
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

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 / Sheriff Bradley / Marshal Matt Peters

Lassie
1954

Wagon Train
1957
as John Muskie / General Kirby
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 / Sheriff Bradley / Marshal Matt Peters

Lassie
1954

Wagon Train
1957
as John Muskie / General Kirby

Dynasty
1981

The Rifleman
1958
as Sheriff Tomlinson / Sheriff Fred Tomlinson

Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Capt. Wade / Warden

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

Maverick
1957
as Wellington Cosgrove

Charlie's Angels
1976
as Sebastian Craig

Quantum Leap
1989
as Davison

The Virginian
1962
as Ben Winters / Frederick Harley

L.A. Law
1986
as Frank Osgood

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Mayor Lovett

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Contractor

Lawman
1958
as Major Ben Rogers

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as William Downey / John Cooley

Matlock
1986
as Sheriff Dalton Parks

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955

Run for Your Life
1965
as Edward Loomis

Starsky & Hutch
1975
as 'Dad' Watson

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

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Frank Dodge

Daniel Boone
1964
as Jarvis / Joseph Garth

Cheyenne
1955
as Nathanael Grimm

Cannon
1971

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

The Big Valley
1965
as Wallace Miles

Millennium
1996
as The Old Man

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Asa Wynter

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

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

The High Chaparral
1967
as Ed Henderson

Trapper John, M.D.
1979

Bat Masterson
1958
as Marshal William MacWilliams

Baretta
1975

Cybill
1995
as Stitch Sullivan

Vega$
1978

Matt Houston
1982

Alias Smith and Jones
1971

Surfside 6
1960
as Paul Wyatt

Sugarfoot
1957
as Clay Calhoun / Lou Stoner

Switch
1975
as Detective Wills

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Captain Bone / Fred Riordan

Friday the 13th: The Series
1987
as Lewis Vendredi

Lancer
1968

The Texan
1958
as Big Sam Aldridge / Cliff Clifford

Felony Squad
1966

The Time Tunnel
1966
as Allan Pinkerton

McMillan & Wife
1971
as Sheriff Farraday

Bronco
1958
as Reverend Hardin

Black Saddle
1959
as Ben Dawes

The Tall Man
1960

Riverboat
1959
as Rothgate

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967

The Westerner
1960
as Shell Davidson

Cimarron Strip
1967

Mr. Lucky
1959
Movies (88)

Predator
1987
as Major General Homer Phillips

El Dorado
1966
as Kevin MacDonald

My Name Is Nobody
1973
as Honest John

White Lightning
1973
as Big Bear

Dick Tracy
1990
as Pruneface

Lone Wolf McQuade
1983
as T. Tyler

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Ollinger

The Car
1977
as Amos Clements

Texas Detour
1978
as Sheriff Burt

Children of the Corn
1984
as Diehl

The McMasters
1970
as Watson

Payback
1995
as Mac

Red Headed Stranger
1986
as Sheriff Reese Scoby

Kingston
1976
as Father Reardon

Boss Nigger
1975
as Mayor Griffin

Ride the High Country
1962
as Joshua Knudsen

Stay Hungry
1976
as Thor Erickson

Heaven Can Wait
1978
as General Manager

Reds
1981
as Government Agent

Running Wild
1973
as Bull

Purgatory
1999
as Coachman

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

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

The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
as Quittner

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

Warlock: The Armageddon
1993
as Franks

The Best of Times
1986
as Schutte

Hammett
1982
as Lt. O'Mara

The Fugitive Kind
1960
as Sheriff Jordan Talbott

Major Dundee
1965
as Reverend Dahlstrom

Bulletproof
1988
as Miles Blackburn

Race with the Devil
1975
as Sheriff Taylor

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

The Shadow Riders
1982
as Sheriff Miles Gillette

Don't Look Back
1996
as Parish

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
1978
as Dunworth

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
1981
as Dempsey

Garden of Eden
1954
as J. Randolph Latimore

Evilspeak
1981
as Sarge

Jocks
1986
as Bettlebom

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
as Mr. Hemmings

The Pack
1977
as Cobb

Mr. Billion
1977
as Sheriff T.C. Bishop

White Line Fever
1975
as Prosecutor

The Legend of the Golden Gun
1979
as Judge Harrison Harding

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

Raggedy Man
1981
as Rigby

Ghetto Blaster
1989
as Curtis

Manhunter
1974
as Henry Stratemeyer

No Name on the Bullet
1959
as Asa Canfield

The Final Comedown
1972
as Mr. Freeman

The Time Machine
1978
as Gen. Harris

Mean Johnny Barrows
1975
as Richard

Where the Buffalo Roam
1980
as Judge Simpson

The Beast Within
1982
as Doc Schoonmaker

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

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972
as Clell Miller

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

Dixie Dynamite
1976
as Charlie White - Bank President

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993
as Self

Ten Who Dared
1960
as Oramel Howland

The Legend of Hillbilly John
1974
as Bristowe

From Hell to Texas
1958
as Hunter Boyd

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979
as Leland Stanford

J.W. Coop
1972
as Jim Sawyer

The Great White Hope
1970
as Captain Dan

Trapper County War
1989
as Pop Luddigger

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

Calhoun
1964
as Zac Laird

Oceans of Fire
1986
as Rusty West

Steel
1979
as Kellin

Never Love a Stranger
1958
as Flix

The Man in the Iron Mask
1998
as Old Man

Cotter
1973
as Jack

Tiger by the Tail
1970
as Ben Holmes

LBJ: The Early Years
1987
as Samuel Ealey Johnson

Reflections of Murder
1974
as Mr. Turner
Independence
1987
as Uriah Creed

Invasion of Privacy
1996
as Sam Logan - Storekeeper

The Century Turns
1972
as Ben Ritt

He Rides Tall
1964
as Joshua 'Josh' McCloud

Justin Morgan Had a Horse
1972
as Squire Fisk

The Man Who Found the Money
1960
as Captain Bone

80 Steps to Jonah
1969
as Mackray
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
2006
as Self

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
- My Name Is Nobody (1973) — as Honest John
- White Lightning (1973) — as Big Bear
- Dick Tracy (1990) — as Pruneface
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