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Robert Golden Armstrong Jr. 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.
Birth Name
Robert Golden Armstrong Jr.
Born
Saturday, 07 April 1917
Died
Friday, 27 July 2012
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | Amos | 2014 |
| Sam Peckinpah: Portrait | Self | 2006 |
| Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah | Self | 2005 |
| Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self | 2004 |
| The Waking | Edward Sloan | 2001 |
| Purgatory | Coachman | 1999 |
| Good Guys Bad Guys | Clergyman | 1997 |
| Invasion of Privacy | Sam Logan - Storekeeper | 1996 |
| Millennium | The Old Man | 1996 |
| Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right | Self | 1996 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks | Amos | 2014 |
| Sam Peckinpah: Portrait | Self | 2006 |
| Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah | Self | 2005 |
| Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self | 2004 |
| The Waking | Edward Sloan | 2001 |
| Purgatory | Coachman | 1999 |
| Good Guys Bad Guys | Clergyman | 1997 |
| Invasion of Privacy | Sam Logan - Storekeeper | 1996 |
| Millennium | The Old Man | 1996 |
| Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right | Self | 1996 |
| Don't Look Back | Isaiah Parish / Parish | 1996 |
| Payback | Mac | 1995 |
| Cybill | Stitch Sullivan | 1995 |
| Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion | Retired Texas Ranger | 1994 |
| Dead Center | Art Fencer | 1993 |
| Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron | Self | 1993 |
| Warlock: The Armageddon | Franks | 1993 |
| Walker, Texas Ranger | Frank Dodge | 1993 |
| Silk Stalkings | Mr. Cameron | 1991 |
| Dick Tracy | Pruneface | 1990 |
| Quantum Leap | Davison | 1989 |
| Ghetto Blaster | Curtis | 1989 |
| Trapper County War | Pop Luddigger | 1989 |
| War and Remembrance | Gen. 'Moose' Fitzgerald | 1988 |
| Friday the 13th: The Series | Lewis Vendredi | 1987 |
| Beauty and the Beast | Stanley Kazmarek | 1987 |
| Bulletproof | Miles Blackburn | 1987 |
| Werewolf | Dawson | 1987 |
| Predator | General Phillips / Major General Homer Phillips | 1987 |
| Independence | Uriah Creed | 1987 |
| LBJ: The Early Years | Samuel Ealey Johnson / Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr. | 1987 |
| Jocks | Coach Bettlebom | 1986 |
| Red Headed Stranger | Sheriff Reese Scoby - Driscoll, Montana / Sheriff Reese Scoby | 1986 |
| L.A. Law | Frank Osgood | 1986 |
| Matlock | Sheriff Dalton Parks | 1986 |
| The Best of Times | Schutte | 1986 |
| Oceans of Fire | Rusty West | 1986 |
| Children of the Corn | Diehl | 1984 |
| Lone Wolf McQuade | T. Tyler | 1983 |
| The Shadow Riders | Sheriff Miles Gillette | 1982 |
| Matt Houston | Bert | 1982 |
| Hammett | Lt. O'Mara | 1982 |
| The Beast Within | Doc Schoonmaker | 1982 |
| Reds | Government Agent | 1981 |
| Darkroom | Sheriff Dodson | 1981 |
| The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper | Dempsey | 1981 |
| Code Red | Charley | 1981 |
| Raggedy Man | Rigby | 1981 |
| Evilspeak | Sarge | 1981 |
| Dynasty | Alfred Grimes | 1981 |
| Where the Buffalo Roam | Judge Simpson | 1980 |
| Skag | Zanski | 1980 |
| The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang | Leland Stanford | 1979 |
| Trapper John, M.D. | George / Telephone Repairman / Bates / Ralph / Repairman | 1979 |
| Steel | Kellin | 1979 |
| Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider | Al Barber | 1979 |
| Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | Mr. Hemmings | 1979 |
| The Legend of the Golden Gun | Judge Harrison Harding | 1979 |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | Tom Pryor / Calloway | 1979 |
| Salvage 1 | Sheriff | 1979 |
| The Time Machine | Gen. Harris | 1978 |
| Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell | Dunworth | 1978 |
| Heaven Can Wait | General Manager | 1978 |
| Texas Detour | Sheriff Burt | 1978 |
| Vega$ | Wellman | 1978 |
| The Pack | Cobb | 1977 |
| The Car | Amos Clements | 1977 |
| Mr. Billion | Sheriff T.C. Bishop | 1977 |
| Fantasy Island | Capt. Hawks | 1977 |
| Visions | Big Jim | 1976 |
| Kingston: Confidential | Father Reardon | 1976 |
| Dixie Dynamite | Charlie White - Bank President | 1976 |
| Stay Hungry | Thor Erickson | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | Sebastian Craig | 1976 |
| Mean Johnny Barrows | Richard | 1975 |
| White Line Fever | Prosecutor | 1975 |
| Race with the Devil | Sheriff Taylor | 1975 |
| Starsky and Hutch | 'Dad' Watson | 1975 |
| Ellery Queen | Stan Buffo | 1975 |
| Switch | Detective Wills | 1975 |
| Boss Nigger | Mayor Griffin | 1975 |
| Baretta | Fayso | 1975 |
| Reflections of Murder | Mr. Turner | 1974 |
| Movin' On | Sam Jellico | 1974 |
| Manhunter | Henry Stratemeyer | 1974 |
| The Manhunter | Sheriff Mosley | 1974 |
| My Name Is Nobody | Honest John | 1973 |
| Running Wild | Bull | 1973 |
| White Lightning | Big Bear | 1973 |
| Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Ollinger | 1973 |
| Prologue to Wounded Knee | Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar' | 1973 |
| Police Story | Elwood Fraser | 1973 |
| Cotter | Jack | 1973 |
| Hec Ramsey | Ben Ritt | 1972 |
| The Legend of Hillbilly John | Bristowe | 1972 |
| The Final Comedown | Mr. Freeman | 1972 |
| The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Clell Miller | 1972 |
| Justin Morgan Had a Horse | Squire Fisk | 1972 |
| The Sixth Sense | Jack Preston | 1972 |
| J W Coop | Jim Sawyer | 1972 |
| McMillan & Wife | Sheriff Farraday | 1971 |
| Cannon | Banner / Sheriff | 1971 |
| Alias Smith and Jones | Max | 1971 |
| The Great White Hope | Cap'n Dan / Captain Dan | 1970 |
| Angels Die Hard | Mel | 1970 |
| The McMasters | Watson | 1970 |
| The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Quittner | 1970 |
| Tiger by the Tail | Ben Holmes | 1970 |
| 80 Steps to Jonah | Mackray | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Grandee MacAllister | 1969 |
| Here Come the Brides | Lijah | 1968 |
| Lancer | Gant Foley | 1968 |
| The Doris Day Show | Henry R. Pritchart | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Warden / Capt. Wade | 1968 |
| The High Chaparral | Ed Henderson | 1967 |
| The Guns of Will Sonnett | Collin Atwood | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | William Payne | 1967 |
| The Invaders | Gus Flagg / Police Capt. Bill Battersea | 1967 |
| El Dorado | Kevin MacDonald | 1966 |
| T.H.E. Cat | Police Capt. McAllister / Capt. McAllister / Captain McAllister | 1966 |
| The Felony Squad | Arnie Kale | 1966 |
| The Time Tunnel | Allan Pinkerton | 1966 |
| The F.B.I. | Sheriff Crowley / George David Owens / Ed Cray | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Wallace Miles | 1965 |
| Run for Your Life | Edward Loomis | 1965 |
| Major Dundee | Reverend Dahlstrom | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | Jarvis / Joseph Garth | 1964 |
| Slattery's People | Jonathan Blaine | 1964 |
| Calhoun: County Agent | Zac Laird | 1964 |
| He Rides Tall | Joshua 'Josh' McCloud | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Sheriff Harder | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Marshal Matt Peters / Sheriff Bradley / Tully Gage | 1963 |
| Wide Country | Charlie Devlin | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | William Downey / John Cooley | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Frederick Harley / Ben Winters | 1962 |
| It's a Man's World | Coach Bergstrom | 1962 |
| Ride the High Country | Joshua Knudsen | 1962 |
| Alcoa Premiere | R.V. Reagan | 1961 |
| Everglades! | Luther Jacks | 1961 |
| Frontier Circus | Uriah Foster | 1961 |
| 87th Precinct | Franklin Phelps | 1961 |
| Ten Who Dared | Oramel Howland | 1960 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Farmer Flint | 1960 |
| Surfside 6 | Paul Wyatt | 1960 |
| The Westerner | Shell Davidson | 1960 |
| The Tall Man | Neal Bailey | 1960 |
| The Fugitive Kind | Sheriff Jordan Talbot / Sheriff Jordan Talbott | 1960 |
| Fugitive Kind, The | Sheriff Jordan Talbott | 1960 |
| Mr. Lucky | Mike Haley | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Contractor | 1959 |
| Laramie | Jud / Marshal Al Dawson / Matthews / Sam Jarrad / Vic Prescott | 1959 |
| Riverboat | Rothgate | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Nathan Clay / Col. Keith Jarrell / Andrew Holloway | 1959 |
| No Name on the Bullet | Asa Canfield | 1959 |
| Black Saddle | Ben Dawes | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Burke / Enoch Talby / Gantry Hobson / Sheriff John Keeley | 1959 |
| U.S. Marshal | Link Thompson | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Marshal William MacWilliams | 1958 |
| Lawman | Major Ben Rogers / Gabe Dallas | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Sheriff Tomlinson / Sheriff Fred Tomlinson | 1958 |
| The Texan | Cliff Clifford / Big Sam Aldridge | 1958 |
| Bronco | Reverend Hardin | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Asa Wynter | 1958 |
| Never Love a Stranger | Flix | 1958 |
| From Hell to Texas | Hunter Boyd | 1958 |
| Jefferson Drum | Kreiger | 1958 |
| The Californians | Malone | 1957 |
| Maverick | Colonel Karl Bent / Wellington Cosgrove | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Matthew Bartlett / John Gregory / Harry Bright | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | John Muskie / General Kirby | 1957 |
| Sugarfoot | Lou Stoner / Clay Calhoun | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Jaffey / Mayor Lovett | 1957 |
| A Face in the Crowd | Teleprompter Operator | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Hanson | 1957 |
| Baby Doll | Townsman Sid | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Sheriff Fred Tomlinson / Sheriff Les Houghton | 1956 |
| West Point | Football Coach | 1956 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Captain Bone / Fred Riordan | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Angus Emmett / Nathanael Grimm | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Argonaut / Capt. Benter / Carl Anderson / Jud Briar / Major | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Squire Fisk / Oramel Howland / Jack O'Neal / Billy Soto | 1954 |
| Garden of Eden | J. Randolph Latimore | 1954 |
| General Electric Theater | Jerry Boynton | 1953 |
| Death Valley Days | Steve / Bundage | 1952 |
