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 wa ... s 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. -
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Organization | Category | Movie |
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The Legend of Jesse James
as Marshal Sam Corbett
Episodes: 34
First Aired: Sep 13, 1965
Zorro
as Capt. Salvador Mendoza
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Oct 10, 1957
Tarzan
as Spooner
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 08, 1966
Sam Benedict
as Lt. Mike Radich
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 15, 1962
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Jed - Outlaw
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 27, 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Ben Tilton
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 27, 1954
The Untouchables
as George 'Bugs' Moran
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 15, 1959
Cheyenne
as Bob Manson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1955
Kung Fu
as Sgt. Bridger
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 14, 1972
Gunsmoke
as Hickock
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Perry Mason
as Deputy Sheriff Connors
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Dallas
as Tom Owens
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 02, 1978
Lassie
as Mr. Corey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1954
The Tall Man
as Marshal Ben Hartley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1960
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Lou Sirotta
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1963
The Beachcomber
as Bill Winters
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 20, 1962
Rawhide
as Sheriff McVey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1959
Daniel Boone
as Toff
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1964
The Fugitive
as Johnny
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1963
The Virginian
as Conrad
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Red Fischer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
Adventures of Superman
as Bingham
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1952
Adventures in Paradise
as Riker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1959
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Virgil
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 06, 1958
Bat Masterson
as Bull Kirby
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 08, 1958
Law of the Plainsman
as Amos Cameron
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1959
Riverboat
as Bolesy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1959
Cheyenne
as Carl Banner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1955
Cheyenne
as Kelso Prather
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1955
Cheyenne
as Jed Begert
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1955
Cheyenne
as Ben Creed
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1955
The Walter Winchell File
as Fisher
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1957
The Third Man
as Vince Gabriel
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1959
Maverick
as McCabe
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1957
The Gene Autry Show
as Henchman Cody
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 23, 1950
Stagecoach West
as Taylor Norman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1960
The Gene Autry Show
as Charlie Bolton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 23, 1950
Lawman
as Marshal Tom Haddon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1958
The Lone Ranger
as Henchman (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1949
The Texan
as Marshal Bart Pennock
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1958
Riverboat
as Red Dog Hanlon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1959
Rawhide
as Tom Galt
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1959
Rawhide
as Lafe Thomas
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1959
Bonanza
as Charlie Sheppard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
Gunsmoke
as Pitt
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Pegger
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Tom
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
The Virginian
as Colton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Gunsmoke
as Ab Rankin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Kelby
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Luke Cumberledge
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
The Lucy Show
as Tom Carter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
Four Star Playhouse
as George
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1952
Four Star Playhouse
as Ben Crane
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1952
Daniel Boone
as Fryman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1964
Daniel Boone
as Jake Manning
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1964
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Ben Hooker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 06, 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Jack Radovitch
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 06, 1958
The Beachcomber
as Jason Despol
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 20, 1962
Bat Masterson
as Rod Clements
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 08, 1958
Maverick
as Diamond Dan Malone
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1957
Bonanza
as Al Simmons
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
77 Sunset Strip
as Vern Reece
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1958
Bonanza
as Sheriff Claude T. Booker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
Wagon Train
as Sgt. Wick
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1957
The Gene Autry Show
as Monte - Henchman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 23, 1950
The Deputy
as Ace Gentry
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
Wagon Train
as Wesley Thomas
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Will Tybee
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1957
Tombstone Territory
as Burt Foster
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 16, 1957
The Gene Autry Show
as Henchman in Plaid Shirt
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 23, 1950
The Westerner
as Murdo
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1960
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Mike Brodie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 05, 1952
Wagon Train
as Col. Thomas Stone
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1957
Tombstone Territory
as Jess Caulfield
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 16, 1957
The Cisco Kid
as Judd Storme
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 05, 1950
The Cisco Kid
as Henchman Vic
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 05, 1950
The Cisco Kid
as Barney
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 05, 1950
How the West Was Won
as Appleton
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 06, 1977
Starsky & Hutch
as Mac Johnson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1975
The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Sheriff Dan Butler
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
as Tom Judd
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1967
The Wild Wild West
as Maj. Gen. Titus Ord Baldwin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1965
My Three Sons
as Danny Donnigan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1960
Bonanza
as Brazos
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
Bonanza
as Marshal Hollister
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1959
The Untouchables
as Dutch Schultz
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 15, 1959
The Texan
as Sheriff Tip Latta
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1958
The Texan
as Pete Torrey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1958
The Texan
as Asa Kirby
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1958
Lawman
as Fallon - Bounty Hunter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1958
Lawman
as Lal Hoard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1958
The Rifleman
as Flory Sheltin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1958
The Rifleman
as Ward Haskins
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1958
Wagon Train
as Jabez Moore
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Casey Bryan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Walt DeVries
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Trail Boss Rook
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Maj. Blake
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1957
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Zecca
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1955
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Whitey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
The Adventures of Boston Blackie
as Edgar
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
Bourbon Street Beat
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 05, 1959
Cimarron Strip
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 07, 1967
Run, Joe, Run
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 07, 1974
The Monroes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 07, 1966
Outlaws
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1960
Target: The Corruptors!
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1961
The Outcasts
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1968
Lancer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1968
Peter Gunn
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1958
The Thin Man
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1957
Bronco
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1958
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 07, 1956
The Dakotas
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 07, 1963
Laramie
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1959
Wichita Town
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1959
Cavalcade of America
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1952
Rango
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 13, 1967
Popularity History
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2024 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 8 |
2024 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 10 |
2024 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 6 |
2024 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 3 |
2024 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 4 |
2024 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
2024 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 3 |
2025 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 6 |
2025 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 1 |
2025 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2025 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 0 |