Actor

R.G. Armstrong

Birthday: April 7, 1917

Born in: Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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.

Movie Credits

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western (2024) as Self
Age: 107
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film (2014) as Self
Age: 96
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait (2006) as Self
Age: 89
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (2005) as Self
Age: 87
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004) as Self
Age: 87
Keeper of Souls (2001)
Age: 83
Purgatory (1999) as Coachman
Age: 81
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) as Old Man
Age: 80
Invasion of Privacy (1996) as Sam Logan - Storekeeper
Age: 79
Don't Look Back (1996) as Parish
Age: 79
Payback (1995) as Mac
Age: 77
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion (1994) as Retired Texas Ranger
Age: 77
Dead Center (1994) as Art Fencer
Age: 77
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993) as Self
Age: 76
Warlock: The Armageddon (1993) as Franks
Age: 76
Dick Tracy (1990) as Pruneface
Age: 72
Ghetto Blaster (1989) as Curtis
Age: 72
Trapper County War (1989) as Pop Luddigger
Age: 71
Bulletproof (1988) as Miles Blackburn
Age: 71
Predator (1987) as Major General Homer Phillips
Age: 70
Independence (1987) as Uriah Creed
Age: 69
LBJ: The Early Years (1987) as Samuel Ealey Johnson
Age: 69
Jocks (1986) as Bettlebom
Age: 69
Red Headed Stranger (1986) as Sheriff Reese Scoby
Age: 69
Oceans of Fire (1986) as Rusty West
Age: 69
The Best of Times (1986) as Schutte
Age: 68
Children of the Corn (1984) as Diehl
Age: 66
Lone Wolf McQuade (1983) as T. Tyler
Age: 66
The Shadow Riders (1982) as Sheriff Miles Gillette
Age: 65
Hammett (1982) as Lt. O'Mara
Age: 65
The Beast Within (1982) as Doc Schoonmaker
Age: 64
Reds (1981) as Government Agent
Age: 64
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981) as Dempsey
Age: 64
Raggedy Man (1981) as Rigby
Age: 64
Evilspeak (1981) as Sarge
Age: 64
Where the Buffalo Roam (1980) as Judge Simpson
Age: 63
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979) as Leland Stanford
Age: 62
Steel (1979) as Kellin
Age: 62
The Legend of the Golden Gun (1979) as Judge Harrison Harding
Age: 62
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (1979) as Al Barber
Age: 62
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979) as Mr. Hemmings
Age: 62
The Time Machine (1978) as Gen. Harris
Age: 61
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978) as Dunworth
Age: 61
Heaven Can Wait (1978) as General Manager
Age: 61
Texas Detour (1978) as Sheriff Burt
Age: 61
The Pack (1977) as Cobb
Age: 60
The Car (1977) as Amos Clements
Age: 60
Mr. Billion (1977) as Sheriff T.C. Bishop
Age: 59
Kingston (1976) as Father Reardon
Age: 59
Dixie Dynamite (1976) as Charlie White - Bank President
Age: 59
Stay Hungry (1976) as Thor Erickson
Age: 59
Mean Johnny Barrows (1975) as Richard
Age: 58
Boss Nigger (1975) as Mayor Griffin
Age: 58
White Line Fever (1975) as Prosecutor
Age: 58
Race with the Devil (1975) as Sheriff Taylor
Age: 58
Reflections of Murder (1974) as Mr. Turner
Age: 57
Manhunter (1974) as Henry Stratemeyer
Age: 56
The Legend of Hillbilly John (1974) as Bristowe
Age: 56
My Name Is Nobody (1973) as Honest John
Age: 56
Running Wild (1973) as Bull
Age: 56
White Lightning (1973) as Big Bear
Age: 56
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) as Ollinger
Age: 56
Prologue to Wounded Knee (1973) as Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'
Age: 56
Cotter (1973) as Jack
Age: 55
The Century Turns (1972) as Ben Ritt
Age: 55
The Final Comedown (1972) as Mr. Freeman
Age: 55
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1972) as Clell Miller
Age: 55
Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1972) as Squire Fisk
Age: 54
J.W. Coop (1972) as Jim Sawyer
Age: 54
The Great White Hope (1970) as Captain Dan
Age: 53
The McMasters (1970) as Watson
Age: 53
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) as Quittner
Age: 52
Tiger by the Tail (1970) as Ben Holmes
Age: 52
80 Steps to Jonah (1969) as Mackray
Age: 52
El Dorado (1966) as Kevin MacDonald
Age: 49
Major Dundee (1965) as Reverend Dahlstrom
Age: 47
Calhoun (1964) as Zac Laird
Age: 47
He Rides Tall (1964) as Joshua 'Josh' McCloud
Age: 46
Ride the High Country (1962) as Joshua Knudsen
Age: 45
The Man Who Found the Money (1960) as Captain Bone
Age: 43
Ten Who Dared (1960) as Oramel Howland
Age: 43
The Fugitive Kind (1960) as Sheriff Jordan Talbott
Age: 43
No Name on the Bullet (1959) as Asa Canfield
Age: 41
Never Love a Stranger (1958) as Flix
Age: 41
From Hell to Texas (1958) as Hunter Boyd
Age: 41
A Face in the Crowd (1957) as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
Age: 40
Baby Doll (1956) as Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)
Age: 39
Garden of Eden (1954) as J. Randolph Latimore
Age: 37