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      Robert Armstrong

      Robert Armstrong

      Highest Rated: 100% The Lost Squadron (1932)

      Lowest Rated: 14% The Sea of Grass (1947)

      Birthday: Nov 20, 1890

      Birthplace: Saginaw, Michigan, USA

      As the big-time promoter Carl Denham in 1933's "King Kong," Robert Armstrong uttered one of the most famous lines in movie history. "Twas beauty killed the beast," he said at the close of that now iconic film. Although "King Kong " put Armstrong on the map as an actor, it would also cause him to be typecast as a fast-talking promoter in several adventure movies to follow. He played Carl Denham again in the sequel, "Son of Kong," and was cast in a similar role in 1949's "Mighty Joe Young," which was also about a giant gorilla. In the 1950s Armstrong tried his hand at television. He acted in a series of TV playhouse programs, which were live broadcasts of hour-long dramatic plays, as well as many of the popular television series of the time, including "Lassie" and "Perry Mason." In a career that lasted from 1927 to 1964, Armstrong acted in over a hundred films and television series before succumbing to cancer at the age of 82 in 1973.

      Highest rated movies

      The Paleface
      The Most Dangerous Game
      The Lost Squadron
      King Kong
      Mighty Joe Young
      Blood on the Sun
      The Fugitive
      Johnny Cool

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      DANGER LIGHTS, from left: Robert Armstrong, Jean Arthur, 1930 THE SON OF KONG, Helen Mack, Robert Armstrong, 1933 WITHOUT ORDERS, Robert Armstrong, 1936 BILLION DOLLAR SCANDAL, Robert Armstrong, 1933 SUICIDE FLEET, Robert Armstrong, William Boyd, James Gleason, 1931 FAST WORKERS, Robert Armstrong, 1933 KING KONG, Bruce Cabot, Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, 1933 THE NAVY WAY, from left: Robert Armstrong, Robert Lowery, 1944 MR. WINKLE GOES TO WAR, Robert Armstrong, Edward G. Robinson, 1944 KING KONG, Robert Armstrong, Fay Wray, 1933 A GIRL IN EVERY PORT, Myrna Loy, Victor McLaglen, Robert Armstrong, 1928, TM & Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp SQUARE CROOKS, from left, Robert Armstrong, Johnny Mack Brown, Clarence Burton, 1928 G-MEN, James Cagney, Robert Armstrong, 1935 THE SON OF KONG, Helen Mack, Robert Armstrong, 1933 MR. WINKLE GOES TO WAR, Robert Armstrong, Edward G. Robinson, 1944 THE MYSTERY MAN, Robert Armstrong, Maxine Doyle, 1935 DECOY, Edward Norris, Jean Gillie, Robert Armstrong, 1946 DECOY, Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Robert Armstrong, 1946 DECOY, Herbert Rudley, Robert Armstrong, Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, 1946 THE SON OF KONG, Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, 1933
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet 20% For Those Who Think Young Norman Armstrong (Character) - 1964
      50% 44% Johnny Cool Gang member (Character) - 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Peacemaker Sheriff Ben Seale (Character) - 1956
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Double Jeopardy Sam Baggott (Character) - 1955
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Pace That Thrills J.C. Barton (Character) - 1952
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Sons of New Mexico Pat Feeney (Character) - 1949
      91% 64% Mighty Joe Young Max O'Hara (Character) - 1949
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lucky Stiff Insp. Von Flanagan (Character) - 1949
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Streets of San Francisco Unknown (Character) - 1949
      100% 64% The Paleface Terris (Character) - 1948
      No Score Yet 32% Return of the Bad Men Wild Bill Doolin (Character) - 1948
      75% 61% The Fugitive A Sergeant of Police (Character) - 1947
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Fall Guy Mac McLaine (Character) - 1947
      14% 36% The Sea of Grass Floyd McCurtin (Character) - 1947
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Exposed Insp. Prentice (Character) - 1947
      No Score Yet 40% Criminal Court Vic Wright (Character) - 1946
      No Score Yet 51% Decoy Frank Olins (Character) - 1946
      80% 35% Blood on the Sun Col. Hideki Tojo (Character) - 1945
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Gangs of the Waterfront Peter Winkly/Dutch Malone (Character) - 1945
      No Score Yet 57% The Falcon in San Francisco Duke Monette/De Forrest Marshall (Character) - 1945
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Arson Squad Fire Capt. Joe Dugan (Character) - 1945
      No Score Yet 17% Belle of the Yukon George (Character) - 1944
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Navy Way CPO Harper (Character) - 1944
      No Score Yet 50% Mr. Winkle Goes to War Joe Tinker (Character) - 1944
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Action in Arabia Matthew Reed (Character) - 1944
      No Score Yet 12% The Mad Ghoul Ken McClure (Character) - 1943
      No Score Yet 0% The Kansan Malachy (Character) - 1943
      No Score Yet 0% Baby Face Morgan "Doc" Rogers (Character) - 1942
      No Score Yet No Score Yet It Happened in Flatbush Danny Mitchell (Character) - 1942
      No Score Yet 40% Let's Get Tough Officer "Pop" Stevens (Character) - 1942
      No Score Yet No Score Yet My Favorite Spy Harry Robinson (Character) - 1942
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Blonde Alibi Williams (Character) - 1942
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Citadel of Crime Cal Fullerton (Character) - 1941
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Dynamite Paul (Character) - 1941
      No Score Yet No Score Yet San Francisco Docks Father Cameron (Character) - 1941
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Sky Raiders Lieutenant Ed Carey (Character) - 1941
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Enemy Agent Gordon (Character) - 1940
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Service With the Colors Sgt. Clicker (Character) - 1940
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Meet the Fleet CPO Bill Jennings (Character) - 1940
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Man of Conquest Jim Bowie (Character) - 1939
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Call a Messenger Kirk Graham (Character) - 1939
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Flying Irishman Joseph "Joe" Alden (Character) - 1939
      No Score Yet 53% There Goes My Heart Detective O'Brien (Character) - 1938
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Nobody's Baby Scoops Hanford (Character) - 1937
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Three Legionnaires Sgt. Chuck Connors (Character) - 1937
      No Score Yet No Score Yet With Words and Music Jimmie Allen (Character) - 1937
      No Score Yet No Score Yet She Loved a Fireman Capt. Smokey Shannon (Character) - 1937
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Girl Said No Jimmie Allen (Character) - 1937
      No Score Yet 55% The Ex-Mrs. Bradford Nick Martel (Character) - 1936
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Public Enemy's Wife Gene Ferguson (Character) - 1936
      No Score Yet No Score Yet All-American Chump Bill Hogan (Character) - 1936
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Without Orders Wad. Madison (Character) - 1936
      No Score Yet 40% The Mystery Man Larry Doyle (Character) - 1935
      No Score Yet 68% G-Men Jeff McCord (Character) - 1935
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Little Big Shot Steve Craig (Character) - 1935
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Gigolette Chuck Ahearn (Character) - 1935
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Flirting With Danger Bob Owens (Character) - 1934
      No Score Yet 7% Search for Beauty Larry Williams (Character) - 1934
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Manhattan Love Song Williams (Character) - 1934
      No Score Yet 33% Palooka Pete "Goodtime" Palooka (Character) - 1934
      No Score Yet No Score Yet She Made Her Bed Unknown (Character) - 1934
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hell Cat Dan Collins (Character) - 1934
      No Score Yet 40% Kansas City Princess Dynamite Carson (Character) - 1934
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Above the Clouds Scoop Adams (Character) - 1934
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Fast Workers Bucker Reilly (Character) - 1933
      97% 86% King Kong Carl Denham (Character) - 1933
      42% 28% Son of Kong Carl Denham (Character) - 1933
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Billion Dollar Scandal Fingers Partos (Character) - 1933
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Blind Adventure Richard Bruce (Character) - 1933
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Panama Flo Babe (Character) - 1932
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Is My Face Red? Ed Maloney (Character) - 1932
      100% 73% The Most Dangerous Game Martin Trowbridge (Character) - 1932
      100% 46% The Lost Squadron Lt. "Woody" Curwood (Character) - 1932
      No Score Yet 68% The Penguin Pool Murder Lawyer Barry Costello (Character) - 1932
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Hold 'Em Jail The Radio Announcer (Character) - 1932
      No Score Yet 11% Paid Joe Garson (Character) - 1931
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Suicide Fleet Dutch (Character) - 1931
      No Score Yet 46% Iron Man George Regan (Character) - 1931
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Tip Off Kayo McClure (Character) - 1931
      No Score Yet 29% Be Yourself Jerry Moore (Character) - 1930
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Big Money Ace (Character) - 1930
      No Score Yet 14% Danger Lights Larry Doyle (Character) - 1930
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Oh, Yeah? Dude Cowan (Character) - 1929
      No Score Yet 20% The Racketeer Mahlon Keane (Character) - 1929
      No Score Yet No Score Yet So This Is College Biff (Character) - 1929
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Big News Steve Banks (Character) - 1929
      No Score Yet 20% The Leatherneck Joseph Hanlon (Character) - 1929
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Cop Scarface Marcas (Character) - 1928
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Celebrity Kid Reagan (Character) - 1928
      No Score Yet 57% A Girl in Every Port Salami (Character) - 1928
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Baby Cyclone Gene (Character) - 1928

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Capt. Bancroft (Guest Star) 1958 1961-1962 1964
      No Score Yet No Score Yet 77 Sunset Strip Pop Bateman (Guest Star) 1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Unknown (Character) 1962
      No Score Yet 85% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Doc Buckles (Character) 1960 1962
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Lassie Oliver (Guest Star) 1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Timmy & Lassie Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Rawhide Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Wells Fargo Jess Walden (Guest Star) 1958 1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Laramie Sheriff (Guest Star) 1961
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Bronco Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Sugarfoot Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Trackdown Sheriff Warren Croft (Guest Star) 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Have Gun -- Will Travel Unknown (Guest Star) 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1958
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Red Skelton Show Unknown (Character),
      Self       		1957
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The 20th Century-Fox Hour Unknown (Character) 1956
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Cheyenne Unknown (Guest Star) 1956