Robert J. Wilke
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
243
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-05-18
Day of death
1989-03-28 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Robert J. Wilke
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 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. -
Known For
Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza
The Fugitive
Perry Mason
Starsky & Hutch
Dallas
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Wild Wild West
Lassie
My Three Sons
Maverick
Maverick
Peter Gunn
The Rifleman
The Rifleman
Wagon Train
Wagon Train
Wagon Train
Wagon Train
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Rawhide
Rawhide
Rawhide
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
The Lucy Show
Four Star Playhouse
Four Star Playhouse
The Untouchables
The Untouchables
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Lone Ranger
Lawman
Lawman
Lawman
Zorro
Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson
77 Sunset Strip
The Magnificent Seven
Tarzan
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Adventures in Paradise
Laramie
The Texan
The Texan
The Texan
The Texan
Bourbon Street Beat
The Gene Autry Show
The Gene Autry Show
The Gene Autry Show
The Gene Autry Show
The Deputy
Adventures of Superman
Tombstone Territory
Tombstone Territory
Bronco
The Tall Man
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Riverboat
Riverboat
The Thin Man
The Cisco Kid
The Cisco Kid
The Cisco Kid
Spartacus
How the West Was Won
The Abbott and Costello Show
Lancer
The Third Man
Cimarron Strip
Boston Blackie
Law of the Plainsman
Sam Benedict
Cavalcade of America
Screen Director's Playhouse
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Outcasts
Stripes
The Dakotas
The Hallelujah Trail
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Legend of Jesse James
Days of Heaven
The Catman of Paris
High Noon
Never Steal Anything Small
Target: The Corruptors!
Outlaws
Wichita
The Walter Winchell File
Backlash
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
Strange Lady in Town
The Tarnished Angels
The Monroes
The Desperate Mission
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
Sheriff of Cimarron
Wichita Town
The Westerner
In Old Monterey
The Rookies
Smoke Signal
Shock Treatment
Cattle Town
The Beachcomber
The Beachcomber
Whispering Footsteps
Sierra Sue
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Fate Is the Hunter
Tony Rome
Saddle Legion
White Tie and Tails
Vengeance Valley
From Here to Eternity
The Maverick
Night Passage
The Rawhide Years
The Inner Circle
The Lone Ranger
Rango
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Sunset in El Dorado
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Man of the West
Blackmail
Canyon River
Run, Joe, Run
The Cheyenne Social Club
Vigilantes of Dodge City
Stagecoach West
Cowboy and the Senorita
The Long Rope
Smoky
Sheriff of Sundown
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
Return to Warbow
Overland Telegraph
They Call It Murder
The Desert Hawk
The Far Country
Grand Ole Opry
The Las Vegas Story
Web of Danger
San Quentin
Hot Summer Night
A Gunfight
The Magnificent Stranger
Traffic in Crime
In Old Missouri
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney
Badman's Territory
Gun the Man Down
Shotgun
Call of the Rockies
The Gun Hawk
Star Reporter
Wyoming Roundup
Laramie
Gunplay
Coyote Canyon
War Paint
Mule Train
Arrowhead
Corpus Christi Bandits
The Slowest Gun in the West
Cow Country
The Fighting Seabees
Law of the Canyon
Written on the Wind
Rendezvous with Annie
San Antonio Kid
Hot Lead
The Ghost Goes Wild
Frontier Outpost
Wild and Wooly
Carson City Raiders
The Lone Gun
The Fighting Devil Dogs
Santee
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Twilight on the Rio Grande
Two Guns and a Badge
Faces in the Fog
Buck Privates Come Home
Fargo
Adventures of Red Ryder
Earl Carroll Vanities
Best of the Badmen
Hidden Valley Outlaws
The Wyoming Bandit
Outcasts of Black Mesa
Road Agent
Kung Fu
Raw Edge
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Flaming Fury
That Man's Here Again
The Sweet Creek County War
Hellgate
Code of the Prairie
Homicide for Three
Hitchhike to Happiness
Cyclone Fury
Bordertown Trail
Bandits of the Badlands
Trail of Kit Carson
The Blonde Bandit
Passkey to Danger
Pistol Harvest
Across the Badlands
Daredevils of the Clouds
