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Robert Armstrong was an American film and television actor remembered for his role as Carl Denham in the 1933 version of King Kong by RKO Pictures. He uttered the famous exit quote, "'it wasn't the airplanes, T'was beauty killed the beast," at the film's end.
Birth Name
Robert William Armstrong
Born
Thursday, 20 November 1890
Died
Friday, 20 April 1973
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| J. Edgar | Jeff McCord in G-Men | 2011 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Carl Denham | 2007 |
| I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper | Carl Denham | 2005 |
| Universal Horror | (archive footage) | 1998 |
| For Those Who Think Young | Norman Armstrong - Cronin's Business Associate / Norman Armstrong | 1964 |
| Redigo | Pat Royal | 1963 |
| Johnny Cool | Gang Member / Underworld Leader | 1963 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Captain Charles Faulkner | 1962 |
| The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Inspector Gunnison | 1960 |
| The Alaskans | John Coleman | 1959 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| J. Edgar | Jeff McCord in G-Men | 2011 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Carl Denham | 2007 |
| I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper | Carl Denham | 2005 |
| Universal Horror | (archive footage) | 1998 |
| For Those Who Think Young | Norman Armstrong - Cronin's Business Associate / Norman Armstrong | 1964 |
| Redigo | Pat Royal | 1963 |
| Johnny Cool | Gang Member / Underworld Leader | 1963 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Captain Charles Faulkner | 1962 |
| The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Inspector Gunnison | 1960 |
| The Alaskans | John Coleman | 1959 |
| Lock Up | Sam Ellender | 1959 |
| Laramie | Sheriff | 1959 |
| Riverboat | Sheriff | 1959 |
| The Deputy | Constable Emmanuel Dobbs | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Cal Stone | 1959 |
| Girl with an Itch | Ben Cooper | 1958 |
| Cimarron City | Josh Matthews | 1958 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Pop Bateman | 1958 |
| Man with a Camera | Marty Delgado | 1958 |
| Lawman | Lacey Grant / Frank Fenway | 1958 |
| Bronco | Marshal Herbert Coles | 1958 |
| The Crooked Circle | Al Taylor | 1957 |
| Colt .45 | Jud Bowlus | 1957 |
| 26 Men | J.C. Vallon / Tom Marlin | 1957 |
| Trackdown | Sheriff Croft | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Walter Haskell / Phil Jenks / Jimmy West / Capt. Bancroft | 1957 |
| M Squad | Otto Penick | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Roy Daniels | 1957 |
| Sugarfoot | Big Bill Carmody | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Sidney Carter | 1957 |
| The Adventures of McGraw | Sheriff Andy Plummer | 1957 |
| Code 3 | Lt. Morse / Capt. Morse | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Jess Walden / Red Willis | 1957 |
| The Peacemaker | Sheriff Ben Seale | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Sheriff Dan Walker | 1956 |
| Dr. Christian | Larsen | 1956 |
| Broken Arrow | Inspector Higgins | 1956 |
| State Trooper | Sheriff Andy Anderson | 1956 |
| Camera Three | Vardamen | 1956 |
| Crossroads | Casey / Gatch / Orville Jackson | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Pop | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Doc Buckles / Saloonkeeper | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Marshall Len Merrick | 1955 |
| Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre | Sheriff | 1955 |
| Double Jeopardy | Sam Baggott | 1955 |
| Gang Busters | Det. Tim Nolan | 1955 |
| Las Vegas Shakedown | Doc | 1955 |
| Damon Runyon Theater | O'Rourke | 1955 |
| Soldiers of Fortune | Sacaree | 1955 |
| Climax! | John Piersall / Barney Farrell | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Woody Woodruff / Pvt. Jeb Watkins / Grandpa Soames / Dowd | 1954 |
| Lassie | Oliver | 1954 |
| Adventures of the Falcon | George Grinley / Barry Lang | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Father Dunn | 1954 |
| Waterfront | Clem Bartlett / Tom Henderson | 1954 |
| The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Gus Brennar | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Kennedy / Walt Bevans | 1953 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Fire Chief | 1952 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
| The Pace That Thrills | J.C. Barton | 1952 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Jay Calliston | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Lt. Flanagan | 1951 |
| The First Hundred Years | Mr. Martin | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Dr. Hoffman | 1950 |
| Armstrong Circle Theatre | Harry Parker | 1950 |
| Destination Big House | Ed Somers | 1950 |
| Captain China | Keegan | 1950 |
| Sons of New Mexico | Pat Feeney | 1949 |
| Mighty Joe Young | Max O'Hara | 1949 |
| Streets of San Francisco | Willard Logan | 1949 |
| The Crime Doctor's Diary | George 'Goldie' Harrigan | 1949 |
| The Lucky Stiff | Insp. Von Flanagan | 1949 |
| The Paleface | Terris | 1948 |
| Return of the Bad Men | Wild Bill Doolin | 1948 |
| The Fugitive | A Sergeant of Police / Police sergeant | 1947 |
| Exposed | Inspector Prentice / Insp. Prentice | 1947 |
| Fall Guy | Mac McLaine | 1947 |
| The Sea of Grass | Floyd McCurtin | 1947 |
| Criminal Court | Vic Wright | 1946 |
| Decoy | Frankie Olins / Frank Olins | 1946 |
| G.I. War Brides | Dawson | 1946 |
| Blonde Alibi | Williams / Police Detective Williams | 1946 |
| Gay Blades | McManus | 1946 |
| The Royal Mounted Rides Again | Jonathan Price | 1945 |
| Arson Squad | Fire Capt. Joe Dugan | 1945 |
| The Falcon in San Francisco | De Forrest Marshall / Duke Monet | 1945 |
| Gangs of the Waterfront | Peter Winkly and Dutch Malone / Peter Winkley / John 'Dutch' Malone | 1945 |
| Blood on the Sun | Col. Hideki Tojo / Col Hideki Tojo | 1945 |
| Belle of the Yukon | George | 1944 |
| Mr. Winkle Goes to War | Joe Tinker | 1944 |
| The Navy Way | CPO Harper | 1944 |
| Action in Arabia | Matthew Reed | 1944 |
| Around the World | General | 1943 |
| The Mad Ghoul | Ken McClure / 'Scoop' McClure | 1943 |
| The Kansan | Malachy | 1943 |
| Adventures of the Flying Cadets | Arthur Galt | 1943 |
| Wings Over the Pacific | Pieter Van Bronk | 1943 |
| Baby Face Morgan | 'Doc' Rogers | 1942 |
| Let's Get Tough! | Pop Stevens | 1942 |
| My Favorite Spy | Harry Robinson | 1942 |
| It Happened in Flatbush | Danny Mitchell | 1942 |
| Gang Busters | Det. Tim Nolan | 1942 |
| Dive Bomber | Art Lyons | 1941 |
| Citadel of Crime | Cal Fullerton | 1941 |
| Sky Raiders | Lt. Ed Carey / Lieutenant Ed Carey | 1941 |
| Mr. Dynamite | Paul / Gunman | 1941 |
| San Francisco Docks | Father Cameron / Father Mike Cameron | 1940 |
| Meet the Fleet | CPO Bill Jennings | 1940 |
| Behind the News | Vic Archer | 1940 |
| The Bride Wore Crutches | Pete | 1940 |
| Service with the Colors | Sgt. Clicker / Sergeant Clicker | 1940 |
| Enemy Agent | Gordon | 1940 |
| Forgotten Girls | Grover Mullins | 1940 |
| Framed | Skippy | 1940 |
| Call a Messenger | Kirk Graham | 1939 |
| Flight at Midnight | Jim Brennan | 1939 |
| Winter Carnival | Tiger Reynolds | 1939 |
| Unmarried | Pins Streaver | 1939 |
| Man of Conquest | Jim Bowie | 1939 |
| The Flying Irishman | Joe Alden | 1939 |
| There Goes My Heart | Detective O'Brien | 1938 |
| The Night Hawk | Charlie McCormick | 1938 |
| She Loved a Fireman | Capt. Smokey Shannon / Smokey Shannon | 1937 |
| The Girl Said No | Jimmie Allen | 1937 |
| It Can't Last Forever | Al Tinker | 1937 |
| Three Legionnaires | Sgt. Chuck Connors | 1937 |
| Nobody's Baby | Scoops Hanford | 1937 |
| Without Orders | Wad. Madison / 'Wad' Madison | 1936 |
| All American Chump | Bill Hogan | 1936 |
| Public Enemy's Wife | Gene Ferguson | 1936 |
| The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | 1936 | |
| Dangerous Waters | 'Dusty' Johnson | 1936 |
| Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935 |
| Pirate Party on Catalina Isle | Performer | 1935 |
| Remember Last Night? | Fred Flannagan | 1935 |
| Little Big Shot | Steve / Steve Craig | 1935 |
| 'G' Men | Jeff McCord | 1935 |
| Sweet Music | 'Dopey' Malone / Dopey Malone | 1935 |
| Gigolette | Chuck Ahearn | 1935 |
| The Mystery Man | Larry Doyle | 1935 |
| Flirting with Danger | Bob Owens | 1934 |
| Kansas City Princess | Dynamite 'Dynie' Carson / Dynamite Carson | 1934 |
| The Hell Cat | Dan Collins | 1934 |
| Manhattan Love Song | Tom Williams | 1934 |
| She Made Her Bed | 'Duke' Gordon | 1934 |
| Search for Beauty | Larry Williams | 1934 |
| Palooka | Pete Palooka | 1934 |
| Son of Kong | Carl Denham | 1933 |
| Above the Clouds | Scoop Adams | 1933 |
| Blind Adventure | Richard Bruce | 1933 |
| I Love That Man | Driller | 1933 |
| King Kong | Carl Denham | 1933 |
| Fast Workers | Bucker Reilly | 1933 |
| The Billion Dollar Scandal | Fingers Partos / Frank "Fingers" Partos | 1933 |
| Penguin Pool Murder | Barry Costello | 1932 |
| Hold 'Em Jail | The Radio Announcer / Sports Announcer Inmate | 1932 |
| The Most Dangerous Game | Martin / Martin Trowbridge | 1932 |
| Is My Face Red? | Ed Maloney | 1932 |
| Radio Patrol | Bill Kennedy | 1932 |
| The Lost Squadron | Lt. Woody Kerwood / Lt. 'Woody' Curwood | 1932 |
| Panama Flo | Babe Dillon | 1932 |
| Suicide Fleet | Dutch | 1931 |
| The Tip-Off | Kayo McClure | 1931 |
| Ex-Bad Boy | Chester Binney | 1931 |
| Iron Man | George Regan | 1931 |
| Paid | Joe Garson | 1930 |
| Danger Lights | Larry Doyle | 1930 |
| Dumbbells in Ermine | Jerry Malone | 1930 |
| Be Yourself! | Jerry Moore | 1930 |
| The Racketeer | Mahlon Keane | 1929 |
| Oh, Yeah? | Dude Cowan | 1929 |
| Big News | Steve Banks | 1929 |
| The Woman from Hell | Alf | 1929 |
| The Leatherneck | Joseph Hanlon | 1929 |
| The Shady Lady | Blake | 1929 |
| Ned McCobb's Daughter | Babe Callahan | 1928 |
| Show Folks | Owens - Promoter | 1928 |
| The Baby Cyclone | Gene | 1928 |
| The Cop | Scarface Marcas | 1928 |
| Square Crooks | Eddie Ellison | 1928 |
| A Girl in Every Port | Bill / Salami | 1928 |
| The Leopard Lady | Chris | 1928 |
| The Main Event | Red Lucas | 1927 |
