Robert J. Wilke
Age: N/A | From: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Bob Wilke , Robert Wilke , Robert Joseph Wilke
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 103
TV Involvements: 44
Most Famous Work
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. -
Most Famous Work
Bonanza
(1959) Sheriff Claude T. Booker
Perry Mason
(1957) Deputy Sheriff Connors
Wanted: Dead or Alive
(1958) Ben Hooker
The Virginian
(1962) Colton
Dallas
(1978) Tom Owens
Rawhide
(1959) Lafe Thomas
The Magnificent Seven
(1960) Wallace
The Fugitive
(1963) JohnnyActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1981 | Gen. Barnicke | |
| 1979 | N/A | |
| 1978 | The Farm Foreman | |
| Tom Owens | ||
| Demas Scott | ||
| 1974 | N/A | |
| 1973 | Deaks (as Robert Wilke | |
| The Sheriff | ||
| 1972 | N/A | |
| Officer Shaw | ||
| 1971 | Sheriff Rex Brandon | |
| Hugh Fielding | ||
| Marshal Tom Cater | ||
| 1970 | Corey Bannister | |
| 1969 | Gant | |
| 1968 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1967 | Ralph Turpin | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1966 | Spooner | |
| N/A | ||
| Sheriff McVey | ||
| Jeff Nicks | ||
| 1965 | Marshal Sam Corbett | |
| Chief Five Barrels | ||
| 1964 | Stillman | |
| Toff | ||
| Jake Manning | ||
| Fryman | ||
| Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke) | ||
| 1963 | Johnny | |
| N/A | ||
| Johnny Flanders | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1962 | Conrad | |
| Colton | ||
| N/A | ||
| Bill Winters | ||
| Jason Despol | ||
| 1961 | N/A | |
| Ben Matthews | ||
| 1960 | Guard captain | |
| Wallace | ||
| Taylor Norman | ||
| Murdo | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Billy the Kid Blake | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| Riker | ||
| N/A | ||
| Amos Cameron | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Bolesy | ||
| Red Dog Hanlon | ||
| Sheriff Claude T. Booker | ||
| Lennie | ||
| Sheriff McVey | ||
| Tom Galt | ||
| Lafe Thomas | ||
| 1958 | N/A | |
| Bull Kirby | ||
| Rod Clements | ||
| N/A | ||
| Marshal Tom Haddon | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Marshal Bart Pennock | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Virgil | ||
| Jack Radovitch | ||
| Ben Hooker | ||
| Ponch | ||
| Red | ||
| 1957 | Hank | |
| Burt Foster | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| McCabe | ||
| Deputy Sheriff Connors | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Concho | ||
| Tom Ellis (as Robert Wilke) | ||
| 1956 | Matt Rankin | |
| Dan Willis | ||
| N/A | ||
| Joe Graycoe | ||
| Neal (as Robert Wilke) | ||
| Sile Doty | ||
| Jeff Welker | ||
| Cassidy | ||
| 1955 | Bob Manson | |
| Jed Begert | ||
| Kelso Prather | ||
| Ben Creed | ||
| Carl Banner | ||
| Hickock | ||
| Pegger | ||
| Tom | ||
| Pitt | ||
| Ab Rankin | ||
| Kelby | ||
| Luke Cumberledge | ||
| Ben Thompson | ||
| Bentley (as Robert Wilke) | ||
| Karg | ||
| First Sergeant Daly (as Robert Wilke) | ||
| 1954 | First Mate of the Nautilus | |
| Jed - Outlaw | ||
| N/A | ||
| Moore - Outlaw | ||
| Hort Moran (as Robert Wilke) | ||
| Madden | ||
| 1953 | Trooper Grady | |
| Sgt. Stone | ||
| Sledge | ||
| 1952 | Massey | |
| Wyatt - Henchman | ||
| N/A | ||
| George | ||
| Ben Crane | ||
| N/A | ||
| Link - Henchman | ||
| Keeno | ||
| Sgt. Maj. Kearn | ||
| Jim Pierce | ||
| Slab Babcock | ||
| Clayton (as Robert Wilke) | ||
| 1951 | Bellew - Henchman (as Robert Wilke) | |
| Red Fischer | ||
| N/A | ||
| Stoney Dawson (as Robert Wilke) | ||
| Andy Baylor | ||
| Henchman Bunco (as Bob Wilke) | ||
| Jim Younger | ||
| Henchman Winslow | ||
| Henchman Hooker | ||
| 1950 | Krag Benson | |
| Duke Jackson / Keno Jackson (as Bob Wilke) | ||
| Camel Driver | ||
| Henchman in Plaid Shirt | ||
| Charlie Bolton | ||
| Henchman Cody | ||
| Curt - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) | ||
| 1949 | Deputy Sheriff Ed (as Bob Wilkie) | |
| Henchman (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Sam - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) | ||
| Cronin (uncredited) | ||
| 1948 | Policeman | |
| Joe | ||
| Ed Noble (as Bob Wilke) | ||
| 1947 | Burglar | |
| Policeman | ||
| Station Wagon Driver | ||
| Knife-Throwing Henchman (uncredited) | ||
| GI Buddy (uncredited) | ||
| Henchman | ||
| 1946 | Starter (uncredited) | |
| Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke) | ||
| MP (uncredited) | ||
| Hogan's Driver | ||
| Police Sergeant | ||
| Deputy Marshal (uncredited) | ||
| The Catman | ||
| 1945 | Smoke - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) | |
| Curley Roberts | ||
| Keller | ||
| Stage Hand (uncredited) | ||
| Dave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke) | ||
| Rawhide | ||
| Henchman Steve | ||
| Cab Driver | ||
| Henchman Dobie | ||
| 1944 | Photographer | |
| Bill | ||
| Bradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Henchman (as Bob Wilke) | ||
| Henchman | ||
| Deputy Jim | ||
| Townsman (uncredited) | ||
| Rancher (uncredited) | ||
| Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited) | ||
| 1943 | Bank Customer | |
| 1941 | Cutter Helmsman | |
| Carnival Spectator (uncredited) | ||
| 1940 | Henchman | |
| Hillbilly (uncredited) | ||
| Hillbilly | ||
| 1939 | Man on Wagon | |
| G-Man | ||
| Man in TV Studio | ||
| Reporter | ||
| 1938 | Marine in Shanghai (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | Young Convict in Yard (uncredited) | |
| (uncredited) | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
