
R.G. Armstrong
Actor · Died July 27, 2012, aged 95 · Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Robert Golden Armstrong was an American actor and playwright. A veteran character actor who appeared in dozens of Westerns over the course of his 40-year career, he may be best remembered for his work with director Sam Peckinpah.
Biography from TMDB.
- April 7, 1917
- July 27, 2012 (aged 95)
- Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Actor
- 84 on MovieCove · 160 credits in all
What are R.G. Armstrong's films like?
Across their 45 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 7 · Earnest 38
A split, not a type: Light 17 · Serious 11 · Dark 17
A split, not a type: Grounded 28 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 3
Gentle 5 · Charged 24 · Intense 16
Steady 15 · Shifting 26 · Whiplash 4
Straight-faced 29 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 4
Slow burn 18 · Even-paced 22 · Relentless 5
Casual 18 · Engaged 25 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 19 · Affecting 18 · Heavy 8
Resolved 37 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 3
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 5 of 14 analyzed roles.
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- Shadowas Hunter Boyd in From Hell to Texas (1958)
- Shadowas Sheriff Jordan Talbot in The Fugitive Kind (1960)
- Allyas Oramel Howland in Ten Who Dared (1960)
- Shadowas Jim Sawyer in J W Coop (1971)
- Shadowas Squire Fisk in Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1972)
- Threshold guardianas Mayor Griffin in Boss Nigger (1974)
- Shadowas Sheriff Taylor in Race with the Devil (1975)
- Tricksteras Amos Clements in The Car (1977)
- Threshold guardianas Sarge in Evilspeak (1981)
- Mentoras Dr. Schoonemaker in The Beast Within (1982)
- Allyas Sheriff Reese Scoby in Red Headed Stranger (1986)
- Mentoras Sheriff Reese Scoby in Red Headed Stranger (1986)
- Mentoras General Phillips in Predator (1987)
- Mentoras Mac in Payback (1995)
Moods and endings
- Happy15
- Bittersweet16
- Tragic8
- Ambiguous6
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch R.G. Armstrong's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 56 of their 84 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (32).
- A Face in the Crowd (1957) · actor · free
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) · actor · free
- Ride the High Country (1962) · actor · free
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960) · actor · free
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor · free
- My Name Is Nobody (1973) · actor · free
- The Fugitive Kind (1960) · actor · free
- From Hell to Texas (1958) · actor · free
- Mr. Lucky (1959) · actor · free
- The Shadow Riders (1982) · actor · free
- The Texan (1958) · actor · free
- Bonanza (1959) · actor · free
- All their movies on Tubi
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) · actor · free
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) · actor · free
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor · free
- My Name Is Nobody (1973) · actor · free
- The Westerner (1960) · actor · free
- Mr. Lucky (1959) · actor · free
- The Shadow Riders (1982) · actor · free
- The Texan (1958) · actor · free
- Bonanza (1959) · actor · free
- Red Headed Stranger (1986) · actor · free
- McMillan & Wife (1971) · actor · free
- Bat Masterson (1958) · actor · free
- +8 more
- The Twilight Zone (1959) · actor · free
- El Dorado (1966) · actor · free
- Perry Mason (1957) · actor · free
- The Andy Griffith Show (1960) · actor · free
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor · free
- The Fugitive Kind (1960) · actor · free
- Heaven Can Wait (1978) · actor · free
- The Texan (1958) · actor · free
- Red Headed Stranger (1986) · actor · free
- Bat Masterson (1958) · actor · free
- Matlock (1986) · actor · free
- Lone Wolf McQuade (1983) · actor · free
- +5 more
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) · actor
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) · actor
- Perry Mason (1957) · actor
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor
- The Westerner (1960) · actor
- Mr. Lucky (1959) · actor · free
- The Texan (1958) · actor
- Race with the Devil (1975) · actor
- Red Headed Stranger (1986) · actor
- McMillan & Wife (1971) · actor
- Matlock (1986) · actor
- Evilspeak (1981) · actor
- +5 more
- Shout! TV, show their 8 titles on Shout! TV
- Howdy, show their 4 titles on Howdy
- Cineverse, show their 2 titles on Cineverse
- Great American Pure Flix, show their 2 titles on Great American Pure Flix
- Lionsgate+, show their 2 titles on Lionsgate+
- Midnight Pulp, show their 2 titles on Midnight Pulp
- ScreenPix, show their 2 titles on ScreenPix
- Best TV Ever, show their title on Best TV Ever
- Best Westerns Ever, show their title on Best Westerns Ever
- MovieSphere+, show their title on MovieSphere+
- Screambox, show their title on Screambox
Subscription and free streaming for R.G. Armstrong's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
160 credits, 84 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

The Hottest State(2006)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Keeper of Souls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Purgatory(1999)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Invasion of Privacy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Millennium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Don't Look Back(1996)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Payback(1995)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Cybill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Dead Center (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Warlock: The Armageddon(1993)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Walker, Texas Ranger(1993)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
Dick Tracy(1990)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Ghetto Blaster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Quantum Leap(1989)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Trapper County War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

War and Remembrance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Bulletproof (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Friday the 13th: The Series (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Beauty and the Beast(1987)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Predator(1987)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all filmsIndependence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

LBJ: The Early Years(1987)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Jocks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

Red Headed Stranger(1986)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
Oceans of Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

L.A. Law(1986)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Matlock(1986)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
The Best of Times(1986)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Children of the Corn(1984)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Lone Wolf McQuade(1983)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
The Shadow Riders(1982)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Matt Houston (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

Hammett(1982)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
The Beast Within(1982)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Reds(1981)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Darkroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Code Red (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Raggedy Man(1981)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Evilspeak(1981)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Dynasty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Where the Buffalo Roam(1980)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all filmsSkag (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Steel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Trapper John, M.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff(1979)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
The Time Machine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Vega$ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Heaven Can Wait(1978)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Texas Detour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

The Pack(1977)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
The Car(1977)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Mr. Billion(1977)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

Charlie's Angels(1976)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
Kingston (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Dixie Dynamite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

Stay Hungry(1976)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Mean Johnny Barrows(1975)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Starsky and Hutch(1975)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Switch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Boss Nigger(1974)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
White Line Fever(1975)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Race with the Devil(1975)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Baretta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Reflections of Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Movin' On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

The Manhunter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Manhunter(1974)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
My Name Is Nobody(1973)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Running Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

White Lightning(1973)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Prologue to Wounded Knee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

Cotter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

The Century Turns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

The Final Comedown(1972)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
The Sixth Sense (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

J W Coop(1971)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
McMillan & Wife(1971)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Cannon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

Alias Smith and Jones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

The Great White Hope(1970)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
The McMasters(1970)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Tiger by the Tail(1970)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
80 Steps to Jonah(1969)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Hawaii Five-O(1968)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Here Come the Brides (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

Lancer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

The High Chaparral (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

The Guns of Will Sonnett (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Cimarron Strip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Custer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

The Invaders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

El Dorado(1966)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
T.H.E. Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

Felony Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

The Time Tunnel(1966)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
The F.B.I. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

The Big Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Run for Your Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Major Dundee(1965)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Daniel Boone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

Calhoun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

He Rides Tall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

The Fugitive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

Ride the High Country(1962)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Everglades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

87th Precinct (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

The Man Who Found the Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Ten Who Dared(1960)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Surfside 6 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Andy Griffith Show(1960)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Westerner(1960)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
The Tall Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

The Fugitive Kind(1960)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Mr. Lucky(1959)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
The Twilight Zone(1959)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Riverboat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Bonanza(1959)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
No Name on the Bullet(1959)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Black Saddle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Bat Masterson(1958)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Lawman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

The Rifleman(1958)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Texan(1958)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Bronco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Wanted: Dead or Alive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Never Love a Stranger(1958)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
From Hell to Texas(1958)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Jefferson Drum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Maverick(1957)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Perry Mason(1957)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
Wagon Train(1957)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Sugarfoot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Have Gun, Will Travel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

A Face in the Crowd(1957)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Baby Doll(1956)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Cheyenne(1955)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

The Wonderful World of Disney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

Lassie(1954)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
Garden of Eden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Career shape
Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 160 titles from 1953 to 2007; peak year 1974.
Film career
Peak 1974 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 10 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1956Screen debut· Baby Doll
- 1973Career best· My Name Is Nobody
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do R.G. Armstrong's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 59; across their 45 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up25
- 50th to 74th27
- 25th to 49th22
- Below 25th10
Shape of the crowd
38 of their 84 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved12
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser38
- Broadly Agreed8
- Mixed24
Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 44 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 42. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is R.G. Armstrong's work okay for kids?
Across up to 19 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does R.G. Armstrong work with?
People who share at least 2 of R.G. Armstrong's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; L.Q. Jones shares the most, 9.
Directors
- Sam PeckinpahShared titles: Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), Ride the High Country (1962)See all 3 shared titles with Sam Peckinpah

- Roger SpottiswoodeShared titles: The Best of Times (1986), The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981), Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)See all 3 shared titles with Roger Spottiswoode

- Anthony HickoxShared titles: Payback (1995), Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Anthony Hickox

- Steve CarverShared titles: Lone Wolf McQuade (1983), Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Carver

Writers
- Sam BernardShared titles: Payback (1995), Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Sam Bernard

- Ron SheltonShared titles: The Best of Times (1986), The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)See all 2 shared titles with Ron Shelton

- William D. WittliffShared titles: Red Headed Stranger (1986), Raggedy Man (1981)See all 2 shared titles with William D. Wittliff

- Ken FriedmanShared titles: Mr. Billion (1977), White Line Fever (1975)See all 2 shared titles with Ken Friedman
Actors
- L.Q. JonesShared titles: Lone Wolf McQuade (1983), The Beast Within (1982), Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (1979), White Line Fever (1975), Manhunter (1974), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), The McMasters (1970), Ride the High Country (1962), Ten Who Dared (1960)See all 9 shared titles with L.Q. Jones

- Slim PickensShared titles: Mr. Billion (1977), White Line Fever (1975), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), 80 Steps to Jonah (1969)See all 4 shared titles with Slim Pickens

- David CarradineShared titles: Lone Wolf McQuade (1983), Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (1979), The McMasters (1970)See all 3 shared titles with David Carradine

- Chill WillsShared titles: Mr. Billion (1977), Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), From Hell to Texas (1958)See all 3 shared titles with Chill Wills

Cinematographers and editors
- John F. LinkShared titles: Predator (1987), Stay Hungry (1976), Race with the Devil (1975)See all 3 shared titles with John F. Link
- Charles F. WheelerShared titles: The Best of Times (1986), The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)See all 2 shared titles with Charles F. Wheeler
- Garth CravenShared titles: The Best of Times (1986), Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Garth Craven
- Anthony RedmanShared titles: Lone Wolf McQuade (1983), Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider (1979)See all 2 shared titles with Anthony Redman
Producers
- Natan ZahaviShared titles: Payback (1995), Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Natan Zahavi

- Peter AbramsShared titles: Payback (1995), Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Abrams
- Robert L. LevyShared titles: Payback (1995), Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Robert L. Levy

- Gordon CarrollShared titles: The Best of Times (1986), Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)See all 2 shared titles with Gordon Carroll

Mixed roles
- John CrawfordShared titles: J W Coop (1971), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)See all 2 shared titles with John Crawford







