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