R.G. Armstrong

R.G. Armstrong

ActorCrew Apr 7 (died age 95) Birmingham, Alabama, USA 1953–2024 (71 year career)

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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

Predator

Predator

Major General Homer Phillips

My Name Is Nobody

My Name Is Nobody

Honest John

El Dorado

El Dorado

Kevin MacDonald

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Ollinger

A Face in the Crowd

A Face in the Crowd

Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

Pruneface

Reds

Reds

Government Agent

Children of the Corn

Children of the Corn

Diehl

Filmography

Acting (165)

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Movies (88)

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

as Self

Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film

as Self

Sam Peckinpah: Portrait

as Self

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

as Self

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

as Self

Keeper of Souls

Keeper of Souls

Purgatory

Purgatory

as Coachman

The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

as Old Man

Invasion of Privacy

Invasion of Privacy

as Sam Logan - Storekeeper

Don't Look Back

Don't Look Back

as Parish

Payback

Payback

as Mac

Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion

Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion

as Retired Texas Ranger

Dead Center

Dead Center

as Art Fencer

Warlock: The Armageddon

Warlock: The Armageddon

as Franks

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

as Self

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

as Pruneface

Ghetto Blaster

Ghetto Blaster

as Curtis

Trapper County War

Trapper County War

as Pop Luddigger

Bulletproof

Bulletproof

as Miles Blackburn

Predator

Predator

as Major General Homer Phillips

LBJ: The Early Years

LBJ: The Early Years

as Samuel Ealey Johnson

Independence

as Uriah Creed

Oceans of Fire

Oceans of Fire

as Rusty West

Jocks

Jocks

as Bettlebom

Red Headed Stranger

Red Headed Stranger

as Sheriff Reese Scoby

The Best of Times

The Best of Times

as Schutte

Children of the Corn

Children of the Corn

as Diehl

Lone Wolf McQuade

Lone Wolf McQuade

as T. Tyler

The Beast Within

The Beast Within

as Doc Schoonmaker

Hammett

Hammett

as Lt. O'Mara

The Shadow Riders

The Shadow Riders

as Sheriff Miles Gillette

Reds

Reds

as Government Agent

Raggedy Man

Raggedy Man

as Rigby

Evilspeak

Evilspeak

as Sarge

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

as Dempsey

Where the Buffalo Roam

Where the Buffalo Roam

as Judge Simpson

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

as Mr. Hemmings

Steel

Steel

as Kellin

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

as Leland Stanford

The Legend of the Golden Gun

The Legend of the Golden Gun

as Judge Harrison Harding

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

as Al Barber

Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait

as General Manager

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

as Dunworth

The Time Machine

The Time Machine

as Gen. Harris

Texas Detour

Texas Detour

as Sheriff Burt

The Car

The Car

as Amos Clements

The Pack

The Pack

as Cobb

Mr. Billion

Mr. Billion

as Sheriff T.C. Bishop

Dixie Dynamite

Dixie Dynamite

as Charlie White - Bank President

Stay Hungry

Stay Hungry

as Thor Erickson

Kingston

Kingston

as Father Reardon

White Line Fever

White Line Fever

as Prosecutor

Mean Johnny Barrows

Mean Johnny Barrows

as Richard

Race with the Devil

Race with the Devil

as Sheriff Taylor

Boss Nigger

Boss Nigger

as Mayor Griffin

Manhunter

Manhunter

as Henry Stratemeyer

Reflections of Murder

Reflections of Murder

as Mr. Turner

The Legend of Hillbilly John

The Legend of Hillbilly John

as Bristowe

White Lightning

White Lightning

as Big Bear

My Name Is Nobody

My Name Is Nobody

as Honest John

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

as Ollinger

Cotter

Cotter

as Jack

Running Wild

Running Wild

as Bull

Prologue to Wounded Knee

Prologue to Wounded Knee

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

J.W. Coop

J.W. Coop

as Jim Sawyer

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

as Clell Miller

The Final Comedown

The Final Comedown

as Mr. Freeman

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

as Squire Fisk

The Century Turns

The Century Turns

as Ben Ritt

Tiger by the Tail

Tiger by the Tail

as Ben Holmes

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

as Quittner

The Great White Hope

The Great White Hope

as Captain Dan

The McMasters

The McMasters

as Watson

80 Steps to Jonah

80 Steps to Jonah

as Mackray

El Dorado

El Dorado

as Kevin MacDonald

Major Dundee

Major Dundee

as Reverend Dahlstrom

Calhoun

Calhoun

as Zac Laird

He Rides Tall

He Rides Tall

as Joshua 'Josh' McCloud

Ride the High Country

Ride the High Country

as Joshua Knudsen

The Fugitive Kind

The Fugitive Kind

as Sheriff Jordan Talbott

Ten Who Dared

Ten Who Dared

as Oramel Howland

The Man Who Found the Money

The Man Who Found the Money

as Captain Bone

No Name on the Bullet

No Name on the Bullet

as Asa Canfield

From Hell to Texas

From Hell to Texas

as Hunter Boyd

Never Love a Stranger

Never Love a Stranger

as Flix

A Face in the Crowd

A Face in the Crowd

as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

Baby Doll

Baby Doll

as Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)

Garden of Eden

Garden of Eden

as J. Randolph Latimore

Television (77)

Millennium

Millennium

as The Old Man

Cybill

Cybill

as Stitch Sullivan

Walker, Texas Ranger

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Frank Dodge

Quantum Leap

Quantum Leap

as Davison

Friday the 13th: The Series

Friday the 13th: The Series

as Lewis Vendredi

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

L.A. Law

L.A. Law

as Frank Osgood

Matlock

Matlock

as Sheriff Dalton Parks

Matt Houston

Matt Houston

Dynasty

Dynasty

Darkroom

Darkroom

Code Red

Code Red

Skag

Trapper John, M.D.

Trapper John, M.D.

Vega$

Vega$

Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels

as Sebastian Craig

Starsky & Hutch

Starsky & Hutch

as 'Dad' Watson

Baretta

Baretta

Switch

Switch

as Detective Wills

The Manhunter

The Manhunter

Movin' On

Movin' On

The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense

Cannon

Cannon

McMillan & Wife

McMillan & Wife

as Sheriff Farraday

Alias Smith and Jones

Alias Smith and Jones

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

as Capt. Wade

Lancer

Lancer

Here Come the Brides

Here Come the Brides

The Invaders

The Invaders

as Gus Flagg

The High Chaparral

The High Chaparral

as Ed Henderson

The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Cimarron Strip

Cimarron Strip

Custer

Custer

The Time Tunnel

The Time Tunnel

as Allan Pinkerton

Felony Squad

Felony Squad

T.H.E. Cat

T.H.E. Cat

as Police Capt. McAllister

T.H.E. Cat

T.H.E. Cat

as Capt. McAllister

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

as Sheriff Crowley

The Big Valley

The Big Valley

as Wallace Miles

Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life

as Edward Loomis

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

as Jarvis

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

as Sheriff Bradley

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as William Downey

The Virginian

The Virginian

as Ben Winters

87th Precinct

87th Precinct

as Franklin Phelps

Everglades

Everglades

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show

as Farmer Flint

The Tall Man

The Tall Man

Surfside 6

Surfside 6

as Paul Wyatt

The Westerner

The Westerner

as Shell Davidson

Bonanza

Bonanza

as Andrew Holloway

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

as Contractor

Rawhide

Rawhide

as Enoch Talby

Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky

Riverboat

Riverboat

as Rothgate

Black Saddle

Black Saddle

as Ben Dawes

The Rifleman

The Rifleman

as Sheriff Tomlinson

Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson

as Marshal William MacWilliams

Lawman

Lawman

as Major Ben Rogers

Bronco

Bronco

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Asa Wynter

The Texan

The Texan

Jefferson Drum

as Kreiger

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

as Matthew Bartlett

Maverick

Maverick

as Wellington Cosgrove

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

Wagon Train

Wagon Train

as John Muskie

Sugarfoot

Sugarfoot

as Clay Calhoun

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Sheriff Fred Tomlinson

Cheyenne

Cheyenne

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Captain Bone

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

as Capt. Benter

Lassie

Lassie

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Jack O'Neal

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

as Jerry Boynton

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

The Hottest State

The Hottest State

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