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:
- 146
- 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 |
| 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 |
| Series | Kung Fu | Unknown | 1972-10-14 |
| Movie | The Rookies | Officer Shaw | 1972-03-07 |
| 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 | Cimarron Strip | Unknown | 1967-09-07 |
| Movie | Tony Rome | Ralph Turpin | 1967-11-10 |
| Movie | Smoky | Jeff Nicks | 1966-08-03 |
| Movie | The Hallelujah Trail | Chief Five Barrels | 1965-06-23 |
| Series | The Legend of Jesse James | 1965-09-13 | |
| Movie | Fate Is the Hunter | Stillman | 1964-11-08 |
| Movie | Shock Treatment | Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke) | 1964-07-22 |
| Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
| Series | The Dakotas | Unknown | 1963-01-07 |
| Series | The Greatest Show on Earth | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
| Movie | The Gun Hawk | Johnny Flanders | 1963-08-28 |
| Series | Sam Benedict | Unknown | 1962-09-15 |
| Movie | The Long Rope | Ben Matthews | 1961-03-26 |
| Series | Target: The Corruptors! | Unknown | 1961-09-29 |
| Movie | The Slowest Gun in the West | Billy the Kid Blake | 1960-05-07 |
| Movie | Spartacus | Guard captain | 1960-10-13 |
| Series | The Tall Man | Unknown | 1960-09-10 |
| Movie | The Magnificent Seven | Wallace | 1960-10-12 |
| Series | Laramie | Unknown | 1959-09-15 |
| Movie | Never Steal Anything Small | Lennie | 1959-02-11 |
| Series | Riverboat | Unknown | 1959-09-13 |
| Series | Wichita Town | Unknown | 1959-09-30 |
| Series | Adventures in Paradise | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
| Series | Law of the Plainsman | Unknown | 1959-10-01 |
| Movie | Man of the West | Ponch | 1958-06-20 |
| Movie | Return to Warbow | Red | 1958-01-15 |
| Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
| Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
| Series | Lawman | Unknown | 1958-10-05 |
| Series | Bat Masterson | Unknown | 1958-10-08 |
| Series | The Rifleman | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
| Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Tarnished Angels | Hank | 1957-11-21 |
| Movie | The Saga of Andy Burnett | Ben Tilton | 1957-10-02 |
| Series | Zorro | Unknown | 1957-10-10 |
| Series | The Walter Winchell File | Unknown | 1957-10-02 |
| Movie | Raw Edge | Sile Doty | 1956-03-24 |
| Movie | Backlash | Jeff Welker | 1956-03-14 |
| Movie | The Rawhide Years | Neal (as Robert Wilke) | 1956-07-01 |
| Movie | The Lone Ranger | Cassidy | 1956-02-25 |
| Movie | Gun the Man Down | Matt Rankin | 1956-11-15 |
| Movie | Canyon River | Joe Graycoe | 1956-08-04 |
| Movie | Written on the Wind | Dan Willis | 1956-10-04 |
| Series | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Unknown | 1956-09-07 |
| Movie | Strange Lady in Town | Karg | 1955-04-12 |
| Movie | Shotgun | Bentley (as Robert Wilke) | 1955-04-23 |
| Movie | Smoke Signal | First Sergeant Daly (as Robert Wilke) | 1955-03-01 |
| Movie | Wichita | Ben Thompson | 1955-07-03 |
| Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
| Movie | The Lone Gun | Hort Moran (as Robert Wilke) | 1954-04-25 |
| Movie | The Far Country | Madden | 1954-02-12 |
| Movie | Two Guns and a Badge | Moore - Outlaw | 1954-09-11 |
| Series | Lassie | Unknown | 1954-09-12 |
| Movie | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | First Mate of the Nautilus | 1954-12-23 |
| Movie | Powder River | Will Horn (as Bob Wilke) | 1953-06-17 |
| Movie | Cow Country | Sledge | 1953-04-25 |
| Movie | Arrowhead | Sgt. Stone | 1953-08-03 |
| Movie | From Here to Eternity | Sgt. Henderson (uncredited) | 1953-08-28 |
| Movie | War Paint | Trooper Grady | 1953-08-28 |
| Movie | High Noon | Jim Pierce | 1952-06-09 |
| Movie | Road Agent | Slab Babcock | 1952-03-29 |
| Movie | The Las Vegas Story | Clayton (as Robert Wilke) | 1952-01-30 |
| Movie | Hellgate | Sgt. Maj. Kearn | 1952-09-04 |
| Movie | Cattle Town | Keeno | 1952-09-06 |
| Movie | The Maverick | Massey | 1952-12-14 |
| Movie | Wyoming Roundup | Wyatt - Henchman | 1952-11-09 |
| Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Series | Adventures of Superman | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
| Movie | Fargo | Link - Henchman | 1952-09-07 |
| Movie | Best of the Badmen | Jim Younger | 1951-08-09 |
| Movie | Gunplay | Henchman Winslow | 1951-07-23 |
| Movie | Cyclone Fury | Henchman Bunco (as Bob Wilke) | 1951-08-14 |
| Movie | Saddle Legion | Henchman Hooker | 1951-04-07 |
| Movie | Pistol Harvest | Andy Baylor | 1951-08-30 |
| 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 | The Desert Hawk | Camel Driver | 1950-08-05 |
| Movie | Frontier Outpost | Krag Benson | 1950-12-29 |
| Movie | The Wyoming Bandit | Sam - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) | 1949-07-15 |
| Movie | Laramie | Cronin (uncredited) | 1949-05-19 |
| Movie | Coyote Canyon | Deputy Sheriff Ed (as Bob Wilkie) | 1949-11-17 |
| Movie | Carson City Raiders | Ed Noble (as Bob Wilke) | 1948-05-13 |
| 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 | Blackmail | Policeman | 1947-07-24 |
| Movie | The Ghost Goes Wild | Burglar | 1947-08-08 |
| 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 | The Inner Circle | Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke) | 1946-08-07 |
| Movie | Traffic in Crime | Hogan's Driver | 1946-06-28 |
| Movie | White Tie and Tails | Starter (uncredited) | 1946-08-30 |
| Movie | Rendezvous with Annie | MP (uncredited) | 1946-07-22 |
| Movie | Santa Fe Saddlemates | Rawhide | 1945-06-01 |
| Movie | Corpus Christi Bandits | Henchman Steve | 1945-04-20 |
| Movie | Sheriff of Cimarron | Henchman Dobie | 1945-02-28 |
| Movie | Earl Carroll Vanities | Cab Driver | 1945-04-05 |
| Movie | Trail of Kit Carson | Dave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke) | 1945-07-11 |
| Movie | Hitchhike to Happiness | Stage Hand (uncredited) | 1945-07-16 |
| Movie | Sunset in El Dorado | Curley Roberts | 1945-09-29 |
| Movie | Rough Riders of Cheyenne | Smoke - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) | 1945-10-31 |
| Movie | Bandits of the Badlands | Keller | 1945-09-14 |
| Movie | Bordertown Trail | Henchman | 1944-08-11 |
| Movie | Call of the Rockies | Deputy Jim | 1944-07-14 |
| Movie | Hidden Valley Outlaws | Rancher (uncredited) | 1944-04-01 |
| Movie | The Fighting Seabees | Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited) | 1944-01-27 |
| Movie | San Antonio Kid | Henchman (as Bob Wilke) | 1944-08-16 |
| Movie | Code of the Prairie | 1944-10-06 | |
| Movie | Vigilantes of Dodge City | Bill | 1944-11-15 |
| Movie | Faces in the Fog | Photographer | 1944-11-30 |
| Movie | Sheriff of Sundown | Bradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) | 1944-11-07 |
| 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 |