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R.G. Armstrong

Acting

Born April 7, 1917 · Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Died July 27, 2012

Also known as R. G. Armstrong · Robert Golden Armstrong · Robert 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.

Filmography50+ titles

The Twilight Zone

1959as Contractor

Quantum Leap

1989as Davison

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

1972as Squire Fisk

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as John Cooley

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Fred Riordan

Perry Mason

1957as John Gregory

Predator

1987as Major General Homer Phillips

The Time Tunnel

1966as Allan Pinkerton

The Andy Griffith Show

1960as Farmer Flint

A Face in the Crowd

1957as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

Bonanza

1959as Col. Keith Jarrell

El Dorado

1966as Kevin MacDonald

Beauty and the Beast

as Stanley Kazmarek

Friday the 13th: The Series

1987as Lewis Vendredi

Starsky & Hutch

1975as 'Dad' Watson

My Name Is Nobody

1973as Honest John

The Fugitive

1963as Marshal Matt Peters

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957as Mayor Lovett

Purgatory

1999as Coachman

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973as Ollinger

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Warden

Rawhide

1959as Burke

L.A. Law

1986as Frank Osgood

Matlock

1986as Sheriff Dalton Parks

Here Come the Brides

1968

Ride the High Country

1962as Joshua Knudsen

The Rifleman

1958as Sheriff Fred Tomlinson

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993as Frank Dodge

The Legend of the Golden Gun

1979as Judge Harrison Harding

McMillan & Wife

1971as Sheriff Farraday

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970as Quittner

Daniel Boone

1964as Jarvis

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Asa Wynter

Baby Doll

1956as Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)

The Westerner

as Shell Davidson

Reds

1981as Government Agent

The Fugitive Kind

1960as Sheriff Jordan Talbott

Maverick

1957as Wellington Cosgrove

The Pack

1977as Cobb

The High Chaparral

1967as Ed Henderson

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

Charlie's Angels

1976as Sebastian Craig

Boss Nigger

1974as Mayor Griffin

Major Dundee

1965as Reverend Dahlstrom

Gunsmoke

1955as Carl Anderson

Mr. Lucky

Heaven Can Wait

1978as General Manager

No Name on the Bullet

1959as Asa Canfield

Wagon Train

1957as John Muskie

Lone Wolf McQuade

1983as T. Tyler