Monday 24 January 2011

R. G. Armstrong facts and trivia

  • iRobert Golden Armstrong (best known as R. G. Armstrong)) is an American actor.
  • Armstrong has appeared in dozens of Westerns over the course of his 40-year career.
  • R. G. Armstrong was born on April 7, 1917 in Pleasant Grove, Alabama.
  • Armstrong is 6' 3" (1.91 m) tall.
  • Astrological sign: Aries. 
  • Nickname: Bob.
  • Armstrong guest-starred in virtually every TV Western produced in the 1950s and 1960s, including: Californians, Have Gun - Will Travel, Bonanza, Zane Grey Theater, The Big Valley, The Westerner, The Rifleman, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Rawhide, Maverick, Gunsmoke and Wagon Train.
  • Despite being typecast as gruff and violent characters throughout his career, Armstrong is well known for having a warm and affable personality offscreen.
  • R. G. has a masters' degree in English from the University of North Carolina .
  • R. G. Armstrong has been married 3 times.
  • His last film appearance was in the TV movie Purgatory (1999).

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