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R.G. Armstrong

Actor

R.G. Armstrong

Born April 7, 1917 in Birmingham, Alabama, USADied July 27, 201282 films

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.

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Predator posterFirst watchPredator19877.6as Major General Homer PhillipsA team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.View film

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Filmography

82 films as actor
  1. 2001Keeper of Souls
  2. 1999PurgatoryCoachman
  3. 1998The Man in the Iron MaskOld Man
  4. 1996Invasion of PrivacySam Logan - Storekeeper
  5. 1996Don't Look BackParish
  6. 1995PaybackMac
  7. 1994Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly ReunionRetired Texas Ranger
  8. 1994Dead CenterArt Fencer
  9. 1993Warlock: The ArmageddonFranks
  10. 1990Dick TracyPruneface
  11. 1989Ghetto BlasterCurtis
  12. 1989Trapper County WarPop Luddigger
  13. 1988BulletproofMiles Blackburn
  14. 1987PredatorMajor General Homer Phillips
  15. 1987IndependenceUriah Creed
  16. 1987LBJ: The Early YearsSamuel Ealey Johnson
  17. 1986JocksBettlebom
  18. 1986Red Headed StrangerSheriff Reese Scoby
  19. 1986Oceans of FireRusty West
  20. 1986The Best of TimesSchutte
  21. 1984Children of the CornDiehl
  22. 1983Lone Wolf McQuadeT. Tyler
  23. 1982The Shadow RidersSheriff Miles Gillette
  24. 1982HammettLt. O'Mara
  25. 1982The Beast WithinDoc Schoonmaker
  26. 1981RedsGovernment Agent
  27. 1981The Pursuit of D.B. CooperDempsey
  28. 1981Raggedy ManRigby
  29. 1981EvilspeakSarge
  30. 1980Where the Buffalo RoamJudge Simpson
  31. 1979The Last Ride of the Dalton GangLeland Stanford
  32. 1979SteelKellin
  33. 1979The Legend of the Golden GunJudge Harrison Harding
  34. 1979Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam RiderAl Barber
  35. 1979Good Luck, Miss WyckoffMr. Hemmings
  36. 1978The Time MachineGen. Harris
  37. 1978Devil Dog: The Hound of HellDunworth
  38. 1978Heaven Can WaitGeneral Manager
  39. 1978Texas DetourSheriff Burt
  40. 1977The PackCobb
  41. 1977The CarAmos Clements
  42. 1977Mr. BillionSheriff T.C. Bishop
  43. 1976KingstonFather Reardon
  44. 1976Dixie DynamiteCharlie White - Bank President
  45. 1976Stay HungryThor Erickson
  46. 1975Mean Johnny BarrowsRichard
  47. 1975Boss NiggerMayor Griffin
  48. 1975White Line FeverProsecutor
  49. 1975Race with the DevilSheriff Taylor
  50. 1974Reflections of MurderMr. Turner
  51. 1974ManhunterHenry Stratemeyer
  52. 1974The Legend of Hillbilly JohnBristowe
  53. 1973My Name Is NobodyHonest John
  54. 1973Running WildBull
  55. 1973White LightningBig Bear
  56. 1973Pat Garrett & Billy the KidOllinger
  57. 1973Prologue to Wounded KneeRupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar'
  58. 1973CotterJack
  59. 1972The Century TurnsBen Ritt
  60. 1972The Final ComedownMr. Freeman
  61. 1972The Great Northfield Minnesota RaidClell Miller
  62. 1972Justin Morgan Had a HorseSquire Fisk
  63. 1972J.W. CoopJim Sawyer
  64. 1970The Great White HopeCaptain Dan
  65. 1970The McMastersWatson
  66. 1970The Ballad of Cable HogueQuittner
  67. 1970Tiger by the TailBen Holmes
  68. 196980 Steps to JonahMackray
  69. 1966El DoradoKevin MacDonald
  70. 1965Major DundeeReverend Dahlstrom
  71. 1964CalhounZac Laird
  72. 1964He Rides TallJoshua 'Josh' McCloud
  73. 1962Ride the High CountryJoshua Knudsen
  74. 1960The Man Who Found the MoneyCaptain Bone
  75. 1960Ten Who DaredOramel Howland
  76. 1960The Fugitive KindSheriff Jordan Talbott
  77. 1959No Name on the BulletAsa Canfield
  78. 1958Never Love a StrangerFlix
  79. 1958From Hell to TexasHunter Boyd
  80. 1957A Face in the CrowdTeleprompter Operator (uncredited)
  81. 1956Baby DollTownsman Sid (voice) (uncredited)
  82. 1954Garden of EdenJ. Randolph Latimore