Robert Armstrong

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-11-19 (83 years old)

Deathday

1973-04-20

Place of Birth

Saginaw, Michigan, USA

Robert Armstrong

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Armstrong (November 20, 1890 – April 20, 1973) was an American film actor best remembered for his role as Carl Denham in the 1933 version of King Kong by RKO Pictures. He uttered the famous exit quote, "'Twas beauty killed the beast," at the film's end. Months later, he starred as Carl Denham again in the sequel, Son of Kong, released the same year. In the late 1950s, Armstrong appeared as Sheriff Andy Anderson on Rod Cameron's syndicated western-themed television series, State Trooper. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Armstrong, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contribu...

Acting

1933

King Kong

as Carl Denham

1932

The Most Dangerous Game

as Martin Trowbridge

1946

Decoy

as Frank Olins

1935

'G' Men

as Jeff McCord

1955

Double Jeopardy

as Sam Baggott

1947

The Fugitive

as Police sergeant

1933

The Son of Kong

as Carl Denham

1946

Blonde Alibi

as Williams

1947

Fall Guy

as Mac McLaine

1944

1946

Criminal Court

as Vic Wright

1945

The Falcon in San Francisco

as Duke Monet / De Forrest Marshall

1949

Mighty Joe Young

as Max O'Hara

1941

Dive Bomber

as Art Lyons

1943

The Kansan

as Malachy

1948

The Paleface

as Terris

1928

Ned McCobb's Daughter

as Babe Callahan

1941

Mr. Dynamite

as Gunman

1929

Oh, Yeah!

as Dude Cowan

1936

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

as Nick Martel, Bookie

1935

Remember Last Night?

as Fred Flannagan

1943

The Mad Ghoul

as 'Scoop' McClure

1935

The Mystery Man

as Larry Doyle

1945

Blood on the Sun

as Col Hideki Tojo

1932

The Penguin Pool Murder

as Barry Costello

1949

The Crime Doctor's Diary

as George 'Goldie' Harrigan

1940

San Francisco Docks

as Father Cameron

1957

The Crooked Circle

as Al Taylor

1943

Wings Over the Pacific

as Pieter Van Bronk

1942

My Favorite Spy

as Harry Robinson

1944

Action in Arabia

as Matthew Reed

1944

The Navy Way

as CPO Harper

1929

The Racketeer

as Mahlon Keane

1942

Baby Face Morgan

as 'Doc' Rogers

1952

The Pace That Thrills

as J.C. Barton

1932

The Lost Squadron

as Lt. 'Woody' Curwood

1944

1935

Little Big Shot

as Steve Craig

1964

For Those Who Think Young

as Norman Armstrong

1932

Radio Patrol

as Bill Kennedy

1947

Exposed

as Insp. Prentice

1940

Framed

as Skippy

1928

A Girl in Every Port

as Bill / Salami

1949

Streets of San Francisco

as Willard Logan

1934

1931

The Tip-Off

as Kayo McClure

1945

Gangs of the Waterfront

as Peter Winkley / John 'Dutch' Malone

1950

1940

Forgotten Girls

as Grover Mullins

1949

The Lucky Stiff

as Insp. Von Flanagan

1929

Big News

as Steve Banks

1932

Panama Flo

as Babe Dillon

1928

The Cop

as Scarface Marcas

1934

Manhattan Love Song

as Tom Williams

1935

Sweet Music

as Dopey Malone

1958

Girl with an Itch

as Ben Cooper

1931

Danger Lights

as Larry Doyle

1948

Return of the Bad Men

as Wild Bill Doolin

1933

Blind Adventure

as Richard Bruce

1930

Be Yourself!

as Jerry Moore

1931

Iron Man

as George Regan

1936

Public Enemy's Wife

as Gene Ferguson

1937

Nobody's Baby

as Scoops Hanford

1930

Paid

as Joe Garson

1931

1934

Kansas City Princess

as Dynamite 'Dynie' Carson

1945

1940

Behind the News

as Vic Archer

1937

The Girl Said No

as Jimmie Allen

1930

Dumb-bells in Ermine

as Jerry Malone

1941

Sky Raiders

as Lieutenant Ed Carey

1939

Call a Messenger

as Kirk Graham

1939

1933

Fast Workers

as Bucker Reilly

1932

Is My Face Red?

as Ed Maloney

1937

She Loved a Fireman

as Smokey Shannon

1934

Search for Beauty

as Larry Williams

1938

The Night Hawk

as Charlie McCormick

1933

Above the Clouds

as Scoop Adams

1934

The Hell Cat

as Dan Collins

1931

Ex-Bad Boy

as Chester Binney

1927

The Main Event

as Red Lucas

1928

Show Folks

as Owens - Promoter

1934

Palooka

as Pete Palooka

1940

Meet the Fleet

as CPO Bill Jennings

1938

There Goes My Heart

as Detective O'Brien

1950

Captain China

as Keegan

1939

The Roaring Twenties

as Hatted Passerby Before Nightclub (uncredited)

1936

Without Orders

as Wad. Madison

1955

Gang Busters

as Det. Tim Nolan

1940

Service with the Colors

as Sergeant Clicker

1939

Flight at Midnight

as Jim Brennan

1933

I Love That Man

as Driller

1949

Sons of New Mexico

as Pat Feeney

1946

1941

Citadel of Crime

as Cal Fullerton

1937

Three Legionnaires

as Sgt. Chuck Connors

1939

Unmarried

as Pins Streaver

1932

Hold 'Em Jail

as Sports Announcer Inmate

1942

It Happened in Flatbush

as Danny Mitchell

1936

All American Chump

as Bill Hogan

1939

Man of Conquest

as Jim Bowie

1928

1940

Enemy Agent

as Gordon

1934

She Made Her Bed

as 'Duke' Gordon

1945

Arson Squad

as Fire Capt. Joe Dugan

1928

Celebrity

as Kid Reagan

1946

Gay Blades

as McManus

1939

Winter Carnival

as Tiger Reynolds

2005

The Lost Spider Pit Sequence

as Carl Denham (archive footage)

1937

1942

Gang Busters

as Det. Tim Nolan

1956

The Peacemaker

as Sheriff Ben Seale

1935

Gigolette

as Chuck Ahearn

1942

Let's Get Tough

as Pop Stevens

1943

1928

1963

Johnny Cool

as Underworld Leader

1929

The Leatherneck

as Joseph Hanlon

1933

The Billion Dollar Scandal

as Frank "Fingers" Partos

1936

Dangerous Waters

as 'Dusty' Johnson

1930

Big Money

as Ace

1947

The Sea of Grass

as Floyd McCurtin

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