
R.G. Armstrong
Known for: Acting
Born: April 7, 1917
Died: July 27, 2012
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

Keeper of Souls
2001

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western
2024
Sam Peckinpah: Portrait
2006
Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film
2014

Evilspeak
1981

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah
2005

Ghetto Blaster
1989

Justin Morgan Had a Horse
1972

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004

Children of the Corn
1984

Boss Nigger
1975

Red Headed Stranger
1986

Stay Hungry
1976

The Car
1977

My Name Is Nobody
1973

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
1972

The Pack
1977

Texas Detour
1978

The Beast Within
1982

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider
1979

J.W. Coop
1972

Prologue to Wounded Knee
1973

Garden of Eden
1954

The Man Who Found the Money
1960

Race with the Devil
1975

Where the Buffalo Roam
1980

Jocks
1986

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron
1993

He Rides Tall
1964

Ten Who Dared
1960

From Hell to Texas
1958

The Century Turns
1972

Ride the High Country
1962

The Fugitive Kind
1960

No Name on the Bullet
1959

Dixie Dynamite
1976

Payback
1995

Raggedy Man
1981

Manhunter
1974

Reflections of Murder
1974

Calhoun
1964

Mean Johnny Barrows
1975

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
1981

Warlock: The Armageddon
1993

Never Love a Stranger
1958

Dead Center
1994

Running Wild
1973

Trapper County War
1989

Tiger by the Tail
1970

The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970

White Line Fever
1975

Cotter
1973

White Lightning
1973

El Dorado
1966

The McMasters
1970

80 Steps to Jonah
1969

Lone Wolf McQuade
1983

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell
1978

Hammett
1982

The Time Machine
1978

The Final Comedown
1972

Mr. Billion
1977

Baby Doll
1956

Predator
1987

The Best of Times
1986

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973

Bulletproof
1988

Kingston
1976

LBJ: The Early Years
1987

The Shadow Riders
1982

Major Dundee
1965

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
1979
Independence
1987

Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion
1994

The Legend of Hillbilly John
1974

Don't Look Back
1996

Invasion of Privacy
1996

The Great White Hope
1970

Purgatory
1999

A Face in the Crowd
1957

Dick Tracy
1990

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang
1979

The Legend of the Golden Gun
1979

Steel
1979

Heaven Can Wait
1978

Oceans of Fire
1986

The Man in the Iron Mask
1998

Reds
1981

The Andy Griffith Show
1960

The Time Tunnel
1966

Movin' On
1974

Cheyenne
1955

Trapper John, M.D.
1979

L.A. Law
1986

Starsky & Hutch
1975

The F.B.I.
1965

Mr. Lucky
1959

Friday the 13th: The Series
1987

Matlock
1986

Hawaii Five-O
1968

Cybill
1995

Baretta
1975

Alias Smith and Jones
1971

Dynasty
1981

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993

Charlie's Angels
1976

Quantum Leap
1989

Gunsmoke
1955

Perry Mason
1957

General Electric Theater
1953

Lassie
1954

Cannon
1971

The Twilight Zone
1959

The Tall Man
1960

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

Everglades
1961

Felony Squad
1966

Rawhide
1959

Vega$
1978
Skag
1980

Run for Your Life
1965

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Cimarron Strip
1967

The Fugitive
1963

Daniel Boone
1964

The High Chaparral
1967

Switch
1975

The Virginian
1962

Lancer
1968

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955

Matt Houston
1982

The Big Valley
1965

Here Come the Brides
1968

The Sixth Sense
1972

Black Saddle
1959

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958

T.H.E. Cat
1966

Bat Masterson
1958

Sugarfoot
1957

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967

Riverboat
1959

The Manhunter
1974

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956

Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected
1977

Custer
1967
Jefferson Drum
1958

Maverick
1957

The Texan
1958

Code Red
1981

McMillan & Wife
1971

Bonanza
1959

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954

Millennium
1996

The Invaders
1967

The Westerner
1960

Surfside 6
1960

The Rifleman
1958

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962

87th Precinct
1961

Wagon Train
1957

Lawman
1958

Beauty and the Beast
1987

War and Remembrance
1988

Bronco
1958

Darkroom
1981