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. -
Known for
Perry Mason
Deputy Sheriff Connors
Bonanza
Charlie Sheppard
Bonanza
Al Simmons
Bonanza
Sheriff Claude T. Booker
Bonanza
Brazos
Bonanza
Marshal Hollister
Dallas
Tom Owens
Have Gun, Will Travel
Will Tybee
Have Gun, Will Travel
Casey Bryan
Have Gun, Will Travel
Walt DeVries
Have Gun, Will Travel
Trail Boss Rook
Have Gun, Will Travel
Maj. Blake
Lassie
Mr. Corey
Wagon Train
Sgt. Wick
Wagon Train
Wesley Thomas
Wagon Train
Col. Thomas Stone
Wagon Train
Jabez Moore
The Fugitive
Johnny
Maverick
McCabe
Maverick
Diamond Dan Malone
The Virginian
Conrad
The Virginian
Colton
The Rifleman
Flory Sheltin
The Rifleman
Ward Haskins
My Three Sons
Danny Donnigan
The Untouchables
George 'Bugs' Moran
The Untouchables
Dutch Schultz
Starsky & Hutch
Mac Johnson
The Wild Wild West
Maj. Gen. Titus Ord Baldwin
Cheyenne
Bob Manson
Cheyenne
Jed Begert
Cheyenne
Kelso Prather
Cheyenne
Ben Creed
Cheyenne
Carl Banner
Daniel Boone
Toff
Daniel Boone
Jake Manning
Daniel Boone
Fryman
Rawhide
Sheriff McVey
Rawhide
Tom Galt
Rawhide
Lafe Thomas
Four Star Playhouse
George
Four Star Playhouse
Ben Crane
The Lucy Show
Tom Carter
Zorro
Capt. Salvador Mendoza
The Lone Ranger
Henchman (uncredited)
Lawman
Marshal Tom Haddon
Lawman
Fallon - Bounty Hunter
Lawman
Lal Hoard
77 Sunset Strip
Vern Reece
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Virgil
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Ben Hooker
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Jack Radovitch
Peter Gunn
Bat Masterson
Bull Kirby
Bat Masterson
Rod Clements
Gunsmoke
Hickock
Gunsmoke
Tom
Gunsmoke
Pegger
Gunsmoke
Pitt
Gunsmoke
Ab Rankin
Gunsmoke
Kelby
Gunsmoke
Luke Cumberledge
The Texan
Marshal Bart Pennock
The Texan
Sheriff Tip Latta
The Texan
Pete Torrey
The Texan
Asa Kirby
Adventures in Paradise
Riker
The Deputy
Ace Gentry
Tombstone Territory
Burt Foster
Tombstone Territory
Jess Caulfield
Adventures of Superman
Bingham
Laramie
Bronco
Cyclone Fury
Henchman Bunco (as Bob Wilke)
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Sheriff Dan Butler
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Tom Judd
The Abbott and Costello Show
Mike Brodie
Screen Director's Playhouse
Zecca
Riverboat
Bolesy
Riverboat
Red Dog Hanlon
Tarzan
Spooner
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Cavalcade of America
Lancer
The Gene Autry Show
Henchman Cody
The Gene Autry Show
Charlie Bolton
The Gene Autry Show
Monte - Henchman
The Gene Autry Show
Henchman in Plaid Shirt
Bordertown Trail
Henchman
Sam Benedict
Lt. Mike Radich
The Cisco Kid
Henchman Vic
The Cisco Kid
Judd Storme
The Cisco Kid
Barney
Law of the Plainsman
Amos Cameron
Bourbon Street Beat
The Magnificent Seven
Wallace
The Greatest Show on Earth
Lou Sirotta
The Tall Man
Marshal Ben Hartley
Cimarron Strip
The Third Man
Vince Gabriel
Outlaws
Pistol Harvest
Andy Baylor
The Monroes
How the West Was Won
Appleton
Boston Blackie
Edgar
Spartacus
Guard captain
Stagecoach West
Taylor Norman
The Thin Man
The Wonderful World of Disney
Jed - Outlaw
The Wonderful World of Disney
Ben Tilton
Trail of Kit Carson
Dave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke)
From Here to Eternity
Sgt. Henderson (uncredited)
The Westerner
Murdo
Passkey to Danger
Police Sergeant
The Dakotas
The Outcasts
High Noon
Jim Pierce
Target: The Corruptors!
Lone Texas Ranger
Henchman (uncredited)
Across the Badlands
Duke Jackson / Keno Jackson (as Bob Wilke)
The Legend of Jesse James
Marshal Sam Corbett
Run, Joe, Run
The Beachcomber
Bill Winters
The Beachcomber
Jason Despol
The Walter Winchell File
Fisher
Stripes
Gen. Barnicke
Hitchhike to Happiness
Stage Hand (uncredited)
Wichita Town
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
First Mate of the Nautilus
Days of Heaven
The Farm Foreman
The Blonde Bandit
Police Det. Walker
Rango
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Red Fischer
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Whitey
The Desperate Mission
Gant
Vengeance Valley
Cowhand (uncredited)
Code of the Prairie
The Far Country
Madden
Badman's Territory
Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
Man of the West
Ponch
Written on the Wind
Dan Willis
Tony Rome
Ralph Turpin
Fargo
Link - Henchman
The Hallelujah Trail
Chief Five Barrels
Kung Fu
Sgt. Bridger
Homicide for Three
Policeman
The Tarnished Angels
Hank
Backlash
Jeff Welker
The Lone Ranger
Cassidy
Hot Summer Night
Tom Ellis (as Robert Wilke)
The Rookies
Officer Shaw
In Old Missouri
Hillbilly
Arrowhead
Sgt. Stone
Star Reporter
Reporter
Night Passage
Concho
Wichita
Ben Thompson
Blackmail
Policeman
The Desert Hawk
Camel Driver
Cattle Town
Keeno
Adventures of Red Ryder
Henchman
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
The Sheriff
Smoke Signal
Daly
The Inner Circle
Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke)
War Paint
Trooper Grady
Fate Is the Hunter
Stillman
The Cheyenne Social Club
Corey Bannister
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Daredevils of the Red Circle
G-Man
The Catman of Paris
The Catman (uncredited)
Buck Privates Come Home
GI Buddy (uncredited)
The Las Vegas Story
Clayton (as Robert Wilke)
Gun the Man Down
Matt Rankin
Best of the Badmen
Jim Younger
Sunset in El Dorado
Curley Roberts
Call of the Rockies
Deputy Jim
Faces in the Fog
Photographer
Whispering Footsteps
Bank Customer
Raw Edge
Sile Doty
Never Steal Anything Small
Lennie
Frontier Outpost
Krag Benson
Rendezvous with Annie
MP (uncredited)
In Old Monterey
Man on Wagon
Traffic in Crime
Hogan's Driver
Canyon River
Joe Graycoe
A Gunfight
Marshal Tom Cater
Mule Train
Bradshaw - Henchman (uncredited)
Wild and Wooly
Demas Scott
Smoky
Jeff Nicks
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
Hugh Fielding
Web of Danger
Station Wagon Driver
The Ghost Goes Wild
Burglar
The Rawhide Years
Neal (as Robert Wilke)
Wyoming Roundup
Wyatt - Henchman
The Gun Hawk
Johnny Flanders
Shotgun
Bentley (as Robert Wilke)
Earl Carroll Vanities
Cab Driver
Vigilantes of Dodge City
Bill
The Fighting Seabees
Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)
San Quentin
Young Convict in Yard (uncredited)
Law of the Canyon
Knife-Throwing Henchman (uncredited)
Grand Ole Opry
Hillbilly (uncredited)
Bandits of the Badlands
Keller
Overland Telegraph
Bellew - Henchman (as Robert Wilke)
Hellgate
Sgt. Maj. Kearn
The Lone Gun
Hort Moran (as Robert Wilke)
The Magnificent Stranger
Sheriff McVey
Coyote Canyon
Deputy Sheriff Ed (as Bob Wilkie)
Shock Treatment
Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke)
Sierra Sue
Carnival Spectator (uncredited)
Laramie
Cronin (uncredited)
Strange Lady in Town
Karg
San Antonio Kid
Henchman
Daredevils of the Clouds
Joe
Santee
Deaks (as Robert Wilke
Sheriff of Sundown
Bradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
Cow Country
Sledge
The Slowest Gun in the West
Billy the Kid Blake
S.O.S Tidal Wave
Man in TV Studio
The Fighting Devil Dogs
Marine in Shanghai (uncredited)
Saddle Legion
Henchman Hooker
Cowboy and the Senorita
Townsman (uncredited)
Two Guns and a Badge
Moore - Outlaw
Hidden Valley Outlaws
Rancher (uncredited)
They Call It Murder
Sheriff Rex Brandon
Road Agent
Slab Babcock
The Sweet Creek County War
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Rawhide
Return to Warbow
Red
Hot Lead
Stoney Dawson
Carson City Raiders
Ed Noble
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Cutter Helmsman
The Wyoming Bandit
Sam
Twilight on the Rio Grande
Henchman
White Tie and Tails
Starter (uncredited)
The Long Rope
Ben Matthews
Outcasts of Black Mesa
Curt - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
Corpus Christi Bandits
Henchman Steve
The Maverick
Massey
Gunplay
Henchman Winslow
That Man's Here Again
(uncredited)
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
Smoke - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
Flaming Fury
Sheriff of Cimarron
Henchman Dobie