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Robert Armstrong

Acting

Born November 19, 1890 · Saginaw, Michigan, USA

Died April 20, 1973

Also known as Bob Armstrong · Роберт Армстронг · Robert William Armstrong

Biography

Robert William Armstrong was an American film and television actor, best known to today's audiences for playing Carl Denham in the 1933 version of King Kong from RKO Pictures. He delivered the film's famous final line: "Oh no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast."

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Filmography50+ titles

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Charles Faulkner

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Doc Buckles

Perry Mason

1957as Phil Jenks

King Kong

1933as Carl Denham

The Roaring Twenties

1939as Hatted Passerby Before Nightclub (uncredited)

The Red Skelton Show

1951as Lt. Flanagan

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957as Sidney Carter

Rawhide

1959as Cal Stone

The Most Dangerous Game

1932as Martin Trowbridge

Lux Video Theatre

1950as Dr. Hoffman

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

1943as Arthur Galt

Winter Carnival

1939as Tiger Reynolds

Paid

1930as Joe Garson

Wagon Train

1957as Roy Daniels

'G' Men

1935as Jeff McCord

The Deputy

1959as Constable Emmanuel Dobbs (uncredited)

Sons of New Mexico

1949as Pat Feeney

Dive Bomber

1941as Art Lyons

Mighty Joe Young

1949as Max O'Hara

Lassie

1954as Oliver

Return of the Bad Men

1948as Wild Bill Doolin

The Navy Way

1944as CPO Harper

Around the World

1943as General

Cheyenne

1955as Marshall Len Merrick

The Paleface

1948as Terris

The Sea of Grass

1947as Floyd McCurtin

Danger Lights

1931as Larry Doyle

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955as Pop

The Fugitive

1947as Police sergeant

Action in Arabia

1944as Matthew Reed

The Mad Ghoul

1943as 'Scoop' McClure

The Kansan

1943as Malachy

Gang Busters

1942as Det. Tim Nolan

Nobody's Baby

1937as Scoops Hanford

A Girl in Every Port

1928as Bill / Salami

Blood on the Sun

1945as Col Hideki Tojo

Gang Busters

1955as Det. Tim Nolan

Belle of the Yukon

1944as George

Flirting with Danger

1934as Bob Owens

For Those Who Think Young

1964as Norman Armstrong

Be Yourself!

1930as Jerry Moore

The Mystery Man

1935as Larry Doyle

Man with a Camera

1958as Marty Delgado

Captain China

1950as Keegan

Let's Get Tough

1942as Pop Stevens

Son of Kong

1933as Carl Denham

Johnny Cool

1963as Underworld Leader

Fall Guy

1947as Mac McLaine

The Racketeer

1929as Mahlon Keane

26 Men

1957