R. G. Armstrong

R. G. Armstrong

Birthday: 1917-04-07
Deathday: 2012-07-27
Place of birth: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Also know as: R. G. Armstrong

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.

Filmography

Predator

1987

As Major General Homer Phillips

Tiger by the Tail

1970

As Ben Holmes

Children of the Corn

1984

As Diehl

White Lightning

1973

As Big Bear

Stay Hungry

1976

As Thor Erickson

The Best of Times

1986

As Schutte

El Dorado

1966

As Kevin MacDonald

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973

As Ollinger

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970

As Quittner

The Car

1977

As Amos Clements

Race with the Devil

1975

As Sheriff Taylor

My Name Is Nobody

1973

As Honest John

Boss Nigger

1975

As Mayor Griffin

Where the Buffalo Roam

1980

As Judge Simpson

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

1972

As Clell Miller

Ride the High Country

1962

As Joshua Knudsen

Major Dundee

1965

As Reverend Dahlstrom

White Line Fever

1975

As Prosecutor

Evilspeak

1981

As Sarge

The Fugitive Kind

1960

As Sheriff Jordan Talbott

Jocks

1986

As Bettlebom

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

2005

As Self

No Name on the Bullet

1959

As Asa Canfield

Payback

1995

As Mac

Dixie Dynamite

1976

As Charlie White - Bank President

The Long Dark Night

1977

As Cobb

Ghetto Blaster

1989

As Curtis

The McMasters

1970

As Watson

Raggedy Man

1981

As Rigby

Manhunter

1974

As Henry Stratemeyer

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

1993

As Self

Reflections of Murder

1974

As Mr. Turner

Texas Detour

1978

As Sheriff Burt

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979

As Mr. Hemmings

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

1972

As Squire Fisk

The Legend of Hillbilly John

1974

As Bristowe

He Rides Tall

1964

As Joshua 'Josh' McCloud

Ten Who Dared

1960

As Oramel Howland

80 Steps to Jonah

1969

As Mackray

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004

As Self

Red Headed Stranger

1986

As Sheriff Reese Scoby

Lone Wolf McQuade

1983

As T. Tyler

Bulletproof

1988

As Miles Blackburn

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

1978

As Dunworth

Reds

1981

As Government Agent

LBJ: The Early Years

1987

As Samuel Ealey Johnson

The Great White Hope

1970

As Captain Dan

Don't Look Back

1996

As Parish

Mean Johnny Barrows

1975

As Richard

Calhoun

1964

As Zac Laird

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

1981

As Dempsey

Warlock: The Armageddon

1993

As Franks

The Beast Within

1982

As Doc Schoonmaker

Oceans of Fire

1986

As Rusty West

Never Love a Stranger

1958

As Flix

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

1979

As Al Barber

The Time Machine

1978

As Gen. Harris

The Man in the Iron Mask

1998

As Old Man

Independence

1987

As Uriah Creed

Invasion of Privacy

1996

As Sam Logan - Storekeeper

Hammett

1982

As Lt. O'Mara

The Final Comedown

1972

As Mr. Freeman

J.W. Coop

1971

As Jim Sawyer

Dick Tracy

1990

As Pruneface

The Shadow Riders

1982

As Sheriff Miles Gillette

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

1979

As Leland Stanford

Purgatory

1999

As Coachman

Dead Center

1994

As Art Fencer

Running Wild

1973

As Bull

Trapper County War

1989

As Pop Luddigger

Mr. Billion

1977

As Sheriff T.C. Bishop

Sam Peckinpah: Portrait

2006

As Self

Baby Doll

1956

As Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)

Prologue to Wounded Knee

1973

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

Garden of Eden

1954

As J. Randolph Latimore

Keeper of Souls

2001

As

The Legend of the Golden Gun

1979

As Judge Harrison Harding

Steel

1979

As Kellin

Heaven Can Wait

1978

As General Manager

A Face in the Crowd

1957

As Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

From Hell to Texas

1958

As Hunter Boyd

Kingston

1976

As Father Reardon

Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion

1994

As Retired Texas Ranger

Cotter

1973

As Jack

The Century Turns

1972

As Ben Ritt

Production

The Hottest State

2006

As Thanks