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