
Robert J. Wilke
Known for ActingBorn 1914-05-18Died 1989-03-28Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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. -Read more
Movies & web series
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Two Guns and a Badge
1954 · Movie
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Coyote Canyon
1949 · Movie
The Beachcomber
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The Beachcomber
1962 · Series
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The Maverick
1952 · Movie
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Outcasts of Black Mesa
1950 · Movie
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Corpus Christi Bandits
1945 · Movie
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Bordertown Trail
1944 · Movie
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Sheriff of Sundown
1944 · Movie
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Never Steal Anything Small
1959 · Movie
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The Untouchables
1959 · Series
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Carson City Raiders
1948 · Movie
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Passkey to Danger
1946 · Movie
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Sheriff of Cimarron
1945 · Movie
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San Antonio Kid
1944 · Movie
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Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944 · Movie
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Vigilantes of Dodge City
1944 · Movie
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The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
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Kung Fu
1972 · Series
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Days of Heaven
1978 · Movie
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Perry Mason
1957 · Series
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The Wild Wild West
1965 · Series
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High Noon
1952 · Movie
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Spartacus
1960 · Movie
The Greatest Show on Earth
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The Greatest Show on Earth
1963 · Series
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The Thin Man
1957 · Series
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Cattle Town
1952 · Movie
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Bonanza
1959 · Series
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The Magnificent Seven
1960 · Movie
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The Walter Winchell File
1957 · Series
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Zorro
1957 · Series
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Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Series
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The Fugitive
1963 · Series
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Law of the Plainsman
1959 · Series
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Grand Ole Opry
1940 · Movie
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Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Series
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From Here to Eternity
1953 · Movie
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Rawhide
1959 · Series
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White Tie and Tails
1946 · Movie
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The Third Man
1959 · Series
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Wild and Wooly
1978 · Movie
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Overland Telegraph
1951 · Movie
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Saddle Legion
1951 · Movie
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The Lucy Show
1962 · Series
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The Rookies
1972 · Movie
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
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The Abbott and Costello Show
1952 · Series
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The Rifleman
1958 · Series
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How the West Was Won
1977 · Series