Robert J. Wilke
Acting
- Born
- May 18, 1914
- Died
- March 28, 1989
- Place of Birth
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Known For
- Мужской
Biography
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. -
Filmography
Perry Mason
as Deputy Sheriff Connors
1957
Bonanza
as Al Simmons, as Sheriff Claude T. Booker, as Charlie Sheppard, as Brazos, as Marshal Hollister
1959
Wagon Train
as Wesley Thomas, as Jabez Moore, as Col. Thomas Stone, as Sgt. Wick
1957
The Fugitive
as Johnny
1963
Maverick
as Diamond Dan Malone, as McCabe
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Will Tybee, as Trail Boss Rook, as Walt DeVries, as Casey Bryan, as Maj. Blake
1957
The Rifleman
as Ward Haskins, as Flory Sheltin
1958
Lassie
as Mr. Corey
1954
The Virginian
as Colton, as Conrad
1962
My Three Sons
as Danny Donnigan
1960
The Untouchables
as George 'Bugs' Moran, as Dutch Schultz
1959
Starsky & Hutch
as Mac Johnson
1975
The Wild Wild West
as Maj. Gen. Titus Ord Baldwin
1965
Rawhide
as Lafe Thomas, as Sheriff McVey, as Tom Galt
1959
Daniel Boone
as Jake Manning, as Toff, as Fryman
1964
Cheyenne
as Kelso Prather, as Bob Manson, as Ben Creed, as Jed Begert, as Carl Banner
1955
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Virgil, as Jack Radovitch, as Ben Hooker
1958
The Lucy Show
as Tom Carter
1962
The Lone Ranger
as Henchman (uncredited)
1949
Gunsmoke
as Kelby, as Hickock, as Ab Rankin, as Tom, as Pegger, as Pitt
1955