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R Armstrong

  • Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama
  • Birthday: April 17, 1917

Coarse, burly, prolific character player, who since his big screen debut in 1954, has appeared in over 57 features in bit and supporting roles, mostly in the action or Western genres. On-screen, Armstrong has worked with such notable directors as Sidney Lumet ("The Fugitive Kind", 1960), Sam Peckinpah ("Ride the High Country", 1962), Bob Rafelson ("Stay Hungry", 1975), Jack Nicholson ("Goin' South", 1978), Warren Beatty ("Dick Tracy", 1990), Howard Hawks ("El Dorado", 1987), Martin Ritt ("The Great White Hope", 1970), and Wim Wenders ("Hammett"…more

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Career Milestones

  • 1988

    Debut in a TV miniseries, "War and Remembrance"

  • 1978

    First of seven appearances in Steve Carver directed features, "Fast Charlie - The Moonbeam Rider"

  • 1978

    First of three appearances in Warren Beatty directed features, "Heaven Can Wait"

  • 1972

    TV-movie debut, "Hec Ramsey"

  • 1962

    First of three appearances in Sam Peckinpah directed features, "Ride the High Country"

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