Robert Armstrong

Career timeline

1. 1890 · Born

   Born in Saginaw, Michigan, USA

2. 1928 · Screen debut

   A Girl in Every Port (Movie)

3. 1954 · Breakthrough

   Lassie (TV)

4. 1973 · Died

   April 20, 1973

5. 2005 · Latest release

   The Lost Spider Pit Sequence (Movie)

Career in numbers

2 1920s

13 1930s

15 1940s

32 1950s

5 1960s

1 2000s

• Drama40
• Western18
• Comedy16
• Crime14
• Mystery8
• Adventure7

Highest-rated title The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962 7.9 Most popular title Lassie 1954 6.3

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Robert Armstrong in our catalogue.

Ted Post

6 titles together

Buzz Kulik

5 titles together

James Flavin

4 titles together

Sheldon Leonard

4 titles together

Robert Altman

3 titles together

Robert Stevenson

3 titles together

Norman Lloyd

3 titles together

Mark Stevens

3 titles together

Stuart Rosenberg

3 titles together

Robert Bloch

3 titles together

1. 2005 The Lost Spider Pit Sequence as Carl Denham (archive footage) Movie
2. 1964 For Those Who Think Young as Norman Armstrong Movie
3. 1963 Johnny Cool as Underworld Leader 5.4 Movie
4. 1963 Redigo as Pat Royal TV
5. 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Charles Faulkner 7.9 TV
6. 1960 The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Insp. Gunnison TV
7. 1959 The Alaskans TV
8. 1959 Lock-Up as Sam Ellender TV
9. 1959 The Deputy as Constable Emmanuel Dobbs (uncredited) TV
10. 1959 Rawhide as Cal Stone 7.3 TV
11. 1958 77 Sunset Strip as Pop Bateman 7.2 TV
12. 1958 Man with a Camera as Marty Delgado TV
13. 1958 Lawman as Lacey Grant TV
14. 1957 Trackdown as Sheriff Croft TV
15. 1957 Perry Mason as Walter Haskell 7.7 TV
16. 1957 Wagon Train as Roy Daniels 6.6 TV
17. 1957 Sugarfoot as Big Bill Carmody TV
18. 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel as Sidney Carter 7.3 TV
19. 1957 Meet McGraw as Sheriff Andy Plummer TV
20. 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sheriff Dan Walker TV
21. 1956 Broken Arrow as Inspector Higgins TV
22. 1956 State Trooper as Andy Anderson TV
23. 1955 Crossroads as Gatch TV
24. 1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour as Pop TV
25. 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Saloonkeeper 7.8 TV
26. 1955 Cheyenne as Marshall Len Merrick 6.2 TV
27. 1955 Double Jeopardy as Sam Baggott Movie
28. 1954 Climax! as Barney Farrell TV
29. 1954 Studio 57 as Pvt. Jeb Watkins TV
30. 1954 Lassie as Oliver 6.3 TV
31. 1954 Public Defender as Father Dunn TV
32. 1953 The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as Gus Brennar TV
33. 1953 General Electric Theater as Walt Bevans TV
34. 1952 The Pace That Thrills as J.C. Barton Movie
35. 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Jay Calliston TV
36. 1951 The Red Skelton Show as Lt. Flanagan TV
37. 1950 The First Hundred Years TV
38. 1950 Lux Video Theatre as Dr. Hoffman TV
39. 1949 Mighty Joe Young as Max O'Hara 6.5 Movie
40. 1949 The Crime Doctor's Diary as George 'Goldie' Harrigan Movie
41. 1948 The Paleface as Terris 6.1 Movie
42. 1948 Return of the Bad Men as Wild Bill Doolin 6.3 Movie
43. 1947 The Fugitive as Police sergeant 5.9 Movie
44. 1947 The Sea of Grass as Floyd McCurtin 6.1 Movie
45. 1946 Decoy as Frank Olins 5.9 Movie
46. 1946 G.I. War Brides as Dawson Movie
47. 1945 The Falcon in San Francisco as Duke Monet / De Forrest Marshall Movie
48. 1945 Blood on the Sun as Col Hideki Tojo 5.9 Movie
49. 1944 Belle of the Yukon as George Movie
50. 1944 Mr. Winkle Goes to War as Joe Tinker Movie
51. 1943 The Mad Ghoul as 'Scoop' McClure 6.0 Movie
52. 1943 The Kansan as Malachy Movie
53. 1941 Dive Bomber as Art Lyons 6.3 Movie
54. 1939 The Roaring Twenties as Hatted Passerby Before Nightclub (uncredited) 7.5 Movie
55. 1938 There Goes My Heart as Detective O'Brien Movie
56. 1937 The Girl Said No as Jimmie Allen Movie
57. 1936 Public Enemy's Wife as Gene Ferguson Movie
58. 1936 The Ex-Mrs. Bradford as Nick Martel, Bookie 6.3 Movie
59. 1936 Dangerous Waters as 'Dusty' Johnson Movie
60. 1935 Pirate Party on Catalina Isle as Performer Movie
61. 1935 'G' Men as Jeff McCord 6.6 Movie
62. 1934 She Made Her Bed as 'Duke' Gordon Movie
63. 1933 The Son of Kong as Carl Denham 5.4 Movie
64. 1933 King Kong as Carl Denham 7.6 Movie
65. 1932 The Penguin Pool Murder as Barry Costello Movie
66. 1932 The Most Dangerous Game as Martin Trowbridge 6.9 Movie
67. 1928 The Cop as Scarface Marcas Movie
68. 1928 A Girl in Every Port as Bill / Salami 6.0 Movie

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