R.G. Armstrong

Known for: Acting
Born: April 7, 1917, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Died: July 27, 2012
Movies: 88

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.6

Predator

1987

5.7

Children of the Corn

1984

7.3

My Name Is Nobody

1973

6.2

Dick Tracy

1990

7.4

El Dorado

1966

7.2

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973

6.7

Heaven Can Wait

1978

6.5

Lone Wolf McQuade

1983

6.9

Reds

1981

6.4

The Car

1977

Filmography

2024	Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western	Self
2014	Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film	Self
2006	Sam Peckinpah: Portrait	Self
2005	Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah	Self
2004	Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade	Self
2001	Keeper of Souls	Edward Sloan
1999	Purgatory	Coachman
1998	The Man in the Iron Mask	Old Man
1996	Invasion of Privacy	Sam Logan - Storekeeper
1996	Don't Look Back	Parish
1995	Payback	Mac
1994	Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion	Retired Texas Ranger
1994	Dead Center	Art Fencer
1993	Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron	Self
1993	Warlock: The Armageddon	Franks
1990	Dick Tracy	Pruneface
1989	Ghetto Blaster	Curtis
1989	Trapper County War	Pop Luddigger
1988	Bulletproof	Miles Blackburn
1987	Predator	Major General Homer Phillips
1987	Independence	Uriah Creed
1987	LBJ: The Early Years	Samuel Ealey Johnson
1986	Jocks	Bettlebom
1986	Red Headed Stranger	Sheriff Reese Scoby
1986	Oceans of Fire	Rusty West
1986	The Best of Times	Schutte
1984	Children of the Corn	Diehl
1983	Lone Wolf McQuade	T. Tyler
1982	The Shadow Riders	Sheriff Miles Gillette
1982	Hammett	Lt. O'Mara
1982	The Beast Within	Doc Schoonmaker
1981	Reds	Government Agent
1981	The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper	Dempsey
1981	Raggedy Man	Rigby
1981	Evilspeak	Sarge
1980	Where the Buffalo Roam	Judge Simpson
1979	The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang	Leland Stanford
1979	Steel	Kellin
1979	The Legend of the Golden Gun	Judge Harrison Harding
1979	Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider	Al Barber
1979	Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff	Mr. Hemmings
1978	The Time Machine	Gen. Harris
1978	Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell	Dunworth
1978	Heaven Can Wait	General Manager
1978	Texas Detour	Sheriff Burt
1977	The Pack	Cobb
1977	The Car	Amos Clements
1977	Mr. Billion	Sheriff T.C. Bishop
1976	Kingston	Father Reardon
1976	Dixie Dynamite	Charlie White - Bank President
1976	Stay Hungry	Thor Erickson
1975	Mean Johnny Barrows	Richard
1975	Boss Nigger	Mayor Griffin
1975	White Line Fever	Prosecutor
1975	Race with the Devil	Sheriff Taylor
1974	Reflections of Murder	Mr. Turner
1974	Manhunter	Henry Stratemeyer
1974	The Legend of Hillbilly John	Bristowe
1973	My Name Is Nobody	Honest John
1973	Running Wild	Bull
1973	White Lightning	Big Bear
1973	Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid	Ollinger
1973	Prologue to Wounded Knee	Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'
1973	Cotter	Jack
1972	The Century Turns	Ben Ritt
1972	The Final Comedown	Mr. Freeman
1972	The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid	Clell Miller
1972	Justin Morgan Had a Horse	Squire Fisk
1972	J.W. Coop	Jim Sawyer
1970	The Great White Hope	Captain Dan
1970	The McMasters	Watson
1970	The Ballad of Cable Hogue	Quittner
1970	Tiger by the Tail	Ben Holmes
1969	80 Steps to Jonah	Mackray
1966	El Dorado	Kevin MacDonald
1965	Major Dundee	Reverend Dahlstrom
1964	Calhoun	Zac Laird
1964	He Rides Tall	Joshua 'Josh' McCloud
1962	Ride the High Country	Joshua Knudsen
1960	The Man Who Found the Money	Captain Bone
1960	Ten Who Dared	Oramel Howland
1960	The Fugitive Kind	Sheriff Jordan Talbott
1959	No Name on the Bullet	Asa Canfield
1958	Never Love a Stranger	Flix
1958	From Hell to Texas	Hunter Boyd
1957	A Face in the Crowd	Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
1956	Baby Doll	Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)
1954	Garden of Eden	J. Randolph Latimore

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