R.G. Armstrong

Acting · Born 1917-04-07 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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.

Filmography

• Predator as Major General Homer Phillips
• Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Ollinger
• El Dorado as Kevin MacDonald
• The Ballad of Cable Hogue as Quittner
• My Name Is Nobody as Honest John
• Ride the High Country as Joshua Knudsen
• A Face in the Crowd as Teleprompter Operator (uncredited)
• Tiger by the Tail as Ben Holmes
• Children of the Corn as Diehl
• Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion as Retired Texas Ranger

TV

• The Andy Griffith Show as Farmer Flint
• The Time Tunnel as Allan Pinkerton
• Quantum Leap as Davison
• Perry Mason as Matthew Bartlett
• The Twilight Zone as Contractor
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Captain Bone
• Perry Mason as Harry Bright
• Perry Mason as John Gregory
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Fred Riordan
• Millennium as The Old Man