Robert J. Wilke
Acteur
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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Wie is Robert J. Wilke?+
Robert J. Wilke was een productieve Amerikaanse karakteracteur en voormalig stuntman die bekend werd door het spelen van stoere en schurkachtige rollen in klassieke Hollywoodfilms en op televisie.
Waar staat Robert J. Wilke om bekend?+
Hij is vooral bekend om zijn iconische schurkenrollen in klassieke westerns zoals High Noon en The Magnificent Seven, evenals rollen in Spartacus en Days of Heaven.
Wat voor soort werk deed Robert J. Wilke?+
Hij was werkzaam in Hollywood-studio-westerns, avonturenfilms en televisiedrama's, en maakte de overgang van stuntman in de jaren dertig en veertig naar een alomtegenwoordige karakteracteur.
