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