The Magnificent Seven1960
As Wallace
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Robert J. Wilke
Born
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. -
Filmography (124)
Spartacus1960
As Guard captain
TMDb 7.5 / 10
High Noon1952
As Jim Pierce
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Stripes1981
As Gen. Barnicke
TMDb 6.6 / 10
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea1954
As First Mate of the Nautilus
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Days of Heaven1978
As The Farm Foreman
TMDb 7.5 / 10
From Here to Eternity1953
As Sgt. Henderson (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Far Country1954
As Madden
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Written on the Wind1956
As Dan Willis
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Man of the West1958
As Ponch
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Hallelujah Trail1965
As Chief Five Barrels
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Cheyenne Social Club1970
As Corey Bannister
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Lone Ranger1956
As Cassidy
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Fate Is the Hunter1964
As Stillman
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Night Passage1957
As Concho
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler1971
As Hugh Fielding
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Tarnished Angels1957
As Hank
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Backlash1956
As Jeff Welker
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Strange Lady in Town1955
As Karg
TMDb 4.9 / 10
A Gunfight1971
As Marshal Tom Cater
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Desert Hawk1950
As Camel Driver
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Vengeance Valley1951
As Cowhand (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Best of the Badmen1951
As Jim Younger
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Tony Rome1967
As Ralph Turpin
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Gun the Man Down1956
As Matt Rankin
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Las Vegas Story1952
As Clayton (as Robert Wilke)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Smoke Signal1955
As Daly
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Wichita1955
As Ben Thompson
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Raw Edge1956
As Sile Doty
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Buck Privates Come Home1947
As GI Buddy (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Arrowhead1953
As Sgt. Stone
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Rawhide Years1956
As Neal (as Robert Wilke)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Gun Hawk1963
As Johnny Flanders
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Fighting Seabees1944
As Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Lone Gun1954
As Hort Moran (as Robert Wilke)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life1987
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Star Reporter1939
As Reporter
TMDb 3.9 / 10
They Call It Murder1971
As Sheriff Rex Brandon
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Shotgun1955
As Bentley (as Robert Wilke)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Catman of Paris1946
As The Catman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf1973
As The Sheriff
TMDb 5.8 / 10
White Tie and Tails1946
As Starter (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
S.O.S Tidal Wave1939
As Man in TV Studio
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Daredevils of the Red Circle1939
As G-Man
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Hellgate1952
As Sgt. Maj. Kearn
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Two Guns and a Badge1954
As Moore - Outlaw
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Trail of Kit Carson1945
As Dave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Fighting Devil Dogs1938
As Marine in Shanghai (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
War Paint1953
As Trooper Grady
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Slowest Gun in the West1960
As Billy the Kid Blake
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Never Steal Anything Small1959
As Lennie
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Daredevils of the Clouds1948
As Joe
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Hot Summer Night1957
As Tom Ellis (as Robert Wilke)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.1941
As Cutter Helmsman
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Desperate Mission1969
As Gant
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Badman's Territory1946
As Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
San Quentin1937
As Young Convict in Yard (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Adventures of Red Ryder1940
As Henchman
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Cowboy and the Senorita1944
As Townsman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Faces in the Fog1944
As Photographer
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Code of the Prairie1944
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Cattle Town1952
As Keeno
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Sweet Creek County War1979
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Canyon River1956
As Joe Graycoe
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Shock Treatment1964
As Technician Mike Newton (as Robert Wilke)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Call of the Rockies1944
As Deputy Jim
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Twilight on the Rio Grande1947
As Henchman
TMDb 3.1 / 10
Passkey to Danger1946
As Police Sergeant
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Sunset in El Dorado1945
As Curley Roberts
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Rookies1972
As Officer Shaw
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Pistol Harvest1951
As Andy Baylor
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Wild and Wooly1978
As Demas Scott
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Law of the Canyon1947
As Knife-Throwing Henchman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Mule Train1950
As Bradshaw - Henchman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Santee1973
As Deaks (as Robert Wilke)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Long Rope1961
As Ben Matthews
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Ghost Goes Wild1947
As Burglar
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Bandits of the Badlands1945
As Keller
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Outcasts of Black Mesa1950
As Curt - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Rough Riders of Cheyenne1945
As Smoke - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Inner Circle1946
As Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Maverick1952
As Massey
TMDb 9.0 / 10
In Old Monterey1939
As Man on Wagon
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Wyoming Bandit1949
As Sam
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Laramie1949
As Cronin (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
That Man's Here Again1937
As (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Santa Fe Saddlemates1945
As Rawhide
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Vigilantes of Dodge City1944
As Bill
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Road Agent1952
As Slab Babcock
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hitchhike to Happiness1945
As Stage Hand (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Overland Telegraph1951
As Bellew - Henchman (as Robert Wilke)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Grand Ole Opry1940
As Hillbilly (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Web of Danger1947
As Station Wagon Driver
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Saddle Legion1951
As Henchman Hooker
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Cow Country1953
As Sledge
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Rendezvous with Annie1946
As MP (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Whispering Footsteps1943
As Bank Customer
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Smoky1966
As Jeff Nicks
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Blackmail1947
As Policeman
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Homicide for Three1948
As Policeman
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Magnificent Stranger1966
As Sheriff McVey
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Lone Texas Ranger1945
As Henchman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Sheriff of Cimarron1945
As Henchman Dobie
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Cyclone Fury1951
As Henchman Bunco (as Bob Wilke)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Earl Carroll Vanities1945
As Cab Driver
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Traffic in Crime1946
As Hogan's Driver
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Flaming Fury1949
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Fargo1952
As Link - Henchman
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Sheriff of Sundown1944
As Bradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Corpus Christi Bandits1945
As Henchman Steve
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Hidden Valley Outlaws1944
As Rancher (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Sierra Sue1941
As Carnival Spectator (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Wyoming Roundup1952
As Wyatt - Henchman
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Return to Warbow1958
As Red
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Blonde Bandit1949
As Police Det. Walker
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Frontier Outpost1950
As Krag Benson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
San Antonio Kid1944
As Henchman
TMDb 8.0 / 10
In Old Missouri1940
As Hillbilly
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Coyote Canyon1949
As Deputy Sheriff Ed (as Bob Wilkie)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Bordertown Trail1944
As Henchman
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Hot Lead1951
As Stoney Dawson
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Gunplay1951
As Henchman Winslow
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Carson City Raiders1948
As Ed Noble
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Across the Badlands1950
As Duke Jackson / Keno Jackson (as Bob Wilke)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb