Robert J. Wilke
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-05-18
Day of Death
1989-03-28 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Robert J. 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. -
Acting
(1988)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
(1981)
Stripes
as Gen. Barnicke
(1979)
(1978)
Days of Heaven
as The Farm Foreman
(1978)
Wild and Wooly
as Demas Scott
(1973)
Santee
as Deaks (as Robert Wilke
(1973)
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
as The Sheriff
(1972)
The Rookies
as Officer Shaw
(1971)
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
as Hugh Fielding
(1971)
A Gunfight
as Marshal Tom Cater
(1971)
They Call It Murder
as Sheriff Rex Brandon
(1970)
The Cheyenne Social Club
as Corey Bannister
(1969)
The Desperate Mission
as Gant
(1967)
Tony Rome
as Ralph Turpin
(1966)
Smoky
as Jeff Nicks
(1966)
The Magnificent Stranger
as Sheriff McVey
(1965)
The Hallelujah Trail
as Chief Five Barrels
(1964)
Fate Is the Hunter
as Stillman
(1964)
Shock Treatment
as Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke)
(1963)
The Gun Hawk
as Johnny Flanders
(1961)
The Long Rope
as Ben Matthews
(1960)
Spartacus
as Guard captain
(1960)
The Magnificent Seven
as Wallace
(1960)
The Slowest Gun in the West
as Billy the Kid Blake
(1959)
Never Steal Anything Small
as Lennie
(1958)
Man of the West
as Ponch
(1958)
Return to Warbow
as Red
(1957)
Night Passage
as Concho
(1957)
The Tarnished Angels
as Hank
(1957)
Hot Summer Night
as Tom Ellis (as Robert Wilke)
(1956)
Written on the Wind
as Dan Willis
(1956)
The Lone Ranger
as Cassidy
(1956)
Backlash
as Jeff Welker
(1956)
Gun the Man Down
as Matt Rankin
(1956)
Raw Edge
as Sile Doty
(1956)
The Rawhide Years
as Neal (as Robert Wilke)
(1956)
Canyon River
as Joe Graycoe
(1955)
Wichita
as Ben Thompson
(1955)
Shotgun
as Bentley (as Robert Wilke)
(1955)
Smoke Signal
as First Sergeant Daly (as Robert Wilke)
(1955)
Strange Lady in Town
as Karg
(1954)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as First Mate of the Nautilus
(1954)
The Far Country
as Madden
(1954)
The Lone Gun
as Hort Moran (as Robert Wilke)
(1954)
Two Guns and a Badge
as Moore - Outlaw
(1953)
From Here to Eternity
as Sgt. Henderson (uncredited)
(1953)
Arrowhead
as Sgt. Stone
(1953)
War Paint
as Trooper Grady
(1953)
Cow Country
as Sledge
(1952)
High Noon
as Jim Pierce
(1952)
Hellgate
as Sgt. Maj. Kearn
(1952)
The Las Vegas Story
as Clayton (as Robert Wilke)
(1952)
Fargo
as Link - Henchman
(1952)
Cattle Town
as Keeno
(1952)
Road Agent
as Slab Babcock
(1952)
Wyoming Roundup
as Wyatt - Henchman
(1952)
The Maverick
as Massey
(1951)
Vengeance Valley
as Cowhand (uncredited)
(1951)
Best of the Badmen
as Jim Younger
(1951)
Hot Lead
as Stoney Dawson (as Robert Wilke)
(1951)
Cyclone Fury
as Henchman Bunco (as Bob Wilke)
(1951)
Saddle Legion
as Henchman Hooker
(1951)
Pistol Harvest
as Andy Baylor
(1951)
Gunplay
as Henchman Winslow
(1951)
Overland Telegraph
as Bellew - Henchman (as Robert Wilke)
(1950)
The Desert Hawk
as Camel Driver
(1950)
Mule Train
as Bradshaw - Henchman (uncredited)
(1950)
Across the Badlands
as Duke Jackson / Keno Jackson (as Bob Wilke)
(1950)
Frontier Outpost
as Krag Benson
(1950)
Outcasts of Black Mesa
as Curt - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
(1949)
The Wyoming Bandit
as Sam - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
(1949)
The Blonde Bandit
as Police Det. Walker
(1949)
(1949)
Laramie
as Cronin (uncredited)
(1949)
Coyote Canyon
as Deputy Sheriff Ed (as Bob Wilkie)
(1948)
Carson City Raiders
as Ed Noble (as Bob Wilke)
(1948)
Homicide for Three
as Policeman
(1948)
Daredevils of the Clouds
as Joe
(1947)
Buck Privates Come Home
as GI Buddy (uncredited)
(1947)
Twilight on the Rio Grande
as Henchman
(1947)
Web of Danger
as Station Wagon Driver
(1947)
Blackmail
as Policeman
(1947)
The Ghost Goes Wild
as Burglar
(1947)
Law of the Canyon
as Knife-Throwing Henchman (uncredited)
(1946)
Badman's Territory
as Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
(1946)
Rendezvous with Annie
as MP (uncredited)
(1946)
The Catman of Paris
as The Catman (uncredited)
(1946)
The Inner Circle
as Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke)
(1946)
Passkey to Danger
as Police Sergeant
(1946)
White Tie and Tails
as Starter (uncredited)
(1946)
Traffic in Crime
as Hogan's Driver
(1945)
Hitchhike to Happiness
as Stage Hand (uncredited)
(1945)
Earl Carroll Vanities
as Cab Driver
(1945)
Sunset in El Dorado
as Curley Roberts
(1945)
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
as Smoke - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
(1945)
Trail of Kit Carson
as Dave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke)
(1945)
Corpus Christi Bandits
as Henchman Steve
(1945)
Bandits of the Badlands
as Keller
(1945)
Santa Fe Saddlemates
as Rawhide
(1945)
Sheriff of Cimarron
as Henchman Dobie
(1944)
Cowboy and the Senorita
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1944)
The Fighting Seabees
as Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)
(1944)
Call of the Rockies
as Deputy Jim
(1944)
Sheriff of Sundown
as Bradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
(1944)
(1944)
Faces in the Fog
as Photographer
(1944)
Vigilantes of Dodge City
as Bill
(1944)
Bordertown Trail
as Henchman
(1944)
Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Rancher (uncredited)
(1944)
San Antonio Kid
as Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
(1943)
Whispering Footsteps
as Bank Customer
(1941)
Sierra Sue
as Carnival Spectator (uncredited)
(1941)
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
as Cutter Helmsman
(1940)
Adventures of Red Ryder
as Henchman
(1940)
In Old Missouri
as Hillbilly
(1940)
Grand Ole Opry
as Hillbilly (uncredited)
(1939)
Daredevils of the Red Circle
as G-Man
(1939)
In Old Monterey
as Man on Wagon
(1939)
S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Man in TV Studio
(1939)
Star Reporter
as Reporter
(1938)
The Fighting Devil Dogs
as Marine in Shanghai (uncredited)
(1937)
San Quentin
as Young Convict in Yard (uncredited)
(1937)
That Man's Here Again
as (uncredited)