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
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
⭐ 7High Noon
⭐ 7.7Spartacus
⭐ 7.545Flaming Fury
⭐ 0Night Passage
⭐ 6.261Tony Rome
⭐ 6.302The Las Vegas Story
⭐ 5.8Hitchhike to Happiness
⭐ 5The Magnificent Stranger
⭐ 6.7Man of the West
⭐ 6.5Arrowhead
⭐ 5.9Backlash
⭐ 6.345The Tarnished Angels
⭐ 6.6Cowboy and the Senorita
⭐ 5The Far Country
⭐ 6.8Written on the Wind
⭐ 6.921The Ghost Goes Wild
⭐ 5A Gunfight
⭐ 5.8The Rookies
⭐ 6The Inner Circle
⭐ 5.2Bandits of the Badlands
⭐ 3.5The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
⭐ 5.6Santee
⭐ 5.3Gun the Man Down
⭐ 6.3Hot Summer Night
⭐ 5.6Fate Is the Hunter
⭐ 6.4The Lone Ranger
⭐ 6.1The Fighting Devil Dogs
⭐ 6The Gun Hawk
⭐ 4Homicide for Three
⭐ 5War Paint
⭐ 5.5Best of the Badmen
⭐ 6.5San Quentin
⭐ 6.5Canyon River
⭐ 6.4San Antonio Kid
⭐ 0Cattle Town
⭐ 6.7Return to Warbow
⭐ 5.8Hellgate
⭐ 6.7Never Steal Anything Small
⭐ 8The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
⭐ 5.4The Slowest Gun in the West
⭐ 2Code of the Prairie
⭐ 0Hidden Valley Outlaws
⭐ 0Daredevils of the Clouds
⭐ 6Overland Telegraph
⭐ 6.7Cow Country
⭐ 4.4From Here to Eternity
⭐ 7.3Smoke Signal
⭐ 6.7Smoky
⭐ 5.5Daredevils of the Red Circle
⭐ 5.5That Man's Here Again
⭐ 5Star Reporter
⭐ 3.9Vigilantes of Dodge City
⭐ 0Corpus Christi Bandits
⭐ 0Sheriff of Cimarron
⭐ 6Road Agent
⭐ 5.5Frontier Outpost
⭐ 0They Call It Murder
⭐ 6.5The Magnificent Seven
⭐ 7.5Two Guns and a Badge
⭐ 0Santa Fe Saddlemates
⭐ 5Sierra Sue
⭐ 0The Desperate Mission
⭐ 4.5The Long Rope
⭐ 5Days of Heaven
⭐ 7.5Saddle Legion
⭐ 6.3Adventures of Red Ryder
⭐ 5.5Bordertown Trail
⭐ 0Call of the Rockies
⭐ 6Gunplay
⭐ 6.2Pistol Harvest
⭐ 5.2Hot Lead
⭐ 6.3Cyclone Fury
⭐ 5The Cheyenne Social Club
⭐ 6.4In Old Missouri
⭐ 5.5Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
⭐ 5.7Strange Lady in Town
⭐ 4.5Wyoming Roundup
⭐ 6In Old Monterey
⭐ 5.3Grand Ole Opry
⭐ 7Twilight on the Rio Grande
⭐ 2.5Web of Danger
⭐ 4.8Blackmail
⭐ 4Traffic in Crime
⭐ 6The Catman of Paris
⭐ 5.5Passkey to Danger
⭐ 0Earl Carroll Vanities
⭐ 5Faces in the Fog
⭐ 3The Fighting Seabees
⭐ 6.2The Wyoming Bandit
⭐ 4Coyote Canyon
⭐ 0Across the Badlands
⭐ 0Outcasts of Black Mesa
⭐ 0The Desert Hawk
⭐ 5.1Fargo
⭐ 6.5The Maverick
⭐ 0The Hallelujah Trail
⭐ 6Law of the Canyon
⭐ 0Sheriff of Sundown
⭐ 0Rough Riders of Cheyenne
⭐ 0Sunset in El Dorado
⭐ 4.2Trail of Kit Carson
⭐ 0Carson City Raiders
⭐ 0The Rawhide Years
⭐ 5.5The Lone Gun
⭐ 5.3Wichita
⭐ 6.2Shotgun
⭐ 5.2Raw Edge
⭐ 5.8S.O.S Tidal Wave
⭐ 5.7Rendezvous with Annie
⭐ 6Whispering Footsteps
⭐ 5.3The Sweet Creek County War
⭐ 0James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
⭐ 6Badman's Territory
⭐ 5.8Buck Privates Come Home
⭐ 6.3White Tie and Tails
⭐ 7Shock Treatment
⭐ 6.714Laramie
⭐ 6.5Stripes
⭐ 6.548Wild and Wooly
⭐ 4Vengeance Valley
⭐ 5.3Mule Train
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