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 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: Acting

Born: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1914-05-18

Died: 1989-03-28

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1937	That Man's Here Again	(uncredited)	50
2	1937	San Quentin	Young Convict in Yard (uncredited)	65
3	1938	The Fighting Devil Dogs	Marine in Shanghai (uncredited)	60
4	1939	Star Reporter	Reporter	39
5	1939	S.O.S Tidal Wave	Man in TV Studio	57
6	1939	Daredevils of the Red Circle	G-Man	55
7	1939	In Old Monterey	Man on Wagon	53
8	1940	In Old Missouri	Hillbilly	55
9	1940	Grand Ole Opry	Hillbilly (uncredited)	70
10	1940	Adventures of Red Ryder	Henchman	55
11	1941	Sierra Sue	Carnival Spectator (uncredited)	0
12	1941	Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.	Cutter Helmsman	57
13	1943	Whispering Footsteps	Bank Customer	53
14	1944	The Fighting Seabees	Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)	62
15	1944	Hidden Valley Outlaws	Rancher (uncredited)	0
16	1944	Cowboy and the Senorita	Townsman (uncredited)	50
17	1944	Call of the Rockies	Deputy Jim	60
18	1944	Bordertown Trail	Henchman	0
19	1944	San Antonio Kid	Henchman (as Bob Wilke)	0
20	1944	Code of the Prairie		0
21	1944	Sheriff of Sundown	Bradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)	0
22	1944	Vigilantes of Dodge City	Bill	0
23	1944	Faces in the Fog	Photographer	30
24	1945	Sheriff of Cimarron	Henchman Dobie	60
25	1945	Earl Carroll Vanities	Cab Driver	50
26	1945	Corpus Christi Bandits	Henchman Steve	0
27	1945	Santa Fe Saddlemates	Rawhide	50
28	1945	Trail of Kit Carson	Dave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke)	0
29	1945	Hitchhike to Happiness	Stage Hand (uncredited)	50
30	1945	Bandits of the Badlands	Keller	35
31	1945	Sunset in El Dorado	Curley Roberts	42
32	1945	Rough Riders of Cheyenne	Smoke - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)	0
33	1946	The Catman of Paris	The Catman (uncredited)	55
34	1946	Badman's Territory	Deputy Marshal (uncredited)	58
35	1946	Passkey to Danger	Police Sergeant	0
36	1946	Traffic in Crime	Hogan's Driver	60
37	1946	Rendezvous with Annie	MP (uncredited)	60
38	1946	The Inner Circle	Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke)	52
39	1946	White Tie and Tails	Starter (uncredited)	70
40	1947	Twilight on the Rio Grande	Henchman	25
41	1947	Buck Privates Come Home	GI Buddy (uncredited)	63
42	1947	Law of the Canyon	Knife-Throwing Henchman (uncredited)	0
43	1947	Web of Danger	Station Wagon Driver	48
44	1947	Blackmail	Policeman	40
45	1947	The Ghost Goes Wild	Burglar	50
46	1948	Carson City Raiders	Ed Noble (as Bob Wilke)	0
47	1948	Daredevils of the Clouds	Joe	60
48	1948	Homicide for Three	Policeman	50
49	1949	Laramie	Cronin (uncredited)	65
50	1949	The Wyoming Bandit	Sam - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)	40
51	1949	Flaming Fury		0
52	1949	Coyote Canyon	Deputy Sheriff Ed (as Bob Wilkie)	0
53	1950	Mule Train	Bradshaw - Henchman (uncredited)	50
54	1950	Outcasts of Black Mesa	Curt - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)	0
55	1950	The Desert Hawk	Camel Driver	51
56	1950	Across the Badlands	Duke Jackson / Keno Jackson (as Bob Wilke)	0
57	1950	Frontier Outpost	Krag Benson	0
58	1951	Vengeance Valley	Cowhand (uncredited)	53
59	1951	Saddle Legion	Henchman Hooker	63
60	1951	Gunplay	Henchman Winslow	62
61	1951	Best of the Badmen	Jim Younger	65
62	1951	Cyclone Fury	Henchman Bunco (as Bob Wilke)	50
63	1951	Pistol Harvest	Andy Baylor	52
64	1951	Hot Lead	Stoney Dawson (as Robert Wilke)	63
65	1951	Overland Telegraph	Bellew - Henchman (as Robert Wilke)	67
66	1952	The Las Vegas Story	Clayton (as Robert Wilke)	58
67	1952	Road Agent	Slab Babcock	55
68	1952	High Noon	Jim Pierce	77
69	1952	Hellgate	Sgt. Maj. Kearn	67
70	1952	Cattle Town	Keeno	67
71	1952	Fargo	Link - Henchman	65
72	1952	Wyoming Roundup	Wyatt - Henchman	60
73	1952	The Maverick	Massey	0
74	1953	Cow Country	Sledge	44
75	1953	Arrowhead	Sgt. Stone	59
76	1953	War Paint	Trooper Grady	55
77	1953	From Here to Eternity	Sgt. Henderson (uncredited)	73
78	1954	The Far Country	Madden	69
79	1954	The Lone Gun	Hort Moran (as Robert Wilke)	53
80	1954	Two Guns and a Badge	Moore - Outlaw	0
81	1954	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	First Mate of the Nautilus	70
82	1955	Smoke Signal	First Sergeant Daly (as Robert Wilke)	65
83	1955	Strange Lady in Town	Karg	45
84	1955	Shotgun	Bentley (as Robert Wilke)	52
85	1955	Wichita	Ben Thompson	62
86	1956	The Lone Ranger	Cassidy	61
87	1956	Backlash	Jeff Welker	63
88	1956	Raw Edge	Sile Doty	58
89	1956	The Rawhide Years	Neal (as Robert Wilke)	55
90	1956	Canyon River	Joe Graycoe	64
91	1956	Written on the Wind	Dan Willis	69
92	1956	Gun the Man Down	Matt Rankin	64
93	1957	Hot Summer Night	Tom Ellis (as Robert Wilke)	56
94	1957	Night Passage	Concho	63
95	1957	The Tarnished Angels	Hank	67
96	1958	Return to Warbow	Red	58
97	1958	Man of the West	Ponch	65
98	1959	Never Steal Anything Small	Lennie	80
99	1960	The Slowest Gun in the West	Billy the Kid Blake	20
100	1960	The Magnificent Seven	Wallace	75
101	1960	Spartacus	Guard captain	75
102	1961	The Long Rope	Ben Matthews	50
103	1963	The Gun Hawk	Johnny Flanders	42
104	1964	Shock Treatment	Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke)	67
105	1964	Fate Is the Hunter	Stillman	64
106	1965	The Hallelujah Trail	Chief Five Barrels	60
107	1966	Smoky	Jeff Nicks	55
108	1966	The Magnificent Stranger	Sheriff McVey	67
109	1967	Tony Rome	Ralph Turpin	63
110	1969	The Desperate Mission	Gant	45
111	1970	The Cheyenne Social Club	Corey Bannister	64
112	1971	A Gunfight	Marshal Tom Cater	58
113	1971	The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler	Hugh Fielding	54
114	1971	They Call It Murder	Sheriff Rex Brandon	65
115	1972	The Rookies	Officer Shaw	60
116	1973	The Boy Who Cried Werewolf	The Sheriff	56
117	1973	Santee	Deaks (as Robert Wilke	53
118	1978	Wild and Wooly	Demas Scott	40
119	1978	Days of Heaven	The Farm Foreman	75
120	1979	The Sweet Creek County War		0
121	1981	Stripes	Gen. Barnicke	65
122	1988	James Stewart: A Wonderful Life	Self (archive footage)	60

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The Lone Ranger	Henchman (uncredited)	68
2	1950	The Gene Autry Show	Henchman Cody	48
3	1950	The Gene Autry Show	Charlie Bolton	48
4	1950	The Gene Autry Show	Monte - Henchman	48
5	1950	The Gene Autry Show	Henchman in Plaid Shirt	48
6	1950	The Cisco Kid	Henchman Vic	64
7	1950	The Cisco Kid	Barney	64
8	1950	The Cisco Kid	Judd Storme	64
9	1951	The Adventures of Boston Blackie	Edgar	40
10	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Red Fischer	70
11	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		70
12	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Whitey	70
13	1952	Adventures of Superman	Bingham	67
14	1952	Four Star Playhouse	George	61
15	1952	Four Star Playhouse	Ben Crane	61
16	1952	Cavalcade of America		35
17	1952	The Abbott and Costello Show	Mike Brodie	73
18	1954	Lassie	Mr. Corey	61
19	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Jed - Outlaw	76
20	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Ben Tilton	76
21	1955	Gunsmoke	Hickock	66
22	1955	Gunsmoke	Pegger	66
23	1955	Gunsmoke	Tom	66
24	1955	Gunsmoke	Pitt	66
25	1955	Gunsmoke	Ab Rankin	66
26	1955	Gunsmoke	Kelby	66
27	1955	Gunsmoke	Luke Cumberledge	66
28	1955	Cheyenne	Bob Manson	58
29	1955	Cheyenne	Jed Begert	58
30	1955	Cheyenne	Kelso Prather	58
31	1955	Cheyenne	Ben Creed	58
32	1955	Cheyenne	Carl Banner	58
33	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Zecca	65
34	1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie		37
35	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel	Will Tybee	74
36	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel	Casey Bryan	74
37	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel	Walt DeVries	74
38	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel	Trail Boss Rook	74
39	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel	Maj. Blake	74
40	1957	Wagon Train	Sgt. Wick	64
41	1957	Wagon Train	Wesley Thomas	64
42	1957	Wagon Train	Col. Thomas Stone	64
43	1957	Wagon Train	Jabez Moore	64
44	1957	The Thin Man		76
45	1957	Perry Mason	Deputy Sheriff Connors	77
46	1957	Maverick	McCabe	68
47	1957	Maverick	Diamond Dan Malone	68
48	1957	The Walter Winchell File	Fisher	50
49	1957	Zorro	Capt. Salvador Mendoza	76
50	1957	Tombstone Territory	Burt Foster	63
51	1957	Tombstone Territory	Jess Caulfield	63
52	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Virgil	69
53	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Jack Radovitch	69
54	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Ben Hooker	69
55	1958	Peter Gunn		65
56	1958	Bronco		48
57	1958	The Texan	Marshal Bart Pennock	55
58	1958	The Texan	Sheriff Tip Latta	55
59	1958	The Texan	Pete Torrey	55
60	1958	The Texan	Asa Kirby	55
61	1958	The Rifleman	Flory Sheltin	71
62	1958	The Rifleman	Ward Haskins	71
63	1958	Lawman	Marshal Tom Haddon	54
64	1958	Lawman	Fallon - Bounty Hunter	54
65	1958	Lawman	Lal Hoard	54
66	1958	Bat Masterson	Bull Kirby	63
67	1958	Bat Masterson	Rod Clements	63
68	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Vern Reece	67
69	1959	Rawhide	Sheriff McVey	72
70	1959	Rawhide	Tom Galt	72
71	1959	Rawhide	Lafe Thomas	72
72	1959	Bonanza	Charlie Sheppard	75
73	1959	Bonanza	Al Simmons	75
74	1959	Bonanza	Sheriff Claude T. Booker	75
75	1959	The Deputy	Ace Gentry	62
76	1959	Bonanza	Brazos	75
77	1959	Bonanza	Marshal Hollister	75
78	1959	Riverboat	Bolesy	62
79	1959	Riverboat	Red Dog Hanlon	62
80	1959	Laramie		64
81	1959	Wichita Town		42
82	1959	Law of the Plainsman	Amos Cameron	60
83	1959	The Third Man	Vince Gabriel	67
84	1959	Bourbon Street Beat		50
85	1959	Adventures in Paradise	Riker	57
86	1959	The Untouchables	George 'Bugs' Moran	79
87	1959	The Untouchables	Dutch Schultz	79
88	1960	The Tall Man	Marshal Ben Hartley	63
89	1960	Outlaws		62
90	1960	My Three Sons	Danny Donnigan	65
91	1960	The Westerner	Murdo	67
92	1960	Stagecoach West	Taylor Norman	60
93	1961	Target: The Corruptors!		35
94	1962	The Beachcomber	Bill Winters	0
95	1962	The Beachcomber	Jason Despol	0
96	1962	Sam Benedict	Lt. Mike Radich	60
97	1962	The Virginian	Conrad	64
98	1962	The Virginian	Colton	64
99	1962	The Lucy Show	Tom Carter	71
100	1963	The Dakotas		57
101	1963	The Greatest Show on Earth	Lou Sirotta	50
102	1963	The Fugitive	Johnny	72
103	1964	Daniel Boone	Toff	69
104	1964	Daniel Boone	Jake Manning	69
105	1964	Daniel Boone	Fryman	69
106	1965	The Legend of Jesse James	Marshal Sam Corbett	48
107	1965	The Wild Wild West	Maj. Gen. Titus Ord Baldwin	76
108	1966	The Monroes		57
109	1966	Tarzan	Spooner	67
110	1967	Rango		0
111	1967	Cimarron Strip		50
112	1967	The Guns of Will Sonnett	Sheriff Dan Butler	63
113	1967	The Guns of Will Sonnett	Tom Judd	63
114	1968	The Outcasts		53
115	1968	Lancer		47
116	1972	Kung Fu	Sgt. Bridger	76
117	1974	Run, Joe, Run		62
118	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Mac Johnson	72
119	1977	How the West Was Won	Appleton	69
120	1978	Dallas	Tom Owens	68