Acting
Robert J. Wilke
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. -
Filmography
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Film · 1987
Stripes
Film · 1981
The Sweet Creek County War
Film · 1979
Days of Heaven
Film · 1978
Wild and Wooly
Film · 1978
Dallas
Series · 1978
How the West Was Won
Series · 1977
Starsky & Hutch
Series · 1975
Run, Joe, Run
Series · 1974
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
Film · 1973
Santee
Film · 1973
The Rookies
Film · 1972
Kung Fu
Series · 1972
A Gunfight
Film · 1971
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
Film · 1971
They Call It Murder
Film · 1971
The Cheyenne Social Club
Film · 1970
The Desperate Mission
Film · 1969
The Outcasts
Series · 1968
Lancer
Series · 1968
Tony Rome
Film · 1967
Cimarron Strip
Series · 1967
Rango
Series · 1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Series · 1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Series · 1967
Cimarron Strip
Series · 1967
The Magnificent Stranger
Film · 1966
Smoky
Film · 1966
The Monroes
Series · 1966
Tarzan
Series · 1966
The Hallelujah Trail
Film · 1965
The Legend of Jesse James
Series · 1965
The Wild Wild West
Series · 1965
Fate Is the Hunter
Film · 1964
Shock Treatment
Film · 1964
Daniel Boone
Series · 1964
Daniel Boone
Series · 1964
Daniel Boone
Series · 1964
The Gun Hawk
Film · 1963
The Greatest Show on Earth
Series · 1963
The Fugitive
Series · 1963
The Dakotas
Series · 1963
Sam Benedict
Series · 1962
The Beachcomber
Series · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
The Lucy Show
Series · 1962
The Beachcomber
Series · 1962
The Long Rope
Film · 1961
Target: The Corruptors!
Series · 1961
Spartacus
Film · 1960
The Slowest Gun in the West
Film · 1960
The Magnificent Seven
Film · 1960
The Tall Man
Series · 1960
Outlaws
Series · 1960
Stagecoach West
Series · 1960
The Westerner
Series · 1960
My Three Sons
Series · 1960
Never Steal Anything Small
Film · 1959
Bourbon Street Beat
Series · 1959
Rawhide
Series · 1959
Adventures in Paradise
Series · 1959
Laramie
Series · 1959
Law of the Plainsman
Series · 1959
Riverboat
Series · 1959
Wichita Town
Series · 1959
The Third Man
Series · 1959
Riverboat
Series · 1959
Rawhide
Series · 1959
Rawhide
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
The Deputy
Series · 1959
The Untouchables
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
The Untouchables
Series · 1959
Man of the West
Film · 1958
Return to Warbow
Film · 1958
Peter Gunn
Series · 1958
Bronco
Series · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Series · 1958
Bat Masterson
Series · 1958
Lawman
Series · 1958
The Texan
Series · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Series · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Series · 1958
Bat Masterson
Series · 1958
77 Sunset Strip
Series · 1958
The Texan
Series · 1958
The Texan
Series · 1958
The Texan
Series · 1958
Lawman
Series · 1958
Lawman
Series · 1958
The Rifleman
Series · 1958
The Rifleman
Series · 1958
Night Passage
Film · 1957
The Tarnished Angels
Film · 1957
Hot Summer Night
Film · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
The Thin Man
Series · 1957
The Walter Winchell File
Series · 1957
Maverick
Series · 1957
Maverick
Series · 1957
Wagon Train
Series · 1957
Wagon Train
Series · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
Tombstone Territory
Series · 1957
Wagon Train
Series · 1957
Tombstone Territory
Series · 1957
Wagon Train
Series · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
Zorro
Series · 1957
Backlash
Film · 1956
Written on the Wind
Film · 1956
Gun the Man Down
Film · 1956
The Lone Ranger
Film · 1956
Canyon River
Film · 1956
The Rawhide Years
Film · 1956
Raw Edge
Film · 1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Series · 1956
Smoke Signal
Film · 1955
Strange Lady in Town
Film · 1955
Wichita
Film · 1955
Shotgun
Film · 1955
Cheyenne
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Cheyenne
Series · 1955
Cheyenne
Series · 1955
Cheyenne
Series · 1955
Cheyenne
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
Series · 1955
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Film · 1954
The Far Country
Film · 1954
Two Guns and a Badge
Film · 1954
The Lone Gun
Film · 1954
Lassie
Series · 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
Arrowhead
Film · 1953
War Paint
Film · 1953
Cow Country
Film · 1953
From Here to Eternity
Film · 1953
High Noon
Film · 1952
The Las Vegas Story
Film · 1952
Cattle Town
Film · 1952
Hellgate
Film · 1952
Road Agent
Film · 1952
Wyoming Roundup
Film · 1952
Fargo
Film · 1952
The Maverick
Film · 1952
Adventures of Superman
Series · 1952
Cavalcade of America
Series · 1952
Four Star Playhouse
Series · 1952
Four Star Playhouse
Series · 1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
Series · 1952
Best of the Badmen
Film · 1951
Overland Telegraph
Film · 1951
Saddle Legion
Film · 1951
Gunplay
Film · 1951
Pistol Harvest
Film · 1951
Hot Lead
Film · 1951
Cyclone Fury
Film · 1951
Vengeance Valley
Film · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Series · 1951
Boston Blackie
Series · 1951
Frontier Outpost
Film · 1950
Across the Badlands
Film · 1950
Outcasts of Black Mesa
Film · 1950
The Desert Hawk
Film · 1950
Mule Train
Film · 1950
The Gene Autry Show
Series · 1950
The Gene Autry Show
Series · 1950
The Gene Autry Show
Series · 1950
The Gene Autry Show
Series · 1950
The Cisco Kid
Series · 1950
The Cisco Kid
Series · 1950
The Cisco Kid
Series · 1950
Flaming Fury
Film · 1949
The Wyoming Bandit
Film · 1949
Coyote Canyon
Film · 1949
Laramie
Film · 1949
The Blonde Bandit
Film · 1949
The Lone Ranger
Series · 1949
Homicide for Three
Film · 1948
Daredevils of the Clouds
Film · 1948
Carson City Raiders
Film · 1948
The Ghost Goes Wild
Film · 1947
Twilight on the Rio Grande
Film · 1947
Web of Danger
Film · 1947
Blackmail
Film · 1947
Law of the Canyon
Film · 1947
Buck Privates Come Home
Film · 1947
The Inner Circle
Film · 1946
Traffic in Crime
Film · 1946
The Catman of Paris
Film · 1946
Passkey to Danger
Film · 1946
Rendezvous with Annie
Film · 1946
Badman's Territory
Film · 1946
White Tie and Tails
Film · 1946
Hitchhike to Happiness
Film · 1945
Bandits of the Badlands
Film · 1945
Corpus Christi Bandits
Film · 1945
Sheriff of Cimarron
Film · 1945
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Film · 1945
Earl Carroll Vanities
Film · 1945
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
Film · 1945
Sunset in El Dorado
Film · 1945
Trail of Kit Carson
Film · 1945
Lone Texas Ranger
Film · 1945
Cowboy and the Senorita
Film · 1944
San Antonio Kid
Film · 1944
Code of the Prairie
Film · 1944
Hidden Valley Outlaws
Film · 1944
Vigilantes of Dodge City
Film · 1944
Bordertown Trail
Film · 1944
Call of the Rockies
Film · 1944
Faces in the Fog
Film · 1944
The Fighting Seabees
Film · 1944
Sheriff of Sundown
Film · 1944
Whispering Footsteps
Film · 1943
Sierra Sue
Film · 1941
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Film · 1941
Adventures of Red Ryder
Film · 1940
In Old Missouri
Film · 1940
Grand Ole Opry
Film · 1940
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Film · 1939
Star Reporter
Film · 1939
In Old Monterey
Film · 1939
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Film · 1939
The Fighting Devil Dogs
Film · 1938
San Quentin
Film · 1937
That Man's Here Again
Film · 1937