R. G. Armstrong
A flinty, often imposing presence in features and television for over half a century, character actor R.G. Armstrong played men whose mere presence elevated the tension in such films as "Ride the High Country" (1956), "El Dorado" (1966), "The Great White Hope" (1970), "Predator" (1986) and countless other screen appearances. He was a staple of Sam Peckinpah's features, often playing figures with unyielding religious conviction in "Major Dundee" (1965) and "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" (1973), while Warren Beatty utilized his formidable screen presence to cut the levity in pictures like "Heaven Can Wait" (1975) and "Dick Tracy" (1991). Offscreen, he was a kind soul whose tireless work ethic contributed to his lengthy career, which culminated in 2001. His body of work, which encompassed films both classic and forgettable, ensured him the warm screen immortality afforded to only the best of Hollywood's character players.
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R. G. Armstrong
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waking | Edward Sloan (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Purgatory | Coachman (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Payback | Mac (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Center | Art Fencer (Character) | - | 1994 |
0% |
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Warlock: The Armageddon | Franks (Character) | $3.1M | 1993 |
62% |
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Dick Tracy | Pruneface (Character) | $103.7M | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Trapper County War | Pop Luddigger (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Ghetto Blaster | Curtis (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Hunting Party | Sheriff Dalton Parks (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Bulletproof | Miles Blackburn (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Jocks | Coach Bettlebom (Character) | - | 1987 |
80% |
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Predator | Gen. Phillips (Character) | $54.4M | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Red Headed Stranger | Sheriff Reese Scoby - Driscoll, Montana (Character) | - | 1986 |
29% |
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The Best of Times | Schutte (Character) | $5.8M | 1986 |
39% |
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Children of the Corn | Diehl (Character) | - | 1984 |
57% |
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Lone Wolf McQuade | T. Tyler (Character) | - | 1983 |
77% |
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Hammett | Lt. O'Mara (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
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The Shadow Riders | Sheriff Miles Gillette (Character) | - | 1982 |
17% |
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The Beast Within | Doc Schoonmaker (Character) | - | 1982 |
50% |
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Evilspeak | Sarge (Character) | - | 1981 |
100% |
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Raggedy Man | Rigby (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper | Dempsey (Character) | - | 1981 |
19% |
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Where the Buffalo Roam | Judge Simpson (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet |
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The Sin | Mr. Hemmings (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Steel | Kellin (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell | Dunworth (Character) | - | 1978 |
86% |
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Heaven Can Wait | General manager (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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The Time Machine | Gen. Harris (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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The Long Dark Night | Cobb (Character) | - | 1977 |
30% |
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The Car | Amos (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Dixie Dynamite | Charlie White (Character) | - | 1976 |
69% |
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Stay Hungry | Thor Erickson (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kingston: The Power Play | Unknown (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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Boss | Mayor Griffin (Character) | - | 1975 |
71% |
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Race With the Devil | Sheriff Taylor (Character) | - | 1975 |
29% |
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White Line Fever | Prosecutor (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Reflections of Murder | Mr. Turner (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Manhunter | Henry Stratemeyer (Character) | - | 1974 |
59% |
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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid | Deputy Sheriff Bob Ollinger (Character) | - | 1973 |
67% |
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White Lightning | Big Bear (Character) | - | 1973 |
100% |
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My Name Is Nobody | Honest John (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cotter | Jack (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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Justin Morgan Had a Horse | Squire Fisk (Character) | - | 1972 |
73% |
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The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Clell Miller (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hec Ramsey | Ben Ritt (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Century Turns | Ben Ritt (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Legend of Hillbilly John | Bristowe (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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J.W. Coop | Jim Sawyer (Character) | - | 1971 |
94% |
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The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Quittner (Character) | - | 1970 |
43% |
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The Great White Hope | Cap'n Dan (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The McMasters | Watson (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet |
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Angels Die Hard | Mel (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 80 Steps to Jonah | Mackray (Character) | - | 1969 |
96% |
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El Dorado | Kevin MacDonald (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | El Dorado | Kevin MacDonald (Character) | - | 1966 |
97% |
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Major Dundee | Reverend Dahlstrom (Character) | $14.9K | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | He Rides Tall | Joshua 'Josh' McCloud (Character) | - | 1964 |
89% |
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Ride the High Country | Joshua Knudsen (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet |
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Ten Who Dared | Oramel Howland (Character) | - | 1960 |
59% |
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The Fugitive Kind | Sheriff Jordan Talbot (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet |
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No Name on the Bullet | Asa Canfield (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet |
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From Hell to Texas | Hunter Boyd (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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Never Love a Stranger | Flix (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Garden of Eden | J. Randolph Latimore (Character) | - | 1954 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 86% | Millennium | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Quantum Leap | Davison (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Beauty and the Beast | Stanley Kazmarek (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Friday the 13th: The Series | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987-1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981-1982 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dukes of Hazzard | Calloway (Guest Star) | 1979 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie's Angels | Sebastian Craig (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Starsky and Hutch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Grandee MacAllister (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Banner (Guest Star) | 1971 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sixth Sense | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The High Chaparral | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Here Come the Brides | Lijah (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie | Mr. Bowers (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Doris Day Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daniel Boone | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Jud Briar (Guest Star) | 1961 1963 1965-1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Felony Squad | Arnie Kale (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cimarron Strip | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 1961 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Sheriff Bradley (Guest Star) | 1963 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959-1960 1962 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1962-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Ben Winters (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Sam Jarrad (Guest Star) | 1960-1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Harry Bright (Guest Star) | 1958-1959 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | John Muskie (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Surfside 6 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Captain Bone (Character) | 1960 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Wells Fargo | Hanson (Guest Star) | 1962 |
92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Contractor (Character) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | 88% | The Andy Griffith Show | Farmer Flint (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bat Masterson | Marshal William MacWilliams (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheyenne | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960-1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tall Man | Neal Bailey (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Lucky | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sugarfoot | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958-1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Black Saddle | Ben Dawes (Character) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rifleman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |