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.
Filmography
all 166
Movies 91
TV Shows 75
self 7
Edward Sloan

Keeper of Souls (2001)
Movie
Coachman

Purgatory (1999)
Movie
Sam Logan - Storekeeper

Invasion of Privacy (1996)
Movie
The Old Man

Millennium (1996)
TV
6.43
Isaiah Parish

Don't Look Back (1996)
Movie
Retired Texas Ranger

Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion (1994)
Movie
Art Fencer

Dead Center (1994)
Movie
Frank Dodge

Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
TV
5.63
Pruneface

Dick Tracy (1990)
Movie
7
Davison

Quantum Leap (1989)
TV
5.84
Pop Luddigger

Trapper County War (1989)
Movie
Miles Blackburn

Bulletproof (1988)
Movie
Lewis Vendredi

Friday the 13th: The Series (1987)
TV
5.33
Major General Homer Phillips

Predator (1987)
Movie
5.94
Uriah Creed

Independence (1987)
Movie
Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr.

LBJ: The Early Years (1987)
Movie
Coach Bettlebom

Jocks (1986)
Movie
Sheriff Reese Scoby

Red Headed Stranger (1986)
Movie
Rusty West

Oceans of Fire (1986)
Movie
Frank Osgood

L.A. Law (1986)
TV
6
T. Tyler

Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
Movie
6
Sheriff Miles Gillette

The Shadow Riders (1982)
Movie
Lt. O'Mara

Hammett (1982)
Movie
Doc Schoonmaker

The Beast Within (1982)
Movie
Government Agent

Reds (1981)
Movie
5
Judge Simpson

Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
Movie
Leland Stanford

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979)
Movie
Kellin

Steel (1979)
Movie
Judge Harrison Harding

The Legend of the Golden Gun (1979)
Movie
Mr. Hemmings

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)
Movie
Gen. Harris

The Time Machine (1978)
Movie
General Manager

Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Movie
Sheriff Burt

Texas Detour (1978)
Movie
Amos Clements

The Car (1977)
Movie
Sheriff T.C. Bishop

Mr. Billion (1977)
Movie
Sebastian Craig

Charlie's Angels (1976)
TV
6.33
Father Reardon

Kingston (1976)
Movie
Charlie White - Bank President

Dixie Dynamite (1976)
Movie
Thor Erickson

Stay Hungry (1976)
Movie
'Dad' Watson

Starsky & Hutch (1975)
TV
10
Detective Wills

Switch (1975)
TV
Mayor Griffin

Boss Nigger (1975)
Movie
Prosecutor

White Line Fever (1975)
Movie
Sheriff Taylor

Race with the Devil (1975)
Movie
4
Mr. Turner

Reflections of Murder (1974)
Movie
Sheriff Mosley

The Manhunter (1974)
TV
Jim Sawyer

J.W. Coop (1974)
Movie
Henry Stratemeyer

Manhunter (1974)
Movie
Honest John

My Name Is Nobody (1973)
Movie
4
Big Bear

White Lightning (1973)
Movie
Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'

Prologue to Wounded Knee (1973)
Movie
Ben Ritt

The Century Turns (1972)
Movie
Mr. Freeman

The Final Comedown (1972)
Movie
Clell Miller

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972)
Movie
Squire Fisk

Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1972)
Movie
Sheriff Farraday

McMillan & Wife (1971)
TV
1
Cap'n Dan

The Great White Hope (1970)
Movie
Ben Holmes

Tiger by the Tail (1970)
Movie
Capt. Wade / Warden

Hawaii Five-O (1968)
TV
5.45
Ed Henderson

The High Chaparral (1967)
TV
6
Police Capt. Bill Battersea / Gus Flagg

The Invaders (1967)
TV
6
Kevin MacDonald

El Dorado (1966)
Movie
4.33
Police Capt. McAllister / Police Capt. McAllister / Capt. McAllister

T.H.E. Cat (1966)
TV
Allan Pinkerton

The Time Tunnel (1966)
TV
7
Sheriff Crowley / Ed Cray / George David Owens

The F.B.I. (1965)
TV
Wallace Miles

The Big Valley (1965)
TV
6.2
Edward Loomis

Run for Your Life (1965)
TV
Reverend Dahlstrom

Major Dundee (1965)
Movie
Jarvis / Joseph Garth

Daniel Boone (1964)
TV
5.75
Zac Laird

Calhoun (1964)
Movie
Josh McCloud

He Rides Tall (1964)
Movie
Tully Gage / Marshal Matt Peters / Sheriff Bradley

The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
John Cooley / William Downey

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
TV
5
Ben Winters / Frederick Harley

The Virginian (1962)
TV
Joshua Knudsen

Ride the High Country (1962)
Movie
6
Captain Bone

The Man Who Found the Money (1960)
Movie
Oramel Howland

Ten Who Dared (1960)
Movie
Paul Wyatt

Surfside 6 (1960)
TV
Farmer Flint

The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
TV
6
Shell Davidson

The Westerner (1960)
TV
Sheriff Jordan Talbott

The Fugitive Kind (1960)
Movie
Contractor

The Twilight Zone (1959)
TV
8
Rothgate

Riverboat (1959)
TV
Nathan Clay / Andrew Holloway / Col. Keith Jarrell

Bonanza (1959)
TV
1
Asa Canfield

No Name on the Bullet (1959)
Movie
Ben Dawes

Black Saddle (1959)
TV
Enoch Talby / Sheriff John Keeley / Burke / Gantry Hobson

Rawhide (1959)
TV
4
Marshal William MacWilliams

Bat Masterson (1958)
TV
Sheriff Fred Tomlinson / Sheriff Tomlinson

The Rifleman (1958)
TV
6.67
Big Sam Aldridge

The Texan (1958)
TV
Asa Wynter

Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
TV
Hunter Boyd

From Hell to Texas (1958)
Movie
Kreiger

Jefferson Drum (1958)
TV
Wellington Cosgrove

Maverick (1957)
TV
5.33
Matthew Bartlett / Harry Bright / John Gregory

Perry Mason (1957)
TV
4.33
Clay Calhoun / Lou Stoner

Sugarfoot (1957)
TV
Mayor Lovett

Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
TV
6
Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Movie
Townsman Sid

Baby Doll (1956)
Movie
Sheriff Fred Tomlinson / Sheriff Les Houghton

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
TV
Captain Bone / Fred Riordan

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
Nathanael Grimm

Cheyenne (1955)
TV
Jud Briar / Carl Anderson / Capt. Benter / Major

Gunsmoke (1955)
TV
6
Jack O'Neal / Billy Soto / Squire Fisk

The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
TV
5.98
J. Randolph Latimore

Garden of Eden (1954)
Movie
Jerry Boynton

General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1917-04-07
Deathday2012-07-27 (95 years old)
Birth PlaceBirmingham, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsR. G. Armstrong, Robert Golden Armstrong, Robert Armstrong, Robert Golden Armstrong Jr.
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