Robert J. Wilke
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: May 18, 1914
Day of Death: March 28, 1989 (75 years old)
Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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. -
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Actor Police Officer Cummings (as Bob Wilke)
The Inner Circle
Actor The Catman
The Catman of Paris
Actor Police Sergeant
Passkey to Danger
Actor Hogan's Driver
Traffic in Crime
Actor MP (uncredited)
Rendezvous with Annie
Actor Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
Badman's Territory
Actor Starter (uncredited)
White Tie and Tails
1945
Actor Keller
Bandits of the Badlands
Actor Henchman Dobie
Sheriff of Cimarron
Actor Henchman Steve
Corpus Christi Bandits
Actor Cab Driver
Earl Carroll Vanities
Actor Rawhide
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Actor Smoke - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
Actor Dave MacRoy (as Bob Wilke)
Trail of Kit Carson
Actor Curley Roberts
Sunset in El Dorado
Actor Stage Hand (uncredited)
Hitchhike to Happiness
1944
Actor Townsman (uncredited)
Cowboy and the Senorita
Actor Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
San Antonio Kid
Actor Deputy Jim
Call of the Rockies
Actor Henchman
Bordertown Trail
Actor Photographer
Faces in the Fog
Actor Arriving Construction Worker (uncredited)
The Fighting Seabees
Actor Bill
Vigilantes of Dodge City
Actor Bradley - Henchman (as Bob Wilke)
Sheriff of Sundown
Actor Rancher (uncredited)
Hidden Valley Outlaws
Actor
Code of the Prairie
