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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 18, 1914
Died
March 28, 1989
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Bob Wilke
- Robert Wilke
- Robert Joseph Wilke
Robert J. Wilke
1.2 Popularity
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
6.0
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1988
6.6
Gen. Barnicke
Stripes
1981
🎬
5.0
The Sweet Creek County War
1979
7.5
The Farm Foreman
Days of Heaven
1978
6.8
Tom Owens
Dallas
1978
4.0
Demas Scott
Wild and Wooly
1978
6.9
Appleton
How the West Was Won
1977
7.2
Mac Johnson
Starsky & Hutch
1975
6.3
Run, Joe, Run
1974
5.3
Deaks (as Robert Wilke
Santee
1973
Credits
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1988
6.0
Stripes
as Gen. Barnicke
1981
6.6
🎬
The Sweet Creek County War
1979
5.0
Days of Heaven
as The Farm Foreman
1978
7.5
Dallas
as Tom Owens
1978
6.8
Wild and Wooly
as Demas Scott
1978
4.0
How the West Was Won
as Appleton
1977
6.9
Starsky & Hutch
as Mac Johnson
1975
7.2
Run, Joe, Run
1974
6.3
Santee
as Deaks (as Robert Wilke
1973
5.3
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
as The Sheriff
1973
5.7
Kung Fu
as Sgt. Bridger
1972
7.6
The Rookies
as Officer Shaw
1972
6.0
They Call It Murder
as Sheriff Rex Brandon
1971
5.4
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
as Hugh Fielding
1971
5.4
A Gunfight
as Marshal Tom Cater
1971
5.8
The Cheyenne Social Club
as Corey Bannister
1970
6.4
The Desperate Mission
as Gant
1969
4.6
Lancer
1968
4.7
The Outcasts
1968
5.3
Tony Rome
as Ralph Turpin
1967
6.3
The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Sheriff Dan Butler
1967
6.2
The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Tom Judd
1967
6.2
Cimarron Strip
1967
5.0
Rango
1967
0.0
Tarzan
as Spooner
1966
6.7
The Monroes
1966
5.7
The Magnificent Stranger
as Sheriff McVey
1966
6.7
Smoky
as Jeff Nicks
1966
5.5
The Wild Wild West
as Maj. Gen. Titus Ord Baldwin
1965
7.5
The Legend of Jesse James
as Marshal Sam Corbett
1965
4.8
The Hallelujah Trail
as Chief Five Barrels
1965
6.0
Fate Is the Hunter
as Stillman
1964
6.4
Daniel Boone
as Toff
1964
6.9
Daniel Boone
as Jake Manning
1964
6.9
Daniel Boone
as Fryman
1964
6.9
Shock Treatment
as Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke)
1964
6.7
The Fugitive
as Johnny
1963
7.2
🎬
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Lou Sirotta
1963
5.0
The Gun Hawk
as Johnny Flanders
1963
4.2
The Dakotas
1963
5.7
The Lucy Show
as Tom Carter
1962
7.0
The Virginian
as Conrad
1962
6.5
The Virginian
as Colton
1962
6.5
Sam Benedict
as Lt. Mike Radich
1962
6.0
🎬
The Beachcomber
as Bill Winters
1962
0.0
🎬
The Beachcomber
as Jason Despol
1962
0.0
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
3.5
The Long Rope
as Ben Matthews
1961
5.8
Spartacus
as Guard captain
1960
7.5
The Magnificent Seven
as Wallace
1960
7.5
Stagecoach West
as Taylor Norman
1960
6.0
The Westerner
as Murdo
1960
6.8
My Three Sons
as Danny Donnigan
1960
6.5
Outlaws
1960
6.2
The Tall Man
as Marshal Ben Hartley
1960
6.3
The Slowest Gun in the West
as Billy the Kid Blake
1960
2.0
The Untouchables
as George 'Bugs' Moran
1959
7.9
The Untouchables
as Dutch Schultz
1959
7.9
Adventures in Paradise
as Riker
1959
5.7
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
5.0
The Third Man
as Vince Gabriel
1959
6.7
Law of the Plainsman
as Amos Cameron
1959
6.0
Wichita Town
1959
4.2
Laramie
1959
6.4
Riverboat
as Bolesy
1959
6.2
Riverboat
as Red Dog Hanlon
1959
6.2
Bonanza
as Charlie Sheppard
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Al Simmons
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Sheriff Claude T. Booker
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Brazos
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Marshal Hollister
1959
7.5
The Deputy
as Ace Gentry
1959
6.2
Never Steal Anything Small
as Lennie
1959
8.0
Rawhide
as Sheriff McVey
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Tom Galt
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Lafe Thomas
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
as Vern Reece
1958
6.7
Bat Masterson
as Bull Kirby
1958
6.1
Bat Masterson
as Rod Clements
1958
6.1
Lawman
as Marshal Tom Haddon
1958
5.6
Lawman
as Fallon - Bounty Hunter
1958
5.6
Lawman
as Lal Hoard
1958
5.6
The Rifleman
as Flory Sheltin
1958
7.0
The Rifleman
as Ward Haskins
1958
7.0
The Texan
as Marshal Bart Pennock
1958
5.5
The Texan
as Sheriff Tip Latta
1958
5.5
The Texan
as Pete Torrey
1958
5.5
The Texan
as Asa Kirby
1958
5.5
Bronco
1958
5.2
Peter Gunn
1958
6.5
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Virgil
1958
6.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Ben Hooker
1958
6.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Jack Radovitch
1958
6.9
Man of the West
as Ponch
1958
6.6
Return to Warbow
as Red
1958
5.8
The Tarnished Angels
as Hank
1957
6.7
Tombstone Territory
as Burt Foster
1957
6.0
Tombstone Territory
as Jess Caulfield
1957
6.0
Zorro
as Capt. Salvador Mendoza
1957
7.5
The Walter Winchell File
as Fisher
1957
5.0
Maverick
as McCabe
1957
6.8
Maverick
as Diamond Dan Malone
1957
6.8
Perry Mason
as Deputy Sheriff Connors
1957
7.7
The Thin Man
1957
7.6
Wagon Train
as Sgt. Wick
1957
6.3
Wagon Train
as Wesley Thomas
1957
6.3
Wagon Train
as Col. Thomas Stone
1957
6.3
Wagon Train
as Jabez Moore
1957
6.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Will Tybee
1957
7.4
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Casey Bryan
1957
7.4
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Walt DeVries
1957
7.4
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Trail Boss Rook
1957
7.4
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Maj. Blake
1957
7.4
Night Passage
as Concho
1957
6.4
Hot Summer Night
as Tom Ellis (as Robert Wilke)
1957
5.6
Gun the Man Down
as Matt Rankin
1956
6.4
Written on the Wind
as Dan Willis
1956
6.9
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
3.7
Canyon River
as Joe Graycoe
1956
6.4
The Rawhide Years
as Neal (as Robert Wilke)
1956
5.5
Raw Edge
as Sile Doty
1956
5.8
Backlash
as Jeff Welker
1956
6.4
The Lone Ranger
as Cassidy
1956
6.2
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Zecca
1955
6.5
Cheyenne
as Bob Manson
1955
5.8
Cheyenne
as Jed Begert
1955
5.8
Cheyenne
as Kelso Prather
1955
5.8
Cheyenne
as Ben Creed
1955
5.8
Cheyenne
as Carl Banner
1955
5.8
Gunsmoke
as Hickock
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Tom
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Pegger
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Pitt
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Ab Rankin
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Kelby
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Luke Cumberledge
1955
6.6
Wichita
as Ben Thompson
1955
6.3
Shotgun
as Bentley (as Robert Wilke)
1955
5.2
Strange Lady in Town
as Karg
1955
4.5
Smoke Signal
as First Sergeant Daly (as Robert Wilke)
1955
6.5
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as First Mate of the Nautilus
1954
7.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Jed - Outlaw
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Ben Tilton
1954
7.8
Lassie
as Mr. Corey
1954
6.1
Two Guns and a Badge
as Moore - Outlaw
1954
0.0
The Lone Gun
as Hort Moran (as Robert Wilke)
1954
5.4
The Far Country
as Madden
1954
6.9
From Here to Eternity
as Sgt. Henderson (uncredited)
1953
7.3
War Paint
as Trooper Grady
1953
5.5
Arrowhead
as Sgt. Stone
1953
5.9
Cow Country
as Sledge
1953
4.4
The Maverick
as Massey
1952
0.0
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Mike Brodie
1952
7.1
Wyoming Roundup
as Wyatt - Henchman
1952
6.0
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as George
1952
6.3
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Ben Crane
1952
6.3
Adventures of Superman
as Bingham
1952
6.7
Fargo
as Link - Henchman
1952
6.5
Cattle Town
as Keeno
1952
6.7
Hellgate
as Sgt. Maj. Kearn
1952
6.7
High Noon
as Jim Pierce
1952
7.7
Road Agent
as Slab Babcock
1952
5.5
The Las Vegas Story
as Clayton (as Robert Wilke)
1952
5.8
Overland Telegraph
as Bellew - Henchman (as Robert Wilke)
1951
6.7
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Red Fischer
1951
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Whitey
1951
7.3
Hot Lead
as Stoney Dawson (as Robert Wilke)
1951
6.3
The Adventures of Boston Blackie
as Edgar
1951
4.0
Pistol Harvest
as Andy Baylor
1951
5.2
Cyclone Fury
as Henchman Bunco (as Bob Wilke)
1951
5.0
Best of the Badmen
as Jim Younger
1951
6.5
Gunplay
as Henchman Winslow
1951
6.2
Saddle Legion
as Henchman Hooker
1951
6.3
Vengeance Valley
as Cowhand (uncredited)
1951
5.2
Frontier Outpost
as Krag Benson
1950
0.0
Across the Badlands
as Duke Jackson / Keno Jackson (as Bob Wilke)
1950
0.0
The Cisco Kid
as Henchman Vic
1950
5.9
The Cisco Kid
as Judd Storme
1950
5.9
The Cisco Kid
as Barney
1950
5.9
The Desert Hawk
as Camel Driver
1950
5.1
The Gene Autry Show
as Henchman Cody
1950
4.2
The Gene Autry Show
as Charlie Bolton
1950
4.2
The Gene Autry Show
as Monte - Henchman
1950
4.2
The Gene Autry Show
as Henchman in Plaid Shirt
1950
4.2
Outcasts of Black Mesa
as Curt - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
1950
0.0
Mule Train
as Bradshaw - Henchman (uncredited)
1950
5.0
The Blonde Bandit
as Police Det. Walker
1949
5.8
Coyote Canyon
as Deputy Sheriff Ed (as Bob Wilkie)
1949
0.0
The Lone Ranger
as Henchman (uncredited)
1949
6.7
Flaming Fury
1949
0.0
The Wyoming Bandit
as Sam - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
1949
4.0
Laramie
as Cronin (uncredited)
1949
6.5
Homicide for Three
as Policeman
1948
5.0
Daredevils of the Clouds
as Joe
1948
6.0
Carson City Raiders
as Ed Noble (as Bob Wilke)
1948
0.0
The Ghost Goes Wild
as Burglar
1947
5.0
Blackmail
as Policeman
1947
4.0
Web of Danger
as Station Wagon Driver
1947
4.8
Law of the Canyon
as Knife-Throwing Henchman (uncredited)
1947
0.0
Buck Privates Come Home
as GI Buddy (uncredited)
1947
6.3
Twilight on the Rio Grande
as Henchman
1947
2.5
White Tie and Tails
as Starter (uncredited)
1946
7.0
The Inner Circle
as Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke)
1946
5.2
Rendezvous with Annie
as MP (uncredited)
1946
6.0
Traffic in Crime
as Hogan's Driver
1946
6.0
Passkey to Danger
as Police Sergeant
1946
0.0
Badman's Territory
as Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
1946
5.7
The Catman of Paris
as The Catman (uncredited)
1946
5.4
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
as Smoke - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
1945
0.0
Sunset in El Dorado
as Curley Roberts
1945
4.2
Bandits of the Badlands
as Keller
1945
3.5
Hitchhike to Happiness
as Stage Hand (uncredited)
1945
5.0
Trail of Kit Carson
as Dave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke)
1945
0.0
Santa Fe Saddlemates
as Rawhide
1945
5.0
Corpus Christi Bandits
as Henchman Steve
1945
0.0
Earl Carroll Vanities
as Cab Driver
1945
5.0
Sheriff of Cimarron
as Henchman Dobie
1945
6.0
Faces in the Fog
as Photographer
1944
3.0
Vigilantes of Dodge City
as Bill
1944
0.0
Sheriff of Sundown
as Bradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
1944
0.0
Code of the Prairie
1944
0.0
San Antonio Kid
as Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
1944
0.0
Bordertown Trail
as Henchman
1944
0.0
Call of the Rockies
as Deputy Jim
1944
6.0
Cowboy and the Senorita
as Townsman (uncredited)
1944
3.7
Hidden Valley Outlaws
as Rancher (uncredited)
1944
0.0
The Fighting Seabees
as Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)
1944
6.2
Whispering Footsteps
as Bank Customer
1943
5.3
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
as Cutter Helmsman
1941
5.7
Sierra Sue
as Carnival Spectator (uncredited)
1941
0.0
Adventures of Red Ryder
as Henchman
1940
5.5
Grand Ole Opry
as Hillbilly (uncredited)
1940
7.0
In Old Missouri
as Hillbilly
1940
5.5
In Old Monterey
as Man on Wagon
1939
5.3
Daredevils of the Red Circle
as G-Man
1939
4.0
S.O.S Tidal Wave
as Man in TV Studio
1939
5.7
Star Reporter
as Reporter
1939
3.9
The Fighting Devil Dogs
as Marine in Shanghai (uncredited)
1938
6.0
San Quentin
as Young Convict in Yard (uncredited)
1937
6.5
That Man's Here Again
as (uncredited)
1937
5.0