Robert J. Wilke

Actor May 18 (died age 74) Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 1937–1987 (50 year career)

5.9 avg rating

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 …

Known For

Film

Spartacus

Guard captain

Film

The Magnificent Seven

Wallace

Film

High Noon

Jim Pierce

Film

Days of Heaven

The Farm Foreman

Film

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

First Mate of the Nautilus

Film

From Here to Eternity

Sgt. Henderson (uncredited)

Film

Stripes

Gen. Barnicke

Film

Written on the Wind

Dan Willis

Filmography

Acting (194)

Movies (124)

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Stripes

1981

as Gen. Barnicke

6.6

The Sweet Creek County War

Days of Heaven

as The Farm Foreman

Wild and Wooly

as Demas Scott

Santee

as Deaks (as Robert Wilke

5.4

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

as The Sheriff

The Rookies

as Officer Shaw

The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler

as Hugh Fielding

A Gunfight

as Marshal Tom Cater

They Call It Murder

as Sheriff Rex Brandon

5.4

The Cheyenne Social Club

1970

as Corey Bannister

6.3

The Desperate Mission

as Gant

Tony Rome

as Ralph Turpin

Smoky

as Jeff Nicks

The Magnificent Stranger

1966

as Sheriff McVey

6.7

The Hallelujah Trail

1965

as Chief Five Barrels

Fate Is the Hunter

as Stillman

Shock Treatment

as Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke)

The Gun Hawk

as Johnny Flanders

The Long Rope

as Ben Matthews

The Magnificent Seven

as Wallace

Spartacus

as Guard captain

The Slowest Gun in the West

1960

as Billy the Kid Blake

2.0

Never Steal Anything Small

as Lennie

Man of the West

as Ponch

Return to Warbow

as Red

The Tarnished Angels

as Hank

Night Passage

as Concho

Hot Summer Night

as Tom Ellis (as Robert Wilke)

Raw Edge

as Sile Doty

Written on the Wind

as Dan Willis

The Lone Ranger

as Cassidy

Backlash

as Jeff Welker

Canyon River

as Joe Graycoe

The Rawhide Years

as Neal (as Robert Wilke)

Gun the Man Down

as Matt Rankin

Shotgun

as Bentley (as Robert Wilke)

Wichita

as Ben Thompson

Smoke Signal

as Daly

Strange Lady in Town

as Karg

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1954

as First Mate of the Nautilus

The Far Country

as Madden

The Lone Gun

as Hort Moran (as Robert Wilke)

5.4

Two Guns and a Badge

1954

as Moore - Outlaw

From Here to Eternity

1953

as Sgt. Henderson (uncredited)

Arrowhead

as Sgt. Stone

Cow Country

as Sledge

War Paint

as Trooper Grady

High Noon

as Jim Pierce

Hellgate

as Sgt. Maj. Kearn

Cattle Town

as Keeno

The Maverick

as Massey

Fargo

1952

as Link - Henchman

6.5

The Las Vegas Story

1952

as Clayton (as Robert Wilke)

Road Agent

as Slab Babcock

Wyoming Roundup

as Wyatt - Henchman

Saddle Legion

as Henchman Hooker

Best of the Badmen

as Jim Younger

Overland Telegraph

as Bellew - Henchman (as Robert Wilke)

Gunplay

as Henchman Winslow

Vengeance Valley

as Cowhand (uncredited)

Hot Lead

as Stoney Dawson

Cyclone Fury

as Henchman Bunco (as Bob Wilke)

5.0

Pistol Harvest

1951

as Andy Baylor

5.2

Outcasts of Black Mesa

1950

as Curt - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)

Mule Train

1950

as Bradshaw - Henchman (uncredited)

The Desert Hawk

as Camel Driver

Across the Badlands

as Duke Jackson / Keno Jackson (as Bob Wilke)

Frontier Outpost

1950

as Krag Benson

The Wyoming Bandit

1949

as Sam

4.0

Coyote Canyon

1949

as Deputy Sheriff Ed (as Bob Wilkie)

Laramie

1949

as Cronin (uncredited)

6.5

Flaming Fury

1949

The Blonde Bandit

1949

as Police Det. Walker

5.8

Carson City Raiders

1948

as Ed Noble

Daredevils of the Clouds

as Joe

Homicide for Three

as Policeman

Twilight on the Rio Grande

as Henchman

The Ghost Goes Wild

as Burglar

Blackmail

as Policeman

Buck Privates Come Home

1947

as GI Buddy (uncredited)

6.3

Web of Danger

1947

as Station Wagon Driver

4.8

Law of the Canyon

1947

as Knife-Throwing Henchman (uncredited)

Rendezvous with Annie

1946

as MP (uncredited)

6.0

The Inner Circle

1946

as Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke)

Traffic in Crime

as Hogan's Driver

Badman's Territory

as Deputy Marshal (uncredited)

5.7

White Tie and Tails

1946

as Starter (uncredited)

7.0

The Catman of Paris

1946

as The Catman (uncredited)

5.4

Passkey to Danger

1946

as Police Sergeant

Sheriff of Cimarron

as Henchman Dobie

Sunset in El Dorado

as Curley Roberts

Trail of Kit Carson

as Dave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke)

Corpus Christi Bandits

1945

as Henchman Steve

Earl Carroll Vanities

1945

as Cab Driver

5.0

Hitchhike to Happiness

1945

as Stage Hand (uncredited)

5.0

Santa Fe Saddlemates

1945

as Rawhide

5.0

Bandits of the Badlands

1945

as Keller

3.5

Rough Riders of Cheyenne

1945

as Smoke - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)

Lone Texas Ranger

1945

as Henchman (uncredited)

6.0

Vigilantes of Dodge City

1944

as Bill

Sheriff of Sundown

1944

as Bradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)

Hidden Valley Outlaws

1944

as Rancher (uncredited)

San Antonio Kid

1944

as Henchman

Faces in the Fog

as Photographer

Call of the Rockies

as Deputy Jim

The Fighting Seabees

as Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)

6.2

Cowboy and the Senorita

1944

as Townsman (uncredited)

3.7

Code of the Prairie

1944

Bordertown Trail

1944

as Henchman

Whispering Footsteps

1943

as Bank Customer

5.0

Sierra Sue

1941

as Carnival Spectator (uncredited)

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

1941

as Cutter Helmsman

5.7

Adventures of Red Ryder

1940

as Henchman

5.5

Grand Ole Opry

1940

as Hillbilly (uncredited)

In Old Missouri

as Hillbilly

Star Reporter

as Reporter

Daredevils of the Red Circle

as G-Man

In Old Monterey

as Man on Wagon

S.O.S Tidal Wave

as Man in TV Studio

The Fighting Devil Dogs

1938

as Marine in Shanghai (uncredited)

6.0

San Quentin

1937

as Young Convict in Yard (uncredited)

6.5

That Man's Here Again

1937

as (uncredited)

5.0

Television (70)

Dallas

as Tom Owens

How the West Was Won

as Appleton

Starsky & Hutch

as Mac Johnson

Run, Joe, Run

Kung Fu

as Sgt. Bridger

Lancer

The Outcasts

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967

as Sheriff Dan Butler

Cimarron Strip

Rango

Tarzan

as Spooner

The Monroes

The Wild Wild West

as Maj. Gen. Titus Ord Baldwin

7.6

The Legend of Jesse James

1965

as Marshal Sam Corbett

Daniel Boone

as Toff

The Fugitive

as Johnny

The Dakotas

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Lou Sirotta

The Virginian

as Conrad

The Lucy Show

as Tom Carter

Sam Benedict

as Lt. Mike Radich

The Beachcomber

as Bill Winters

Target: The Corruptors!

My Three Sons

as Danny Donnigan

The Tall Man

as Marshal Ben Hartley

Outlaws

Stagecoach West

as Taylor Norman

The Westerner

as Murdo

Bonanza

as Brazos

Rawhide

as Sheriff McVey

The Untouchables

as Dutch Schultz

Adventures in Paradise

as Riker

Laramie

The Third Man

as Vince Gabriel

Bourbon Street Beat

The Deputy

as Ace Gentry

Riverboat

as Bolesy

Law of the Plainsman

as Amos Cameron

Wichita Town

The Rifleman

as Flory Sheltin

Bat Masterson

as Bull Kirby

77 Sunset Strip

as Vern Reece

Lawman

as Fallon - Bounty Hunter

5.6

Bronco

1958

5.9

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958

as Virgil

6.8

The Texan

1958

as Marshal Bart Pennock

Peter Gunn

Perry Mason

as Deputy Sheriff Connors

7.7

Maverick

1957

as McCabe

6.9

Have Gun, Will Travel

as Casey Bryan

Wagon Train

as Jabez Moore

Zorro

as Capt. Salvador Mendoza

Tombstone Territory

as Jess Caulfield

The Thin Man

The Walter Winchell File

1957

as Fisher

5.0

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Cheyenne

as Bob Manson

Gunsmoke

as Hickock

Screen Director's Playhouse

as Zecca

Lassie

as Mr. Corey

The Wonderful World of Disney

as Ben Tilton

Four Star Playhouse

as George

Adventures of Superman

1952

as Bingham

6.6

The Abbott and Costello Show

as Mike Brodie

Cavalcade of America

Boston Blackie

as Edgar

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

The Cisco Kid

as Henchman Vic

The Gene Autry Show

as Charlie Bolton

The Lone Ranger

as Henchman (uncredited)

6.8