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
Acting
1954
asFirst Mate of the Nautilus
1952
asJim Pierce
1960
asGuard captain
1949
as
1957
asConcho
1967
asRalph Turpin
1952
asClayton (as Robert Wilke)
1945
asStage Hand (uncredited)
1966
asSheriff McVey
1958
asPonch
1953
asSgt. Stone
1956
asJeff Welker
1957
asHank
1944
asTownsman (uncredited)
1954
asMadden
1956
asDan Willis
1947
asBurglar
1971
asMarshal Tom Cater
1972
asOfficer Shaw
1946
asPolice Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke)
1945
asKeller
1973
asDeaks (as Robert Wilke
1973
asThe Sheriff
1956
asMatt Rankin
1957
asTom Ellis (as Robert Wilke)
1964
asStillman
1956
asCassidy
1938
asMarine in Shanghai (uncredited)
1963
asJohnny Flanders
1948
asPoliceman
1953
asTrooper Grady
1951
asJim Younger
1937
asYoung Convict in Yard (uncredited)
1956
asJoe Graycoe
1944
asHenchman (as Bob Wilke)
1952
asKeeno
1958
asRed
1952
asSgt. Maj. Kearn
1959
asLennie
1971
asHugh Fielding
1960
asBilly the Kid Blake
1944
as
1944
asRancher (uncredited)
1948
asJoe
1951
asBellew - Henchman (as Robert Wilke)
1953
asSledge
1953
asSgt. Henderson (uncredited)
1955
asFirst Sergeant Daly (as Robert Wilke)
1966
asJeff Nicks
1939
asG-Man
1937
as(uncredited)
1939
asReporter
1944
asBill
1945
asHenchman Steve
1945
asHenchman Dobie
1952
asSlab Babcock
1950
asKrag Benson
1971
asSheriff Rex Brandon
1960
asWallace
1954
asMoore - Outlaw
1945
asRawhide
1941
asCarnival Spectator (uncredited)
1969
asGant
1961
asBen Matthews
1978
asThe Farm Foreman
1951
asHenchman Hooker
1940
asHenchman
1944
asHenchman
1944
asDeputy Jim
1951
asStoney Dawson (as Robert Wilke)
1951
asHenchman Winslow
1951
asAndy Baylor
1951
asHenchman Bunco (as Bob Wilke)
1970
asCorey Bannister
1940
asHillbilly
1941
asCutter Helmsman
1955
asKarg
1952
asWyatt - Henchman
1939
asMan on Wagon
1940
asHillbilly (uncredited)
1947
asStation Wagon Driver
1947
asPoliceman
1947
asHenchman
1946
asThe Catman (uncredited)
1946
asHogan's Driver
1946
asPolice Sergeant
1945
asCab Driver
1944
asPhotographer
1944
asArriving Construction Worker (uncredited)
1949
asSam - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
1949
asDeputy Sheriff Ed (as Bob Wilkie)
1950
asDuke Jackson / Keno Jackson (as Bob Wilke)
1950
asCurt - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
1950
asCamel Driver
1952
asLink - Henchman
1952
asMassey
1965
asChief Five Barrels
1947
asKnife-Throwing Henchman (uncredited)
1944
asBradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
1945
asSmoke - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
1945
asCurley Roberts
1945
asDave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke)
1948
asEd Noble (as Bob Wilke)
1956
asNeal (as Robert Wilke)
1954
asHort Moran (as Robert Wilke)
1955
asBen Thompson
1955
asBentley (as Robert Wilke)
1956
asSile Doty
1939
asMan in TV Studio
1946
asMP (uncredited)
1943
asBank Customer
1979
as
1987
asSelf (archive footage)
1946
asDeputy Marshal (uncredited)
1947
asGI Buddy (uncredited)
1946
asStarter (uncredited)
1964
asTechnician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke)
1949
asCronin (uncredited)
1981
asGen. Barnicke
1978
asDemas Scott
1951
asCowhand (uncredited)
1950
asBradshaw - Henchman (uncredited)
1949
asPolice Det. Walker
asBob Manson
as
asSgt. Bridger
asHickock
asDeputy Sheriff Connors
asTom Owens
asMr. Corey
as
asMarshal Ben Hartley
asasLou Sirotta
asLt. Mike Radich
as
asasBill Winters
asSheriff McVey
as
as
asToff
asJohnny
asConrad
as
as
asRed Fischer
as
asBingham
asRiker
as
asSpooner
as
asVirgil
as
asBull Kirby
as
asAmos Cameron
asBolesy
as
as
as
asMarshal Sam Corbett
asJed Begert
asKelso Prather
asBen Creed
asCarl Banner
asFisher
asVince Gabriel
asMcCabe
asHenchman Cody
asJed - Outlaw
as 
asTaylor Norman
asCharlie Bolton
asMarshal Tom Haddon
asHenchman (uncredited)
asMarshal Bart Pennock
asRed Dog Hanlon
asTom Galt
asLafe Thomas
asCharlie Sheppard
asTom
asPegger
asPitt
asColton
asAb Rankin
asKelby
asLuke Cumberledge
asTom Carter
asGeorge
asBen Crane
asJake Manning
asFryman
asBen Hooker
asJack Radovitch
asJason Despol
asRod Clements
asDiamond Dan Malone
asAl Simmons
asVern Reece
asSheriff Claude T. Booker
asSgt. Wick
asBen Tilton
asMonte - Henchman
asAce Gentry
asWesley Thomas
asWill Tybee
asBurt Foster
asHenchman in Plaid Shirt
asMurdo
asMike Brodie
asCol. Thomas Stone
asGeorge 'Bugs' Moran
asJess Caulfield
asHenchman Vic
asJudd Storme
asBarney
asAppleton
asMac Johnson
asSheriff Dan Butler
asTom Judd
asMaj. Gen. Titus Ord Baldwin
asDanny Donnigan
asBrazos
asMarshal Hollister
asDutch Schultz
asSheriff Tip Latta
asPete Torrey
asAsa Kirby
asFallon - Bounty Hunter
asLal Hoard
asFlory Sheltin
asWard Haskins
asJabez Moore
asCasey Bryan
asWalt DeVries
asTrail Boss Rook
asMaj. Blake
asCapt. Salvador Mendoza
asZecca
asWhitey
asEdgar
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