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

Perry Mason
1958
Bonanza
1961
Hawaii Five-O
1969
The Andy Griffith Show
1961
L.A. Law
1992
Wagon Train
1962
Quantum Leap
1991
The Fugitive
1965
Maverick
1959
Dynasty
1982
Have Gun, Will Travel
1958
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
195
Crew
1
2024
Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
as Self
2014
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film
as Self
2006
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
as Self
2005
Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
as Self
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self
2001
Keeper of Souls
as Edward Sloan
1999
Purgatory
as Coachman
1998
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Old Man
1997
Millennium
as The Old Man
1996
Don't Look Back
as Parish
1996
Invasion of Privacy
as Sam Logan - Storekeeper
1995
Payback
as Mac
1995
Cybill
as Stitch Sullivan
1994
Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion
as Retired Texas Ranger
1994
Dead Center
as Art Fencer
1994
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Frank Dodge
1993
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
as Self
1993
Warlock: The Armageddon
as Franks
1992
L.A. Law
as Frank Osgood
1991
Quantum Leap
as Davison
1990
Dick Tracy
as Pruneface
1989
Ghetto Blaster
as Curtis
1989
Trapper County War
as Pop Luddigger
1989
Matlock
as Sheriff Dalton Parks
1989
Beauty and the Beast
as Stanley Kazmarek
1988
Bulletproof
as Miles Blackburn
1988
War and Remembrance
as 'Moose' Fitzgerald
1987
Predator
as Major General Homer Phillips
1987
LBJ: The Early Years
as Samuel Ealey Johnson
1987
Independence
as Uriah Creed
1987
Friday the 13th: The Series
as Lewis Vendredi
1986
The Best of Times
as Schutte
1986
Jocks
as Bettlebom
1986
Red Headed Stranger
as Sheriff Reese Scoby
1986
Oceans of Fire
as Rusty West
1984
Children of the Corn
as Diehl
1984
Matt Houston
1983
Lone Wolf McQuade
as T. Tyler
1982
The Beast Within
as Doc Schoonmaker
1982
Hammett
as Lt. O'Mara
1982
The Shadow Riders
as Sheriff Miles Gillette
1982
Dynasty
1982
Code Red
1981
Evilspeak
as Sarge
1981
Raggedy Man
as Rigby
1981
Reds
as Government Agent
1981
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
as Dempsey
1981
Trapper John, M.D.
1981
Darkroom
as Sheriff Dodson
1980
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Judge Simpson
1980
Charlie's Angels
as Sebastian Craig
1980
Skag
1979
The Legend of the Golden Gun
as Judge Harrison Harding
1979
Steel
as Kellin
1979
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
as Mr. Hemmings
1979
Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
as Al Barber
1979
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
as Leland Stanford
1979
Vega$
1978
Heaven Can Wait
as General Manager
1978
Texas Detour
as Sheriff Burt
1978
Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
as Dunworth
1978
The Time Machine
as Gen. Harris
1977
The Car
as Amos Clements
1977
The Pack
as Cobb
1977
Mr. Billion
as Sheriff T.C. Bishop
1977
Starsky & Hutch
as 'Dad' Watson
1977
Baretta
1977
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1976
Stay Hungry
as Thor Erickson
1976
Dixie Dynamite
as Charlie White - Bank President
1976
Kingston
as Father Reardon
1976
Movin' On
1976
Switch
as Detective Wills
1975
Race with the Devil
as Sheriff Taylor
1975
Boss Nigger
as Mayor Griffin
1975
White Line Fever
as Prosecutor
1975
Mean Johnny Barrows
as Richard
1974
Manhunter
as Henry Stratemeyer
1974
Reflections of Murder
as Mr. Turner
1974
The Legend of Hillbilly John
as Bristowe
1974
The Manhunter
1974
McMillan & Wife
as Sheriff Farraday
1973
White Lightning
as Big Bear
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Ollinger
1973
My Name Is Nobody
as Honest John
1973
Cotter
as Jack
1973
Running Wild
as Bull
1973
Prologue to Wounded Knee
as Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'
1972
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
as Clell Miller
1972
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
as Squire Fisk
1972
The Century Turns
as Ben Ritt
1972
The Final Comedown
as Mr. Freeman
1972
J.W. Coop
as Jim Sawyer
1972
The Sixth Sense
1972
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Squire Fisk
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Cannon
1970
Tiger by the Tail
as Ben Holmes
1970
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
as Quittner
1970
The McMasters
as Watson
1970
The Great White Hope
as Captain Dan
1970
The High Chaparral
as Ed Henderson
1970
Hawaii Five-O
as Warden
1969
80 Steps to Jonah
as Mackray
1969
Hawaii Five-O
as Capt. Wade
1969
Lassie
1969
Here Come the Brides
1968
Lancer
1968
Daniel Boone
as Joseph Garth
1968
The Invaders
as Police Capt. Bill Battersea
1967
Felony Squad
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
Daniel Boone
as Jarvis
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Custer
1967
The F.B.I.
as Ed Cray
1967
The F.B.I.
as George David Owens
1967
The Virginian
as Frederick Harley
1967
Gunsmoke
as Carl Anderson
1967
The Invaders
as Gus Flagg
1966
El Dorado
as Kevin MacDonald
1966
The Time Tunnel
as Allan Pinkerton
1966
T.H.E. Cat
as Police Capt. McAllister
1966
Bonanza
as Col. Keith Jarrell
1966
T.H.E. Cat
as Capt. McAllister
1965
Major Dundee
as Reverend Dahlstrom
1965
The F.B.I.
as Sheriff Crowley
1965
Run for Your Life
as Edward Loomis
1965
The Fugitive
as Tully Gage
1965
The Big Valley
as Wallace Miles
1965
The Fugitive
as Marshal Matt Peters
1965
Rawhide
as Sheriff John Keeley
1965
Gunsmoke
as Jud Briar
1964
He Rides Tall
as Joshua 'Josh' McCloud
1964
Calhoun
as Zac Laird
1963
The Virginian
as Ben Winters
1963
The Fugitive
as Sheriff Bradley
1963
Gunsmoke
as Major
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as John Cooley
1962
Ride the High Country
as Joshua Knudsen
1962
General Electric Theater
as Jerry Boynton
1962
The Twilight Zone
as Contractor
1962
Rawhide
as Gantry Hobson
1962
Perry Mason
as John Gregory
1962
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Fred Riordan
1962
Surfside 6
as Paul Wyatt
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as William Downey
1962
87th Precinct
as Franklin Phelps
1962
Wagon Train
as John Muskie
1962
Wagon Train
as General Kirby
1961
The Andy Griffith Show
as Farmer Flint
1961
Gunsmoke
as Capt. Benter
1961
Everglades
1961
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1961
Bat Masterson
as Marshal William MacWilliams
1961
Bonanza
as Nathan Clay
1961
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Billy Soto
1961
Cheyenne
as Nathanael Grimm
1960
The Fugitive Kind
as Sheriff Jordan Talbott
1960
Ten Who Dared
as Oramel Howland
1960
The Man Who Found the Money
as Captain Bone
1960
Cheyenne
1960
Mr. Lucky
1960
The Tall Man
1960
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Captain Bone
1960
The Westerner
as Shell Davidson
1960
Rawhide
as Burke
1959
No Name on the Bullet
as Asa Canfield
1959
Rawhide
as Enoch Talby
1959
Black Saddle
as Ben Dawes
1959
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Asa Wynter
1959
Riverboat
as Rothgate
1959
Maverick
as Wellington Cosgrove
1959
The Texan
as Big Sam Aldridge
1959
Sugarfoot
as Lou Stoner
1959
Perry Mason
as Harry Bright
1959
Bonanza
as Andrew Holloway
1959
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Jack O'Neal
1959
Lawman
as Major Ben Rogers
1958
From Hell to Texas
as Hunter Boyd
1958
Never Love a Stranger
as Flix
1958
Perry Mason
as Matthew Bartlett
1958
Have Gun, Will Travel
1958
Sugarfoot
as Clay Calhoun
1958
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Fred Tomlinson
1958
Jefferson Drum
as Kreiger
1958
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sheriff Les Houghton
1958
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Mayor Lovett
1958
The Rifleman
as Sheriff Tomlinson
1958
The Rifleman
as Sheriff Fred Tomlinson
1958
The Texan
as Cliff Clifford
1958
Bronco
as Reverend Hardin
1957
A Face in the Crowd
as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
1956
Baby Doll
as Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)
1954
Garden of Eden
as J. Randolph Latimore