Robert Armstrong
Born: 1890-11-19 in Saginaw, Michigan, USA
Died: 1973-04-20
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Armstrong (November 20, 1890 – April 20, 1973) was an American film actor best remembered for his role as Carl Denham in the 1933 version of King Kong by RKO Pictures. He uttered the famous exit quote, "'Twas beauty killed the beast," at the film's end. Months later, he starred as Carl Denham again in the sequel, Son of Kong, released the same year. In the late 1950s, Armstrong appeared as Sheriff Andy Anderson on Rod Cameron's syndicated western-themed television series, State Trooper. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Armstrong, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2021
- Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2005
- The Lost Spider Pit Sequence as Carl Denham (archive footage)
1964
- For Those Who Think Young as Norman Armstrong
1963
- Redigo as Pat Royal
- Johnny Cool as Underworld Leader
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Charles Faulkner
1960
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Insp. Gunnison
1959
- Rawhide as Cal Stone
- Lock-Up as Sam Ellender
- The Deputy as Constable Emmanuel Dobbs (uncredited)
- The Alaskans
1958
- Lawman as Lacey Grant
- 77 Sunset Strip as Pop Bateman
- Man with a Camera as Marty Delgado
- The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen as Police chief
- Girl with an Itch as Ben Cooper
1957
- Perry Mason as Walter Haskell
- Wagon Train as Roy Daniels
- Have Gun, Will Travel as Sidney Carter
- Sugarfoot as Big Bill Carmody
- Trackdown as Sheriff Croft
- 26 Men
- Meet McGraw as Sheriff Andy Plummer
- The Crooked Circle as Al Taylor
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sheriff Dan Walker
- State Trooper as Andy Anderson
- Broken Arrow as Inspector Higgins
- The Peacemaker as Sheriff Ben Seale
1955
- Cheyenne as Marshall Len Merrick
- The 20th Century Fox Hour as Pop
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Saloonkeeper
- Double Jeopardy as Sam Baggott
- Gang Busters as Det. Tim Nolan
- Las Vegas Shakedown as Doc
- General Electric Theater: Into the Night as Walt Bevans
1954
- Lassie as Oliver
- Climax! as Barney Farrell
- Studio 57 as Pvt. Jeb Watkins
- Public Defender as Father Dunn
1953
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as Gus Brennar
- General Electric Theater as Walt Bevans
1952
- This Is Your Life as Self
- The Pace That Thrills as J.C. Barton
1951
- The Red Skelton Show as Lt. Flanagan
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Jay Calliston
1950
- Lux Video Theatre as Dr. Hoffman
- The First Hundred Years
- Captain China as Keegan
- Destination Big House as Ed Somers
1949
- Mighty Joe Young as Max O'Hara
- The Crime Doctor's Diary as George 'Goldie' Harrigan
- Streets of San Francisco as Willard Logan
- The Lucky Stiff as Insp. Von Flanagan
- Sons of New Mexico as Pat Feeney
1948
- The Paleface as Terris
- Return of the Bad Men as Wild Bill Doolin
1947
- The Sea of Grass as Floyd McCurtin
- The Fugitive as Police sergeant
- Fall Guy as Mac McLaine
- Exposed as Insp. Prentice
1946
- Decoy as Frank Olins
- Blonde Alibi as Williams
- G.I. War Brides as Dawson
- Gay Blades as McManus
- Criminal Court as Vic Wright
1945
- Blood on the Sun as Col Hideki Tojo
- The Falcon in San Francisco as Duke Monet / De Forrest Marshall
- Gangs of the Waterfront as Peter Winkley / John 'Dutch' Malone
- Arson Squad as Fire Capt. Joe Dugan
- The Royal Mounted Rides Again as Jonathan Price
1944
- Action in Arabia as Matthew Reed
- Belle of the Yukon as George
- Mr. Winkle Goes to War as Joe Tinker
- The Navy Way as CPO Harper
1943
- The Mad Ghoul as 'Scoop' McClure
- The Kansan as Malachy
- Around the World as General
- Adventures of the Flying Cadets as Arthur Galt
- Wings Over the Pacific as Pieter Van Bronk
1942
- My Favorite Spy as Harry Robinson
- Let's Get Tough as Pop Stevens
- It Happened in Flatbush as Danny Mitchell
- Baby Face Morgan as 'Doc' Rogers
- Gang Busters as Det. Tim Nolan
1941
- Dive Bomber as Art Lyons
- Citadel of Crime as Cal Fullerton
- Sky Raiders as Lieutenant Ed Carey
- Mr. Dynamite as Gunman
1940
- San Francisco Docks as Father Cameron
- Enemy Agent as Gordon
- Behind the News as Vic Archer
- Framed as Skippy
- Service with the Colors as Sergeant Clicker
- Forgotten Girls as Grover Mullins
- Meet the Fleet as CPO Bill Jennings
- The Bride Wore Crutches as Pete
1939
- The Roaring Twenties as Hatted Passerby Before Nightclub (uncredited)
- Man of Conquest as Jim Bowie
- Flight at Midnight as Jim Brennan
- Winter Carnival as Tiger Reynolds
- The Flying Irishman as Joe Alden
- Unmarried as Pins Streaver
- Call a Messenger as Kirk Graham
1938
- There Goes My Heart as Detective O'Brien
- The Night Hawk as Charlie McCormick
1937
- She Loved a Fireman as Smokey Shannon
- Nobody's Baby as Scoops Hanford
- It Can't Last Forever as Al Tinker
- The Girl Said No as Jimmie Allen
- Three Legionnaires as Sgt. Chuck Connors
1936
- The Ex-Mrs. Bradford as Nick Martel, Bookie
- Without Orders as Wad. Madison
- Dangerous Waters as 'Dusty' Johnson
- Public Enemy's Wife as Gene Ferguson
- All American Chump as Bill Hogan
1935
- 'G' Men as Jeff McCord
- The Mystery Man as Larry Doyle
- Remember Last Night? as Fred Flannagan
- Pirate Party on Catalina Isle as Performer
- Sweet Music as Dopey Malone
- Little Big Shot as Steve Craig
- Things You Never See on the Screen as Self
- Gigolette as Chuck Ahearn
1934
- The Hell Cat as Dan Collins
- Search for Beauty as Larry Williams
- Palooka as Pete Palooka
- Kansas City Princess as Dynamite 'Dynie' Carson
- She Made Her Bed as 'Duke' Gordon
- Flirting with Danger as Bob Owens
- Manhattan Love Song as Tom Williams
1933
- King Kong as Carl Denham
- The Son of Kong as Carl Denham
- Blind Adventure as Richard Bruce
- The Billion Dollar Scandal as Frank "Fingers" Partos
- I Love That Man as Driller
- Above the Clouds as Scoop Adams
- Fast Workers as Bucker Reilly
1932
- The Most Dangerous Game as Martin Trowbridge
- The Penguin Pool Murder as Barry Costello
- Hold 'Em Jail as Sports Announcer Inmate
- Radio Patrol as Bill Kennedy
- Is My Face Red? as Ed Maloney
- The Lost Squadron as Lt. 'Woody' Curwood
- Panama Flo as Babe Dillon
1931
- Suicide Fleet as Dutch
- The Tip-Off as Kayo McClure
- Danger Lights as Larry Doyle
- Iron Man as George Regan
- Ex-Bad Boy as Chester Binney
1930
- Paid as Joe Garson
- Be Yourself! as Jerry Moore
- Dumb-bells in Ermine as Jerry Malone
- Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 as Self
- Big Money as Ace
1929
- Big News as Steve Banks
- The Racketeer as Mahlon Keane
- Oh, Yeah! as Dude Cowan
- The Leatherneck as Joseph Hanlon
- The Woman from Hell as Alf
1928
- Show Folks as Owens - Promoter
- A Girl in Every Port as Bill / Salami
- The Cop as Scarface Marcas
- Ned McCobb's Daughter as Babe Callahan
- The Leopard Lady as Chris
- The Baby Cyclone as Gene
- Celebrity as Kid Reagan
- The Shady Lady as Blake
- Square Crooks as Eddie Ellison
1927
- The Main Event as Red Lucas