RG Armstrong
Robert Golden Armstrong (usually RG Armstrong for short ; born April 7, 1917 in Birmingham , Alabama , † July 27, 2012 in Studio City , Los Angeles ) was an American television , film and stage actor .
Life
Armstrong, who came from a religiously fundamentalist family and, according to his mother's wishes, should actually have become a priest, gained his first experience as an actor in the theater during his studies at the University of North Carolina . He also wrote pieces himself. After completing his studies, he went to New York and played on Broadway , including very successfully in The Cat on a Hot Tin Roof . He had his first film role in 1954 in Garden of Eden . After that, Armstrong appeared in around 80 feature films and television films and had just as many guest appearances in television series, most recently in Millennium . Director Sam Peckinpah has cast him frequently in his films since the 1960s. His most famous film role as "Sheriff Bob Ollinger" in Pat Garrett Chasing Billy the Kid resulted from this collaboration. At the beginning of the new millennium, Armstrong still played in off-Broadway plays, but ended his career due to progressive blindness.
RG Armstrong was married three times: his first marriage to Ann Neale resulted in four children. His second marriage to Susan Guthrie lasted from 1973 to 1976. In 1993 he finally married Mary Craven, with whom he remained married until her death in 2004.
Awards
- 1999: Golden Boot Award for his life's work
- 2003: Prize for his life's work at the Fright Festival
Filmography (selection)
- 1958: Shoot Back, Cowboy ( From Hell to Texas )
- 1959: On the ball was no name ( No Name on the Bullet )
- 1959: The Fugitive Kind ( The Fugitive Kind )
- 1962: Sacramento ( Ride The High Country )
- 1965: Sierra Charriba ( Major Dundee )
- 1966: El Dorado
- 1969: The final bill ( The Ballad of Cable Hogue )
- 1970: The Great White Hope ( The Great White Hope )
- 1973: The Tiger Chases the Pack ( White Lightning )
- 1973: Cotter
- 1973: My name is Nobody ( Il mio nome è Nessuno )
- 1973: Pat Garrett chases Billy the Kid ( Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid )
- 1975: Race with the Devil ( Race with the Devil )
- 1975: Street of Violence ( White Line Fever )
- 1978: The Heaven Can Wait ( Heaven Can Wait )
- 1978: The Time Machine ( The Time Machine )
- 1980: Blast - Where the Buffalo tubes ( Where the Buffalo Roam )
- 1981: Reds
- 1982: Hammett
- 1982: The Angel Face - Three Nights of Horror ( The Beast Within )
- 1983: McQuade, the Wolf ( Lone Wolf McQuade )
- 1983: Children of the Corn ( Children of the Corn )
- 1986: Rocket Man (The Best of Times)
- 1987: Predator
- 1987–1990: Heirs of the Curse ( Friday the 13th: The Series , TV series, 6 episodes)
- 1990: Dick Tracy
- 1993: Warlock - The Armageddon ( Warlock: The Armageddon )
- 1999: Showdown on the way to hell
- 2001: The Waking
Web links
- RG Armstrong in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- RG Armstrong in nndb (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Betts: RIP RG Armstrong . westernboothill.blogspot.de, July 27, 2012
- ↑ Kent Faulk (The Birmingham News): RG Armstrong, prolific character actor from Birmingham, dies . al.com, July 29, 2012
- ^ Daniel E. Slotnik: RG Armstrong, Character Actor in Westerns, Dies at 95 . In: The New York Times, July 31, 2012
- ^ R. Philip Loy: Westerns in a changing America, 2004, p. 111
- ↑ Justin Humphreys: Names You Never Remember, With Faces You Never Forget, 2006
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Armstrong, RG |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Armstrong, Robert Golden (full name); Armstrong, Bob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birmingham |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 2012 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |