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