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person_profile-Robert J. Wilke

Robert J. Wilke Died at age: 74

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

May 18, 1914

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Mar 28, 1989

Biography of

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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Filmography of

Robert J. Wilke

Found 120 Movies in total

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1988

Stripes

Gen. Barnicke ( Actor )

... 1981

Days of Heaven

The Farm Foreman ( Actor )

... 1978

Wild and Wooly

Demas Scott ( Actor )

... 1978

Santee

Deaks (as Robert Wilke ( Actor )

... 1973

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

The Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1973

The Rookies

Officer Shaw ( Actor )

... 1972

They Call It Murder

Sheriff Rex Brandon ( Actor )

... 1971

... 1971

A Gunfight

Marshal Tom Cater ( Actor )

... 1971

The Cheyenne Social Club

Corey Bannister ( Actor )

... 1970

... 1969

Tony Rome

Ralph Turpin ( Actor )

... 1967

The Magnificent Stranger

Sheriff McVey ( Actor )

... 1966

Smoky

Jeff Nicks ( Actor )

... 1966

The Hallelujah Trail

Chief Five Barrels ( Actor )

... 1965

Fate Is the Hunter

Stillman ( Actor )

... 1964

Shock Treatment

Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1964

The Gun Hawk

Johnny Flanders ( Actor )

... 1963

The Long Rope

Ben Matthews ( Actor )

... 1961

Spartacus

Guard captain ( Actor )

... 1960

The Magnificent Seven

Wallace ( Actor )

... 1960

The Slowest Gun in the West

Billy the Kid Blake ( Actor )

... 1960

... 1959

Man of the West

Ponch ( Actor )

... 1958

Return to Warbow

Red ( Actor )

... 1958

The Tarnished Angels

Hank ( Actor )

... 1957

Night Passage

Concho ( Actor )

... 1957

Hot Summer Night

Tom Ellis (as Robert Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1957

Gun the Man Down

Matt Rankin ( Actor )

... 1956

Written on the Wind

Dan Willis ( Actor )

... 1956

Canyon River

Joe Graycoe ( Actor )

... 1956

The Rawhide Years

Neal (as Robert Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1956

Raw Edge

Sile Doty ( Actor )

... 1956

Backlash

Jeff Welker ( Actor )

... 1956

The Lone Ranger

Cassidy ( Actor )

... 1956

Wichita

Ben Thompson ( Actor )

... 1955

Shotgun

Bentley (as Robert Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1955

Strange Lady in Town

Karg ( Actor )

... 1955

Smoke Signal

First Sergeant Daly (as Robert Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1955

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

First Mate of the Nautilus ( Actor )

... 1954

Two Guns and a Badge

Moore - Outlaw ( Actor )

... 1954

The Lone Gun

Hort Moran (as Robert Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1954

The Far Country

Madden ( Actor )

... 1954

War Paint

Trooper Grady ( Actor )

... 1953

From Here to Eternity

Sgt. Henderson (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1953

Arrowhead

Sgt. Stone ( Actor )

... 1953

Cow Country

Sledge ( Actor )

... 1953

The Maverick

Massey ( Actor )

... 1952

Wyoming Roundup

Wyatt - Henchman ( Actor )

... 1952

Fargo

Link - Henchman ( Actor )

... 1952

Cattle Town

Keeno ( Actor )

... 1952

Hellgate

Sgt. Maj. Kearn ( Actor )

... 1952

High Noon

Jim Pierce ( Actor )

... 1952

Road Agent

Slab Babcock ( Actor )

... 1952

The Las Vegas Story

Clayton (as Robert Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1952

Overland Telegraph

Bellew - Henchman (as Robert Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1951

Hot Lead

Stoney Dawson (as Robert Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1951

Pistol Harvest

Andy Baylor ( Actor )

... 1951

Cyclone Fury

Henchman Bunco (as Bob Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1951

Best of the Badmen

Jim Younger ( Actor )

... 1951

Gunplay

Henchman Winslow ( Actor )

... 1951

Saddle Legion

Henchman Hooker ( Actor )

... 1951

Vengeance Valley

Cowhand (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1951

Frontier Outpost

Krag Benson ( Actor )

... 1950

Across the Badlands

Duke Jackson / Keno Jackson (as Bob Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1950

The Desert Hawk

Camel Driver ( Actor )

... 1950

Outcasts of Black Mesa

Curt - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1950

Mule Train

Bradshaw - Henchman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1950

... 1949

The Wyoming Bandit

Sam - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1949

Laramie

Cronin (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

Homicide for Three

Policeman ( Actor )

... 1948

... 1948

Carson City Raiders

Ed Noble (as Bob Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1948

The Ghost Goes Wild

Burglar ( Actor )

... 1947

Blackmail

Policeman ( Actor )

... 1947

Web of Danger

Station Wagon Driver ( Actor )

... 1947

Law of the Canyon

Knife-Throwing Henchman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Buck Privates Come Home

GI Buddy (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Twilight on the Rio Grande

Henchman ( Actor )

... 1947

White Tie and Tails

Starter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

The Inner Circle

Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1946

Rendezvous with Annie

MP (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Traffic in Crime

Hogan's Driver ( Actor )

... 1946

Passkey to Danger

Police Sergeant ( Actor )

... 1946

Badman's Territory

Deputy Marshal (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

The Catman of Paris

The Catman ( Actor )

... 1946

Rough Riders of Cheyenne

Smoke - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1945

Sunset in El Dorado

Curley Roberts ( Actor )

... 1945

Bandits of the Badlands

Keller ( Actor )

... 1945

Hitchhike to Happiness

Stage Hand (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Trail of Kit Carson

Dave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1945

Santa Fe Saddlemates

Rawhide ( Actor )

... 1945

Corpus Christi Bandits

Henchman Steve ( Actor )

... 1945

Earl Carroll Vanities

Cab Driver ( Actor )

... 1945

Sheriff of Cimarron

Henchman Dobie ( Actor )

... 1945

Faces in the Fog

Photographer ( Actor )

... 1944

... 1944

Sheriff of Sundown

Bradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1944

... 1944

San Antonio Kid

Henchman (as Bob Wilke) ( Actor )

... 1944

Bordertown Trail

Henchman ( Actor )

... 1944

Call of the Rockies

Deputy Jim ( Actor )

... 1944

Cowboy and the Senorita

Townsman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Hidden Valley Outlaws

Rancher (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

The Fighting Seabees

Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Whispering Footsteps

Bank Customer ( Actor )

... 1943

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

Cutter Helmsman ( Actor )

... 1941

Sierra Sue

Carnival Spectator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Adventures of Red Ryder

Henchman ( Actor )

... 1940

Grand Ole Opry

Hillbilly (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

In Old Missouri

Hillbilly ( Actor )

... 1940

In Old Monterey

Man on Wagon ( Actor )

... 1939

... 1939

S.O.S Tidal Wave

Man in TV Studio ( Actor )

... 1939

Star Reporter

Reporter ( Actor )

... 1939

The Fighting Devil Dogs

Marine in Shanghai (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

San Quentin

Young Convict in Yard (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

That Man's Here Again

(uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937