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Robert Armstrong

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Robert Armstrong

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Robert Armstrong (November 20, 1890 – April 20, 1973) was an American film actor best remembered for his role as Carl Denham in the 1933 version of King Kong by RKO Pictures. He uttered the famous exit quote, "'Twas beauty killed the beast," at the film's end. Months later, he starred as Carl Denham again in the sequel, Son of Kong, released the same year. In the late 1950s, Armstrong appeared as Sheriff Andy Anderson on Rod Cameron's syndicated western-themed television series, State Trooper. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Armstrong, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known for

6.3

Lassie

1954 · TV Series · Action & Adventure · Drama

6.2

Cheyenne

1955 · TV Series · Western · Drama

3.8

Climax!

1954 · TV Series · Drama · Mystery

6.0

Lawman

1958 · TV Series · Western

7.3

Rawhide

1959 · TV Series · Western · Drama

7.5

Studio 57

1954 · TV Series · Drama · Family

6.9

Trackdown

1957 · TV Series · Western · Action & Adventure

6.4

Lock-Up

1959 · TV Series · Drama

5.0

26 Men

1957 · TV Series · Western · Crime

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King Kong

1933 · Movie · Adventure · Fantasy

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Redigo

1963 · TV Series · Western · Drama

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