden

Two Guns and a Badge
Movie · as Moore - Outlaw

The Lone Gun
Movie · as Hort Moran (as Robert Wilke)

Lassie
TV · as Mr. Corey · 1 ep

The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Jed - Outlaw, Ben Tilton · 2 eps

Arrowhead
Movie · as Sgt. Stone

War Paint
Movie · as Trooper Grady

Cow Country
Movie · as Sledge

From Here to Eternity
Movie · as Sgt. Henderson (uncredited)

High Noon
Movie · as Jim Pierce

The Las Vegas Story
Movie · as Clayton (as Robert Wilke)

Cattle Town
Movie · as Keeno

Hellgate
Movie · as Sgt. Maj. Kearn

Road Agent
Movie · as Slab Babcock

Wyoming Roundup
Movie · as Wyatt - Henchman

Fargo
Movie · as Link - Henchman

The Maverick
Movie · as Massey

Adventures of Superman
TV · as Bingham · 1 ep

Cavalcade of America
TV · 1 ep

Four Star Playhouse
TV · as George, Ben Crane · 1 ep

The Abbott and Costello Show
TV · as Mike Brodie · 1 ep

Best of the Badmen
Movie · as Jim Younger

Overland Telegraph
Movie · as Bellew - Henchman (as Robert Wilke)

Saddle Legion
Movie · as Henchman Hooker

Hot Lead
Movie · as Stoney Dawson

Gunplay
Movie · as Henchman Winslow

Pistol Harvest
Movie · as Andy Baylor

Cyclone Fury
Movie · as Henchman Bunco (as Bob Wilke)

Vengeance Valley
Movie · as Cowhand (uncredited)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Red Fischer, Whitey · 1 ep

Boston Blackie
TV · as Edgar · 1 ep

Frontier Outpost
Movie · as Krag Benson

Across the Badlands
Movie · as Duke Jackson / Keno Jackson (as Bob Wilke)

Outcast of Black Mesa
Movie · as Curt - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)

The Desert Hawk
Movie · as Camel Driver

Mule Train
Movie · as Bradshaw - Henchman (uncredited)

The Gene Autry Show
TV · as Henchman Cody, Charlie Bolton, Monte - Henchman, Henchman in Plaid Shirt · 1 ep

The Cisco Kid
TV · as Judd Storme, Henchman Vic, Barney · 1 ep

Flaming Fury
Movie

The Wyoming Bandit
Movie · as Sam

Coyote Canyon
Movie · as Deputy Sheriff Ed (as Bob Wilkie)

Laramie
Movie · as Cronin (uncredited)

The Blonde Bandit
Movie · as Police Det. Walker

The Lone Ranger
TV · as Henchman (uncredited) · 1 ep

Homicide for Three
Movie · as Policeman

Daredevils of the Clouds
Movie · as Joe

Carson City Raiders
Movie · as Ed Noble

The Ghost Goes Wild
Movie · as Burglar

Web of Danger
Movie · as Station Wagon Driver

Blackmail
Movie · as Policeman

Twilight on the Rio Grande
Movie · as Henchman

Law of the Canyon
Movie · as Knife-Throwing Henchman (uncredited)

Buck Privates Come Home
Movie · as GI Buddy (uncredited)

The Inner Circle
Movie · as Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke)

The Catman of Paris
Movie · as The Catman (uncredited)

Traffic in Crime
Movie · as Hogan's Driver

Passkey to Danger
Movie · as Police Sergeant

Rendezvous with Annie
Movie · as MP (uncredited)

Badman's Territory
Movie · as Deputy Marshal (uncredited)

White Tie and Tails
Movie · as Starter (uncredited)

Hitchhike to Happiness
Movie · as Stage Hand (uncredited)

Bandits of the Badlands
Movie · as Keller

Corpus Christi Bandits
Movie · as Henchman Steve

Sheriff of Cimarron
Movie · as Henchman Dobie

Santa Fe Saddlemates
Movie · as Rawhide

Earl Carroll Vanities
Movie · as Cab Driver

Rough Riders of Cheyenne
Movie · as Smoke - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)

Sunset in El Dorado
Movie · as Curley Roberts

Trail of Kit Carson
Movie · as Dave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke)

Lone Texas Ranger
Movie · as Henchman (uncredited)

Cowboy and the Senorita
Movie · as Townsman (uncredited)

San Antonio Kid
Movie · as Henchman

Code of the Prairie
Movie

Hidden Valley Outlaws
Movie · as Rancher (uncredited)

Vigilantes of Dodge City
Movie · as Bill

Bordertown Trail
Movie · as Henchman

Call of the Rockies
Movie · as Deputy Jim

Faces in the Fog
Movie · as Photographer

The Fighting Seabees
Movie · as Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)

Sheriff of Sundown
Movie · as Bradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)

Whispering Footsteps
Movie · as Bank Customer

Sierra Sue
Movie · as Carnival Spectator (uncredited)

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Movie · as Cutter Helmsman

Adventures of Red Ryder
Movie · as Henchman

In Old Missouri
Movie · as Hillbilly

Grand Ole Opry
Movie · as Hillbilly (uncredited)

Daredevils of the Red Circle
Movie · as G-Man

Star Reporter
Movie · as Reporter

In Old Monterey
Movie · as Man on Wagon

S.O.S Tidal Wave
Movie · as Man in TV Studio

The Fighting Devil Dogs
Movie · as Marine in Shanghai (uncredited)

San Quentin
Movie · as Young Convict in Yard (uncredited)

That Man's Here Again
Movie · as (uncredited)

