R.G. Armstrong

Acting

April 7, 1917 – July 27, 2012 (died at 95)

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Male

89 Movies

107 TV Shows

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.

My Name Is Nobody

1973 7.3

as Honest John

Age 56 (now 95)

Children of the Corn

1984 5.7

as Diehl

Age 66 (now 95)

Predator

1987 7.6

as Major General Homer Phillips

Age 70 (now 95)

The Car

1977 6.4

as Amos Clements

Age 60 (now 95)

Evilspeak

1981 5.3

as Sarge

Age 64 (now 95)

El Dorado

1966 7.4

as Kevin MacDonald

Age 49 (now 95)

Ride the High Country

1962 7.1

as Joshua Knudsen

Age 45 (now 95)

Where the Buffalo Roam

1980 5.9

as Judge Simpson

Age 63 (now 95)

Boss Nigger

1975 6.7

as Mayor Griffin

Age 58 (now 95)

Lone Wolf McQuade

1983 6.5

as T. Tyler

Age 66 (now 95)

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973 7.2

as Ollinger

Age 56 (now 95)

Race with the Devil

1975 6.4

as Sheriff Taylor

Age 58 (now 95)

The Beast Within

1982 5.5

as Doc Schoonmaker

Age 64 (now 95)

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970 7.0

as Quittner

Age 52 (now 95)

Stay Hungry

1976 5.7

as Thor Erickson

Age 59 (now 95)

The Fugitive Kind

1960 6.9

as Sheriff Jordan Talbott

Age 43 (now 95)

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

2024

as Self

Age 107 (now 95)

Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film

2014

as Self

Age 96 (now 95)

The Hottest State

2007 5.5

Thanks

Age 90 (now 95)

Sam Peckinpah: Portrait

2006

as Self

Age 89 (now 95)

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

2005 7.6

as Self

Age 87 (now 95)

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004 8.0

as Self

Age 87 (now 95)

Keeper of Souls

2001 3.5

Age 83 (now 95)

Purgatory

1999 7.2

as Coachman

Age 81 (now 95)

The Man in the Iron Mask

1998 5.8

as Old Man

Age 80 (now 95)

Invasion of Privacy

1996 5.2

as Sam Logan - Storekeeper

Age 79 (now 95)

Don't Look Back

1996 5.2

as Parish

Age 79 (now 95)

Payback

1995 4.8

as Mac

Age 77 (now 95)

Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion

1994 7.3

as Retired Texas Ranger

Age 77 (now 95)

Dead Center

1994 4.0

as Art Fencer

Age 77 (now 95)

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

1993 7.1

as Self

Age 76 (now 95)

Warlock: The Armageddon

1993 5.3

as Franks

Age 76 (now 95)

Dick Tracy

1990 6.2

as Pruneface

Age 73 (now 95)

Ghetto Blaster

1989 3.2

as Curtis

Age 72 (now 95)

Trapper County War

1989 4.7

as Pop Luddigger

Age 71 (now 95)

Bulletproof

1988 5.1

as Miles Blackburn

Age 71 (now 95)

Predator

1987 7.6

as Major General Homer Phillips

Age 70 (now 95)

Independence

1987

as Uriah Creed

Age 69 (now 95)

LBJ: The Early Years

1987 7.6

as Samuel Ealey Johnson

Age 69 (now 95)

Jocks

1986 4.3

as Bettlebom

Age 69 (now 95)

Red Headed Stranger

1986 5.3

as Sheriff Reese Scoby

Age 69 (now 95)

Oceans of Fire

1986 4.9

as Rusty West

Age 69 (now 95)

The Best of Times

1986 5.7

as Schutte

Age 68 (now 95)

Children of the Corn

1984 5.7

as Diehl

Age 66 (now 95)

Lone Wolf McQuade

1983 6.5

as T. Tyler

Age 66 (now 95)

The Shadow Riders

1982 6.5

as Sheriff Miles Gillette

Age 65 (now 95)

Hammett

1982 6.3

as Lt. O'Mara

Age 65 (now 95)

The Beast Within

1982 5.5

as Doc Schoonmaker

Age 64 (now 95)

Reds

1981 6.9

as Government Agent

Age 64 (now 95)

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

1981 5.3

as Dempsey

Age 64 (now 95)

Raggedy Man

1981 5.5

as Rigby

Age 64 (now 95)

Evilspeak

1981 5.3

as Sarge

Age 64 (now 95)

Where the Buffalo Roam

1980 5.9

as Judge Simpson

Age 63 (now 95)

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

1979 3.3

as Leland Stanford

Age 62 (now 95)

Steel

1979 5.6

as Kellin

Age 62 (now 95)

The Legend of the Golden Gun

1979 7.0

as Judge Harrison Harding

Age 62 (now 95)

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

1979 5.5

as Al Barber

Age 62 (now 95)

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979 5.5

as Mr. Hemmings

Age 62 (now 95)

The Time Machine

1978 5.1

as Gen. Harris

Age 61 (now 95)

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

1978 6.4

as Dunworth

Age 61 (now 95)

Heaven Can Wait

1978 6.6

as General Manager

Age 61 (now 95)

Texas Detour

1978 4.4

as Sheriff Burt

Age 61 (now 95)

The Pack

1977 6.8

as Cobb

Age 60 (now 95)

The Car

1977 6.4

as Amos Clements

Age 60 (now 95)

Mr. Billion

1977 5.5

as Sheriff T.C. Bishop

Age 59 (now 95)

Kingston

1976 10.0

as Father Reardon

Age 59 (now 95)

Dixie Dynamite

1976 5.2

as Charlie White - Bank President

Age 59 (now 95)

Stay Hungry

1976 5.7

as Thor Erickson

Age 59 (now 95)

Mean Johnny Barrows

1975 5.6

as Richard

Age 58 (now 95)

Boss Nigger

1975 6.7

as Mayor Griffin

Age 58 (now 95)

White Line Fever

1975 6.0

as Prosecutor

Age 58 (now 95)

Race with the Devil

1975 6.4

as Sheriff Taylor

Age 58 (now 95)

Reflections of Murder

1974 6.8

as Mr. Turner

Age 57 (now 95)

Manhunter

1974 6.7

as Henry Stratemeyer

Age 56 (now 95)

The Legend of Hillbilly John

1974 6.3

as Bristowe

Age 56 (now 95)

My Name Is Nobody

1973 7.3

as Honest John

Age 56 (now 95)

Running Wild

1973 10.0

as Bull

Age 56 (now 95)

White Lightning

1973 6.1

as Big Bear

Age 56 (now 95)

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973 7.2

as Ollinger

Age 56 (now 95)

Prologue to Wounded Knee

1973 8.0

as Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'

Age 56 (now 95)

Cotter

1973 4.5

as Jack

Age 55 (now 95)

The Century Turns

1972

as Ben Ritt

Age 55 (now 95)

The Final Comedown

1972 6.5

as Mr. Freeman

Age 55 (now 95)

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

1972 5.6

as Clell Miller

Age 55 (now 95)

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

1972 8.0

as Squire Fisk

Age 54 (now 95)

J.W. Coop

1972 5.5

as Jim Sawyer

Age 54 (now 95)

The Great White Hope

1970 6.3

as Captain Dan

Age 53 (now 95)

The McMasters

1970 4.6

as Watson

Age 53 (now 95)

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970 7.0

as Quittner

Age 52 (now 95)

Tiger by the Tail

1970 5.3

as Ben Holmes

Age 52 (now 95)

80 Steps to Jonah

1969 5.1

as Mackray

Age 52 (now 95)

El Dorado

1966 7.4

as Kevin MacDonald

Age 49 (now 95)

Major Dundee

1965 6.7

as Reverend Dahlstrom

Age 47 (now 95)

Calhoun

1964 6.0

as Zac Laird

Age 47 (now 95)

He Rides Tall

1964 5.1

as Joshua 'Josh' McCloud

Age 46 (now 95)

Ride the High Country

1962 7.1

as Joshua Knudsen

Age 45 (now 95)

The Man Who Found the Money

1960

as Captain Bone

Age 43 (now 95)

Ten Who Dared

1960 6.0

as Oramel Howland

Age 43 (now 95)

The Fugitive Kind

1960 6.9

as Sheriff Jordan Talbott

Age 43 (now 95)

No Name on the Bullet

1959 6.6

as Asa Canfield

Age 41 (now 95)

Never Love a Stranger

1958 5.3

as Flix

Age 41 (now 95)

From Hell to Texas

1958 6.0

as Hunter Boyd

Age 41 (now 95)

A Face in the Crowd

1957 7.6

as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

Age 40 (now 95)

Baby Doll

1956 7.0

as Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)

Age 39 (now 95)

Garden of Eden

1954 4.6

as J. Randolph Latimore

Age 37 (now 95)