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R.G. Armstrong

Robert Golden Armstrong Jr. was an American character actor and playwright. A veteran performer who appeared in dozens of Westerns during his 40-year career, he may be best remembered for his work with director Sam Peckinpah.


Aliases
  • Robert Golden Armstrong Jr.
English

Predator

1987
as Major General Homer Phillips

My Name Is Nobody

1973
as Honest John

Where the Buffalo Roam

1980
as Judge Simpson

Raggedy Man

1981
as Rigby

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979
as Mr. Hemmings

Payback

1995
as Mac

The Great White Hope

1970
as Captain Dan

J.W. Coop

1972
as Jim Sawyer

The Pack

1977
as Cobb

The Shadow Riders

1982
as Sheriff Miles Gillette

El Dorado

1966
as Kevin MacDonald

Dick Tracy

1990
as Pruneface

Major Dundee

1965
as Reverend Dahlstrom

Go West, Young Man!

2003
as R.G. Armstrong

Ride the High Country

1962
as Joshua Knudsen

The Beast Within

1982
as Doc Schoonmaker

No Name on the Bullet

1959
as Asa Canfield

Sam Peckinpah: Portrait

2006
as R.G. Armstrong

LBJ: The Early Years

1987
as Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr.

Jocks

1986
as Coach Bettlebom

Heaven Can Wait

1978
as General Manager

Calhoun

1964
as Zac Laird

Cotter

1973
as Jack

Race with the Devil

1975
as Sheriff Taylor

The Time Machine

1978
as Gen. Harris

Evilspeak

1981
as Sarge

Ten Who Dared

1960
as Oramel Howland

The Car

1977
as Amos Clements

From Hell to Texas

1958
as Hunter Boyd

Bulletproof

1988
as Miles Blackburn

Texas Detour

1978
as Sheriff Burt

Don't Look Back

1996
as Parish

He Rides Tall

1964
as Joshua 'Josh' McCloud

Dixie Dynamite

1976
as Charlie White - Bank President

Lone Wolf McQuade

1983
as T. Tyler

Ghetto Blaster

1989
as Curtis

Trapper County War

1989
as Pop Luddigger

Purgatory

1999
as Coachman

Invasion of Privacy

1996
as Sam Logan - Storekeeper

Reflections of Murder

1974
as Mr. Turner

The Best of Times

1986
as Schutte

Oceans of Fire

1986
as Rusty West

The McMasters

1970
as Watson

Stay Hungry

1976
as Thor Erickson

The Fugitive Kind

1960
as Sheriff Jordan Talbott

Hammett

1982
as Lt. O'Mara

Keeper of Souls

2001
as Edward Sloan

T.H.E. Cat

1966
as Police Capt. McAllister

Camper John

1973
as Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'

White Line Fever

1975
as Prosecutor

The Legend of the Golden Gun

1979
as Judge Harrison Harding

White Lightning

1973
as Big Bear

Reds

1981
as Agent

80 Steps to Jonah

1969
as Mackray

Boss Nigger

1975
as Mayor Griffin

Guest Star

Episode Walker, Texas Ranger
The Reunion (1)
1994
Episode Daniel Boone
The Flaming Rocks
1968
Episode Hawaii Five-O
The Double Wall
1970
Episode Millennium
Owls (1)
1998
Episode Riverboat
A Night At Trapper's Landing
1959
Episode Cannon
He Who Digs a Grave (1)
1973
Episode Wagon Train
The Charley Shutup Story
1962
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Man Who Found the Money
1960
Episode Cannon
He Who Digs a Grave (2)
1973
Episode The F.B.I.
The Extortionist
1967
Episode Rawhide
Six Weeks to Bent Fork
1965
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Petulant Partner
1959
Episode L.A. Law
Where There's a Will
1993
Episode The Californians
The Street
1958
Episode McMillan and Wife
Downshift to Danger
1974
Episode Skag
The Wildcatters
1980
Episode The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Terror in Northfield
1963
Episode The Invaders
The Life Seekers
1968
Episode Fantasy Island
The Chain Gang / The Boss
1979
Episode Bat Masterson
No Amnesty for Death
1961
Episode Gunsmoke
Which Doctor
1966
Episode Maverick
The Saga of Waco Williams
1959
Episode Gunsmoke
The Lady
1965
Episode Walker, Texas Ranger
The Reunion (2)
1994
Episode Rawhide
Incident of the 100 Amulets
1960
Episode The Dukes of Hazzard
Ding, Dong, the Boss is Dead
1983
Episode Run for Your Life
This Town for Sale
1965
Episode Trapper John, M.D.
This Gland is Your Gland
1984
Episode The Fugitive
The Other Side of the Mountain
1963
Episode Gunsmoke
Indian Ford
1961
Episode The Texan
Desert Passage
1958
Episode The Fugitive
Corner of Hell
1965
Episode The Fugitive
All the Scared Rabbits
1965
Episode Sugarfoot
The Hunted
1958
Episode Rawhide
Incident of the Lost Woman
1962
Episode Cheyenne
Alibi for the Scalped Man
1960
Episode Trapper John, M.D.
Creepy Time Gal
1981
Episode Rawhide
Incident of the Dog Days
1959
Episode The F.B.I.
A Mouthful of Dust
1965
Episode Millennium
Roosters (2)
1998
Episode Zane Grey Theater
The Sharpshooter
1958
Episode Black Saddle
Client: Dawes
1959
Episode The Felony Squad
Time of Trial
1967
Episode Darkroom
The Bogeyman Will Get You
1981
Episode Gunsmoke
Stranger in Town
1967
Episode Ellery Queen
The Adventure of the Disappearing Dagger
1976
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
Deliver the Body
1958
Episode Kraft Suspense Theatre
My Enemy, This Town
1964
Episode RiffTrax
Predator
2007
Episode The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Turkey Shoot
1967
Episode Matt Houston
Caged
1984
Episode Lawman
Battle Scar
1959
Episode Vega$
Demand and Supply
1979
Episode Cannon
A Lonely Place to Die
1971
Episode The Rifleman
The Sharpshooter
1958
Episode Maverick
The People's Friend
1960
Episode Manhunter
Trackdown
1974
Episode The Wide Country
Don't Cry For Johnny Devlin
1963
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Stand-In Sister
1962
Episode SurfSide 6
Midnight for Prince Charming
1962
Episode Gunsmoke
With a Smile
1963
Episode Lawman
The Brand Release
1959
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
Killer's Widow
1958
Episode Quantum Leap
A Single Drop of Rain
1991
Episode The Tall Man
Bitter Ashes
1960
Episode Beauty and the Beast
A Kingdom by the Sea
1989
Episode Cheyenne
The Return of Mr. Grimm
1961
Episode The Time Tunnel
The Death Trap
1966
Episode L.A. Law
Second Time Around
1992
Episode The Twilight Zone
Nothing in the Dark
1962
Episode Hawaii Five-O
The Box
1969
Episode The Virginian
The Small Parade
1963
Episode Dynasty
The Cliff
1982
Episode Sugarfoot
The Giant Killer
1959
Episode Dynasty
The Plea
1982
Episode The Texan
Letter of the Law
1959
Episode Millennium
Beware of the Dog
1997
Episode Starsky & Hutch
Huggy Bear and the Turkey
1977
Episode Dynasty
The Roof
1982
Episode Matlock
The Hunting Party (1)
1989
Episode The Westerner
School Days
1960
Episode The F.B.I.
Blood Verdict
1967
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde
1958
Episode Wagon Train
The Shiloh Degnan Story
1962
Episode Dynasty
The Wedding
1982
Episode Alias Smith and Jones
The Bounty Hunter
1971
Episode The Californians
Dishonor for Matt Wayne
1958
Episode The Rifleman
The Marshal
1958
Episode Baretta
It's Hard But It's Fair
1977
Episode Code Red
Trapped by Time
1982
Episode Zane Grey Theater
Let The Man Die
1958
Episode Cybill
See Jeff Jump, Jump, Jeff, Jump!
1995
Episode The Andy Griffith Show
Ellie Saves a Female
1961
Episode The Invaders
Panic
1967
Episode Trapper John, M.D.
Eternally Yours
1984
Episode Charlie's Angels
Of Ghosts and Angels
1980
Episode Bronco
The Turning Point
1958
Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
What Frightened You, Fred?
1962
Episode The Dukes of Hazzard
Witness for the Persecution
1979
Episode Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Tyrant
1959