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.
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Acting History
2024
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western as Self
2014Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film as Self
2006Sam Peckinpah: Portrait as Self
2005Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah as Self
2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self
2001Keeper of Souls
1999Purgatory as Coachman
1998The Man in the Iron Mask as Old Man
1996Invasion of Privacy as Sam Logan - Storekeeper
1996Millennium as The Old Man
1996Don't Look Back as Parish
1995Payback as Mac
1995Cybill as Stitch Sullivan
1994Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion as Retired Texas Ranger
1994Dead Center as Art Fencer
1993Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron as Self
1993Warlock: The Armageddon as Franks
1993Walker, Texas Ranger as Frank Dodge
1990Dick Tracy as Pruneface
1989Ghetto Blaster as Curtis
1989Quantum Leap as Davison
1989Trapper County War as Pop Luddigger
1988Bulletproof as Miles Blackburn
1987Friday the 13th: The Series as Lewis Vendredi
1987Beauty and the Beast
1987Predator as Major General Homer Phillips
1987Independence as Uriah Creed
1987LBJ: The Early Years as Samuel Ealey Johnson
1986Jocks as Bettlebom
1986Red Headed Stranger as Sheriff Reese Scoby
1986Oceans of Fire as Rusty West
1986L.A. Law as Frank Osgood
1986Matlock as Sheriff Dalton Parks
1986The Best of Times as Schutte
1984Children of the Corn as Diehl
1983Lone Wolf McQuade as T. Tyler
1982The Shadow Riders as Sheriff Miles Gillette
1982Matt Houston
1982Hammett as Lt. O'Mara
1982The Beast Within as Doc Schoonmaker
1981Reds as Government Agent
1981Darkroom
1981The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper as Dempsey
1981Code Red
1981Raggedy Man as Rigby
1981Evilspeak as Sarge
1981Dynasty
1980Where the Buffalo Roam as Judge Simpson
1980Skag
1979The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang as Leland Stanford
1979Steel as Kellin
1979Trapper John, M.D.
1979The Legend of the Golden Gun as Judge Harrison Harding
1979Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider as Al Barber
1979Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff as Mr. Hemmings
1978The Time Machine as Gen. Harris
1978Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell as Dunworth
1978Vega$
1978Heaven Can Wait as General Manager
1978Texas Detour as Sheriff Burt
1977The Pack as Cobb
1977The Car as Amos Clements
1977Mr. Billion as Sheriff T.C. Bishop
1977Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1976Charlie's Angels as Sebastian Craig
1976Kingston as Father Reardon
1976Dixie Dynamite as Charlie White - Bank President
1976Stay Hungry as Thor Erickson
1975Mean Johnny Barrows as Richard
1975Starsky & Hutch as 'Dad' Watson
1975Switch as Detective Wills
1975Boss Nigger as Mayor Griffin
1975White Line Fever as Prosecutor
1975Race with the Devil as Sheriff Taylor
1975Baretta
1974Reflections of Murder as Mr. Turner
1974Movin' On
1974The Manhunter
1974Manhunter as Henry Stratemeyer
1974The Legend of Hillbilly John as Bristowe
1973My Name Is Nobody as Honest John
1973Running Wild as Bull
1973White Lightning as Big Bear
1973Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Ollinger
1973Prologue to Wounded Knee as Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'
1973Cotter as Jack
1972The Century Turns as Ben Ritt
1972The Final Comedown as Mr. Freeman
1972The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid as Clell Miller
1972Justin Morgan Had a Horse as Squire Fisk
1972The Sixth Sense
1972J.W. Coop as Jim Sawyer
1971McMillan & Wife as Sheriff Farraday
1971Cannon
1971Alias Smith and Jones
1970The Great White Hope as Captain Dan
1970The McMasters as Watson
1970The Ballad of Cable Hogue as Quittner
1970Tiger by the Tail as Ben Holmes
196980 Steps to Jonah as Mackray
1968Here Come the Brides
1968Lancer
1968Hawaii Five-O as Capt. Wade
1968Hawaii Five-O as Warden
1967The High Chaparral as Ed Henderson
1967The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967Cimarron Strip
1967Custer
1967The Invaders as Gus Flagg
1967The Invaders as Police Capt. Bill Battersea
1966El Dorado as Kevin MacDonald
1966T.H.E. Cat as Police Capt. McAllister
1966T.H.E. Cat as Capt. McAllister
1966Felony Squad
1966The Time Tunnel as Allan Pinkerton
1965The F.B.I. as Sheriff Crowley
1965The F.B.I. as Ed Cray
1965The F.B.I. as George David Owens
1965The Big Valley as Wallace Miles
1965Run for Your Life as Edward Loomis
1965Major Dundee as Reverend Dahlstrom
1964Daniel Boone as Jarvis
1964Daniel Boone as Joseph Garth
1964Calhoun as Zac Laird
1964He Rides Tall as Joshua 'Josh' McCloud
1963The Fugitive as Tully Gage
1963The Fugitive as Marshal Matt Peters
1963The Fugitive as Sheriff Bradley
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as William Downey
1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as John Cooley
1962The Virginian as Ben Winters
1962The Virginian as Frederick Harley
1962Ride the High Country as Joshua Knudsen
1961Everglades
196187th Precinct as Franklin Phelps
1960The Man Who Found the Money as Captain Bone
1960Ten Who Dared as Oramel Howland
1960Surfside 6 as Paul Wyatt
1960The Andy Griffith Show as Farmer Flint
1960The Westerner as Shell Davidson
1960The Tall Man
1960The Fugitive Kind as Sheriff Jordan Talbott
1959Mr. Lucky
1959The Twilight Zone as Contractor
1959Riverboat as Rothgate
1959Bonanza as Nathan Clay
1959Bonanza as Andrew Holloway
1959Bonanza as Col. Keith Jarrell
1959No Name on the Bullet as Asa Canfield
1959Black Saddle as Ben Dawes
1959Rawhide as Enoch Talby
1959Rawhide as Gantry Hobson
1959Rawhide as Sheriff John Keeley
1959Rawhide as Burke
1958Bat Masterson as Marshal William MacWilliams
1958Lawman as Major Ben Rogers
1958The Rifleman as Sheriff Tomlinson
1958The Rifleman as Sheriff Fred Tomlinson
1958The Texan
1958The Texan as Big Sam Aldridge
1958Bronco
1958Wanted: Dead or Alive as Asa Wynter
1958Never Love a Stranger as Flix
1958From Hell to Texas as Hunter Boyd
1958Jefferson Drum as Kreiger
1957Maverick as Wellington Cosgrove
1957Perry Mason as Matthew Bartlett
1957Perry Mason as Harry Bright
1957Perry Mason as John Gregory
1957Wagon Train as John Muskie
1957Wagon Train as General Kirby
1957Sugarfoot as Clay Calhoun
1957Sugarfoot as Lou Stoner
1957Have Gun, Will Travel
1957Have Gun, Will Travel as Mayor Lovett
1957A Face in the Crowd as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
1956Baby Doll as Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sheriff Fred Tomlinson
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sheriff Les Houghton
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Captain Bone
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Fred Riordan
1955Cheyenne
1955Cheyenne as Nathanael Grimm
1955Gunsmoke as Capt. Benter
1955Gunsmoke as Major
1955Gunsmoke as Jud Briar
1955Gunsmoke as Carl Anderson
1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as Billy Soto
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as Jack O'Neal
1954The Wonderful World of Disney as Squire Fisk
1954Lassie
1954Garden of Eden as J. Randolph Latimore
1953General Electric Theater as Jerry Boynton