Robert J. Wilke
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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. -
Known for
Credits
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
as Wallace
Spartacus (1960)
as Guard captain
High Noon (1952)
as Jim Pierce
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
as First Mate of the Nautilus
Stripes (1981)
as Gen. Barnicke
Days of Heaven (1978)
as The Farm Foreman
From Here to Eternity (1953)
as Sgt. Henderson (uncredited)
Written on the Wind (1956)
as Dan Willis
Man of the West (1958)
as Ponch
The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
as Corey Bannister
The Lone Ranger (1956)
as Cassidy
The Far Country (1954)
as Madden
Best of the Badmen (1951)
as Jim Younger
Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
as Stillman
The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
as Chief Five Barrels
Night Passage (1957)
as Concho
Vengeance Valley (1951)
as Cowhand (uncredited)
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
as GI Buddy (uncredited)
The Tarnished Angels (1957)
as Hank
Never Steal Anything Small (1959)
as Lennie
The Desert Hawk (1950)
as Camel Driver
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
as Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)
Smoke Signal (1955)
as Daly
Gun the Man Down (1956)
as Matt Rankin
Star Reporter (1939)
as Reporter
The Las Vegas Story (1952)
as Clayton (as Robert Wilke)
Strange Lady in Town (1955)
as Karg
A Gunfight (1971)
as Marshal Tom Cater
Daredevils of the Clouds (1948)
as Joe
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Tony Rome (1967)
as Ralph Turpin
Wichita (1955)
as Ben Thompson
The Lone Gun (1954)
as Hort Moran (as Robert Wilke)
The Rawhide Years (1956)
as Neal (as Robert Wilke)
They Call It Murder (1971)
as Sheriff Rex Brandon
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (1971)
as Hugh Fielding
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (1941)
as Cutter Helmsman
That Man's Here Again (1937)
as (uncredited)
The Catman of Paris (1946)
as The Catman (uncredited)
Backlash (1956)
as Jeff Welker
Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
as Henchman
Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939)
as G-Man
S.O.S Tidal Wave (1939)
as Man in TV Studio
The Slowest Gun in the West (1960)
as Billy the Kid Blake
Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947)
as Henchman
The Ghost Goes Wild (1947)
as Burglar
Two Guns and a Badge (1954)
as Moore - Outlaw
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973)
as The Sheriff
The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938)
as Marine in Shanghai (uncredited)
Badman's Territory (1946)
as Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
Arrowhead (1953)
as Sgt. Stone
Cowboy and the Senorita (1944)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Hot Summer Night (1957)
as Tom Ellis (as Robert Wilke)
White Tie and Tails (1946)
as Starter (uncredited)
The Sweet Creek County War (1979)
Actor
Raw Edge (1956)
as Sile Doty
Call of the Rockies (1944)
as Deputy Jim
Faces in the Fog (1944)
as Photographer
Code of the Prairie (1944)
Actor
The Gun Hawk (1963)
as Johnny Flanders
Mule Train (1950)
as Bradshaw - Henchman (uncredited)
War Paint (1953)
as Trooper Grady
Sunset in El Dorado (1945)
as Curley Roberts
The Inner Circle (1946)
as Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke)
Shotgun (1955)
as Bentley (as Robert Wilke)
Trail of Kit Carson (1945)
as Dave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke)
Rough Riders of Cheyenne (1945)
as Smoke - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
Vigilantes of Dodge City (1944)
as Bill
Santee (1973)
as Deaks (as Robert Wilke)
Laramie (1949)
as Cronin (uncredited)
The Rookies (1972)
as Officer Shaw
The Magnificent Stranger (1966)
as Sheriff McVey
Law of the Canyon (1947)
as Knife-Throwing Henchman (uncredited)
San Quentin (1937)
as Young Convict in Yard (uncredited)
Hellgate (1952)
as Sgt. Maj. Kearn
Bandits of the Badlands (1945)
as Keller
Outcasts of Black Mesa (1950)
as Curt - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
The Desperate Mission (1969)
as Gant
Cattle Town (1952)
as Keeno
The Maverick (1952)
as Massey
The Long Rope (1961)
as Ben Matthews
Smoky (1966)
as Jeff Nicks
Return to Warbow (1958)
as Red
Hitchhike to Happiness (1945)
as Stage Hand (uncredited)
Canyon River (1956)
as Joe Graycoe
Road Agent (1952)
as Slab Babcock
Shock Treatment (1964)
as Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke)
Flaming Fury (1949)
Actor
Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
as Cab Driver
The Wyoming Bandit (1949)
as Sam
Wild and Wooly (1978)
as Demas Scott
Cow Country (1953)
as Sledge
San Antonio Kid (1944)
as Henchman
Homicide for Three (1948)
as Policeman
Grand Ole Opry (1940)
as Hillbilly (uncredited)
Passkey to Danger (1946)
as Police Sergeant
Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
as MP (uncredited)
Santa Fe Saddlemates (1945)
as Rawhide
Saddle Legion (1951)
as Henchman Hooker
Overland Telegraph (1951)
as Bellew - Henchman (as Robert Wilke)
Pistol Harvest (1951)
as Andy Baylor
Hidden Valley Outlaws (1944)
as Rancher (uncredited)
Carson City Raiders (1948)
as Ed Noble
In Old Monterey (1939)
as Man on Wagon
Web of Danger (1947)
as Station Wagon Driver
Sheriff of Sundown (1944)
as Bradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
The Blonde Bandit (1949)
as Police Det. Walker
In Old Missouri (1940)
as Hillbilly
Blackmail (1947)
as Policeman
Fargo (1952)
as Link - Henchman
Hot Lead (1951)
as Stoney Dawson
Whispering Footsteps (1943)
as Bank Customer
Traffic in Crime (1946)
as Hogan's Driver
Sheriff of Cimarron (1945)
as Henchman Dobie
Lone Texas Ranger (1945)
as Henchman (uncredited)
Frontier Outpost (1950)
as Krag Benson
Sierra Sue (1941)
as Carnival Spectator (uncredited)
Bordertown Trail (1944)
as Henchman
Wyoming Roundup (1952)
as Wyatt - Henchman
Corpus Christi Bandits (1945)
as Henchman Steve
Coyote Canyon (1949)
as Deputy Sheriff Ed (as Bob Wilkie)
Cyclone Fury (1951)
as Henchman Bunco (as Bob Wilke)
Gunplay (1951)
as Henchman Winslow
Across the Badlands (1950)
as Duke Jackson / Keno Jackson (as Bob Wilke)