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