
R.G. Armstrong
Known for Acting · 165 credits
- Born
- 1917-04-07
- Died
- 2012-07-27
- Place of birth
- Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Also known as
- R. G. Armstrong · Robert Golden Armstrong · Robert Armstrong · Robert Golden Armstrong Jr.
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
TV Shows (77)

Perry Mason
1957
as Matthew Bartlett / Harry Bright / John Gregory

Bonanza
1959
as Nathan Clay / Andrew Holloway / Col. Keith Jarrell

The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Farmer Flint

The Fugitive
1963
as Tully Gage / Marshal Matt Peters / Sheriff Bradley

Lassie
1954

Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Capt. Wade / Warden

Wagon Train
1957
as John Muskie / General Kirby

Dynasty
1981

Charlie's Angels
1976
as Sebastian Craig

Quantum Leap
1989
as Davison

Maverick
1957
as Wellington Cosgrove

The Rifleman
1958
as Sheriff Tomlinson / Sheriff Fred Tomlinson

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as William Downey / John Cooley

L.A. Law
1986
as Frank Osgood

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Contractor

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Mayor Lovett

The Virginian
1962
as Ben Winters / Frederick Harley

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955

Lawman
1958
as Major Ben Rogers

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sheriff Fred Tomlinson / Sheriff Les Houghton

Matlock
1986
as Sheriff Dalton Parks

Cheyenne
1955
as Nathanael Grimm

Starsky & Hutch
1975
as 'Dad' Watson

The F.B.I.
1965
as Sheriff Crowley / Ed Cray / George David Owens

Cannon
1971

Rawhide
1959
as Enoch Talby / Gantry Hobson / Sheriff John Keeley / Burke

Daniel Boone
1964
as Jarvis / Joseph Garth

Millennium
1996
as The Old Man

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Frank Dodge

Run for Your Life
1965
as Edward Loomis

The Big Valley
1965
as Wallace Miles

The Invaders
1967
as Gus Flagg / Police Capt. Bill Battersea

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Asa Wynter

Trapper John, M.D.
1979

The High Chaparral
1967
as Ed Henderson

Gunsmoke
1955
as Capt. Benter / Major / Jud Briar / Carl Anderson

Bat Masterson
1958
as Marshal William MacWilliams

Baretta
1975

Matt Houston
1982

Cybill
1995
as Stitch Sullivan

Vega$
1978

Surfside 6
1960
as Paul Wyatt

Switch
1975
as Detective Wills

Friday the 13th: The Series
1987
as Lewis Vendredi

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Captain Bone / Fred Riordan

Alias Smith and Jones
1971

Sugarfoot
1957
as Clay Calhoun / Lou Stoner

The Texan
1958
as Big Sam Aldridge / Cliff Clifford

Felony Squad
1966

Lancer
1968

The Time Tunnel
1966
as Allan Pinkerton

McMillan & Wife
1971
as Sheriff Farraday

Riverboat
1959
as Rothgate

Black Saddle
1959
as Ben Dawes

Bronco
1958
as Reverend Hardin

The Tall Man
1960

87th Precinct
1961
as Franklin Phelps

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967

Mr. Lucky
1959

Cimarron Strip
1967
Movies (88)

Predator
1987
as Major General Homer Phillips

El Dorado
1966
as Kevin MacDonald

Dick Tracy
1990
as Pruneface

My Name Is Nobody
1973
as Honest John

Children of the Corn
1984
as Diehl

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Ollinger

Lone Wolf McQuade
1983
as T. Tyler

The Car
1977
as Amos Clements

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self

Payback
1995
as Mac

Reds
1981
as Government Agent

Stay Hungry
1976
as Thor Erickson

Heaven Can Wait
1978
as General Manager

White Lightning
1973
as Big Bear

Ride the High Country
1962
as Joshua Knudsen

Purgatory
1999
as Coachman

The Fugitive Kind
1960
as Sheriff Jordan Talbott

The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
as Quittner

Texas Detour
1978
as Sheriff Burt

Baby Doll
1956
as Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)

The Shadow Riders
1982
as Sheriff Miles Gillette

The McMasters
1970
as Watson

Major Dundee
1965
as Reverend Dahlstrom

The Legend of the Golden Gun
1979
as Judge Harrison Harding

Mr. Billion
1977
as Sheriff T.C. Bishop

Boss Nigger
1975
as Mayor Griffin

A Face in the Crowd
1957
as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

White Line Fever
1975
as Prosecutor

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
as Mr. Hemmings

Hammett
1982
as Lt. O'Mara

The Best of Times
1986
as Schutte

Warlock: The Armageddon
1993
as Franks

Bulletproof
1988
as Miles Blackburn

Kingston
1976
as Father Reardon

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
1981
as Dempsey

Race with the Devil
1975
as Sheriff Taylor

No Name on the Bullet
1959
as Asa Canfield

Don't Look Back
1996
as Parish

Red Headed Stranger
1986
as Sheriff Reese Scoby

Jocks
1986
as Bettlebom

The Beast Within
1982
as Doc Schoonmaker

Evilspeak
1981
as Sarge

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972
as Clell Miller

Raggedy Man
1981
as Rigby

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005
as Self

Mean Johnny Barrows
1975
as Richard

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979
as Leland Stanford

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
1978
as Dunworth

The Pack
1977
as Cobb

Where the Buffalo Roam
1980
as Judge Simpson

The Legend of Hillbilly John
1974
as Bristowe

Steel
1979
as Kellin

Garden of Eden
1954
as J. Randolph Latimore

Oceans of Fire
1986
as Rusty West

The Time Machine
1978
as Gen. Harris

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
1979
as Al Barber

Ghetto Blaster
1989
as Curtis

Trapper County War
1989
as Pop Luddigger

Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion
1994
as Retired Texas Ranger

LBJ: The Early Years
1987
as Samuel Ealey Johnson

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993
as Self

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
2024
as Self

Dixie Dynamite
1976
as Charlie White - Bank President

From Hell to Texas
1958
as Hunter Boyd

Ten Who Dared
1960
as Oramel Howland

Manhunter
1974
as Henry Stratemeyer

J.W. Coop
1972
as Jim Sawyer

The Great White Hope
1970
as Captain Dan

Cotter
1973
as Jack

The Final Comedown
1972
as Mr. Freeman

The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
as Old Man

Reflections of Murder
1974
as Mr. Turner

Prologue to Wounded Knee
1973
as Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'

Justin Morgan Had a Horse
1972
as Squire Fisk

Invasion of Privacy
1996
as Sam Logan - Storekeeper

Running Wild
1973
as Bull

He Rides Tall
1964
as Joshua 'Josh' McCloud

80 Steps to Jonah
1969
as Mackray

Calhoun
1964
as Zac Laird
Independence
1987
as Uriah Creed

The Man Who Found the Money
1960
as Captain Bone

Never Love a Stranger
1958
as Flix
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
2006
as Self

The Century Turns
1972
as Ben Ritt

Tiger by the Tail
1970
as Ben Holmes

Dead Center
1994
as Art Fencer

Keeper of Souls
2001
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film
2014
as Self
About R.G. Armstrong
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. With 165 credits spanning from 1953 to 2024, R.G. Armstrong has appeared in 88 films and 77 TV shows.
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Most Popular R.G. Armstrong Movies
- Predator (1987) — as Major General Homer Phillips
- El Dorado (1966) — as Kevin MacDonald
- Dick Tracy (1990) — as Pruneface
- My Name Is Nobody (1973) — as Honest John
- Children of the Corn (1984) — as Diehl
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