Robert J. Wilke
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
244
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
Perry Mason
Dallas
Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza
Lassie
The Fugitive
Four Star Playhouse
Four Star Playhouse
Wagon Train
Wagon Train
Wagon Train
Wagon Train
Maverick
Maverick
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Rifleman
The Rifleman
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
The Virginian
The Virginian
The Wild Wild West
Zorro
The Lone Ranger
My Three Sons
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
The Untouchables
The Untouchables
The Lucy Show
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Rawhide
Rawhide
Rawhide
Starsky & Hutch
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Lawman
Lawman
Lawman
Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson
Laramie
Peter Gunn
The Magnificent Seven
The Texan
The Texan
The Texan
The Texan
Spartacus
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Guns of Will Sonnett
77 Sunset Strip
Adventures of Superman
Adventures in Paradise
Tarzan
High Noon
Sam Benedict
How the West Was Won
Lancer
Stripes
Bronco
Tombstone Territory
Tombstone Territory
Tony Rome
Cavalcade of America
San Quentin
Shock Treatment
The Third Man
Backlash
Law of the Plainsman
Cimarron Strip
Sierra Sue
Smoke Signal
The Deputy
Outlaws
Wyoming Roundup
The Tall Man
The Abbott and Costello Show
Overland Telegraph
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The Gene Autry Show
The Gene Autry Show
The Gene Autry Show
The Gene Autry Show
Canyon River
A Gunfight
Cattle Town
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Hellgate
The Cisco Kid
The Cisco Kid
The Cisco Kid
The Thin Man
Night Passage
Wichita
Riverboat
Riverboat
Cow Country
Bourbon Street Beat
Blackmail
Laramie
The Greatest Show on Earth
Shotgun
Arrowhead
Gunplay
From Here to Eternity
Frontier Outpost
Saddle Legion
Smoky
Screen Director's Playhouse
Santee
Raw Edge
The Cheyenne Social Club
Written on the Wind
War Paint
Stagecoach West
The Maverick
Hot Lead
Target: The Corruptors!
Mule Train
The Outcasts
The Rookies
Boston Blackie
The Dakotas
The Walter Winchell File
The Hallelujah Trail
The Legend of Jesse James
Flaming Fury
The Lone Ranger
Whispering Footsteps
The Westerner
The Monroes
Man of the West
Days of Heaven
The Desert Hawk
Wichita Town
The Far Country
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
The Beachcomber
The Beachcomber
The Tarnished Angels
Star Reporter
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Rango
The Las Vegas Story
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney
Cowboy and the Senorita
Strange Lady in Town
Gun the Man Down
The Lone Gun
They Call It Murder
Coyote Canyon
Return to Warbow
Sunset in El Dorado
Road Agent
The Catman of Paris
White Tie and Tails
Never Steal Anything Small
Grand Ole Opry
San Antonio Kid
The Long Rope
In Old Monterey
Fate Is the Hunter
Badman's Territory
Best of the Badmen
The Rawhide Years
The Gun Hawk
Vigilantes of Dodge City
The Slowest Gun in the West
The Inner Circle
Run, Joe, Run
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Rendezvous with Annie
Hot Summer Night
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Sheriff of Sundown
Law of the Canyon
Sheriff of Cimarron
Faces in the Fog
Traffic in Crime
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Corpus Christi Bandits
Earl Carroll Vanities
Web of Danger
The Magnificent Stranger
Buck Privates Come Home
The Fighting Seabees
Call of the Rockies
Wild and Wooly
Outcasts of Black Mesa
Twilight on the Rio Grande
The Wyoming Bandit
Vengeance Valley
The Ghost Goes Wild
Daredevils of the Clouds
Carson City Raiders
The Fighting Devil Dogs
The Sweet Creek County War
Two Guns and a Badge
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
The Desperate Mission
Hidden Valley Outlaws
That Man's Here Again
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Adventures of Red Ryder
Pistol Harvest
Bandits of the Badlands
Kung Fu
Hitchhike to Happiness
In Old Missouri
Homicide for Three
Bordertown Trail
Lone Texas Ranger
Passkey to Danger
The Blonde Bandit
Fargo
Trail of Kit Carson
Across the Badlands
Cyclone Fury
Code of the Prairie
