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Robert J. Wilke
Sign in to saveAlso known as Robert Wilke, Bob Wilkie, Robert Joseph Wilke
American actor (1914-1989)
Film & TV
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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…
Known for
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self (archive footage)1987
- Stripes — Gen. Barnicke1981
- The Sweet Creek County War1979
- Days of Heaven — The Farm Foreman1978
- Wild and Wooly — Demas Scott1978
- Dallas — Tom Owens1978
- How the West Was Won — Appleton1977
- Starsky & Hutch — Mac Johnson1975
- Run, Joe, Run1974
- The Boy Who Cried Werewolf — The Sheriff1973
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1965-07-31
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cincinnati
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- golfer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- adventure film
- Sport
- golf
- Image
- Robert J. Wilke in Bonanza (The Trail Gang).jpg
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- Commons category
- Robert J. Wilke
- date of birth
- 1914-05-18
- date of death
- 1989-03-28
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
- start of work period
- 1936-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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