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