Portrait of R.G. Armstrong

R.G. Armstrong

Acting

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.

Born: April 7, 1917

Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Filmography

1999
Purgatory

as Coachman

1996
Invasion of Privacy

as Sam Logan - Storekeeper

1996
Millennium

as The Old Man

1996
1995
Payback

as Mac

1995
1994
1994
Dead Center

as Art Fencer

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger

as Frank Dodge

1990
Dick Tracy

as Pruneface

1989
1989
Quantum Leap

as Davison

1989
Trapper County War

as Pop Luddigger

1988
Bulletproof

as Miles Blackburn

1987
1987
Predator

as Major General Homer Phillips

1987
LBJ: The Early Years

as Samuel Ealey Johnson

1986
Jocks

as Bettlebom

1986
Red Headed Stranger

as Sheriff Reese Scoby

1986
Oceans of Fire

as Rusty West

1986
L.A. Law

as Frank Osgood

1986
1983
1982
The Shadow Riders

as Sheriff Miles Gillette

1982
Hammett

as Lt. O'Mara

1982
The Beast Within

as Doc Schoonmaker

1981
Reds

as Government Agent

1981
Raggedy Man

as Rigby

1981
Evilspeak

as Sarge

1980
Where the Buffalo Roam

as Judge Simpson

1979
1979
Steel

as Kellin

1979
The Legend of the Golden Gun

as Judge Harrison Harding

1979
1978
The Time Machine

as Gen. Harris

1978
1978
Heaven Can Wait

as General Manager

1978
Texas Detour

as Sheriff Burt

1977
The Pack

as Cobb

1977
The Car

as Amos Clements

1977
Mr. Billion

as Sheriff T.C. Bishop

1976
Charlie's Angels

as Sebastian Craig

1976
Kingston

as Father Reardon

1976
Dixie Dynamite

as Charlie White - Bank President

1976
Stay Hungry

as Thor Erickson

1975
1975
Starsky & Hutch

as 'Dad' Watson

1975
Switch

as Detective Wills

1975
Boss Nigger

as Mayor Griffin

1975
White Line Fever

as Prosecutor

1975
Race with the Devil

as Sheriff Taylor

1974
1974
Manhunter

as Henry Stratemeyer

1973
My Name Is Nobody

as Honest John

1973
1973
White Lightning

as Big Bear

1973
Prologue to Wounded Knee

as Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'

1973
Cotter

as Jack

1972
1972
The Final Comedown

as Mr. Freeman

1972
1972
J.W. Coop

as Jim Sawyer

1971
McMillan & Wife

as Sheriff Farraday

1971
1970
The Great White Hope

as Captain Dan

1970
The McMasters

as Watson

1970
Tiger by the Tail

as Ben Holmes

1969
1968
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Capt. Wade

1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Warden

1967
The High Chaparral

as Ed Henderson

1967
1967
The Invaders

as Gus Flagg

1967
The Invaders

as Police Capt. Bill Battersea

1966
El Dorado

as Kevin MacDonald

1966
T.H.E. Cat

as Police Capt. McAllister

1966
T.H.E. Cat

as Capt. McAllister

1966
The Time Tunnel

as Allan Pinkerton

1965
The F.B.I.

as Sheriff Crowley

1965
The F.B.I.

as Ed Cray

1965
The F.B.I.

as George David Owens

1965
The Big Valley

as Wallace Miles

1965
Run for Your Life

as Edward Loomis

1965
Major Dundee

as Reverend Dahlstrom

1964
Daniel Boone

as Jarvis

1964
Daniel Boone

as Joseph Garth

1964
Calhoun

as Zac Laird

1964
He Rides Tall

as Joshua 'Josh' McCloud

1963
The Fugitive

as Tully Gage

1963
The Fugitive

as Marshal Matt Peters

1963
The Fugitive

as Sheriff Bradley

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as William Downey

1962
1962
The Virginian

as Ben Winters

1962
The Virginian

as Frederick Harley

1962
Ride the High Country

as Joshua Knudsen

1961
87th Precinct

as Franklin Phelps

1960
1960
Ten Who Dared

as Oramel Howland

1960
Surfside 6

as Paul Wyatt

1960
The Andy Griffith Show

as Farmer Flint

1960
The Westerner

as Shell Davidson

1960
The Fugitive Kind

as Sheriff Jordan Talbott

1959
The Twilight Zone

as Contractor

1959
Riverboat

as Rothgate

1959
Bonanza

as Nathan Clay

1959
Bonanza

as Andrew Holloway

1959
Bonanza

as Col. Keith Jarrell

1959
No Name on the Bullet

as Asa Canfield

1959
Black Saddle

as Ben Dawes

1959
Rawhide

as Enoch Talby

1959
Rawhide

as Gantry Hobson

1959
Rawhide

as Sheriff John Keeley

1959
Rawhide

as Burke

1958
Bat Masterson

as Marshal William MacWilliams

1958
Lawman

as Major Ben Rogers

1958
The Rifleman

as Sheriff Tomlinson

1958
The Rifleman

as Sheriff Fred Tomlinson

1958
The Texan

as Big Sam Aldridge

1958
1958
1958
From Hell to Texas

as Hunter Boyd

1957
Maverick

as Wellington Cosgrove

1957
Perry Mason

as Matthew Bartlett

1957
Perry Mason

as Harry Bright

1957
Perry Mason

as John Gregory

1957
Wagon Train

as John Muskie

1957
Wagon Train

as General Kirby

1957
Sugarfoot

as Clay Calhoun

1957
Sugarfoot

as Lou Stoner

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel

as Mayor Lovett

1957
A Face in the Crowd

as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

1956
Baby Doll

as Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Sheriff Fred Tomlinson

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Sheriff Les Houghton

1955
1955
1955
Cheyenne

as Nathanael Grimm

1955
Gunsmoke

as Capt. Benter

1955
Gunsmoke

as Major

1955
Gunsmoke

as Jud Briar

1955
Gunsmoke

as Carl Anderson

1954
1954
Garden of Eden

as J. Randolph Latimore

1953
General Electric Theater

as Jerry Boynton