R.G. Armstrong
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.
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Movies (90)
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
2024 · Self
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film
2014 · Self
The Hottest State
2007 · Thanks
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
2006 · Self
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005 · Self
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004 · Self
Keeper of Souls
2001 · Edward Sloan
Purgatory
1999 · Coachman
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998 · Old Man
Invasion of Privacy
1996 · Sam Logan - Storekeeper
Don't Look Back
1996 · Parish
Payback
1995 · Mac
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion
1994 · Retired Texas Ranger
Dead Center
1994 · Art Fencer
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993 · Self
Warlock: The Armageddon
1993 · Franks
Dick Tracy
1990 · Pruneface
Ghetto Blaster
1989 · Curtis
Trapper County War
1989 · Pop Luddigger
Bulletproof
1988 · Miles Blackburn
Predator
1987 · Major General Homer Phillips
Independence
1987 · Uriah Creed
LBJ: The Early Years
1987 · Samuel Ealey Johnson
Jocks
1986 · Bettlebom
Red Headed Stranger
1986 · Sheriff Reese Scoby
Oceans of Fire
1986 · Rusty West
The Best of Times
1986 · Schutte
Children of the Corn
1984 · Diehl
Lone Wolf McQuade
1983 · T. Tyler
The Shadow Riders
1982 · Sheriff Miles Gillette
Hammett
1982 · Lt. O'Mara
The Beast Within
1982 · Doc Schoonmaker
Reds
1981 · Government Agent
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
1981 · Dempsey
Raggedy Man
1981 · Rigby
Evilspeak
1981 · Sarge
Where the Buffalo Roam
1980 · Judge Simpson
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979 · Leland Stanford
Steel
1979 · Kellin
The Legend of the Golden Gun
1979 · Judge Harrison Harding
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
1979 · Al Barber
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979 · Mr. Hemmings
The Time Machine
1978 · Gen. Harris
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
1978 · Dunworth
Heaven Can Wait
1978 · General Manager
Texas Detour
1978 · Sheriff Burt
The Pack
1977 · Cobb
The Car
1977 · Amos Clements
Mr. Billion
1977 · Sheriff T.C. Bishop
Kingston
1976 · Father Reardon
Dixie Dynamite
1976 · Charlie White - Bank President
Stay Hungry
1976 · Thor Erickson
Mean Johnny Barrows
1975 · Richard
Boss Nigger
1975 · Mayor Griffin
White Line Fever
1975 · Prosecutor
Race with the Devil
1975 · Sheriff Taylor
Reflections of Murder
1974 · Mr. Turner
Manhunter
1974 · Henry Stratemeyer
The Legend of Hillbilly John
1974 · Bristowe
My Name Is Nobody
1973 · Honest John
Running Wild
1973 · Bull
White Lightning
1973 · Big Bear
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 · Ollinger
Prologue to Wounded Knee
1973 · Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'
Cotter
1973 · Jack
The Century Turns
1972 · Ben Ritt
The Final Comedown
1972 · Mr. Freeman
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972 · Clell Miller
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
1972 · Squire Fisk
J.W. Coop
1972 · Jim Sawyer
The Great White Hope
1970 · Captain Dan
The McMasters
1970 · Watson
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970 · Quittner
Tiger by the Tail
1970 · Ben Holmes
80 Steps to Jonah
1969 · Mackray
El Dorado
1966 · Kevin MacDonald
Major Dundee
1965 · Reverend Dahlstrom
Calhoun
1964 · Zac Laird
He Rides Tall
1964 · Joshua 'Josh' McCloud
Ride the High Country
1962 · Joshua Knudsen
The Man Who Found the Money
1960 · Captain Bone
Ten Who Dared
1960 · Oramel Howland
The Fugitive Kind
1960 · Sheriff Jordan Talbott
No Name on the Bullet
1959 · Asa Canfield
Never Love a Stranger
1958 · Flix
From Hell to Texas
1958 · Hunter Boyd
A Face in the Crowd
1957 · Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
Baby Doll
1956 · Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)
Garden of Eden
1954 · J. Randolph Latimore
Stockers
· Mr. Fisk
TV shows (77)
Millennium
1996 · The Old Man
Cybill
1995 · Stitch Sullivan
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Frank Dodge
Quantum Leap
1989 · Davison
War and Remembrance
1988 · 'Moose' Fitzgerald
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987 · Lewis Vendredi
Beauty and the Beast
1987 · Stanley Kazmarek
L.A. Law
1986 · Frank Osgood
Matlock
1986 · Sheriff Dalton Parks
Matt Houston
1982
Darkroom
1981 · Sheriff Dodson
Code Red
1981
Dynasty
1981
Skag
1980
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Vega$
1978
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Sebastian Craig
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · 'Dad' Watson
Switch
1975 · Detective Wills
Baretta
1975
Movin' On
1974
The Manhunter
1974 · Sheriff Mosley
The Sixth Sense
1972
McMillan & Wife
1971 · Sheriff Farraday
Cannon
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Capt. Wade, Warden
Here Come the Brides
1968
Lancer
1968
The High Chaparral
1967 · Ed Henderson
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
Custer
1967
The Invaders
1967 · Gus Flagg, Police Capt. Bill Battersea
T.H.E. Cat
1966 · Police Capt. McAllister, Capt. McAllister
Felony Squad
1966
The Time Tunnel
1966 · Allan Pinkerton
The F.B.I.
1965 · Sheriff Crowley, Ed Cray, George David Owens
The Big Valley
1965 · Wallace Miles
Run for Your Life
1965 · Edward Loomis
Daniel Boone
1964 · Jarvis, Joseph Garth
The Fugitive
1963 · Tully Gage, Marshal Matt Peters, Sheriff Bradley
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · William Downey, John Cooley
The Virginian
1962 · Ben Winters, Frederick Harley
Everglades
1961
87th Precinct
1961 · Franklin Phelps
Surfside 6
1960 · Paul Wyatt
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Farmer Flint
The Westerner
1960 · Shell Davidson
The Tall Man
1960
Mr. Lucky
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Contractor
Riverboat
1959 · Rothgate
Bonanza
1959 · Nathan Clay, Andrew Holloway, Col. Keith Jarrell
Black Saddle
1959 · Ben Dawes
Rawhide
1959 · Enoch Talby, Gantry Hobson, Sheriff John Keeley, Burke
Bat Masterson
1958 · Marshal William MacWilliams
Lawman
1958 · Major Ben Rogers
The Rifleman
1958 · Sheriff Tomlinson, Sheriff Fred Tomlinson
The Texan
1958 · Big Sam Aldridge, Cliff Clifford
Bronco
1958 · Reverend Hardin
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Asa Wynter
Jefferson Drum
1958 · Kreiger
Maverick
1957 · Wellington Cosgrove
Perry Mason
1957 · Matthew Bartlett, Harry Bright, John Gregory
Wagon Train
1957 · John Muskie, General Kirby
Sugarfoot
1957 · Clay Calhoun, Lou Stoner
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Mayor Lovett
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Fred Tomlinson, Sheriff Les Houghton
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Captain Bone, Fred Riordan
Cheyenne
1955 · Nathanael Grimm
Gunsmoke
1955 · Capt. Benter, Major, Jud Briar, Carl Anderson
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Billy Soto, Jack O'Neal, Squire Fisk
Lassie
1954
General Electric Theater
1953 · Jerry Boynton