Robert J. Wilke
Acting
Born: 1914-05-18 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Died: 1989-03-28
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
🎬 Movies (30)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Self (archive footage)
Stripes
1981
Gen. Barnicke
The Sweet Creek County War
1979
Days of Heaven
1978
The Farm Foreman
Wild and Wooly
1978
Demas Scott
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
1973
The Sheriff
Santee
1973
Deaks (as Robert Wilke)
The Rookies
1972
Officer Shaw
A Gunfight
1971
Marshal Tom Cater
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
1971
Hugh Fielding
They Call It Murder
1971
Sheriff Rex Brandon
The Cheyenne Social Club
1970
Corey Bannister
The Desperate Mission
1969
Gant
Tony Rome
1967
Ralph Turpin
The Magnificent Stranger
1966
Sheriff McVey
Smoky
1966
Jeff Nicks
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
Chief Five Barrels
Fate Is the Hunter
1964
Stillman
Shock Treatment
1964
Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke)
The Gun Hawk
1963
Johnny Flanders
The Long Rope
1961
Ben Matthews
Spartacus
1960
Guard captain
The Slowest Gun in the West
1960
Billy the Kid Blake
The Magnificent Seven
1960
Wallace
Never Steal Anything Small
1959
Lennie
Man of the West
1958
Ponch
Return to Warbow
1958
Red
Night Passage
1957
Concho
The Tarnished Angels
1957
Hank
Hot Summer Night
1957
Tom Ellis (as Robert Wilke)
📺 TV Shows (30)
Dallas
1978
Tom Owens
How the West Was Won
1977
Appleton
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Mac Johnson
Run, Joe, Run
1974
Kung Fu
1972
Sgt. Bridger
The Outcasts
1968
Lancer
1968
Cimarron Strip
1967
Hardy Miller
Rango
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Tom Judd
The Monroes
1966
Tarzan
1966
Spooner
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
Marshal Sam Corbett
The Wild Wild West
1965
Maj. Gen. Titus Ord Baldwin
Daniel Boone
1964
Jake Manning
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
Lou Sirotta
The Fugitive
1963
Johnny
The Dakotas
1963
Sam Benedict
1962
Lt. Mike Radich
The Beachcomber
1962
Jason Despol
The Virginian
1962
Colton
The Lucy Show
1962
Tom Carter
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
The Tall Man
1960
Marshal Ben Hartley
Outlaws
1960
Stagecoach West
1960
Taylor Norman
The Westerner
1960
Murdo
My Three Sons
1960
Danny Donnigan
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Rawhide
1959
Lafe Thomas