Robert J. Wilke

Robert J. Wilke

Acting
Born 1914-05-18 - Died 1989-03-28Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Biography

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. -

Movies (124)

The Magnificent Seven
7.5

The Magnificent Seven

1960Movie7.5
High Noon
7.7

High Noon

1952Movie7.7
Spartacus
7.5

Spartacus

1960Movie7.5
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
7.1

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1954Movie7.1
Stripes
6.6

Stripes

1981Movie6.6
From Here to Eternity
7.3

From Here to Eternity

1953Movie7.3
Days of Heaven
7.5

Days of Heaven

1978Movie7.5
The Far Country
6.9

The Far Country

1954Movie6.9
Man of the West
6.6

Man of the West

1958Movie6.6
War Paint
5.6

War Paint

1953Movie5.6
The Desert Hawk
5.4

The Desert Hawk

1950Movie5.4
Written on the Wind
7.0

Written on the Wind

1956Movie7.0
The Lone Gun
5.6

The Lone Gun

1954Movie5.6
The Fighting Seabees
6.2

The Fighting Seabees

1944Movie6.2
The Hallelujah Trail
6.1

The Hallelujah Trail

1965Movie6.1
The Lone Ranger
6.2

The Lone Ranger

1956Movie6.2
Raw Edge
6.3

Raw Edge

1956Movie6.3
Fate Is the Hunter
6.5

Fate Is the Hunter

1964Movie6.5
Vengeance Valley
5.4

Vengeance Valley

1951Movie5.4
Arrowhead
6.1

Arrowhead

1953Movie6.1
Night Passage
6.5

Night Passage

1957Movie6.5
Buck Privates Come Home
6.4

Buck Privates Come Home

1947Movie6.4
Wichita
6.3

Wichita

1955Movie6.3
The Tarnished Angels
6.8

The Tarnished Angels

1957Movie6.8
Canyon River
6.5

Canyon River

1956Movie6.5
A Gunfight
5.8

A Gunfight

1971Movie5.8
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
6.5

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987Movie6.5
Best of the Badmen
6.5

Best of the Badmen

1951Movie6.5
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
6.8

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

1941Movie6.8
The Rawhide Years
5.6

The Rawhide Years

1956Movie5.6
S.O.S Tidal Wave
6.8

S.O.S Tidal Wave

1939Movie6.8
Strange Lady in Town
4.9

Strange Lady in Town

1955Movie4.9
Tony Rome
6.4

Tony Rome

1967Movie6.4
Passkey to Danger
8.0

Passkey to Danger

1946Movie8.0
Call of the Rockies
6.3

Call of the Rockies

1944Movie6.3
The Cheyenne Social Club
6.3

The Cheyenne Social Club

1970Movie6.3
Whispering Footsteps
5.3

Whispering Footsteps

1943Movie5.3
The Las Vegas Story
6.0

The Las Vegas Story

1952Movie6.0
Badman's Territory
6.3

Badman's Territory

1946Movie6.3
The Fighting Devil Dogs
6.8

The Fighting Devil Dogs

1938Movie6.8
Wyoming Roundup
6.5

Wyoming Roundup

1952Movie6.5
Backlash
6.5

Backlash

1956Movie6.5
Rendezvous with Annie
7.0

Rendezvous with Annie

1946Movie7.0
In Old Monterey
6.3

In Old Monterey

1939Movie6.3
Smoke Signal
6.9

Smoke Signal

1955Movie6.9
Sunset in El Dorado
5.7

Sunset in El Dorado

1945Movie5.7
Mule Train
6.0

Mule Train

1950Movie6.0
Shotgun
5.6

Shotgun

1955Movie5.6
The Long Rope
6.2

The Long Rope

1961Movie6.2
Sheriff of Cimarron
8.0

Sheriff of Cimarron

1945Movie8.0
Earl Carroll Vanities
5.4

Earl Carroll Vanities

1945Movie5.4
The Magnificent Stranger
7.0

The Magnificent Stranger

1966Movie7.0
Daredevils of the Clouds
6.5

Daredevils of the Clouds

1948Movie6.5
Hellgate
6.7

Hellgate

1952Movie6.7
Gun the Man Down
6.5

Gun the Man Down

1956Movie6.5
Star Reporter
3.9

Star Reporter

1939Movie3.9
The Rookies
7.0

The Rookies

1972Movie7.0
Sierra Sue
7.0

Sierra Sue

1941Movie7.0
Road Agent
7.0

Road Agent

1952Movie7.0
Saddle Legion
6.8

Saddle Legion

1951Movie6.8
Twilight on the Rio Grande
3.1

Twilight on the Rio Grande

1947Movie3.1
The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
5.9

The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler

1971Movie5.9
Never Steal Anything Small
8.2

Never Steal Anything Small

1959Movie8.2
Santee
5.5

Santee

1973Movie5.5
Daredevils of the Red Circle
4.8

Daredevils of the Red Circle

1939Movie4.8
The Desperate Mission
4.6

The Desperate Mission

1969Movie4.6
Corpus Christi Bandits
9.0

Corpus Christi Bandits

1945Movie9.0
Adventures of Red Ryder
6.7

Adventures of Red Ryder

1940Movie6.7
Hot Summer Night
5.7

Hot Summer Night

1957Movie5.7
Laramie
6.8

Laramie

1949Movie6.8
The Slowest Gun in the West
4.5

The Slowest Gun in the West

1960Movie4.5
The Gun Hawk
5.1

The Gun Hawk

1963Movie5.1
San Quentin
6.7

San Quentin

1937Movie6.7
Pistol Harvest
6.5

Pistol Harvest

1951Movie6.5
Faces in the Fog
4.3

Faces in the Fog

1944Movie4.3
Hitchhike to Happiness
7.0

Hitchhike to Happiness

1945Movie7.0
Bordertown Trail
9.0

Bordertown Trail

1944Movie9.0
Shock Treatment
6.8

Shock Treatment

1964Movie6.8
Fargo
6.6

Fargo

1952Movie6.6
Return to Warbow
5.9

Return to Warbow

1958Movie5.9
The Inner Circle
5.7

The Inner Circle

1946Movie5.7
They Call It Murder
6.3

They Call It Murder

1971Movie6.3
Santa Fe Saddlemates
6.7

Santa Fe Saddlemates

1945Movie6.7
White Tie and Tails
7.3

White Tie and Tails

1946Movie7.3
Two Guns and a Badge
10.0

Two Guns and a Badge

1954Movie10.0
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
5.8

The Boy Who Cried Werewolf

1973Movie5.8
The Blonde Bandit
6.2

The Blonde Bandit

1949Movie6.2
Hot Lead
6.8

Hot Lead

1951Movie6.8
Homicide for Three
5.7

Homicide for Three

1948Movie5.7
That Man's Here Again
7.0

That Man's Here Again

1937Movie7.0
Code of the Prairie
7.0

Code of the Prairie

1944Movie7.0
Web of Danger
5.5

Web of Danger

1947Movie5.5
Cow Country
4.6

Cow Country

1953Movie4.6
Wild and Wooly
7.0

Wild and Wooly

1978Movie7.0
Cattle Town
7.6

Cattle Town

1952Movie7.6
Hidden Valley Outlaws
8.0

Hidden Valley Outlaws

1944Movie8.0
San Antonio Kid
8.0

San Antonio Kid

1944Movie8.0
Traffic in Crime
6.0

Traffic in Crime

1946Movie6.0
The Wyoming Bandit
6.5

The Wyoming Bandit

1949Movie6.5
Vigilantes of Dodge City
8.0

Vigilantes of Dodge City

1944Movie8.0
Overland Telegraph
7.0

Overland Telegraph

1951Movie7.0
Trail of Kit Carson
7.0

Trail of Kit Carson

1945Movie7.0
The Sweet Creek County War
6.5

The Sweet Creek County War

1979Movie6.5
Cowboy and the Senorita
5.8

Cowboy and the Senorita

1944Movie5.8
Carson City Raiders
8.0

Carson City Raiders

1948Movie8.0
The Maverick
9.0

The Maverick

1952Movie9.0
Cyclone Fury
6.0

Cyclone Fury

1951Movie6.0
Frontier Outpost
7.0

Frontier Outpost

1950Movie7.0
Grand Ole Opry
7.5

Grand Ole Opry

1940Movie7.5
Blackmail
4.2

Blackmail

1947Movie4.2
Gunplay
7.0

Gunplay

1951Movie7.0
Smoky
6.7

Smoky

1966Movie6.7
The Catman of Paris
5.6

The Catman of Paris

1946Movie5.6
Law of the Canyon
7.0

Law of the Canyon

1947Movie7.0
The Ghost Goes Wild
6.0

The Ghost Goes Wild

1947Movie6.0
Across the Badlands
7.0

Across the Badlands

1950Movie7.0
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
7.0

Rough Riders of Cheyenne

1945Movie7.0
Outcasts of Black Mesa
9.0

Outcasts of Black Mesa

1950Movie9.0
Sheriff of Sundown
9.0

Sheriff of Sundown

1944Movie9.0
Bandits of the Badlands
4.6

Bandits of the Badlands

1945Movie4.6
Flaming Fury
7.0

Flaming Fury

1949Movie7.0
Lone Texas Ranger
6.7

Lone Texas Ranger

1945Movie6.7
Coyote Canyon
10.0

Coyote Canyon

1949Movie10.0
In Old Missouri
6.8

In Old Missouri

1940Movie6.8

TV Shows (70)

Perry Mason
7.7

Perry Mason

1957Series7.7
Lassie
6.3

Lassie

1954Series6.3
Dallas
6.9

Dallas

1978Series6.9
Bonanza
7.5

Bonanza

1959Series7.5
The Rifleman
7.1

The Rifleman

1958Series7.1
Wagon Train
6.6

Wagon Train

1957Series6.6
The Lucy Show
7.0

The Lucy Show

1962Series7.0
The Wild Wild West
7.5

The Wild Wild West

1965Series7.5
The Fugitive
7.3

The Fugitive

1963Series7.3
Maverick
7.0

Maverick

1957Series7.0
The Virginian
6.5

The Virginian

1962Series6.5
Peter Gunn
6.6

Peter Gunn

1958Series6.6
The Untouchables
8.0

The Untouchables

1959Series8.0
Starsky & Hutch
7.3

Starsky & Hutch

1975Series7.3
Cheyenne
6.2

Cheyenne

1955Series6.2
Have Gun, Will Travel
7.3

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957Series7.3
Rawhide
7.2

Rawhide

1959Series7.2
Daniel Boone
7.0

Daniel Boone

1964Series7.0
Gunsmoke
6.7

Gunsmoke

1955Series6.7
My Three Sons
6.6

My Three Sons

1960Series6.6
Lawman
6.0

Lawman

1958Series6.0
Zorro
7.6

Zorro

1957Series7.6
Four Star Playhouse
6.8

Four Star Playhouse

1952Series6.8
Tarzan
6.9

Tarzan

1966Series6.9
Adventures of Superman
6.7

Adventures of Superman

1952Series6.7
The Lone Ranger
6.8

The Lone Ranger

1949Series6.8
Bat Masterson
6.4

Bat Masterson

1958Series6.4
Wanted: Dead or Alive
7.0

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958Series7.0
The Abbott and Costello Show
7.2

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952Series7.2
77 Sunset Strip
7.2

77 Sunset Strip

1958Series7.2
Tombstone Territory
6.9

Tombstone Territory

1957Series6.9
The Texan
6.0

The Texan

1958Series6.0
Laramie
6.7

Laramie

1959Series6.7
The Deputy
6.5

The Deputy

1959Series6.5
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
5.3

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956Series5.3
Adventures in Paradise
6.1

Adventures in Paradise

1959Series6.1
Law of the Plainsman
7.3

Law of the Plainsman

1959Series7.3
Bronco
6.0

Bronco

1958Series6.0
The Guns of Will Sonnett
6.5

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967Series6.5
Lancer
5.6

Lancer

1968Series5.6
Outlaws
6.7

Outlaws

1960Series6.7
Bourbon Street Beat
6.0

Bourbon Street Beat

1959Series6.0
Riverboat
6.5

Riverboat

1959Series6.5
The Cisco Kid
6.2

The Cisco Kid

1950Series6.2
Sam Benedict
6.7

Sam Benedict

1962Series6.7
The Thin Man
7.6

The Thin Man

1957Series7.6
The Gene Autry Show
4.7

The Gene Autry Show

1950Series4.7
The Tall Man
6.9

The Tall Man

1960Series6.9
Cimarron Strip
5.7

Cimarron Strip

1967Series5.7
How the West Was Won
7.0

How the West Was Won

1977Series7.0
The Third Man
7.2

The Third Man

1959Series7.2
Cavalcade of America
4.6

Cavalcade of America

1952Series4.6
The Wonderful World of Disney
7.9

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954Series7.9
Stagecoach West
6.7

Stagecoach West

1960Series6.7
Screen Director's Playhouse
7.0

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955Series7.0
The Greatest Show on Earth
7.5

The Greatest Show on Earth

1963Series7.5
Boston Blackie
4.0

Boston Blackie

1951Series4.0
The Legend of Jesse James
5.8

The Legend of Jesse James

1965Series5.8
The Dakotas
6.5

The Dakotas

1963Series6.5
Target: The Corruptors!
5.7

Target: The Corruptors!

1961Series5.7
The Monroes
6.8

The Monroes

1966Series6.8
Wichita Town
4.9

Wichita Town

1959Series4.9
Run, Joe, Run
6.7

Run, Joe, Run

1974Series6.7
The Walter Winchell File
7.5

The Walter Winchell File

1957Series7.5
The Westerner
7.0

The Westerner

1960Series7.0
The Beachcomber
9.0

The Beachcomber

1962Series9.0
The Outcasts
6.5

The Outcasts

1968Series6.5
Rango

Rango

1967Series
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951Series7.2
Kung Fu
7.7

Kung Fu

1972Series7.7