R.G. Armstrong

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 Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

128

Birth Date

1917-04-07 00:00:00

Birth Place

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Known For

• 

  Predator
• 

  Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
• Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film
• Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
• 

  Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
• 

  Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Credits

• actors (127 credits)

  • Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Sam Peckinpah: Portrait

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2006
  • Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Keeper of Souls

    actor

    actors
    2001
  • Purgatory

    Coachman

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • The Man in the Iron Mask

    Old Man

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Invasion of Privacy

    Sam Logan - Storekeeper

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Don't Look Back

    Parish

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • Millennium

    - Roosters (2) (1998) ... The Old Man actor actors

    - Owls (1) (1998) ... The Old Man actor actors

    - Beware of the Dog (1997) ... The Old Man actor actors
    1996
  • Payback

    Mac

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Cybill

    - See Jeff Jump, Jump, Jeff, Jump! (1995) ... Stitch Sullivan actor actors
    1995
  • Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion

    Retired Texas Ranger

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Dead Center

    Art Fencer

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Warlock: The Armageddon

    Franks

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Walker, Texas Ranger

    - Deadly Reunion (2) (1994) ... Frank Dodge actor actors

    - Deadly Reunion (1) (1994) ... Frank Dodge actor actors
    1993
  • Dick Tracy

    Pruneface

    actor

    actors
    1990
  • Ghetto Blaster

    Curtis

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Trapper County War

    Pop Luddigger

    actor

    actors
    1989
  • Quantum Leap

    - A Single Drop of Rain (1991) ... Davison actor actors
    1989
  • Bulletproof

    Miles Blackburn

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Predator

    Major General Homer Phillips

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Independence

    Uriah Creed

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • LBJ: The Early Years

    Samuel Ealey Johnson

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Jocks

    Bettlebom

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Red Headed Stranger

    Sheriff Reese Scoby

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Oceans of Fire

    Rusty West

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • The Best of Times

    Schutte

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • L.A. Law

    - Where There's a Will (1993) ... Frank Osgood actor actors

    - Second Time Around (1992) ... Frank Osgood actor actors
    1986
  • Matlock

    - The Hunting Party (2) (1989) ... Sheriff Dalton Parks actor actors

    - The Hunting Party (1) (1989) ... Sheriff Dalton Parks actor actors
    1986
  • Children of the Corn

    Diehl

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Lone Wolf McQuade

    T. Tyler

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • The Shadow Riders

    Sheriff Miles Gillette

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Hammett

    Lt. O'Mara

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • The Beast Within

    Doc Schoonmaker

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Matt Houston

    - Caged (1984) ... actor actors
    1982
  • Reds

    Government Agent

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

    Dempsey

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Raggedy Man

    Rigby

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Evilspeak

    Sarge

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Dynasty

    - The Wedding (1982) ... actor actors

    - The Roof (1982) ... actor actors

    - The Cliff (1982) ... actor actors
    1981
  • Where the Buffalo Roam

    Judge Simpson

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

    Leland Stanford

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Steel

    Kellin

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • The Legend of the Golden Gun

    Judge Harrison Harding

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

    Al Barber

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

    Mr. Hemmings

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • The Time Machine

    Gen. Harris

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

    Dunworth

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Heaven Can Wait

    General Manager

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Vega$

    - Demand and Supply (1979) ... actor actors
    1978
  • The Pack

    Cobb

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • The Car

    Amos Clements

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Mr. Billion

    Sheriff T.C. Bishop

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Kingston

    Father Reardon

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Dixie Dynamite

    Charlie White - Bank President

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Stay Hungry

    Thor Erickson

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Charlie's Angels

    - Of Ghosts and Angels (1980) ... Sebastian Craig actor actors
    1976
  • Mean Johnny Barrows

    Richard

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Boss Nigger

    Mayor Griffin

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • White Line Fever

    Prosecutor

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Race with the Devil

    Sheriff Taylor

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Baretta

    - It's Hard But It's Fair (1977) ... actor actors
    1975
  • Starsky & Hutch

    - Huggy Bear and the Turkey (1977) ... 'Dad' Watson actor actors
    1975
  • Reflections of Murder

    Mr. Turner

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Manhunter

    Henry Stratemeyer

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • The Legend of Hillbilly John

    Bristowe

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • My Name Is Nobody

    Honest John

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Running Wild

    Bull

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • White Lightning

    Big Bear

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    Ollinger

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Prologue to Wounded Knee

    Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Cotter

    Jack

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • The Century Turns

    Ben Ritt

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • The Final Comedown

    Mr. Freeman

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

    Clell Miller

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Justin Morgan Had a Horse

    Squire Fisk

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • J.W. Coop

    Jim Sawyer

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • Cannon

    - He Who Digs a Grave (2) (1973) ... actor actors

    - He Who Digs a Grave (1) (1973) ... actor actors

    - A Lonely Place to Die (1971) ... actor actors
    1971
  • The Great White Hope

    Captain Dan

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • The McMasters

    Watson

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • The Ballad of Cable Hogue

    Quittner

    actor

    actors
    1970
  • 80 Steps to Jonah

    Mackray

    actor

    actors
    1969
  • Hawaii Five-O

    - The Double Wall (1970) ... Warden actor actors

    - The Box (1969) ... Capt. Wade actor actors
    1968
  • The High Chaparral

    - Wind (1970) ... Ed Henderson actor actors
    1967
  • The Invaders

    - The Life Seekers (1968) ... Police Capt. Bill Battersea actor actors

    - Panic (1967) ... Gus Flagg actor actors
    1967
  • El Dorado

    Kevin MacDonald

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Major Dundee

    Reverend Dahlstrom

    actor

    actors
    1965
  • The F.B.I.

    - Blood Verdict (1967) ... George David Owens actor actors

    - The Extortionist (1967) ... Ed Cray actor actors

    - A Mouthful of Dust (1965) ... Sheriff Crowley actor actors
    1965
  • The Big Valley

    - My Son, My Son (1965) ... Wallace Miles actor actors
    1965
  • Calhoun

    Zac Laird

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • He Rides Tall

    Joshua 'Josh' McCloud

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Daniel Boone

    - The Flaming Rocks (1968) ... Joseph Garth actor actors

    - The Wolf Man (1967) ... Jarvis actor actors
    1964
  • The Fugitive

    - All the Scared Rabbits (1965) ... Marshal Matt Peters actor actors

    - Corner of Hell (1965) ... Tully Gage actor actors

    - The Other Side of the Mountain (1963) ... Sheriff Bradley actor actors
    1963
  • Ride the High Country

    Joshua Knudsen

    actor

    actors
    1962
  • The Virginian

    - The Girl on the Pinto (1967) ... Frederick Harley actor actors

    - The Small Parade (1963) ... Ben Winters actor actors
    1962
  • The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    - Terror in Northfield (1963) ... John Cooley actor actors

    - Final Vow (1962) ... William Downey actor actors
    1962
  • The Man Who Found the Money

    Captain Bone

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Ten Who Dared

    Oramel Howland

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Fugitive Kind

    Sheriff Jordan Talbott

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • The Andy Griffith Show

    - Ellie Saves a Female (1961) ... Farmer Flint actor actors
    1960
  • No Name on the Bullet

    Asa Canfield

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Rawhide

    - Six Weeks to Bent Fork (1965) ... Sheriff John Keeley actor actors

    - Incident of the Lost Woman (1962) ... Gantry Hobson actor actors

    - Incident of the 100 Amulets (1960) ... Burke actor actors

    - Incident of the Dog Days (1959) ... Enoch Talby actor actors
    1959
  • Bonanza

    - The Last Mission (1966) ... Col. Keith Jarrell actor actors

    - The Horse Breaker (1961) ... Nathan Clay actor actors

    - The Phillip Diedesheimer Story (1959) ... Andrew Holloway actor actors
    1959
  • The Twilight Zone

    - Nothing in the Dark (1962) ... Contractor actor actors
    1959
  • Never Love a Stranger

    Flix

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • From Hell to Texas

    Hunter Boyd

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • Wanted: Dead or Alive

    - The Tyrant (1959) ... Asa Wynter actor actors
    1958
  • The Texan

    - Letter of the Law (1959) ... Big Sam Aldridge actor actors

    - Desert Passage (1958) ... Cliff Clifford actor actors
    1958
  • Lawman

    - Battle Scar (1959) ... Major Ben Rogers actor actors
    1958
  • The Rifleman

    - The Marshal (1958) ... Sheriff Fred Tomlinson actor actors

    - The Sharpshooter (1958) ... Sheriff Tomlinson actor actors
    1958
  • A Face in the Crowd

    Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Perry Mason

    - The Case of the Stand-In Sister (1962) ... John Gregory actor actors

    - The Case of the Petulant Partner (1959) ... Harry Bright actor actors

    - The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde (1958) ... Matthew Bartlett actor actors
    1957
  • Wagon Train

    - The Shiloh Degnan Story (1962) ... General Kirby actor actors

    - The Charley Shutup Story (1962) ... John Muskie actor actors
    1957
  • Maverick

    - The People's Friend (1960) ... Wellington Cosgrove actor actors

    - The Saga of Waco Williams (1959) ... Wellington Cosgrove actor actors
    1957
  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    - Deliver the Body (1958) ... Mayor Lovett actor actors

    - Killer's Widow (1958) ... actor actors
    1957
  • Baby Doll

    Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    - Let the Man Die (1958) ... Sheriff Les Houghton actor actors

    - The Sharpshooter (1958) ... Sheriff Fred Tomlinson actor actors
    1956
  • Gunsmoke

    - Stranger in Town (1967) ... Carl Anderson actor actors

    - The Lady (1965) ... Jud Briar actor actors

    - With a Smile (1963) ... Major actor actors

    - Indian Ford (1961) ... Capt. Benter actor actors
    1955
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    - What Frightened You, Fred? (1962) ... Fred Riordan actor actors

    - The Man Who Found the Money (1960) ... Captain Bone actor actors
    1955
  • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

    - Casey and the Clowns (1961) ... actor actors
    1955
  • Cheyenne

    - The Return of Mr. Grimm (1961) ... Nathanael Grimm actor actors

    - Alibi for the Scalped Man (1960) ... actor actors
    1955
  • Garden of Eden

    J. Randolph Latimore

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Wonderful World of Disney

    - Justin Morgan had a Horse (2) (1972) ... Squire Fisk actor actors

    - Texas John Slaughter: A Holster Full of Law (1961) ... Billy Soto actor actors

    - Elfago Baca: The Griswold Murder (1959) ... Jack O'Neal actor actors
    1954
  • Lassie

    - Price of Wisdom (1969) ... actor actors
    1954

• crew (1 credits)

  • The Hottest State

    thanks

    crew
    2007