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  1. Wilke appeared in many television Westerns, including seven episodes each of NBC's Laramie and CBS's Gunsmoke.. Robert J. Wilke in a 1960 episode of Bonanza. Wilke played a hired gun in The Far Country (1954) and continued to work steadily in films and television over the next 20 years. More Western credits followed in Man of the West (1958) and numerous lesser-known films.

  2. Robert J. Wilke. Actor: The Magnificent Seven. 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 ...

  3. Robert J. Wilke. Actor: The Magnificent Seven. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Jul 22, 2022 · Top heavy . One of my favorite Western heavies of all was Robert J Wilke (1914 – 1989). As henchman he ranks right up there with greats like Leo Gordon, Jack Elam, Lee Van Cleef and Bruce Dern (to name but a few of the baddest).

  6. Apr 1, 1989 · Robert J. Wilke, the mean, shifty-eyed villain in scores of films, including a memorable performance as one of four gunslingers seeking vengeance against Gary Cooper in “High Noon,” is dead.

  7. May 18, 2014 · 3.1K. Robert J. Wilke’s name may not ring a bell, but chances are good you’ve enjoyed watching him get arrested, beaten up or worse. For 45 years Wilke, who would have turned 100 today, was ...

  8. - James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson (1987) ... Madden (clip from The Far Country (1954 (uncredited)

  9. Actor Robert J. Wilke, born on May 18, 1914 and died on Mar 28, 1989 starred in High Noon, From Here to Eternity, Spartacus, Written on the Wind, The Vagabond King, San Francisco, San Quentin, Buck Privates Come Home, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Great Stagecoach Robbery

  10. Nov 3, 2017 · Robert J. Wilke was a prolific American film and television actor. He appeared in nearly 300 movies and television shows during a career spanning 35 years, sometimes working as a stuntman.

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