Robert J. Wilke
Known for Acting · 194 credits
- Born
- 1914-05-18
- Died
- 1989-03-28
- Place of birth
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Bob Wilke · Robert Wilke · Robert Joseph Wilke
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. -
Known For
TV Shows (70)
Perry Mason
1957
as Deputy Sheriff Connors
The Fugitive
1963
as Johnny
Dallas
1978
as Tom Owens
The Rifleman
1958
as Flory Sheltin / Ward Haskins
Lassie
1954
as Mr. Corey
Bonanza
1959
as Charlie Sheppard / Al Simmons / Sheriff Claude T. Booker / Brazos / Marshal Hollister
My Three Sons
1960
as Danny Donnigan
Wagon Train
1957
as Sgt. Wick / Wesley Thomas / Col. Thomas Stone / Jabez Moore
Adventures of Superman
1952
as Bingham
Peter Gunn
1958
Maverick
1957
as McCabe / Diamond Dan Malone
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Maj. Gen. Titus Ord Baldwin
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Henchman (uncredited)
The Lucy Show
1962
as Tom Carter
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Will Tybee / Casey Bryan / Walt DeVries / Trail Boss Rook / Maj. Blake
Lawman
1958
as Marshal Tom Haddon / Fallon - Bounty Hunter / Lal Hoard
The Untouchables
1959
as George 'Bugs' Moran / Dutch Schultz
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as George / Ben Crane
Daniel Boone
1964
as Toff / Fryman / Jake Manning
Cheyenne
1955
as Bob Manson / Carl Banner / Kelso Prather / Jed Begert / Ben Creed
The Virginian
1962
as Conrad / Colton
Gunsmoke
1955
as Hickock / Pitt / Pegger / Tom / Ab Rankin / Kelby / Luke Cumberledge
Rawhide
1959
as Sheriff McVey / Tom Galt / Lafe Thomas
Bat Masterson
1958
as Bull Kirby / Rod Clements
Zorro
1957
as Capt. Salvador Mendoza
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Virgil / Ben Hooker / Jack Radovitch
The Deputy
1959
as Ace Gentry
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Vern Reece
The Tall Man
1960
as Marshal Ben Hartley
Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Mac Johnson
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Riker
Laramie
1959
Tombstone Territory
1957
as Burt Foster / Jess Caulfield
The Cisco Kid
1950
as Judd Storme / Henchman Vic / Barney
The Gene Autry Show
1950
as Henchman Cody / Charlie Bolton / Monte - Henchman / Henchman in Plaid Shirt
The Third Man
1959
as Vince Gabriel
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Texan
1958
as Marshal Bart Pennock / Sheriff Tip Latta / Pete Torrey / Asa Kirby
How the West Was Won
1977
as Appleton
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
as Mike Brodie
The Thin Man
1957
Riverboat
1959
as Bolesy / Red Dog Hanlon
Outlaws
1960
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Jed - Outlaw / Ben Tilton
Lancer
1968
Cavalcade of America
1952
Cimarron Strip
1967
as Hardy Miller
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Zecca
Bronco
1958
Tarzan
1966
as Spooner
Law of the Plainsman
1959
as Amos Cameron
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
as Lou Sirotta
The Walter Winchell File
1957
as Fisher
Stagecoach West
1960
as Taylor Norman
Boston Blackie
1951
as Edgar
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
as Sheriff Dan Butler / Tom Judd
The Outcasts
1968
Sam Benedict
1962
as Lt. Mike Radich
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Marshal Sam Corbett
Movies (124)
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
Night Passage
1957
as Concho
Hot Summer Night
1957
as Tom Ellis (as Robert Wilke)
The Far Country
1954
as Madden
Fate Is the Hunter
1964
as Stillman
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
as Chief Five Barrels
Vengeance Valley
1951
as Cowhand (uncredited)
Best of the Badmen
1951
as Jim Younger
Wichita
1955
as Ben Thompson
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970
as Corey Bannister
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
as GI Buddy (uncredited)
The Rawhide Years
1956
as Neal (as Robert Wilke)
Raw Edge
1956
as Sile Doty
The Fighting Seabees
1944
as Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)
Arrowhead
1953
as Sgt. Stone
Strange Lady in Town
1955
as Karg
Backlash
1956
as Jeff Welker
The Tarnished Angels
1957
as Hank
The Inner Circle
1946
as Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke)
The Lone Gun
1954
as Hort Moran (as Robert Wilke)
A Gunfight
1971
as Marshal Tom Cater
Tony Rome
1967
as Ralph Turpin
Smoke Signal
1955
as Daly
Gun the Man Down
1956
as Matt Rankin
Cowboy and the Senorita
1944
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
1973
as The Sheriff
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Hellgate
1952
as Sgt. Maj. Kearn
The Magnificent Stranger
1966
as Sheriff McVey
War Paint
1953
as Trooper Grady
The Desert Hawk
1950
as Camel Driver
Daredevils of the Clouds
1948
as Joe
They Call It Murder
1971
as Sheriff Rex Brandon
Shotgun
1955
as Bentley (as Robert Wilke)
The Las Vegas Story
1952
as Clayton (as Robert Wilke)
Badman's Territory
1946
as Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
Santa Fe Saddlemates
1945
as Rawhide
S.O.S Tidal Wave
1939
as Man in TV Studio
Smoky
1966
as Jeff Nicks
Shock Treatment
1964
as Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke)
Hot Lead
1951
as Stoney Dawson
The Sweet Creek County War
1979
The Gun Hawk
1963
as Johnny Flanders
Star Reporter
1939
as Reporter
Hitchhike to Happiness
1945
as Stage Hand (uncredited)
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
as MP (uncredited)
Adventures of Red Ryder
1940
as Henchman
The Desperate Mission
1969
as Gant
Sunset in El Dorado
1945
as Curley Roberts
San Quentin
1937
as Young Convict in Yard (uncredited)
Canyon River
1956
as Joe Graycoe
Santee
1973
as Deaks (as Robert Wilke)
Wild and Wooly
1978
as Demas Scott
The Slowest Gun in the West
1960
as Billy the Kid Blake
Two Guns and a Badge
1954
as Moore - Outlaw
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1941
as Cutter Helmsman
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
1971
as Hugh Fielding
The Catman of Paris
1946
as The Catman (uncredited)
In Old Monterey
1939
as Man on Wagon
Outcasts of Black Mesa
1950
as Curt - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
The Ghost Goes Wild
1947
as Burglar
Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944
as Rancher (uncredited)
White Tie and Tails
1946
as Starter (uncredited)
Bandits of the Badlands
1945
as Keller
Daredevils of the Red Circle
1939
as G-Man
Return to Warbow
1958
as Red
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945
as Cab Driver
Fargo
1952
as Link - Henchman
Blackmail
1947
as Policeman
Call of the Rockies
1944
as Deputy Jim
Cattle Town
1952
as Keeno
Twilight on the Rio Grande
1947
as Henchman
The Wyoming Bandit
1949
as Sam
Carson City Raiders
1948
as Ed Noble
Saddle Legion
1951
as Henchman Hooker
Corpus Christi Bandits
1945
as Henchman Steve
Never Steal Anything Small
1959
as Lennie
The Fighting Devil Dogs
1938
as Marine in Shanghai (uncredited)
Traffic in Crime
1946
as Hogan's Driver
Cow Country
1953
as Sledge
Sheriff of Cimarron
1945
as Henchman Dobie
Grand Ole Opry
1940
as Hillbilly (uncredited)
The Rookies
1972
as Officer Shaw
Trail of Kit Carson
1945
as Dave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke)
Faces in the Fog
1944
as Photographer
The Maverick
1952
as Massey
Mule Train
1950
as Bradshaw - Henchman (uncredited)
Code of the Prairie
1944
Homicide for Three
1948
as Policeman
San Antonio Kid
1944
as Henchman
That Man's Here Again
1937
as (uncredited)
Pistol Harvest
1951
as Andy Baylor
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
1945
as Smoke - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
Vigilantes of Dodge City
1944
as Bill
The Long Rope
1961
as Ben Matthews
Flaming Fury
1949
Overland Telegraph
1951
as Bellew - Henchman (as Robert Wilke)
Laramie
1949
as Cronin (uncredited)
The Blonde Bandit
1949
as Police Det. Walker
Law of the Canyon
1947
as Knife-Throwing Henchman (uncredited)
Sheriff of Sundown
1944
as Bradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
Whispering Footsteps
1943
as Bank Customer
Frontier Outpost
1950
as Krag Benson
Sierra Sue
1941
as Carnival Spectator (uncredited)
Passkey to Danger
1946
as Police Sergeant
Road Agent
1952
as Slab Babcock
Web of Danger
1947
as Station Wagon Driver
Across the Badlands
1950
as Duke Jackson / Keno Jackson (as Bob Wilke)
Coyote Canyon
1949
as Deputy Sheriff Ed (as Bob Wilkie)
Gunplay
1951
as Henchman Winslow
In Old Missouri
1940
as Hillbilly
About Robert J. Wilke
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 h… With 194 credits spanning from 1937 to 1987, Robert J. Wilke has appeared in 124 films and 70 TV shows.
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- 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
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