R.G. Armstrong

Biography

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

Major General Homer Phillips

Predator

Ben Holmes

Tiger by the Tail

Diehl

Children of the Corn

Retired Texas Ranger

Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion

Thor Erickson

Stay Hungry

Big Bear

White Lightning

Schutte

The Best of Times

Ollinger

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Kevin MacDonald

El Dorado

Quittner

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Amos Clements

The Car

Sheriff Taylor

Race with the Devil

Honest John

Il mio nome รจ Nessuno

Mayor Griffin

Boss Nigger

Judge Simpson

Where the Buffalo Roam

Clell Miller

The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid

Joshua Knudsen

Ride the High Country

Reverend Dahlstrom

Major Dundee

Prosecutor

White Line Fever

Keeper of Souls

Judge Harrison Harding

The Legend of the Golden Gun

General Manager

Heaven Can Wait

Kellin

Steel

Sheriff Jordan Talbott

The Fugitive Kind

Sarge

Evilspeak

Jack

Cotter

Bettlebom

Jocks

Self

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

Asa Canfield

No Name on the Bullet

Charlie White - Bank President

Dixie Dynamite

Mac

Payback

Cobb

The Pack

Curtis

Ghetto Blaster

Watson

The McMasters

Rigby

Raggedy Man

Henry Stratemeyer

Manhunter

Self

Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron

Mr. Turner

Reflections of Murder

Sheriff Burt

Texas Detour

Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)

A Face in the Crowd

Mr. Hemmings

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

Squire Fisk

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

Bristowe

The Legend of Hillbilly John

Joshua 'Josh' McCloud

He Rides Tall

Oramel Howland

Ten Who Dared

Mackray

80 Steps to Jonah

Hunter Boyd

From Hell to Texas

Ben Ritt

The Century Turns

Self

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Sheriff Reese Scoby

Red Headed Stranger

T. Tyler

Lone Wolf McQuade

Dunworth

Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell

Miles Blackburn

Bulletproof

Father Reardon

Kingston

Government Agent

Reds

Richard

Mean Johnny Barrows

Parish

Don't Look Back

Zac Laird

Calhoun

Captain Dan

The Great White Hope

Samuel Ealey Johnson

LBJ: The Early Years

Dempsey

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

Self

Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western

Franks

Warlock: The Armageddon

Doc Schoonmaker

The Beast Within

Sam Logan - Storekeeper

Invasion of Privacy

Al Barber

Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider

Uriah Creed

Independence

Lt. O'Mara

Hammett

Old Man

The Man in the Iron Mask

Rusty West

Oceans of Fire

Flix

Never Love a Stranger

Gen. Harris

The Time Machine

Mr. Freeman

The Final Comedown

Jim Sawyer

J.W. Coop

Pruneface

Dick Tracy

Sheriff Miles Gillette

The Shadow Riders

Leland Stanford

The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang

Coachman

Purgatory

Art Fencer

Dead Center

Bull

Running Wild

Pop Luddigger

Trapper County War

Sheriff T.C. Bishop

Mr. Billion

Self

Sam Peckinpah: Portrait

Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)

Baby Doll

Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'

Camper John

J. Randolph Latimore

Garden of Eden

Captain Bone

The Man Who Found the Money

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

87

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-04-07

Place of Birth

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Also Known As

R. G. Armstrong