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. -
Movie | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | 1988-11-22 |
Movie | Stripes | Gen. Barnicke | 1981-06-26 |
Movie | Wild and Wooly | Demas Scott | 1978-02-20 |
Movie | Days of Heaven | The Farm Foreman | 1978-09-13 |
Series | How the West Was Won | Unknown | 1977-02-06 |
Series | Run, Joe, Run | Unknown | 1974-09-07 |
Movie | The Boy Who Cried Werewolf | The Sheriff | 1973-08-01 |
Movie | Santee | Deaks (as Robert Wilke | 1973-09-01 |
Movie | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | le commandant en second du Nautilus | 1973-11-22 |
Movie | The Rookies | Officer Shaw | 1972-03-07 |
Series | Kung Fu | Unknown | 1972-10-14 |
Movie | A Gunfight | Marshal Tom Cater | 1971-08-25 |
Movie | The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler | Hugh Fielding | 1971-11-30 |
Movie | They Call It Murder | Sheriff Rex Brandon | 1971-12-17 |
Movie | The Cheyenne Social Club | Corey Bannister | 1970-06-12 |
Movie | The Desperate Mission | Gant | 1969-01-01 |
Series | The Outcasts | Unknown | 1968-09-23 |
Series | Lancer | Unknown | 1968-09-24 |
Series | Rango | Unknown | 1967-01-13 |
Series | Cimarron Strip | Unknown | 1967-09-07 |
Movie | Tony Rome | Ralph Turpin | 1967-11-10 |
Series | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
Movie | Smoky | Jeff Nicks | 1966-08-03 |
Series | Tarzan | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
Series | The Monroes | Unknown | 1966-09-07 |
Movie | The Hallelujah Trail | Chief Five Barrels | 1965-06-23 |
Series | The Legend of Jesse James | Marshal Sam Corbett | 1965-09-13 |
Movie | Fate Is the Hunter | Stillman | 1964-11-08 |
Movie | Shock Treatment | Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke) | 1964-07-22 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Unknown | 1964-09-24 |
Series | The Dakotas | Unknown | 1963-01-07 |
Movie | The Gun Hawk | Johnny Flanders | 1963-08-28 |
Series | The Fugitive | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Series | The Greatest Show on Earth | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Series | Sam Benedict | Unknown | 1962-09-15 |
Series | The Beachcomber | Unknown | 1962-02-20 |
Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
Movie | The Long Rope | Ben Matthews | 1961-03-26 |
Series | Target: The Corruptors! | Unknown | 1961-09-29 |
Movie | The Slowest Gun in the West | Billy the Kid Blake | 1960-05-07 |
Series | The Tall Man | Unknown | 1960-09-10 |
Series | Outlaws | Unknown | 1960-09-26 |
Movie | The Magnificent Seven | Wallace | 1960-10-12 |
Movie | Spartacus | Guard captain | 1960-10-13 |
Series | Riverboat | Unknown | 1959-09-13 |
Movie | Never Steal Anything Small | Lennie | 1959-02-11 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Series | Wichita Town | Unknown | 1959-09-30 |
Series | Laramie | Unknown | 1959-09-15 |
Series | Adventures in Paradise | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
Series | The Third Man | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
Series | Bourbon Street Beat | Unknown | 1959-10-05 |
Series | Law of the Plainsman | Unknown | 1959-10-01 |
Series | Peter Gunn | Unknown | 1958-09-22 |
Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
Movie | Man of the West | Ponch | 1958-06-20 |
Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
Movie | Return to Warbow | Red | 1958-01-15 |
Series | The Texan | Unknown | 1958-09-29 |
Series | Bat Masterson | Unknown | 1958-10-08 |
Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
Series | The Rifleman | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Series | Lawman | Unknown | 1958-10-05 |
Series | The Thin Man | Unknown | 1957-09-20 |
Movie | Hot Summer Night | Tom Ellis (as Robert Wilke) | 1957-02-15 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Movie | Night Passage | Concho | 1957-07-24 |
Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
Series | Zorro | Unknown | 1957-10-10 |
Movie | The Tarnished Angels | Hank | 1957-11-21 |
Movie | The Saga of Andy Burnett | Ben Tilton | 1957-10-02 |
Series | The Walter Winchell File | Unknown | 1957-10-02 |
Movie | Raw Edge | Sile Doty | 1956-03-24 |
Movie | The Lone Ranger | Cassidy | 1956-02-25 |
Movie | The Rawhide Years | Neal (as Robert Wilke) | 1956-07-01 |
Movie | Backlash | Jeff Welker | 1956-03-14 |
Series | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Unknown | 1956-09-07 |
Movie | Canyon River | Joe Graycoe | 1956-08-04 |
Movie | Gun the Man Down | Matt Rankin | 1956-11-15 |
Movie | Written on the Wind | Dan Willis | 1956-10-04 |
Movie | Shotgun | Bentley (as Robert Wilke) | 1955-04-23 |
Movie | Smoke Signal | First Sergeant Daly (as Robert Wilke) | 1955-03-01 |
Movie | Strange Lady in Town | Karg | 1955-04-12 |
Movie | Wichita | Ben Thompson | 1955-07-03 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | Cheyenne | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
Movie | The Far Country | Madden | 1954-02-12 |
Movie | The Lone Gun | Hort Moran (as Robert Wilke) | 1954-04-25 |
Movie | Two Guns and a Badge | Moore - Outlaw | 1954-09-11 |
Movie | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | First Mate of the Nautilus | 1954-12-23 |
Series | Lassie | Unknown | 1954-09-12 |
Movie | Cow Country | Sledge | 1953-04-25 |
Movie | Powder River | Will Horn (as Bob Wilke) | 1953-06-17 |
Movie | War Paint | Trooper Grady | 1953-08-28 |
Movie | Arrowhead | Sgt. Stone | 1953-08-03 |
Movie | From Here to Eternity | Sgt. Henderson (uncredited) | 1953-08-28 |
Movie | Hellgate | Sgt. Maj. Kearn | 1952-09-04 |
Movie | High Noon | Jim Pierce | 1952-06-09 |
Movie | Cattle Town | Keeno | 1952-09-06 |
Movie | The Las Vegas Story | Clayton (as Robert Wilke) | 1952-01-30 |
Movie | Road Agent | Slab Babcock | 1952-03-29 |
Movie | Fargo | Link - Henchman | 1952-09-07 |
Movie | Wyoming Roundup | Wyatt - Henchman | 1952-11-09 |
Movie | The Maverick | Massey | 1952-12-14 |
Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Series | Adventures of Superman | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
Movie | Gunplay | Henchman Winslow | 1951-07-23 |
Movie | Saddle Legion | Henchman Hooker | 1951-04-07 |
Movie | Best of the Badmen | Jim Younger | 1951-08-09 |
Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
Movie | Overland Telegraph | Bellew - Henchman (as Robert Wilke) | 1951-12-15 |
Movie | Pistol Harvest | Andy Baylor | 1951-08-30 |
Movie | Outcasts of Black Mesa | Curt - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) | 1950-04-13 |
Movie | The Desert Hawk | Camel Driver | 1950-08-05 |
Movie | Frontier Outpost | Krag Benson | 1950-12-29 |
Movie | Across the Badlands | Duke Jackson / Keno Jackson (as Bob Wilke) | 1950-09-14 |
Movie | Laramie | Cronin (uncredited) | 1949-05-19 |
Movie | The Wyoming Bandit | Sam - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) | 1949-07-15 |
Movie | Coyote Canyon | Deputy Sheriff Ed (as Bob Wilkie) | 1949-11-17 |
Movie | Carson City Raiders | Ed Noble (as Bob Wilke) | 1948-05-13 |
Movie | Homicide for Three | Policeman | 1948-12-08 |
Movie | Daredevils of the Clouds | Joe | 1948-07-26 |
Movie | Law of the Canyon | Knife-Throwing Henchman (uncredited) | 1947-04-23 |
Movie | Twilight on the Rio Grande | Henchman | 1947-03-31 |
Movie | Buck Privates Come Home | GI Buddy (uncredited) | 1947-04-04 |
Movie | Web of Danger | Station Wagon Driver | 1947-06-10 |
Movie | The Ghost Goes Wild | Burglar | 1947-08-08 |
Movie | Blackmail | Policeman | 1947-07-24 |
Movie | Badman's Territory | Deputy Marshal (uncredited) | 1946-05-04 |
Movie | The Catman of Paris | The Catman | 1946-04-20 |
Movie | Traffic in Crime | Hogan's Driver | 1946-06-28 |
Movie | Passkey to Danger | Police Sergeant | 1946-05-11 |
Movie | The Inner Circle | Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke) | 1946-08-07 |
Movie | White Tie and Tails | Starter (uncredited) | 1946-08-30 |
Movie | Rendezvous with Annie | MP (uncredited) | 1946-07-22 |
Movie | Corpus Christi Bandits | Henchman Steve | 1945-04-20 |
Movie | Earl Carroll Vanities | Cab Driver | 1945-04-05 |
Movie | Sheriff of Cimarron | Henchman Dobie | 1945-02-28 |
Movie | Santa Fe Saddlemates | Rawhide | 1945-06-01 |
Movie | Bandits of the Badlands | Keller | 1945-09-14 |
Movie | Trail of Kit Carson | Dave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke) | 1945-07-11 |
Movie | Sunset in El Dorado | Curley Roberts | 1945-09-29 |
Movie | Hitchhike to Happiness | Stage Hand (uncredited) | 1945-07-16 |
Movie | Cowboy and the Senorita | Townsman (uncredited) | 1944-05-13 |
Movie | Call of the Rockies | Deputy Jim | 1944-07-14 |
Movie | The Fighting Seabees | Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited) | 1944-01-27 |
Movie | Bordertown Trail | Henchman | 1944-08-11 |
Movie | Hidden Valley Outlaws | Rancher (uncredited) | 1944-04-01 |
Movie | Sheriff of Sundown | Bradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) | 1944-11-07 |
Movie | San Antonio Kid | Henchman (as Bob Wilke) | 1944-08-16 |
Movie | Vigilantes of Dodge City | Bill | 1944-11-15 |
Movie | Faces in the Fog | Photographer | 1944-11-30 |
Movie | Code of the Prairie | 1944-10-06 | |
Movie | Whispering Footsteps | Bank Customer | 1943-12-30 |
Movie | Sierra Sue | Carnival Spectator (uncredited) | 1941-11-12 |
Movie | Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. | Cutter Helmsman | 1941-12-27 |
Movie | In Old Missouri | Hillbilly | 1940-04-17 |
Movie | Grand Ole Opry | Hillbilly (uncredited) | 1940-06-25 |
Movie | Adventures of Red Ryder | Henchman | 1940-06-28 |
Movie | Star Reporter | Reporter | 1939-02-22 |
Movie | S.O.S Tidal Wave | Man in TV Studio | 1939-06-02 |
Movie | In Old Monterey | Man on Wagon | 1939-08-14 |
Movie | Daredevils of the Red Circle | G-Man | 1939-06-10 |
Movie | The Fighting Devil Dogs | Marine in Shanghai (uncredited) | 1938-05-27 |
Movie | That Man's Here Again | (uncredited) | 1937-04-16 |
Movie | San Quentin | Young Convict in Yard (uncredited) | 1937-05-24 |