R.G. 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.
Known For
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Perry Mason
1957
Bonanza
1959
Bonanza
1959
Bonanza
1959
Hawaii Five-O
1969
Hawaii Five-O
1969
Quantum Leap
1989
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Wagon Train
1957
Wagon Train
1957
Filmography
Perry Mason
as Matthew Bartlett · 1957
Perry Mason
as Harry Bright · 1957
Perry Mason
as John Gregory · 1957
Bonanza
as Nathan Clay · 1959
Bonanza
as Andrew Holloway · 1959
Bonanza
as Col. Keith Jarrell · 1959
Hawaii Five-O
as Capt. Wade · 1969
Hawaii Five-O
as Warden · 1969
Quantum Leap
as Davison · 1989
The Andy Griffith Show
as Farmer Flint · 1960
Wagon Train
as John Muskie · 1957
Wagon Train
as General Kirby · 1957
L.A. Law
as Frank Osgood · 1986
The Fugitive
as Tully Gage · 1963
The Fugitive
as Marshal Matt Peters · 1963
The Fugitive
as Sheriff Bradley · 1963
Maverick
as Wellington Cosgrove · 1957
Charlie's Angels
as Sebastian Craig · 1976
Have Gun, Will Travel
· 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Mayor Lovett · 1957
Dynasty
· 1981
The Rifleman
as Sheriff Tomlinson · 1958
The Rifleman
as Sheriff Fred Tomlinson · 1958
Cannon
· 1971
Lassie
· 1954
Matlock
as Sheriff Dalton Parks · 1986
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as William Downey · 1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as John Cooley · 1962
The Virginian
as Ben Winters · 1962
The Virginian
as Frederick Harley · 1962
The Twilight Zone
as Contractor · 1959
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
· 1955
Starsky & Hutch
as 'Dad' Watson · 1975
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
Daniel Boone
as Jarvis · 1964
Daniel Boone
as Joseph Garth · 1964
Rawhide
as Enoch Talby · 1959
Rawhide
as Gantry Hobson · 1959
Rawhide
as Sheriff John Keeley · 1959
Rawhide
as Burke · 1959
Cheyenne
· 1955
Cheyenne
as Nathanael Grimm · 1955
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Asa Wynter · 1958
The Big Valley
as Wallace Miles · 1965
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Frank Dodge · 1993
Millennium
as The Old Man · 1996
Trapper John, M.D.
· 1979
Lawman
as Major Ben Rogers · 1958
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Fred Tomlinson · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sheriff Les Houghton · 1956
Gunsmoke
as Capt. Benter · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Major · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Jud Briar · 1955
Gunsmoke
as Carl Anderson · 1955
Run for Your Life
as Edward Loomis · 1965
Bat Masterson
as Marshal William MacWilliams · 1958
The High Chaparral
as Ed Henderson · 1967
Cybill
as Stitch Sullivan · 1995
Baretta
· 1975
Matt Houston
· 1982
The Invaders
as Gus Flagg · 1967
The Invaders
as Police Capt. Bill Battersea · 1967
The Texan
as Big Sam Aldridge · 1958
The Texan
as Cliff Clifford · 1958
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Captain Bone · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Fred Riordan · 1955
Switch
as Detective Wills · 1975
Surfside 6
as Paul Wyatt · 1960
Vega$
· 1978
The Guns of Will Sonnett
· 1967
Bronco
as Reverend Hardin · 1958
Sugarfoot
as Clay Calhoun · 1957
Sugarfoot
as Lou Stoner · 1957
Alias Smith and Jones
· 1971
The Time Tunnel
as Allan Pinkerton · 1966
Felony Squad
· 1966
Friday the 13th: The Series
as Lewis Vendredi · 1987
Predator
as Major General Homer Phillips · 1987
McMillan & Wife
as Sheriff Farraday · 1971
The Tall Man
· 1960
Lancer
· 1968
Riverboat
as Rothgate · 1959
Black Saddle
as Ben Dawes · 1959
87th Precinct
as Franklin Phelps · 1961
Mr. Lucky
· 1959
War and Remembrance
as 'Moose' Fitzgerald · 1988
Cimarron Strip
· 1967
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Billy Soto · 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Jack O'Neal · 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Squire Fisk · 1954
The Manhunter
· 1974
The Sixth Sense
· 1972
Here Come the Brides
· 1968
Darkroom
as Sheriff Dodson · 1981
Movin' On
· 1974
Everglades
· 1961
T.H.E. Cat
as Police Capt. McAllister · 1966
T.H.E. Cat
as Capt. McAllister · 1966
Code Red
· 1981
Custer
· 1967
Children of the Corn
as Diehl · 1984
My Name Is Nobody
as Honest John · 1973
Jefferson Drum
as Kreiger · 1958
The Westerner
as Shell Davidson · 1960
Dick Tracy
as Pruneface · 1990
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
· 1977
General Electric Theater
as Jerry Boynton · 1953
Lone Wolf McQuade
as T. Tyler · 1983
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Ollinger · 1973
The Car
as Amos Clements · 1977
The Best of Times
as Schutte · 1986
Major Dundee
as Reverend Dahlstrom · 1965
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Quittner · 1970
Ride the High Country
as Joshua Knudsen · 1962
El Dorado
as Kevin MacDonald · 1966
Heaven Can Wait
as General Manager · 1978
A Face in the Crowd
as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited) · 1957
Reds
as Government Agent · 1981
White Lightning
as Big Bear · 1973
Race with the Devil
as Sheriff Taylor · 1975
Stay Hungry
as Thor Erickson · 1976
The Shadow Riders
as Sheriff Miles Gillette · 1982
Skag
· 1980
Don't Look Back
as Parish · 1996
Payback
as Mac · 1995
Baby Doll
as Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited) · 1956
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Judge Simpson · 1980
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Clell Miller · 1972
No Name on the Bullet
as Asa Canfield · 1959
Purgatory
as Coachman · 1999
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Old Man · 1998
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
as Dunworth · 1978
Mr. Billion
as Sheriff T.C. Bishop · 1977
The Fugitive Kind
as Sheriff Jordan Talbott · 1960
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
as Dempsey · 1981
Warlock: The Armageddon
as Franks · 1993
Hammett
as Lt. O'Mara · 1982
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self · 2004
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
as Mr. Hemmings · 1979
Boss Nigger
as Mayor Griffin · 1975
The Beast Within
as Doc Schoonmaker · 1982
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
as Leland Stanford · 1979
From Hell to Texas
as Hunter Boyd · 1958
80 Steps to Jonah
as Mackray · 1969
LBJ: The Early Years
as Samuel Ealey Johnson · 1987
Raggedy Man
as Rigby · 1981
Never Love a Stranger
as Flix · 1958
The Great White Hope
as Captain Dan · 1970
Ten Who Dared
as Oramel Howland · 1960
The Pack
as Cobb · 1977
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion
as Retired Texas Ranger · 1994
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
as Al Barber · 1979
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
as Squire Fisk · 1972
White Line Fever
as Prosecutor · 1975
Cotter
as Jack · 1973
Evilspeak
as Sarge · 1981
Steel
as Kellin · 1979
Ghetto Blaster
as Curtis · 1989
The McMasters
as Watson · 1970
Beauty and the Beast
as Stanley Kazmarek · 1987
Oceans of Fire
as Rusty West · 1986
The Legend of the Golden Gun
as Judge Harrison Harding · 1979
Manhunter
as Henry Stratemeyer · 1974
Dead Center
as Art Fencer · 1994
The Man Who Found the Money
as Captain Bone · 1960
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
as Self · 1993
Tiger by the Tail
as Ben Holmes · 1970
Bulletproof
as Miles Blackburn · 1988
Mean Johnny Barrows
as Richard · 1975
Jocks
as Bettlebom · 1986
Invasion of Privacy
as Sam Logan - Storekeeper · 1996
The Legend of Hillbilly John
as Bristowe · 1974
Red Headed Stranger
as Sheriff Reese Scoby · 1986
Garden of Eden
as J. Randolph Latimore · 1954
The Century Turns
as Ben Ritt · 1972
The Time Machine
as Gen. Harris · 1978
He Rides Tall
as Joshua 'Josh' McCloud · 1964
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
as Self · 2005
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
as Self · 2024
The Final Comedown
as Mr. Freeman · 1972
J.W. Coop
as Jim Sawyer · 1972
Independence
as Uriah Creed · 1987
Trapper County War
as Pop Luddigger · 1989
Dixie Dynamite
as Charlie White - Bank President · 1976
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film
as Self · 2014
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
as Self · 2006
Reflections of Murder
as Mr. Turner · 1974
Texas Detour
as Sheriff Burt · 1978
Calhoun
as Zac Laird · 1964
Running Wild
as Bull · 1973
Prologue to Wounded Knee
as Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar' · 1973
Kingston
as Father Reardon · 1976
Keeper of Souls
as Edward Sloan · 2001