R.G. Armstrong

Personal Info

Birthday

April 7, 1917

Day of Death

2012-07-27

(95 years old)

Place of Birth

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Also Known As

R. G. Armstrong

Robert Golden Armstrong

Robert Armstrong

Robert Golden Armstrong Jr.

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.

Known For

Perry Mason

Bonanza

The Andy Griffith Show

Maverick

Have Gun, Will Travel

Quantum Leap

The Twilight Zone

The Rifleman

Filmography

2024
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
as Self
2014
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film
as Self
2006
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
as Self
2005
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
as Self
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self
1999
Purgatory
as Coachman
1998
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Old Man
1996
Invasion of Privacy
as Sam Logan - Storekeeper
Don't Look Back
as Parish
1995
Payback
as Mac
1994
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion
as Retired Texas Ranger
Dead Center
as Art Fencer
1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
as Self
Warlock: The Armageddon
as Franks
1990
Dick Tracy
as Pruneface
1989
Ghetto Blaster
as Curtis
Trapper County War
as Pop Luddigger
1988
Bulletproof
as Miles Blackburn
1987
Predator
as Major General Homer Phillips
Independence
as Uriah Creed
LBJ: The Early Years
as Samuel Ealey Johnson
1986
Jocks
as Bettlebom
Red Headed Stranger
as Sheriff Reese Scoby
Oceans of Fire
as Rusty West
The Best of Times
as Schutte
1984
Children of the Corn
as Diehl
1983
Lone Wolf McQuade
as T. Tyler
1982
The Shadow Riders
as Sheriff Miles Gillette
Hammett
as Lt. O'Mara
The Beast Within
as Doc Schoonmaker
1981
Reds
as Government Agent
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
as Dempsey
Raggedy Man
as Rigby
Evilspeak
as Sarge
1980
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Judge Simpson
1979
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
as Leland Stanford
Steel
as Kellin
The Legend of the Golden Gun
as Judge Harrison Harding
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
as Al Barber
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
as Mr. Hemmings
1978
The Time Machine
as Gen. Harris
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
as Dunworth
Heaven Can Wait
as General Manager
Texas Detour
as Sheriff Burt
1977
The Pack
as Cobb
The Car
as Amos Clements
Mr. Billion
as Sheriff T.C. Bishop
1976
Kingston
as Father Reardon
Dixie Dynamite
as Charlie White - Bank President
Stay Hungry
as Thor Erickson
1975
Mean Johnny Barrows
as Richard
Boss Nigger
as Mayor Griffin
White Line Fever
as Prosecutor
Race with the Devil
as Sheriff Taylor
1974
Reflections of Murder
as Mr. Turner
J.W. Coop
as Jim Sawyer
Manhunter
as Henry Stratemeyer
The Legend of Hillbilly John
as Bristowe
1973
My Name Is Nobody
as Honest John
Running Wild
as Bull
White Lightning
as Big Bear
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Ollinger
Prologue to Wounded Knee
as Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'
Cotter
as Jack
1972
The Century Turns
as Ben Ritt
The Final Comedown
as Mr. Freeman
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Clell Miller
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
as Squire Fisk
1970
The Great White Hope
as Captain Dan
The McMasters
as Watson
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Quittner
Tiger by the Tail
as Ben Holmes
1969
80 Steps to Jonah
as Mackray
1966
El Dorado
as Kevin MacDonald
1965
Major Dundee
as Reverend Dahlstrom
1964
Calhoun
as Zac Laird
He Rides Tall
as Joshua 'Josh' McCloud
1962
Ride the High Country
as Joshua Knudsen
1960
The Man Who Found the Money
as Captain Bone
Ten Who Dared
as Oramel Howland
The Fugitive Kind
as Sheriff Jordan Talbott
1959
No Name on the Bullet
as Asa Canfield
1958
Never Love a Stranger
as Flix
From Hell to Texas
as Hunter Boyd
1957
A Face in the Crowd
as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
1956
Baby Doll
as Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)
1954
Garden of Eden
as J. Randolph Latimore