Robert Foulk
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 5, 1908
- Died
- February 25, 1989 (aged 80)
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert C. Foulk (May 5, 1908 – February 25, 1989) was an American television and film character actor who portrayed Sheriff H. Miller in the CBS series Lassie from 1958 to 1962. Television Between 1953 and 1959, Foulk was in thirteen episodes of the NBC anthology series, The Loretta Young Show. From 1954 to 1957, he was in five episodes as Ed Davis in the sitcom Father Knows Best with Robert Young, when the series aired on NBC. In 1956, he played Jackley in the Walt Disney Mickey Mouse Club serial "The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure". In 1957 and 1958, Foulk played the outlaw Curly Bill Brocius in three episodes, "Gunslinger from Galeville", "Ride Out at Noon", and "Skeleton Canyon Massacre", of the western television series Tombstone Territory. In 1958, Foulk portrayed Sheriff Brady in the film, The Left Handed Gun. From 1959 to 1960, he had the recurring role of bartender Joe Kingston in the NBC western series Wichita Town. Foulk appeared in five episodes of The Rifleman. He played the blacksmith Toomey in "The Second Witness" (episode 23), "Three Legged Terror" (episode 30) and "Outlaw's Inheritance" (episode 38). He played Johannson in "The Raid" (episode 37) and Herbert Newman in "The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town" (episode 99). Foulk made four appearances on CBS's Perry Mason, all of them as a law-enforcement officer including the 1958 episode 'The Case of the Buried Clock'. He appeared as the sheriff of Cloverville, California in the two-part episode of The Untouchables, "The Big Train," which dealt with the attempt to free Al Capone from the train transporting him to Alcatraz. He made thirteen appearances on NBC's Bonanza, mostly as a sheriff or deputy sheriff. He also had recurring roles as Mr. Wheeler and Roy Trendall, former Hooterville phone company president, in sixteen episodes of CBS's Green Acres. In 1960, he guest starred in the TV Western Bat Masterson, playing Judge Pete Perkins, the town's crooked judge in S2E30's "Welcome To Paradise". In the early 1970s, Foulk made four guest appearances on CBS's Here's Lucy in various roles. Personal life and death In the 1930s, Foulk was married to actress Alice Frost. In 1947, he married Barbara Slater, an actress who appeared in two Three Stooges short features. She left Hollywood in the same year. They remained married until his death in 1989. CLR
Known For
Filmography
Barbary Coast
TV · as Kingsford · 1 ep
Emperor of the North
Movie · as Conductor
Kung Fu
TV · as Moss · 1 ep
Skin Game
Movie · as Sheriff
Vanishing Point
Movie · as Colorado Communications Officer (uncredited)
Lassie: The Miracle
Movie · as Sheriff H. Miller (archive footage)
More Dead than Alive
Movie · as Brill
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Movie · as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Love, American Style
TV · as Sheriff · 1 ep
My Friend Tony
TV · as Police Chief · 1 ep
The Love Bug
Movie · as Bice
The Split
Movie · as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Adam-12
TV · as Security Guard · 1 ep
Here's Lucy
TV · as Janitor, Poker Player #2, Clerk #1, Policeman, Officer Rafferty, Fan #2 · 1 ep
The Name of the Game
TV · as Sheriff · 1 ep
The Mod Squad
TV · as Sheriff Considine · 1 ep
Hell on Wheels
Movie · as Sutton
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Movie · as Cabbie #2
The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV · as Luke Landry · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · as Detective Arresting Beckman (uncredited) · 1 ep
Cimarron Strip
TV · as Ragan · 1 ep
Once a Thief
Movie · as George (Uncredited)
Green Acres
TV · as Roy Trendell, Mr. Wheeler · 10 eps
Lost in Space
TV · as Cragmire, Kraspo · 1 ep
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Movie · as Sheriff Glick
Sex and the Single Girl
Movie · as Arresting Police Detective (uncredited)
Daniel Boone
TV · as Sledge Clayburn, Otis · 1 ep
Tammy and the Doctor
Movie · as Surgeon
A Ticklish Affair
Movie · as Policeman
Channing
TV · as Otto · 1 ep
Temple Houston
TV · as O'Garrick · 1 ep
State Fair
Movie · as Mincemeat Judge
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Movie · as The Hunter (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV · as Policeman, Truck Driver · 1 ep
The Lucy Show
TV · as Collins · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Bartender Fred · 1 ep
Mister Ed
TV · as Mr. Higgins, Keeper · 1 ep
Ocean's Eleven
Movie · as Sheriff Wimmer
My Three Sons
TV · as Pop Acton · 1 ep
The Tall Man
TV · as Gimp · 1 ep
Stagecoach West
TV · as Sam Jason · 1 ep
Coronado 9
TV · as Capt. Rawlings · 1 ep
Go, Johnny, Go!
Movie · as Policeman
Ask Any Girl
Movie · as Lt. O'Shea (uncredited)
Cast a Long Shadow
Movie · as Hugh Rigdon
Gundown at Sandoval
Movie · as Mr. Pitts
Adventures in Paradise
TV · as Harris · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Seth, Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, Seth Peterson, Sheriff Brady, Clem, Deputy Sheriff Clem, Townsman, Deputy Pete · 2 eps
The Detectives
TV · as Fred · 1 ep
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TV · as Mr. Callahan · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Gatekeeper · 1 ep
The Untouchables
TV · as Sheriff (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Rebel
TV · as Sheriff · 1 ep
Hawaiian Eye
TV · as Tenshi Club Bartender (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Deputy
TV · as Dick Easter, Col. Belknap · 1 ep
Dennis the Menace
TV · as Robert Doubleday (uncredited) · 1 ep
Hell's Five Hours
Movie · as Jack Fife
Quantrill's Raiders
Movie · as Hager
Day of the Badman
Movie · as Silas Mordigan
The Left Handed Gun
Movie · as Sheriff Brady
The Rifleman
TV · as Toomey, Phillip Toomey, Herbert Newman · 3 eps
77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Emil Seley, Sheriff Pederson, Matt · 1 ep
The Texan
TV · as Barkeep, O'Brien · 1 ep
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · as Harkrader · 1 ep
Jefferson Drum
TV · as Jake, Haw · 1 ep
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
TV · as Gus Peters · 1 ep
Hold That Hypnotist
Movie · as Simon Noble
Sierra Stranger
Movie · as Tom Simmons
My Man Godfrey
Movie · as Motor Cop
The Tall Stranger
Movie · as Pagones
Last of the Badmen
Movie · as Taylor
Raintree County
Movie · as Pantomimist (uncredited)
Untamed Youth
Movie · as Sheriff Mitch Bowers
Perry Mason
TV · as Special Officer Vogel, Sergeant Deputy · 1 ep
Tombstone Territory
TV · as Curly Bill Brocius · 3 eps
Maverick
TV · as Sheriff Sam Shadley, Sheriff (uncredited), Moose Horton · 1 ep
The Real McCoys
TV · as Norman Crocker, Vance Armbruster, Frank Tillford, Ed Bailey, Matt Semple · 1 ep
The Restless Gun
TV · 1 ep
High Tor
Movie · as Elkus
Indestructible Man
Movie · as Harry
The Great Man
Movie · as Mike Jackson
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
Movie · as Jackley the Plumber
The Rawhide Years
Movie · as Mate
Backlash
Movie · as Sheriff John F. Olson
Hot Blood
Movie · as Police Sgt. Tim McGrossin (uncredited)
The Hardy Boys
TV · as Jackley the Plumber · 20 eps
State Trooper
TV · as Jim Granite · 1 ep
Broken Arrow
TV · as Hank Woodley · 1 ep
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Big John - Livery Stable Operator, Pitchman · 1 ep
Rebel Without a Cause
Movie · as Gene
Strange Lady in Town
Movie · as Joe (uncredited)
East of Eden
Movie · as Man at Boxcar (uncredited)
Blackboard Jungle
Movie · as George Katz (uncredited)
Apache Ambush
Movie · as Red Jennings
The Spoilers
Movie · as Bartender
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV · as Clovis, MacPherson · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as Fields, Edward Hinton · 1 ep
Cheyenne
TV · as Garth, Jake Scott, Joe Stone, Tom Fanshaw · 1 ep
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
TV · as Gunther · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Det. Sgt. James Monroney · 1 ep
The Bob Cummings Show
TV · as Air Policeman · 2 eps
The Far Country
Movie · as Constable Kingman (uncredited)
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!
Movie · as Jimmy Shipp
Lassie
TV · as Mike, Sheriff H. Miller, Sheriff Miller, Mr. Saunders, Sergeant Hayes · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Mr. Pitts, Rebel (uncredited), Bice · 1 ep
Father Knows Best
TV · as Ed Davis · 7 eps
December Bride
TV · as Jack Schuyler · 2 eps
Public Defender
TV · as Anderson, Chief Cooper · 1 ep
The 49th Man
Movie · as Commander Jackson
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Movie · as Passport Official (uncredited)
Valley of Head Hunters
Movie · as Arco
Remains to Be Seen
Movie · as Officer Miller
A Tale of Two Cities
Movie · as Ernest Defarge
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Truck Stop Server (uncredited), Hank, Waiter, Tub Walker, Higgins, Department of Power Man, Headquarters, Leadman, Parole Officer, Police Officer · 1 ep
The Danny Thomas Show
TV · as Stagehand · 1 ep
General Electric Theater
TV · as Bank Guard · 1 ep
You Are There
TV · as Minister · 1 ep
The Pride of the Family
TV · as Henry · 1 ep
Without Warning!
Movie · as Wilson, Motel Manager
O. Henry's Full House
Movie · as Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Singin' in the Rain
Movie · as Matt - Policeman (uncredited)
Don't Bother to Knock
Movie · as Doorman (uncredited)
Glory Alley
Movie · as Bouncer (uncredited)
The San Francisco Story
Movie · as Thompson
The Sniper
Movie · as Officer Rivers
Deadline - U.S.A.
Movie · as Rienzi Associate (uncredited)
Four Star Playhouse
TV · as Desperate Man, Charlie · 1 ep
Chevron Theatre
TV · 1 ep
The Ford Television Theatre
TV · as Ben, Desk Sergeant, Willis · 1 ep
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV · as Police Sergeant · 1 ep
Adventures of Superman
TV · as Big Tom Rufus · 1 ep
The Unknown Man
Movie · as Sam (uncredited)
Follow the Sun
Movie · as Patrolman Jennings
Home Town Story
Movie · as Electrical Worker (uncredited)
The Whip Hand
Movie · as Guard (uncredited)
The Lemon Drop Kid
Movie · as Victim (uncredited)
I Love Lucy
TV · as Policeman (uncredited) · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Sumner, Anderson · 2 eps
The Red Skelton Show
TV · as Coach Stewart, Ex-Boss of Gang, Policeman · 1 ep
Mister 880
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Movie · as Fenney (uncredited)
Whirlpool
Movie · as Policeman Andy (uncredited)
The Killer That Stalked New York
Movie · as Cop (uncredited)
A Lady Without Passport
Movie · as Vice Consul (uncredited)
Mystery Street
Movie · as Detective O'Hara (uncredited)
Dial 1119
Movie · as Barnes' Co-Worker (uncredited)
The Bob Hope Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Jack Benny Program
TV · as Kidnapper · 1 ep
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV · as Policeman · 4 eps
White Heat
Movie · as Payroll Guard at Chemical Plant
Johnny Stool Pigeon
Movie · as Pete (uncredited)
Come to the Stable
Movie · as New York City Policeman (uncredited)
Thieves' Highway
Movie · as Taller Cop at Roadside Bar (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
TV · as Deputy George, Joe Crockett, Sergeant Macy, Benny Sawtelle · 1 ep
Road House
Movie · as Policeman at Road House (uncredited)
Land and Live in the Desert
Movie · as Joe