Robert J. Wilke
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. -
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- Born:
- May 18, 1914 In Cincinnati - Ohio - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 161
- First Appeared:
- In the movie That Man's Here Again 1937-04-16
- Latest Project:
- Movie James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 1988-11-22
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | 1988-11-22 |
| Movie | Stripes | Gen. Barnicke | 1981-06-26 |
| Movie | Wild and Wooly | Demas Scott | 1978-02-20 |
| Movie | Days of Heaven | The Farm Foreman | 1978-09-13 |
| Series | How the West Was Won | Unknown | 1977-02-06 |
| Series | Run, Joe, Run | Unknown | 1974-09-07 |
| Movie | The Boy Who Cried Werewolf | The Sheriff | 1973-08-01 |
| Movie | Santee | Deaks (as Robert Wilke | 1973-09-01 |
| Movie | The Rookies | Officer Shaw | 1972-03-07 |
| Series | Kung Fu | Unknown | 1972-10-14 |
| Movie | A Gunfight | Marshal Tom Cater | 1971-08-25 |
| Movie | The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler | Hugh Fielding | 1971-11-30 |
| Movie | They Call It Murder | Sheriff Rex Brandon | 1971-12-17 |
| Movie | The Cheyenne Social Club | Corey Bannister | 1970-06-12 |
| Movie | The Desperate Mission | Gant | 1969-11-20 |
| Series | The Outcasts | Unknown | 1968-09-23 |
| Series | Lancer | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
| Series | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
| Series | Cimarron Strip | Unknown | 1967-09-07 |
| Movie | Tony Rome | Ralph Turpin | 1967-11-10 |
| Movie | Smoky | Jeff Nicks | 1966-08-03 |
| Movie | The Magnificent Stranger | Sheriff McVey | 1966-08-26 |
| Series | Tarzan | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
| Movie | The Hallelujah Trail | Chief Five Barrels | 1965-06-23 |
| Series | The Legend of Jesse James | Marshal Sam Corbett | 1965-09-13 |
| Movie | Shock Treatment | Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke) | 1964-07-22 |
| Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
| Movie | Fate Is the Hunter | Stillman | 1964-11-08 |
| Series | The Dakotas | Unknown | 1963-01-07 |
| Movie | The Gun Hawk | Johnny Flanders | 1963-08-28 |
| Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
| Movie | The Long Rope | Ben Matthews | 1961-03-26 |
| Movie | The Slowest Gun in the West | Billy the Kid Blake | 1960-05-07 |
| Series | The Tall Man | Unknown | 1960-09-10 |
| Movie | The Magnificent Seven | Wallace | 1960-10-12 |
| Movie | Spartacus | Guard captain | 1960-10-13 |
| Movie | Never Steal Anything Small | Lennie | 1959-02-11 |
| Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
| Series | Riverboat | Unknown | 1959-09-13 |
| Series | The Third Man | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
| Series | Adventures in Paradise | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
| Series | Laramie | Unknown | 1959-09-15 |
| Series | Law of the Plainsman | Unknown | 1959-10-01 |
| Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
| Movie | Man of the West | Ponch | 1958-06-20 |
| Movie | Return to Warbow | Red | 1958-01-15 |
| Series | Peter Gunn | Unknown | 1958-09-22 |
| Series | The Texan | Unknown | 1958-09-29 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
| Series | Lawman | Unknown | 1958-10-05 |
| Series | Bat Masterson | Unknown | 1958-10-08 |
| Series | The Rifleman | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
| Series | The Thin Man | Unknown | 1957-09-20 |
| Movie | Night Passage | Concho | 1957-07-24 |
| Movie | Hot Summer Night | Tom Ellis (as Robert Wilke) | 1957-02-15 |
| Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
| Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
| Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
| Series | Zorro | Unknown | 1957-10-10 |
| Movie | The Tarnished Angels | Hank | 1957-11-21 |
| Movie | The Saga of Andy Burnett | Ben Tilton | 1957-10-02 |
| Movie | Backlash | Jeff Welker | 1956-03-14 |
| Movie | The Lone Ranger | Cassidy | 1956-02-25 |
| Movie | The Rawhide Years | Neal (as Robert Wilke) | 1956-07-01 |
| Movie | Raw Edge | Sile Doty | 1956-03-24 |
| Movie | Canyon River | Joe Graycoe | 1956-08-04 |
| Movie | Written on the Wind | Dan Willis | 1956-10-04 |
| Movie | Gun the Man Down | Matt Rankin | 1956-11-15 |
| Series | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Unknown | 1956-09-07 |
| Movie | Strange Lady in Town | Karg | 1955-04-12 |
| Movie | Smoke Signal | First Sergeant Daly (as Robert Wilke) | 1955-03-01 |
| Movie | Shotgun | Bentley (as Robert Wilke) | 1955-04-23 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Movie | Wichita | Ben Thompson | 1955-07-03 |
| Series | Cheyenne | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
| Movie | The Lone Gun | Hort Moran (as Robert Wilke) | 1954-04-25 |
| Movie | Two Guns and a Badge | Moore - Outlaw | 1954-09-11 |
| Movie | The Far Country | Madden | 1954-02-12 |
| Series | Lassie | Unknown | 1954-09-12 |
| Movie | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | First Mate of the Nautilus | 1954-12-23 |
| Movie | Cow Country | Sledge | 1953-04-25 |
| Movie | Arrowhead | Sgt. Stone | 1953-08-03 |
| Movie | Powder River | Will Horn (as Bob Wilke) | 1953-06-17 |
| Movie | From Here to Eternity | Sgt. Henderson (uncredited) | 1953-08-28 |
| Movie | War Paint | Trooper Grady | 1953-08-28 |
| Movie | Hellgate | Sgt. Maj. Kearn | 1952-09-04 |
| Movie | High Noon | Jim Pierce | 1952-06-09 |
| Movie | The Las Vegas Story | Clayton (as Robert Wilke) | 1952-01-30 |
| Movie | Cattle Town | Keeno | 1952-09-06 |
| Movie | Road Agent | Slab Babcock | 1952-03-29 |
| Series | Adventures of Superman | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
| Movie | The Maverick | Massey | 1952-12-14 |
| Movie | Fargo | Link - Henchman | 1952-09-07 |
| Movie | Wyoming Roundup | Wyatt - Henchman | 1952-11-09 |
| Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | Gunplay | Henchman Winslow | 1951-07-23 |
| Movie | Best of the Badmen | Jim Younger | 1951-08-09 |
| Movie | Saddle Legion | Henchman Hooker | 1951-04-07 |
| Movie | Vengeance Valley | Cowhand (uncredited) | 1951-02-14 |
| Movie | Pistol Harvest | Andy Baylor | 1951-08-30 |
| Movie | Cyclone Fury | Henchman Bunco (as Bob Wilke) | 1951-08-14 |
| Movie | Overland Telegraph | Bellew - Henchman (as Robert Wilke) | 1951-12-15 |
| Movie | Hot Lead | Stoney Dawson (as Robert Wilke) | 1951-09-30 |
| Movie | Mule Train | Bradshaw - Henchman (uncredited) | 1950-02-22 |
| Movie | Outcasts of Black Mesa | Curt - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) | 1950-04-13 |
| Movie | Across the Badlands | Duke Jackson / Keno Jackson (as Bob Wilke) | 1950-09-14 |
| Movie | Frontier Outpost | Krag Benson | 1950-12-29 |
| Movie | The Desert Hawk | Camel Driver | 1950-08-05 |
| Movie | Laramie | Cronin (uncredited) | 1949-05-19 |
| Movie | The Wyoming Bandit | Sam - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) | 1949-07-15 |
| Movie | Coyote Canyon | Deputy Sheriff Ed (as Bob Wilkie) | 1949-11-17 |
| Movie | Flaming Fury | 1949-07-28 | |
| Movie | Carson City Raiders | Ed Noble (as Bob Wilke) | 1948-05-13 |
| Movie | Daredevils of the Clouds | Joe | 1948-07-26 |
| Movie | Homicide for Three | Policeman | 1948-12-08 |
| Movie | Buck Privates Come Home | GI Buddy (uncredited) | 1947-04-04 |
| Movie | Twilight on the Rio Grande | Henchman | 1947-03-31 |
| Movie | Law of the Canyon | Knife-Throwing Henchman (uncredited) | 1947-04-23 |
| Movie | Web of Danger | Station Wagon Driver | 1947-06-10 |
| Movie | The Ghost Goes Wild | Burglar | 1947-08-08 |
| Movie | Blackmail | Policeman | 1947-07-24 |
| Movie | Badman's Territory | Deputy Marshal (uncredited) | 1946-05-04 |
| Movie | The Catman of Paris | The Catman (uncredited) | 1946-04-20 |
| Movie | Passkey to Danger | Police Sergeant | 1946-05-11 |
| Movie | Traffic in Crime | Hogan's Driver | 1946-06-28 |
| Movie | The Inner Circle | Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke) | 1946-08-07 |
| Movie | White Tie and Tails | Starter (uncredited) | 1946-08-30 |
| Movie | Rendezvous with Annie | MP (uncredited) | 1946-07-22 |
| Movie | Corpus Christi Bandits | Henchman Steve | 1945-04-20 |
| Movie | Earl Carroll Vanities | Cab Driver | 1945-04-05 |
| Movie | Sheriff of Cimarron | Henchman Dobie | 1945-02-28 |
| Movie | Santa Fe Saddlemates | Rawhide | 1945-06-01 |
| Movie | Sunset in El Dorado | Curley Roberts | 1945-09-29 |
| Movie | Rough Riders of Cheyenne | Smoke - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) | 1945-10-31 |
| Movie | Trail of Kit Carson | Dave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke) | 1945-07-11 |
| Movie | Bandits of the Badlands | Keller | 1945-09-14 |
| Movie | Hitchhike to Happiness | Stage Hand (uncredited) | 1945-07-16 |
| Movie | Cowboy and the Senorita | Townsman (uncredited) | 1944-05-13 |
| Movie | Call of the Rockies | Deputy Jim | 1944-07-14 |
| Movie | The Fighting Seabees | Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited) | 1944-01-27 |
| Movie | Bordertown Trail | Henchman | 1944-08-11 |
| Movie | Hidden Valley Outlaws | Rancher (uncredited) | 1944-04-01 |
| Movie | Vigilantes of Dodge City | Bill | 1944-11-15 |
| Movie | San Antonio Kid | Henchman (as Bob Wilke) | 1944-08-16 |
| Movie | Sheriff of Sundown | Bradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) | 1944-11-07 |
| Movie | Faces in the Fog | Photographer | 1944-11-30 |
| Movie | Code of the Prairie | 1944-10-06 | |
| Movie | Whispering Footsteps | Bank Customer | 1943-12-30 |
| Movie | Sierra Sue | Carnival Spectator (uncredited) | 1941-11-12 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. | Cutter Helmsman | 1941-12-27 |
| Movie | In Old Missouri | Hillbilly | 1940-04-17 |
| Movie | Grand Ole Opry | Hillbilly (uncredited) | 1940-06-25 |
| Movie | Adventures of Red Ryder | Henchman | 1940-06-28 |
| Movie | Star Reporter | Reporter | 1939-02-22 |
| Movie | S.O.S Tidal Wave | Man in TV Studio | 1939-06-02 |
| Movie | In Old Monterey | Man on Wagon | 1939-08-14 |
| Movie | Daredevils of the Red Circle | G-Man | 1939-06-10 |
| Movie | The Fighting Devil Dogs | Marine in Shanghai (uncredited) | 1938-05-27 |
| Movie | That Man's Here Again | (uncredited) | 1937-04-16 |
| Movie | San Quentin | Young Convict in Yard (uncredited) | 1937-05-24 |