R.G. Armstrong: movies and TV shows
R.G. Armstrong has 196 credits in the archive: 89 films and 107 TV series, from 1953 to 2024. Highest rated: The Twilight Zone (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2024 · busiest year: 1959 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Passion & Poetry: Peckinpah's Last Western | Self | Film | — | 107 |
| 2014 | Passion & Poetry: Sam's Favorite Film | Self | Film | — | 97 |
| 2007 | The Hottest State | Film | 5.5 | 90 | |
| 2006 | Sam Peckinpah: Portrait | Self | Film | — | 89 |
| 2005 | Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah | Self | Film | 7.6 | 88 |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self | Film | 8.0 | 87 |
| 2001 | Keeper of Souls | Film | 3.5 | 84 | |
| 1999 | Purgatory | Coachman | Film | 7.2 | 82 |
| 1998 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Old Man | Film | 5.8 | 81 |
| 1996 | Millennium | The Old Man | TV | 7.7 | 79 |
| 1996 | Don't Look Back | Parish | Film | 5.2 | 79 |
| 1996 | Invasion of Privacy | Sam Logan - Storekeeper | Film | 5.2 | 79 |
| 1995 | Cybill | Stitch Sullivan | TV | 5.9 | 78 |
| 1995 | Payback | Mac | Film | 4.8 | 78 |
| 1994 | Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion | Retired Texas Ranger | Film | 7.3 | 77 |
| 1994 | Dead Center | Art Fencer | Film | 4.0 | 77 |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Frank Dodge | TV | 7.0 | 76 |
| 1993 | Warlock: The Armageddon | Franks | Film | 5.3 | 76 |
| 1993 | Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron | Self | Film | 7.1 | 76 |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy | Pruneface | Film | 6.2 | 73 |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Davison | TV | 8.0 | 72 |
| 1989 | Ghetto Blaster | Curtis | Film | 3.2 | 72 |
| 1989 | Trapper County War | Pop Luddigger | Film | 4.7 | 72 |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance | 'Moose' Fitzgerald | TV | 7.9 | 71 |
| 1988 | Bulletproof | Miles Blackburn | Film | 5.1 | 71 |
| 1987 | Predator | Major General Homer Phillips | Film | 7.6 | 70 |
| 1987 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Lewis Vendredi | TV | 7.3 | 70 |
| 1987 | LBJ: The Early Years | Samuel Ealey Johnson | Film | 7.6 | 70 |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast | Stanley Kazmarek | TV | 7.4 | 70 |
| 1987 | Independence | Uriah Creed | Film | — | 70 |
| 1986 | Matlock | Sheriff Dalton Parks | TV | 7.1 | 69 |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Frank Osgood | TV | 7.1 | 69 |
| 1986 | Jocks | Bettlebom | Film | 4.3 | 69 |
| 1986 | Red Headed Stranger | Sheriff Reese Scoby | Film | 5.3 | 69 |
| 1986 | Oceans of Fire | Rusty West | Film | 4.9 | 69 |
| 1986 | The Best of Times | Schutte | Film | 5.6 | 69 |
| 1984 | Children of the Corn | Diehl | Film | 5.7 | 67 |
| 1983 | Lone Wolf McQuade | T. Tyler | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | TV | 6.3 | 65 | |
| 1982 | The Shadow Riders | Sheriff Miles Gillette | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 1982 | Hammett | Lt. O'Mara | Film | 6.2 | 65 |
| 1982 | The Beast Within | Doc Schoonmaker | Film | 5.5 | 65 |
| 1981 | Dynasty | TV | 6.5 | 64 | |
| 1981 | Darkroom | Sheriff Dodson | TV | 7.2 | 64 |
| 1981 | Code Red | TV | 7.0 | 64 | |
| 1981 | Reds | Government Agent | Film | 6.9 | 64 |
| 1981 | Raggedy Man | Rigby | Film | 5.6 | 64 |
| 1981 | The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper | Dempsey | Film | 5.3 | 64 |
| 1981 | Evilspeak | Sarge | Film | 5.3 | 64 |
| 1980 | Where the Buffalo Roam | Judge Simpson | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 1980 | Skag | TV | 7.0 | 63 | |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. | TV | 6.6 | 62 | |
| 1979 | Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff | Mr. Hemmings | Film | 5.5 | 62 |
| 1979 | Steel | Kellin | Film | 5.6 | 62 |
| 1979 | Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider | Al Barber | Film | 5.5 | 62 |
| 1979 | The Legend of the Golden Gun | Judge Harrison Harding | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1979 | The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang | Leland Stanford | Film | 3.3 | 62 |
| 1978 | Vega$ | TV | 6.9 | 61 | |
| 1978 | Heaven Can Wait | General Manager | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 1978 | The Time Machine | Gen. Harris | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1978 | Texas Detour | Sheriff Burt | Film | 4.4 | 61 |
| 1978 | Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell | Dunworth | Film | 6.4 | 61 |
| 1977 | The Car | Amos Clements | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 1977 | Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected | TV | 6.8 | 60 | |
| 1977 | The Pack | Cobb | Film | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1977 | Mr. Billion | Sheriff T.C. Bishop | Film | 5.5 | 60 |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Sebastian Craig | TV | 6.7 | 59 |
| 1976 | Stay Hungry | Thor Erickson | Film | 5.7 | 59 |
| 1976 | Dixie Dynamite | Charlie White - Bank President | Film | 5.2 | 59 |
| 1976 | Kingston | Father Reardon | Film | 10.0 | 59 |
| 1975 | Baretta | TV | 6.5 | 58 | |
| 1975 | Starsky & Hutch | 'Dad' Watson | TV | 7.3 | 58 |
| 1975 | Switch | Detective Wills | TV | 6.6 | 58 |
| 1975 | Race with the Devil | Sheriff Taylor | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 1975 | Boss Nigger | Mayor Griffin | Film | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1975 | White Line Fever | Prosecutor | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1975 | Mean Johnny Barrows | Richard | Film | 5.6 | 58 |
| 1974 | The Manhunter | TV | 7.0 | 57 | |
| 1974 | Movin' On | TV | 6.3 | 57 | |
| 1974 | Manhunter | Henry Stratemeyer | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1974 | Reflections of Murder | Mr. Turner | Film | 6.8 | 57 |
| 1974 | The Legend of Hillbilly John | Bristowe | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1973 | My Name Is Nobody | Honest John | Film | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Ollinger | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1973 | White Lightning | Big Bear | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 1973 | Cotter | Jack | Film | 4.5 | 56 |
| 1973 | Prologue to Wounded Knee | Rupert Beeker - Owner of 'Beeker's Bar' | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1973 | Running Wild | Bull | Film | 10.0 | 56 |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense | TV | 6.3 | 55 | |
| 1972 | The Century Turns | Ben Ritt | Film | — | 55 |
| 1972 | The Final Comedown | Mr. Freeman | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1972 | J.W. Coop | Jim Sawyer | Film | 5.5 | 55 |
| 1972 | The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid | Clell Miller | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1972 | Justin Morgan Had a Horse | Squire Fisk | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1971 | Cannon | TV | 6.7 | 54 | |
| 1971 | McMillan & Wife | Sheriff Farraday | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | TV | 7.0 | 54 | |
| 1970 | The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Quittner | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1970 | The Great White Hope | Captain Dan | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1970 | The McMasters | Watson | Film | 4.6 | 53 |
| 1970 | Tiger by the Tail | Ben Holmes | Film | 5.3 | 53 |
| 1969 | 80 Steps to Jonah | Mackray | Film | 5.1 | 52 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Capt. Wade | TV | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Warden | TV | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1968 | Lancer | TV | 5.6 | 51 | |
| 1968 | Here Come the Brides | TV | 6.9 | 51 | |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Ed Henderson | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Gus Flagg | TV | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Police Capt. Bill Battersea | TV | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip | TV | 5.7 | 50 | |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | TV | 6.3 | 50 | |
| 1967 | Custer | TV | 6.4 | 50 | |
| 1966 | The Time Tunnel | Allan Pinkerton | TV | 7.6 | 49 |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | TV | 6.5 | 49 | |
| 1966 | T.H.E. Cat | Police Capt. McAllister | TV | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1966 | T.H.E. Cat | Capt. McAllister | TV | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1966 | El Dorado | Kevin MacDonald | Film | 7.4 | 49 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Sheriff Crowley | TV | 5.6 | 48 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Ed Cray | TV | 5.6 | 48 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | George David Owens | TV | 5.6 | 48 |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Edward Loomis | TV | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Wallace Miles | TV | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1965 | Major Dundee | Reverend Dahlstrom | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Jarvis | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Joseph Garth | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1964 | He Rides Tall | Joshua 'Josh' McCloud | Film | 5.1 | 47 |
| 1964 | Calhoun | Zac Laird | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Tully Gage | TV | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Marshal Matt Peters | TV | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Sheriff Bradley | TV | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | William Downey | TV | 7.8 | 45 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | John Cooley | TV | 7.8 | 45 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Ben Winters | TV | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Frederick Harley | TV | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1962 | Ride the High Country | Joshua Knudsen | Film | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1961 | 87th Precinct | Franklin Phelps | TV | 7.8 | 44 |
| 1961 | Everglades | TV | 8.0 | 44 | |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show | Farmer Flint | TV | 7.6 | 43 |
| 1960 | The Tall Man | TV | 6.9 | 43 | |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | Paul Wyatt | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1960 | The Westerner | Shell Davidson | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1960 | Ten Who Dared | Oramel Howland | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1960 | The Fugitive Kind | Sheriff Jordan Talbott | Film | 6.9 | 43 |
| 1960 | The Man Who Found the Money | Captain Bone | Film | — | 43 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Nathan Clay | TV | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Andrew Holloway | TV | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Col. Keith Jarrell | TV | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Contractor | TV | 8.5 | 42 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Enoch Talby | TV | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Gantry Hobson | TV | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Sheriff John Keeley | TV | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Burke | TV | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Rothgate | TV | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1959 | Black Saddle | Ben Dawes | TV | 6.2 | 42 |
| 1959 | Mr. Lucky | TV | 6.7 | 42 | |
| 1959 | No Name on the Bullet | Asa Canfield | Film | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Sheriff Tomlinson | TV | 7.1 | 41 |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Sheriff Fred Tomlinson | TV | 7.1 | 41 |
| 1958 | Lawman | Major Ben Rogers | TV | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | Marshal William MacWilliams | TV | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Asa Wynter | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1958 | The Texan | Big Sam Aldridge | TV | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1958 | The Texan | Cliff Clifford | TV | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1958 | Bronco | Reverend Hardin | TV | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1958 | Jefferson Drum | Kreiger | TV | 5.3 | 41 |
| 1958 | Never Love a Stranger | Flix | Film | 4.9 | 41 |
| 1958 | From Hell to Texas | Hunter Boyd | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Matthew Bartlett | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Harry Bright | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | John Gregory | TV | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | John Muskie | TV | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | General Kirby | TV | 6.6 | 40 |
| 1957 | Maverick | Wellington Cosgrove | TV | 6.9 | 40 |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | TV | 7.3 | 40 | |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Mayor Lovett | TV | 7.3 | 40 |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Clay Calhoun | TV | 5.2 | 40 |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Lou Stoner | TV | 5.2 | 40 |
| 1957 | A Face in the Crowd | Teleprompter Operator (uncredited) | Film | 7.6 | 40 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sheriff Fred Tomlinson | TV | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sheriff Les Houghton | TV | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1956 | Baby Doll | Townsman Sid (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | TV | 6.1 | 38 | |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | Nathanael Grimm | TV | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Capt. Benter | TV | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Major | TV | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Jud Briar | TV | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Carl Anderson | TV | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | TV | 6.8 | 38 | |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Captain Bone | TV | 7.8 | 38 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Fred Riordan | TV | 7.8 | 38 |
| 1954 | Lassie | TV | 6.3 | 37 | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Billy Soto | TV | 7.9 | 37 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Jack O'Neal | TV | 7.9 | 37 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Squire Fisk | TV | 7.9 | 37 |
| 1954 | Garden of Eden | J. Randolph Latimore | Film | 4.6 | 37 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Jerry Boynton | TV | 6.8 | 36 |