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R.G. Armstrong

Robert Golden Armstrong Jr. was an American character actor and playwright. A veteran performer who appeared in dozens of Westerns during his 40-year career, he may be best remembered for his work with director Sam Peckinpah.

Aliases
  • Robert Golden Armstrong Jr.
English
Filmography

Predator

1987
as Major General Homer Phillips

My Name Is Nobody

1973
as Honest John

Children of the Corn

1984
as Diehl

Where the Buffalo Roam

1980
as Judge Simpson

Raggedy Man

1981
as Rigby

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979
as Mr. Hemmings

Warlock: The Armageddon

1993
as Franks

Payback

1995
as Mac

The Great White Hope

1970
as Captain Dan

J.W. Coop

1972
as Jim Sawyer

The Pack

1977
as Cobb

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

2004
as Himself

The Shadow Riders

1982
as Sheriff Miles Gillette

El Dorado

1966
as Kevin MacDonald

Dick Tracy

1990
as Pruneface

Major Dundee

1965
as Reverend Dahlstrom

Go West, Young Man!

2003
as R.G. Armstrong

Ride the High Country

1962
as Joshua Knudsen

Mean Johnny Barrows

1975
as Richard

The Beast Within

1982
as Doc Schoonmaker

No Name on the Bullet

1959
as Asa Canfield

Sam Peckinpah: Portrait

2006
as R.G. Armstrong

LBJ: The Early Years

1987
as Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr.

Jocks

1986
as Coach Bettlebom

Heaven Can Wait

1978
as General Manager

Calhoun

1964
as Zac Laird

Cotter

1973
as Jack

Race with the Devil

1975
as Sheriff Taylor

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

1972
as Clell Miller

Red Headed Stranger

1986

The Time Machine

1978
as Gen. Harris

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973
as Ollinger

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

1972
as Squire Fisk

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970
as Quittner

Evilspeak

1981
as Sarge

Ten Who Dared

1960
as Oramel Howland

The Car

1977
as Amos Clements

From Hell to Texas

1958
as Hunter Boyd

Bulletproof

1988
as Miles Blackburn

Texas Detour

1978
as Sheriff Burt

Don't Look Back

1996
as Parish

He Rides Tall

1964
as Joshua 'Josh' McCloud

Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion

1994
as Retired Texas Ranger

Dixie Dynamite

1976
as Charlie White - Bank President

Lone Wolf McQuade

1983
as T. Tyler

Ghetto Blaster

1989
as Curtis

Trapper County War

1989
as Pop Luddigger

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

1979
as Al Barber

Purgatory

1999
as Coachman

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

1993
as Himself

Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film

2014
as R.G. Armstrong

Invasion of Privacy

1996
as Sam Logan - Storekeeper

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

2005
as R.G. Armstrong

Reflections of Murder

1974
as Mr. Turner

The Best of Times

1986
as Schutte

Oceans of Fire

1986
as Rusty West

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

1978
as Dunworth

Never Love a Stranger

1958
as Flix

The McMasters

1970
as Watson

Stay Hungry

1976
as Thor Erickson

The Fugitive Kind

1960
as Sheriff Jordan Talbott

The Legend of Hillbilly John

1972
as Bristowe

Hammett

1982
as Lt. O'Mara

Keeper of Souls

2001
as Edward Sloan

The Man in the Iron Mask

1998
as Old Man

Angels Die Hard

1970
as Mel

Camper John

1973
as Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'

White Line Fever

1975
as Prosecutor

The Legend of the Golden Gun

1979
as Judge Harrison Harding

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

1981
as Dempsey

White Lightning

1973
as Big Bear

Reds

1981
as Agent

80 Steps to Jonah

1969
as Mackray

Boss Nigger

1975
as Mayor Griffin