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Robert J. Wilke
Actor
Died March 28, 1989 (74 years)
Prolific American character actor of primarily villainous roles. The son of German parents, Cincinnati feed-store manager August Wilke and his wife Rose, Robert Joseph Wilke grew up in Cincinnati. He worked as a lifeguard at a Miami, Florida, hotel, where he made contacts in the film business. He was able to obtain work as a stuntman and continued as such until the mid-'40s, when he began getting actual roles in low-budget westerns and serials. A prominent appearance as one of the heavies in Le train sifflera trois fois (1952) led to work in higher-quality films. He worked extensively in television as well as movies, and became an enormously familiar face, though a fairly anonymous one to the general public. His weathered visage made him a perfect western bad guy, but he occasionally played sympathetic parts as well, as in Les moissons du ciel (1978). An expert golfer, he was said by his friend Claude Akins to have earned more money on the golf course than he ever did in movies. He died in 1989. -
Filmography
| 1981 | Stripes · as Gen. Barnicke |
| 1979 | The Sweet Creek County War · as Unknown |
| 1978 | Days of Heaven · as The Farm Foreman |
| 1978 | Dallas (TV Series) · as Tom Owens |
| 1976 | The Quest (TV Series) · as Asa Jordan |
| 1976 | How the West Was Won (TV Series) · as Appleton |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch (TV Series) · as Mac Johnson |
| 1974 | Run, Joe, Run (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1973 | The Boy Who Cried Werewolf · as The Sheriff |
| 1973 | Santee · as Deaks (as Robert Wilke |
| 1972 | The Rookies (TV Series) · as Officer Shaw |
| 1972 | Kung Fu (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | A Gunfight · as Marshal Tom Cater |
| 1971 | The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler · as Hugh Fielding |
| 1971 | They Call It Murder · as Sheriff Rex Brandon |
| 1970 | The Cheyenne Social Club · as Corey Bannister |
| 1969 | The Desperate Mission · as Gant |
| 1968 | The Outcasts (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1967 | Tony Rome · as Ralph Turpin |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | Smoky · as Jeff Nicks |
| 1966 | Tarzan (1966) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1966 | Cyclotrode 'X' · as Scott |
| 1965 | The Hallelujah Trail · as Chief Five Barrels |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West (TV Series) · as Maj. Gen. Titus Ord Baldwin |
| 1964 | Shock Treatment · as Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke) |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Jake Manning |
| 1963 | The Gun Hawk · as Johnny Flanders |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Johnny |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Colton |
| 1962 | The Dakotas (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show (TV Series) · as Tom Carter |
| 1961 | Blueprint for Robbery · as Capt. Swanson |
| 1960 | Spartacus · as Guard captain |
| 1960 | The Magnificent Seven · as Wallace |
| 1960 | The Slowest Gun in the West · as Billy the Kid Blake |
| 1960 | The Westerner (TV Series) · as Murdo |
| 1960 | Stagecoach West (TV Series) · as Taylor Norman |
| 1960 | My Three Sons (TV Series) · as Danny Donnigan |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as Edward Scott |
| 1960 | The Tall Man (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | Riverboat (TV Series) · as Red Dog Hanlon |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Tom Galt |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Deputy (TV Series) · as Ace Gentry |
| 1959 | Laramie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | Shotgun Slade (TV Series) · as Brannigan |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as George 'Bugs' Moran |
| 1958 | Man of the West · as Ponch |
| 1958 | Cimarron City (TV Series) · as Wesley |
| 1958 | Bronco (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | The Texan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | The Rifleman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) · as Virgil |
| 1958 | Lawman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson (TV Series) · as Rod Clements |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Night Passage · as Concho |
| 1957 | The Tarnished Angels · as Hank |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Deputy Sheriff Connors |
| 1957 | Maverick (TV Series) · as McCabe |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory (TV Series) · as Burt Foster |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Jack Simmons |
| 1957 | Zorro (1957) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Col. Thomas Stone |
| 1957 | The Californians (TV Series) · as Bill |
| 1956 | Written on the Wind · as Dan Willis |
| 1956 | Gun the Man Down · as Matt Rankin |
| 1956 | The Lone Ranger · as Cassidy (as Robert Wilke) |
| 1956 | Canyon River · as Joe Graycoe |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1955 | Son of Sinbad · as Musa |
| 1955 | Wichita · as Ben Thompson |
| 1955 | Strange Lady in Town · as Karg |
| 1955 | Smoke Signal · as 1st Sgt. Daly (as Robert Wilke) |
| 1955 | Shotgun · as Bentley (as Robert Wilke) |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Ab Rankin |
| 1955 | Cheyenne (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1954 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea · as First Mate of the Nautilus |
| 1954 | The Far Country · as Madden |
| 1954 | The Lone Gun · as Hort Moran (as Robert Wilke) |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Ben Tilton |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1953 | From Here to Eternity · as Sgt. Henderson |
| 1953 | Arrowhead · as Sgt. Stone |
| 1952 | High Noon · as Jim Pierce |
| 1952 | The Las Vegas Story · as Clayton (as Robert Wilke) |
| 1952 | Carbine Williams · as Guard on Train |
| 1952 | Hellgate · as Sgt. Maj. Kearn |
| 1952 | Cattle Town · as Keeno |
| 1952 | Indian Uprising · as Taggart Man |
| 1952 | Cowboy G-Men (TV Series) · as Joe Blackton |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Ben Holladay |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show (TV Series) · as Mike Brodie |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as George |
| 1951 | Vengeance Valley · as Cowhand |
| 1951 | Best of the Badmen · as Jim Younger |
| 1951 | Overland Telegraph · as Bellew - Henchman (as Robert Wilke) |
| 1951 | Bonanza Town · as Henchman |
| 1951 | The Range Rider (TV Series) · as Henchman |
| 1951 | Sky King (TV Series) · as Matt Guthrie |
| 1951 | The Roy Rogers Show (TV Series) · as Hal Creston - Henchman |
| 1950 | The Kid from Texas · as Henchman |
| 1950 | Twilight in the Sierras · as Bus Driver |
| 1950 | Beyond the Purple Hills · as Jim Conners - Henchman |
| 1950 | Mule Train · as Bradshaw - Henchman |
| 1950 | Frontier Outpost · as Krag Benson |
| 1950 | The Gene Autry Show (TV Series) · as Charlie Bolton |
| 1950 | The Cisco Kid (TV Series) · as Barney |
| 1949 | Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. · as Zod - Pursuit Plane Pilot [Chs. 10-11] |
| 1949 | The Wyoming Bandit · as Sam - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) |
| 1949 | Coyote Canyon · as Deputy Sheriff Ed (as Bob Wilkie) |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Fred |
| 1949 | French Fried Frolic · as Bob - Paulette's Husband |
| 1948 | A Southern Yankee · as Confederate Soldier Ordering Cease Fire |
| 1947 | Twilight on the Rio Grande · as Henchman |
| 1946 | Badman's Territory · as Deputy Marshal (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Inner Circle · as Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke) |
| 1945 | Bells of Rosarita · as Deputy |
| 1945 | Sunset in El Dorado · as Curley Roberts |
| 1945 | The Topeka Terror · as Lynch-Mob Member |
| 1945 | Man from Oklahoma · as Chauffeur |
| 1945 | Great Stagecoach Robbery · as Stagecoach Guard |
| 1944 | The Fighting Seabees · as Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Cowboy and the Senorita · as Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Yellow Rose of Texas · as Deputy |
| 1944 | Zorro's Black Whip · as Bill Slocum |
| 1944 | Call of the Rockies · as Deputy Jim |
| 1944 | Rosie the Riveter · as Furniture Mover |
| 1944 | Cheyenne Wildcat · as Deputy Charlie |
| 1942 | Spy Smasher · as Chief Government Agent [Chs. 1-2, 10-11] |
| 1942 | Bells of Capistrano · as Roustabout |
| 1941 | Power Dive · as Barfly |
| 1941 | Sierra Sue · as Carnival Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Michael Shayne: Private Detective · as Police Reporter |
| 1939 | Star Reporter · as Reporter |
| 1939 | In Old Monterey · as Man on Wagon |
| 1939 | Mexicali Rose · as Henchman |
| 1939 | Rovin' Tumbleweeds · as Migrant |
| 1938 | Come on, Rangers! · as Henchman |
| 1938 | International Crime · as Bar Patron |
| 1938 | Rhythm of the Saddle · as Cowhand |
| 1937 | San Quentin · as Young Convict in Yard |
| 1937 | Renfrew of the Royal Mounted · as Mountie at Picnic |
| 1936 | San Francisco · as Earthquake Survivor |