R.G. Armstrong

Known for: Acting

Born: 1917-04-07 – 2012-07-27 (aged 95)

From: Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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 (165)

MOVIE
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
2024
as Self
MOVIE
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film
2014
as Self
MOVIE
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.6
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.5
Keeper of Souls
2001
MOVIE★ 7.2
Purgatory
1999
as Coachman
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
as Old Man
MOVIE★ 5.2
Invasion of Privacy
1996
as Sam Logan - Storekeeper
TV★ 7.7
Millennium
1996
as The Old Man
MOVIE★ 5.2
Don't Look Back
1996
as Parish
MOVIE★ 4.8
Payback
1995
as Mac
TV★ 5.9
Cybill
1995
as Stitch Sullivan
MOVIE★ 7.3
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion
1994
as Retired Texas Ranger
MOVIE★ 4.0
Dead Center
1994
as Art Fencer
MOVIE★ 7.1
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.3
Warlock: The Armageddon
1993
as Franks
TV★ 7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Frank Dodge
MOVIE★ 6.2
Dick Tracy
1990
as Pruneface
MOVIE★ 3.2
Ghetto Blaster
1989
as Curtis
TV★ 8.0
Quantum Leap
1989
as Davison
MOVIE★ 4.7
Trapper County War
1989
as Pop Luddigger
TV★ 7.9
War and Remembrance
1988
as 'Moose' Fitzgerald
MOVIE★ 5.1
Bulletproof
1988
as Miles Blackburn
TV★ 7.3
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987
as Lewis Vendredi
TV★ 7.4
Beauty and the Beast
1987
as Stanley Kazmarek
MOVIE★ 7.6
Predator
1987
as Major General Homer Phillips
MOVIE
Independence
1987
as Uriah Creed
MOVIE★ 7.6
LBJ: The Early Years
1987
as Samuel Ealey Johnson
MOVIE★ 4.3
Jocks
1986
as Bettlebom
MOVIE★ 5.3
Red Headed Stranger
1986
as Sheriff Reese Scoby
MOVIE★ 4.9
Oceans of Fire
1986
as Rusty West
TV★ 7.1
L.A. Law
1986
as Frank Osgood
TV★ 7.1
Matlock
1986
as Sheriff Dalton Parks
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Best of Times
1986
as Schutte
MOVIE★ 5.7
Children of the Corn
1984
as Diehl
MOVIE★ 6.5
Lone Wolf McQuade
1983
as T. Tyler
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Shadow Riders
1982
as Sheriff Miles Gillette
TV★ 6.3
Matt Houston
1982
MOVIE★ 6.3
Hammett
1982
as Lt. O'Mara
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Beast Within
1982
as Doc Schoonmaker
MOVIE★ 6.9
Reds
1981
as Government Agent
TV★ 7.2
Darkroom
1981
as Sheriff Dodson
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
1981
as Dempsey
TV★ 7.0
Code Red
1981
MOVIE★ 5.6
Raggedy Man
1981
as Rigby
MOVIE★ 5.3
Evilspeak
1981
as Sarge
TV★ 6.5
Dynasty
1981
MOVIE★ 6.0
Where the Buffalo Roam
1980
as Judge Simpson
TV★ 7.0
Skag
1980
MOVIE★ 3.3
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979
as Leland Stanford
MOVIE★ 5.6
Steel
1979
as Kellin
TV★ 6.6
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Legend of the Golden Gun
1979
as Judge Harrison Harding
MOVIE★ 5.5
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
1979
as Al Barber
MOVIE★ 5.5
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
as Mr. Hemmings
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Time Machine
1978
as Gen. Harris
MOVIE★ 6.4
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
1978
as Dunworth
TV★ 6.9
Vega$
1978
MOVIE★ 6.6
Heaven Can Wait
1978
as General Manager
MOVIE★ 4.4
Texas Detour
1978
as Sheriff Burt
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Pack
1977
as Cobb
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Car
1977
as Amos Clements
MOVIE★ 5.5
Mr. Billion
1977
as Sheriff T.C. Bishop
TV★ 6.8
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977
TV★ 6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Sebastian Craig
MOVIE★ 10.0
Kingston
1976
as Father Reardon
MOVIE★ 5.2
Dixie Dynamite
1976
as Charlie White - Bank President
MOVIE★ 5.7
Stay Hungry
1976
as Thor Erickson
MOVIE★ 5.6
Mean Johnny Barrows
1975
as Richard
TV★ 7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as 'Dad' Watson
TV★ 6.6
Switch
1975
as Detective Wills
MOVIE★ 6.7
Boss Nigger
1975
as Mayor Griffin
MOVIE★ 6.0
White Line Fever
1975
as Prosecutor
MOVIE★ 6.4
Race with the Devil
1975
as Sheriff Taylor
TV★ 6.5
Baretta
1975
MOVIE★ 6.8
Reflections of Murder
1974
as Mr. Turner
TV★ 6.3
Movin' On
1974
TV★ 7.0
The Manhunter
1974
MOVIE★ 6.7
Manhunter
1974
as Henry Stratemeyer
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Legend of Hillbilly John
1974
as Bristowe
MOVIE★ 7.3
My Name Is Nobody
1973
as Honest John
MOVIE★ 10.0
Running Wild
1973
as Bull
MOVIE★ 6.2
White Lightning
1973
as Big Bear
MOVIE★ 7.2
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Ollinger
MOVIE★ 8.0
Prologue to Wounded Knee
1973
as Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'
MOVIE★ 4.5
Cotter
1973
as Jack
MOVIE
The Century Turns
1972
as Ben Ritt
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Final Comedown
1972
as Mr. Freeman
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972
as Clell Miller
MOVIE★ 8.0
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
1972
as Squire Fisk
TV★ 6.3
The Sixth Sense
1972
MOVIE★ 5.5
J.W. Coop
1972
as Jim Sawyer
TV★ 7.0
McMillan & Wife
1971
as Sheriff Farraday
TV★ 6.7
Cannon
1971
TV★ 7.0
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Great White Hope
1970
as Captain Dan
MOVIE★ 4.6
The McMasters
1970
as Watson
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
as Quittner
MOVIE★ 5.3
Tiger by the Tail
1970
as Ben Holmes
MOVIE★ 5.1
80 Steps to Jonah
1969
as Mackray
TV★ 6.9
Here Come the Brides
1968
TV★ 5.6
Lancer
1968
TV★ 7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Capt. Wade
TV★ 6.8
The High Chaparral
1967
as Ed Henderson
TV★ 6.3
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
TV★ 5.7
Cimarron Strip
1967
TV★ 6.4
Custer
1967
TV★ 6.9
The Invaders
1967
as Gus Flagg
MOVIE★ 7.4
El Dorado
1966
as Kevin MacDonald
TV★ 7.2
T.H.E. Cat
1966
as Police Capt. McAllister
TV★ 6.5
Felony Squad
1966
TV★ 7.6
The Time Tunnel
1966
as Allan Pinkerton
TV★ 5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
as Sheriff Crowley
TV★ 6.2
The Big Valley
1965
as Wallace Miles
TV★ 7.1
Run for Your Life
1965
as Edward Loomis
MOVIE★ 6.7
Major Dundee
1965
as Reverend Dahlstrom
TV★ 7.0
Daniel Boone
1964
as Jarvis
MOVIE★ 6.0
Calhoun
1964
as Zac Laird
MOVIE★ 5.1
He Rides Tall
1964
as Joshua 'Josh' McCloud
TV★ 7.3
The Fugitive
1963
as Tully Gage
TV★ 7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as William Downey
TV★ 6.5
The Virginian
1962
as Ben Winters
MOVIE★ 7.0
Ride the High Country
1962
as Joshua Knudsen
TV★ 8.0
Everglades
1961
TV★ 7.8
87th Precinct
1961
as Franklin Phelps
MOVIE
The Man Who Found the Money
1960
as Captain Bone
MOVIE★ 6.0
Ten Who Dared
1960
as Oramel Howland
TV★ 6.3
Surfside 6
1960
as Paul Wyatt
TV★ 7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Farmer Flint
TV★ 7.0
The Westerner
1960
as Shell Davidson
TV★ 6.9
The Tall Man
1960
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Fugitive Kind
1960
as Sheriff Jordan Talbott
TV★ 6.7
Mr. Lucky
1959
TV★ 8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Contractor
TV★ 6.5
Riverboat
1959
as Rothgate
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Nathan Clay
MOVIE★ 6.6
No Name on the Bullet
1959
as Asa Canfield
TV★ 6.2
Black Saddle
1959
as Ben Dawes
TV★ 7.2
Rawhide
1959
as Enoch Talby
TV★ 6.1
Bat Masterson
1958
as Marshal William MacWilliams
TV★ 5.8
Lawman
1958
as Major Ben Rogers
TV★ 7.1
The Rifleman
1958
as Sheriff Tomlinson
TV★ 6.0
The Texan
1958
as Big Sam Aldridge
TV★ 6.0
Bronco
1958
as Reverend Hardin
TV★ 7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Asa Wynter
MOVIE★ 4.9
Never Love a Stranger
1958
as Flix
MOVIE★ 6.0
From Hell to Texas
1958
as Hunter Boyd
TV★ 5.3
Jefferson Drum
1958
as Kreiger
TV★ 6.9
Maverick
1957
as Wellington Cosgrove
TV★ 7.7
Perry Mason
1957
as Matthew Bartlett
TV★ 6.6
Wagon Train
1957
as John Muskie
TV★ 5.2
Sugarfoot
1957
as Clay Calhoun
TV★ 7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
MOVIE★ 7.6
A Face in the Crowd
1957
as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Baby Doll
1956
as Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)
TV★ 6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sheriff Fred Tomlinson
TV★ 7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Captain Bone
TV★ 6.1
Cheyenne
1955
TV★ 6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
as Capt. Benter
TV★ 6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
TV★ 7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Billy Soto
TV★ 6.3
Lassie
1954
MOVIE★ 4.6
Garden of Eden
1954
as J. Randolph Latimore
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
as Jerry Boynton