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