About

Known credits:
88
Birthday:
1917-04-07
Place of birth:
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Website:
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R.G. Armstrong

Overview

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

Acting

2024 Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western Actor Self N/A
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2006 Sam Peckinpah: Portrait Actor Self N/A
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2005 Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah Actor Self 59
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2004 Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade Actor Self 59
Average
2001 Keeper of Souls Actor 59
Average
1999 Purgatory Actor Coachman 61
Fair
1998 The Man in the Iron Mask Actor Old Man 58
Average
1996 Invasion of Privacy Actor Sam Logan - Storekeeper 58
Average
1996 Don't Look Back Actor Parish 58
Average
1995 Payback Actor Mac 58
Average
1994 Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion Actor Retired Texas Ranger 59
Average
1994 Dead Center Actor Art Fencer 59
Average
1993 Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron Actor Self 59
Average
1993 Warlock: The Armageddon Actor Franks 57
Average
1990 Dick Tracy Actor Pruneface 60
Fair
1989 Ghetto Blaster Actor Curtis 58
Average
1989 Trapper County War Actor Pop Luddigger 58
Average
1988 Bulletproof Actor Miles Blackburn 58
Average
1987 Predator Actor Major General Homer Phillips 74
Good
1987 Independence Actor Uriah Creed N/A
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1987 LBJ: The Early Years Actor Samuel Ealey Johnson 59
Average
1986 Jocks Actor Bettlebom 58
Average
1986 Red Headed Stranger Actor Sheriff Reese Scoby 58
Average
1986 Oceans of Fire Actor Rusty West 58
Average
1986 The Best of Times Actor Schutte 58
Average
1984 Children of the Corn Actor Diehl 57
Average
1983 Lone Wolf McQuade Actor T. Tyler 61
Fair
1982 The Shadow Riders Actor Sheriff Miles Gillette 59
Average
1982 Hammett Actor Lt. O'Mara 59
Average
1982 The Beast Within Actor Doc Schoonmaker 58
Average
1981 Reds Actor Government Agent 62
Fair
1981 The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper Actor Dempsey 58
Average
1981 Raggedy Man Actor Rigby 58
Average
1981 Evilspeak Actor Sarge 57
Average
1980 Where the Buffalo Roam Actor Judge Simpson 59
Average
1979 The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang Actor Leland Stanford 58
Average
1979 Steel Actor Kellin 58
Average
1979 The Legend of the Golden Gun Actor Judge Harrison Harding 58
Average
1979 Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider Actor Al Barber 58
Average
1979 Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff Actor Mr. Hemmings 58
Average
1978 The Time Machine Actor Gen. Harris 58
Average
1978 Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell Actor Dunworth 59
Average
1978 Heaven Can Wait Actor General Manager 62
Fair
1978 Texas Detour Actor Sheriff Burt 59
Average
1977 The Pack Actor Cobb 59
Average
1977 The Car Actor Amos Clements 60
Fair
1977 Mr. Billion Actor Sheriff T.C. Bishop 58
Average
1976 Kingston Actor Father Reardon N/A
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1976 Dixie Dynamite Actor Charlie White - Bank President 58
Average
1976 Stay Hungry Actor Thor Erickson 58
Average
1975 Mean Johnny Barrows Actor Richard 58
Average
1975 Boss Nigger Actor Mayor Griffin 59
Average
1975 White Line Fever Actor Prosecutor 59
Average
1975 Race with the Devil Actor Sheriff Taylor 59
Average
1974 Reflections of Murder Actor Mr. Turner 59
Average
1974 J.W. Coop Actor Jim Sawyer 58
Average
1974 Manhunter Actor Henry Stratemeyer 59
Average
1974 The Legend of Hillbilly John Actor Bristowe 58
Average
1973 My Name Is Nobody Actor Honest John 68
Fair
1973 Running Wild Actor Bull N/A
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1973 White Lightning Actor Big Bear 59
Average
1973 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Actor Ollinger 64
Fair
1973 Prologue to Wounded Knee Actor Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar' 58
Average
1973 Cotter Actor Jack N/A
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1972 The Century Turns Actor Ben Ritt N/A
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1972 The Final Comedown Actor Mr. Freeman 59
Average
1972 The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid Actor Clell Miller 58
Average
1972 Justin Morgan Had a Horse Actor Squire Fisk 59
Average
1970 The Great White Hope Actor Captain Dan 58
Average
1970 The McMasters Actor Watson 58
Average
1970 The Ballad of Cable Hogue Actor Quittner 62
Fair
1970 Tiger by the Tail Actor Ben Holmes 58
Average
1969 80 Steps to Jonah Actor Mackray 59
Average
1966 El Dorado Actor Kevin MacDonald 66
Fair
1966 T.H.E. Cat Actor Police Capt. McAllister 69
Fair
1965 Major Dundee Actor Reverend Dahlstrom 60
Fair
1964 Calhoun Actor Zac Laird 58
Average
1964 He Rides Tall Actor Joshua 'Josh' McCloud 59
Average
1962 Ride the High Country Actor Joshua Knudsen 62
Fair
1960 Ten Who Dared Actor Oramel Howland 59
Average
1960 The Fugitive Kind Actor Sheriff Jordan Talbott 60
Fair
1959 No Name on the Bullet Actor Asa Canfield 59
Average
1958 Never Love a Stranger Actor Flix 58
Average
1958 From Hell to Texas Actor Hunter Boyd 58
Average
1957 A Face in the Crowd Actor Teleprompter Operator (uncredited) 64
Fair
1956 Baby Doll Actor Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited) 61
Fair
1954 Garden of Eden Actor J. Randolph Latimore 58
Average

Crew

2006 The Hottest State Crew Thanks 58
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