Robert J. Wilke
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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. -
Known for
Credits
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
as Wallace
Spartacus (1960)
as Guard captain
High Noon (1952)
as Jim Pierce
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
as First Mate of the Nautilus
Stripes (1981)
as Gen. Barnicke
Days of Heaven (1978)
as The Farm Foreman
From Here to Eternity (1953)
as Sgt. Henderson (uncredited)
Written on the Wind (1956)
as Dan Willis
The Far Country (1954)
as Madden
Man of the West (1958)
as Ponch
The Tarnished Angels (1957)
as Hank
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
as Chief Five Barrels
Night Passage (1957)
as Concho
The Lone Ranger (1956)
as Cassidy
Star Reporter (1939)
as Reporter
The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
as Corey Bannister
Wichita (1955)
as Ben Thompson
Vengeance Valley (1951)
as Cowhand (uncredited)
Backlash (1956)
as Jeff Welker
Tony Rome (1967)
as Ralph Turpin
The Lone Gun (1954)
as Hort Moran (as Robert Wilke)
A Gunfight (1971)
as Marshal Tom Cater
Best of the Badmen (1951)
as Jim Younger
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
as GI Buddy (uncredited)
Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
as Stillman
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
as Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)
The Rawhide Years (1956)
as Neal (as Robert Wilke)
Arrowhead (1953)
as Sgt. Stone
Raw Edge (1956)
as Sile Doty
Hellgate (1952)
as Sgt. Maj. Kearn
Smoke Signal (1955)
as Daly
Gun the Man Down (1956)
as Matt Rankin
The Desert Hawk (1950)
as Camel Driver
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (1971)
as Hugh Fielding
Strange Lady in Town (1955)
as Karg
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
The Las Vegas Story (1952)
as Clayton (as Robert Wilke)
Shotgun (1955)
as Bentley (as Robert Wilke)
Badman's Territory (1946)
as Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
Daredevils of the Clouds (1948)
as Joe
War Paint (1953)
as Trooper Grady
The Gun Hawk (1963)
as Johnny Flanders
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973)
as The Sheriff
Hot Summer Night (1957)
as Tom Ellis (as Robert Wilke)
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (1941)
as Cutter Helmsman
Cow Country (1953)
as Sledge
The Inner Circle (1946)
as Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke)
Cattle Town (1952)
as Keeno
They Call It Murder (1971)
as Sheriff Rex Brandon
Canyon River (1956)
as Joe Graycoe
The Desperate Mission (1969)
as Gant
The Magnificent Stranger (1966)
as Sheriff McVey
San Quentin (1937)
as Young Convict in Yard (uncredited)
Santee (1973)
as Deaks (as Robert Wilke)
Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939)
as G-Man
Shock Treatment (1964)
as Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke)
Cowboy and the Senorita (1944)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Bordertown Trail (1944)
as Henchman
The Rookies (1972)
as Officer Shaw
Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
as Henchman
Mule Train (1950)
as Bradshaw - Henchman (uncredited)
The Catman of Paris (1946)
as The Catman (uncredited)
Homicide for Three (1948)
as Policeman
Overland Telegraph (1951)
as Bellew - Henchman (as Robert Wilke)
The Wyoming Bandit (1949)
as Sam
The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938)
as Marine in Shanghai (uncredited)
Two Guns and a Badge (1954)
as Moore - Outlaw
The Slowest Gun in the West (1960)
as Billy the Kid Blake
Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
as MP (uncredited)
That Man's Here Again (1937)
as (uncredited)
Wild and Wooly (1978)
as Demas Scott
Never Steal Anything Small (1959)
as Lennie
Santa Fe Saddlemates (1945)
as Rawhide
In Old Monterey (1939)
as Man on Wagon
Faces in the Fog (1944)
as Photographer
The Blonde Bandit (1949)
as Police Det. Walker
Sunset in El Dorado (1945)
as Curley Roberts
Whispering Footsteps (1943)
as Bank Customer
Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
as Cab Driver
Hitchhike to Happiness (1945)
as Stage Hand (uncredited)
The Long Rope (1961)
as Ben Matthews
Laramie (1949)
as Cronin (uncredited)
Pistol Harvest (1951)
as Andy Baylor
Code of the Prairie (1944)
Actor
The Ghost Goes Wild (1947)
as Burglar
The Maverick (1952)
as Massey
Grand Ole Opry (1940)
as Hillbilly (uncredited)
Blackmail (1947)
as Policeman
Return to Warbow (1958)
as Red
Gunplay (1951)
as Henchman Winslow
Passkey to Danger (1946)
as Police Sergeant
Smoky (1966)
as Jeff Nicks
Flaming Fury (1949)
Actor
Wyoming Roundup (1952)
as Wyatt - Henchman
San Antonio Kid (1944)
as Henchman
Outcasts of Black Mesa (1950)
as Curt - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
Road Agent (1952)
as Slab Babcock
The Sweet Creek County War (1979)
Actor
Hot Lead (1951)
as Stoney Dawson
Hidden Valley Outlaws (1944)
as Rancher (uncredited)
Fargo (1952)
as Link - Henchman
Call of the Rockies (1944)
as Deputy Jim
Bandits of the Badlands (1945)
as Keller
Saddle Legion (1951)
as Henchman Hooker
S.O.S Tidal Wave (1939)
as Man in TV Studio
Rough Riders of Cheyenne (1945)
as Smoke - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
Frontier Outpost (1950)
as Krag Benson
Carson City Raiders (1948)
as Ed Noble
Traffic in Crime (1946)
as Hogan's Driver
Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947)
as Henchman
Vigilantes of Dodge City (1944)
as Bill
White Tie and Tails (1946)
as Starter (uncredited)
Corpus Christi Bandits (1945)
as Henchman Steve
In Old Missouri (1940)
as Hillbilly
Sheriff of Cimarron (1945)
as Henchman Dobie
Web of Danger (1947)
as Station Wagon Driver
Lone Texas Ranger (1945)
as Henchman (uncredited)
Sheriff of Sundown (1944)
as Bradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
Coyote Canyon (1949)
as Deputy Sheriff Ed (as Bob Wilkie)
Sierra Sue (1941)
as Carnival Spectator (uncredited)
Across the Badlands (1950)
as Duke Jackson / Keno Jackson (as Bob Wilke)
Law of the Canyon (1947)
as Knife-Throwing Henchman (uncredited)
Trail of Kit Carson (1945)
as Dave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke)
Cyclone Fury (1951)
as Henchman Bunco (as Bob Wilke)