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Robert J. Wilke‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1914-05-18

Popularity

star7.5

Robert J. Wilke

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Robert J. Wilke

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1914-05-18

Popularity

star7.5

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. -

Movie Credits

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea‌
star7.0
calendar 1954

High Noon

High Noon‌
star7.7
calendar 1952

Spartacus

Spartacus‌
star7.5
calendar 1960

Flaming Fury

Flaming Fury‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

Night Passage

Night Passage‌
star6.3
calendar 1957

Tony Rome

Tony Rome‌
star6.3
calendar 1967

The Las Vegas Story

The Las Vegas Story‌
star5.8
calendar 1952

Hitchhike to Happiness

Hitchhike to Happiness‌
star5.0
calendar 1945

The Magnificent Stranger

The Magnificent Stranger‌
star6.7
calendar 1966

Man of the West

Man of the West‌
star6.6
calendar 1958

Arrowhead

Arrowhead‌
star5.9
calendar 1953

Backlash

Backlash‌
star6.3
calendar 1956

The Tarnished Angels

The Tarnished Angels‌
star6.6
calendar 1957

Cowboy and the Senorita

Cowboy and the Senorita‌
star5.0
calendar 1944

The Far Country

The Far Country‌
star6.9
calendar 1954

Written on the Wind

Written on the Wind‌
star6.9
calendar 1956

The Ghost Goes Wild

The Ghost Goes Wild‌
star5.0
calendar 1947

A Gunfight

A Gunfight‌
star5.8
calendar 1971

The Rookies

The Rookies‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

The Inner Circle

The Inner Circle‌
star5.2
calendar 1946

Bandits of the Badlands

Bandits of the Badlands‌
star3.5
calendar 1945

Santee

Santee‌
star5.3
calendar 1973

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf‌
star5.5
calendar 1973

Gun the Man Down

Gun the Man Down‌
star6.3
calendar 1956

Hot Summer Night

Hot Summer Night‌
star5.6
calendar 1957

Fate Is the Hunter

Fate Is the Hunter‌
star6.4
calendar 1964

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger‌
star6.1
calendar 1956

The Fighting Devil Dogs

The Fighting Devil Dogs‌
star6.0
calendar 1938

The Gun Hawk

The Gun Hawk‌
star4.0
calendar 1963

Homicide for Three

Homicide for Three‌
star5.0
calendar 1948

War Paint

War Paint‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Best of the Badmen

Best of the Badmen‌
star6.8
calendar 1951

San Quentin

San Quentin‌
star6.5
calendar 1937

Canyon River

Canyon River‌
star6.4
calendar 1956

San Antonio Kid

San Antonio Kid‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

Cattle Town

Cattle Town‌
star6.7
calendar 1952

Return to Warbow

Return to Warbow‌
star5.8
calendar 1958

Hellgate

Hellgate‌
star6.7
calendar 1952

Never Steal Anything Small

Never Steal Anything Small‌
star8.0
calendar 1959

The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler

The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler‌
star5.4
calendar 1971

The Slowest Gun in the West

The Slowest Gun in the West‌
star2.0
calendar 1960

Code of the Prairie

Code of the Prairie‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

Hidden Valley Outlaws

Hidden Valley Outlaws‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

Daredevils of the Clouds

Daredevils of the Clouds‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

Overland Telegraph

Overland Telegraph‌
star6.7
calendar 1951

Cow Country

Cow Country‌
star4.4
calendar 1953

From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity‌
star7.3
calendar 1953

Smoke Signal

Smoke Signal‌
star6.7
calendar 1955

Smoky

Smoky‌
star5.5
calendar 1966

Daredevils of the Red Circle

Daredevils of the Red Circle‌
star5.5
calendar 1939

That Man's Here Again

That Man's Here Again‌
star5.0
calendar 1937

Star Reporter

Star Reporter‌
star4.1
calendar 1939

Vigilantes of Dodge City

Vigilantes of Dodge City‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

Corpus Christi Bandits

Corpus Christi Bandits‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Sheriff of Cimarron

Sheriff of Cimarron‌
star6.0
calendar 1945

Road Agent

Road Agent‌
star5.5
calendar 1952

Frontier Outpost

Frontier Outpost‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

They Call It Murder

They Call It Murder‌
star6.5
calendar 1971

The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven‌
star7.5
calendar 1960

Two Guns and a Badge

Two Guns and a Badge‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

Santa Fe Saddlemates

Santa Fe Saddlemates‌
star5.0
calendar 1945

Sierra Sue

Sierra Sue‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

The Desperate Mission

The Desperate Mission‌
star4.5
calendar 1969

The Long Rope

The Long Rope‌
star5.0
calendar 1961

Days of Heaven

Days of Heaven‌
star7.5
calendar 1978

Saddle Legion

Saddle Legion‌
star6.3
calendar 1951

Adventures of Red Ryder

Adventures of Red Ryder‌
star5.5
calendar 1940

Bordertown Trail

Bordertown Trail‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

Call of the Rockies

Call of the Rockies‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

Hot Lead

Hot Lead‌
star6.3
calendar 1951

Gunplay

Gunplay‌
star6.2
calendar 1951

Pistol Harvest

Pistol Harvest‌
star5.2
calendar 1951

Cyclone Fury

Cyclone Fury‌
star5.0
calendar 1951

The Cheyenne Social Club

The Cheyenne Social Club‌
star6.4
calendar 1970

In Old Missouri

In Old Missouri‌
star5.5
calendar 1940

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.‌
star5.7
calendar 1941

Strange Lady in Town

Strange Lady in Town‌
star4.5
calendar 1955

Wyoming Roundup

Wyoming Roundup‌
star6.0
calendar 1952

In Old Monterey

In Old Monterey‌
star5.3
calendar 1939

Grand Ole Opry

Grand Ole Opry‌
star7.0
calendar 1940

Web of Danger

Web of Danger‌
star4.8
calendar 1947

Blackmail

Blackmail‌
star4.0
calendar 1947

Twilight on the Rio Grande

Twilight on the Rio Grande‌
star2.5
calendar 1947

The Catman of Paris

The Catman of Paris‌
star5.3
calendar 1946

Traffic in Crime

Traffic in Crime‌
star6.0
calendar 1946

Passkey to Danger

Passkey to Danger‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

Earl Carroll Vanities

Earl Carroll Vanities‌
star5.0
calendar 1945

Faces in the Fog

Faces in the Fog‌
star3.0
calendar 1944

The Fighting Seabees

The Fighting Seabees‌
star6.2
calendar 1944

The Wyoming Bandit

The Wyoming Bandit‌
star4.0
calendar 1949

Coyote Canyon

Coyote Canyon‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

Across the Badlands

Across the Badlands‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

Outcasts of Black Mesa

Outcasts of Black Mesa‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

The Desert Hawk

The Desert Hawk‌
star5.1
calendar 1950

Fargo

Fargo‌
star6.5
calendar 1952

The Maverick

The Maverick‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

The Hallelujah Trail

The Hallelujah Trail‌
star5.9
calendar 1965

Law of the Canyon

Law of the Canyon‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

Sheriff of Sundown

Sheriff of Sundown‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

Rough Riders of Cheyenne

Rough Riders of Cheyenne‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Sunset in El Dorado

Sunset in El Dorado‌
star4.2
calendar 1945

Trail of Kit Carson

Trail of Kit Carson‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Carson City Raiders

Carson City Raiders‌
star0.0
calendar 1948

The Rawhide Years

The Rawhide Years‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

The Lone Gun

The Lone Gun‌
star5.3
calendar 1954

Wichita

Wichita‌
star6.3
calendar 1955

Shotgun

Shotgun‌
star5.2
calendar 1955

Raw Edge

Raw Edge‌
star5.8
calendar 1956

S.O.S Tidal Wave

S.O.S Tidal Wave‌
star5.7
calendar 1939

Rendezvous with Annie

Rendezvous with Annie‌
star6.0
calendar 1946

Whispering Footsteps

Whispering Footsteps‌
star5.3
calendar 1943

The Sweet Creek County War

The Sweet Creek County War‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life‌
star6.0
calendar 1988

Badman's Territory

Badman's Territory‌
star5.8
calendar 1946

Buck Privates Come Home

Buck Privates Come Home‌
star6.3
calendar 1947

White Tie and Tails

White Tie and Tails‌
star7.0
calendar 1946

Shock Treatment

Shock Treatment‌
star6.7
calendar 1964

Laramie

Laramie‌
star6.5
calendar 1949

Stripes

Stripes‌
star6.5
calendar 1981

Wild and Wooly

Wild and Wooly‌
star4.0
calendar 1978

Vengeance Valley

Vengeance Valley‌
star5.3
calendar 1951

Mule Train

Mule Train‌
star5.0
calendar 1950

Tv Credits

Cheyenne

Cheyenne‌
star5.8
calendar 1955

Bourbon Street Beat

Bourbon Street Beat‌
star5.0
calendar 1959

Kung Fu

Kung Fu‌
star7.6
calendar 1972

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Dallas

Dallas‌
star6.7
calendar 1978

Lassie

Lassie‌
star6.1
calendar 1954

Zorro

Zorro‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Run, Joe, Run

Run, Joe, Run‌
star6.2
calendar 1974

The Tall Man

The Tall Man‌
star6.3
calendar 1960

The Monroes

The Monroes‌
star5.7
calendar 1966

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Greatest Show on Earth‌
star5.0
calendar 1963

Sam Benedict

Sam Benedict‌
star6.0
calendar 1962

Target: The Corruptors!

Target: The Corruptors!‌
star3.5
calendar 1961

Outlaws

Outlaws‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

The Beachcomber

The Beachcomber‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel‌
star7.4
calendar 1957

Cimarron Strip

Cimarron Strip‌
star5.0
calendar 1967

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone‌
star6.9
calendar 1964

The Outcasts

The Outcasts‌
star5.3
calendar 1968

The Fugitive

The Fugitive‌
star7.2
calendar 1963

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

Lancer

Lancer‌
star4.7
calendar 1968

Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn‌
star6.5
calendar 1958

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

The Thin Man

The Thin Man‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Adventures of Superman

Adventures of Superman‌
star6.6
calendar 1952

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

Bronco

Bronco‌
star4.8
calendar 1958

Tarzan

Tarzan‌
star6.7
calendar 1966

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

The Adventures of Jim Bowie‌
star3.7
calendar 1956

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive‌
star6.9
calendar 1958

The Rifleman

The Rifleman‌
star7.0
calendar 1958

The Dakotas

The Dakotas‌
star5.7
calendar 1963

Lawman

Lawman‌
star5.4
calendar 1958

Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson‌
star6.3
calendar 1958

Laramie

Laramie‌
star6.4
calendar 1959

The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Guns of Will Sonnett‌
star5.7
calendar 1967

Law of the Plainsman

Law of the Plainsman‌
star6.0
calendar 1959

Riverboat

Riverboat‌
star6.3
calendar 1959

The Texan

The Texan‌
star5.5
calendar 1958

Wichita Town

Wichita Town‌
star4.2
calendar 1959

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America‌
star3.5
calendar 1952

Rango

Rango‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

The Legend of Jesse James

The Legend of Jesse James‌
star4.8
calendar 1965

Cheyenne

Cheyenne‌
star5.8
calendar 1955

Cheyenne

Cheyenne‌
star5.8
calendar 1955

Cheyenne

Cheyenne‌
star5.8
calendar 1955

Cheyenne

Cheyenne‌
star5.8
calendar 1955

The Walter Winchell File

The Walter Winchell File‌
star5.0
calendar 1957

The Third Man

The Third Man‌
star6.4
calendar 1959

Maverick

Maverick‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

The Gene Autry Show

The Gene Autry Show‌
star4.8
calendar 1950

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney‌
star7.6
calendar 1954

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Stagecoach West

Stagecoach West‌
star6.0
calendar 1960

The Gene Autry Show

The Gene Autry Show‌
star4.8
calendar 1950

Lawman

Lawman‌
star5.4
calendar 1958

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger‌
star6.8
calendar 1949

The Texan

The Texan‌
star5.5
calendar 1958

Riverboat

Riverboat‌
star6.3
calendar 1959

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Bonanza

Bonanza‌
star7.5
calendar 1959

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

The Lucy Show

The Lucy Show‌
star7.1
calendar 1962

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star5.7
calendar 1952

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone‌
star6.9
calendar 1964

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone‌
star6.9
calendar 1964

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive‌
star6.9
calendar 1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive‌
star6.9
calendar 1958

The Beachcomber

The Beachcomber‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson‌
star6.3
calendar 1958

Maverick

Maverick‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

Bonanza

Bonanza‌
star7.5
calendar 1959

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip‌
star6.7
calendar 1958

Bonanza

Bonanza‌
star7.5
calendar 1959

Wagon Train

Wagon Train‌
star6.4
calendar 1957

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney‌
star7.6
calendar 1954

The Gene Autry Show

The Gene Autry Show‌
star4.8
calendar 1950

The Deputy

The Deputy‌
star6.2
calendar 1959

Wagon Train

Wagon Train‌
star6.4
calendar 1957

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel‌
star7.4
calendar 1957

Tombstone Territory

Tombstone Territory‌
star6.3
calendar 1957

The Gene Autry Show

The Gene Autry Show‌
star4.8
calendar 1950

The Westerner

The Westerner‌
star6.7
calendar 1960

The Abbott and Costello Show

The Abbott and Costello Show‌
star7.3
calendar 1952

Wagon Train

Wagon Train‌
star6.4
calendar 1957

The Untouchables

The Untouchables‌
star7.8
calendar 1959

Tombstone Territory

Tombstone Territory‌
star6.3
calendar 1957

The Cisco Kid

The Cisco Kid‌
star6.4
calendar 1950

The Cisco Kid

The Cisco Kid‌
star6.4
calendar 1950

The Cisco Kid

The Cisco Kid‌
star6.4
calendar 1950

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won‌
star7.0
calendar 1977

Starsky & Hutch

Starsky & Hutch‌
star7.2
calendar 1975