R.G. Armstrong

Date of Birth: 07 Apr 1917
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 76 (Actor)
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Dutch (Schwarzenegger) and his elite military unit are recruited to rescue hostages held by guerrillas in the Latin American jungle. But once there, they encounter an enemy more deadly than any on earth! (20th Century Fox)
A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town... (imdb)
An aging Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons--his sole purpose being to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid. (imdb)
A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an over-anxious angel before he was supposed to die, comes back to life in the body of a recently-murdered millionaire. (imdb)
A syndicate wants to buy a whole district to rebuild it. They've bought every house except the small gym "Olympic"... (imdb)
Double-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his advantage (imdb)
Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. (imdb)
An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him. (imdb)
The Shadow Riders (1982) - TV Movie
Tom Selleck (TV's Magnum P.I.) and Sam Elliot (Tombstone) star as brothers who battled on opposing sides of the Civil War only to return home to discover that their family, including a younger brother and one of the brothers' fianc?es, have been kidnapped by a marauding band of rebel guerrillas whorefuse to accept the defeat of the Confederacy.
Hired gunman Cole Thornton turns down a job with Bart Jason as it would mean having to fight an old sheriff friend. Some months later he finds out the lawman is on the bottle and a top gunfighter is heading his way to help Jason. Along with young Mississippi, handy with a knife and now armed with a diabolical shotgun, Cole returns to help. (imdb)
A young, easygoing gunman (Hill) worships and competes with an old gunfighter (Fonda) who only wants to retire. (imdb)
During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas. (imdb)
John Gant, hired assassin rides into town. No one is sure of the identity of his intended victim. Townsfolk have shady pasts that make each one believe that John Gant is there to kill them. While each townsperson is falling apart from guilt, Gant is waiting in the hotel but is still given the blame for the shootings and the suicide of the Banker. An excellent film with some fine acting by Audie Murphy. (imdb)
The archetypical renegade Texas Ranger wages war against a drug kingpin with automatic weapons, his wits and martial arts after a gun battle leaves his partner dead. All of this inevitably culminates a martial arts showdown between the drug lord and the ranger, and involving the woman they both love. (imdb)
Frank and Roger and their wives take off for Colorado in a recreational vehicle, looking forward to some skiing and dirt biking. While camping en route, they witness a Satanic ritual sacrifice, but the local sheriff finds no evidence to support their claims and urges them to continue on their vacation. On the way, however, they find themselves repeatedly attacked by cult members, and they take measures to defend themselves. (imdb)
An ex con teams up with federal agents to help them with breaking up a moonshine ring. (imdb)
The coach of a college tennis team is given an ultimatum: put together a winning team, or else. (imdb)
Val Xavier (Marlon Brando), a drifter of obscure origins arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence (Anna Magnani), a sex-starved woman whose husband Jabe M. Torrance (Victor Jory) is dying of cancer upstairs. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere (Joanne Woodward), the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family, who covets his snakeskin jacket as much as his body and tries to seduce him in the cemetery. Val is more attracted to the mature Lady and gets her pregnant. (imdb)
In this sequel, the Warlock is resurrected again, and sets out to obtain a group of mysterious crystals. Everyone who tries to stop him dies in a creative new way, only he catches the attention of a group of underground druids...
Nita, a divorced mother of two boys, is stuck working as a telephone operator in a small Texas town in World War II. Her friendship with a sailor on leave causes tongues to wag in town. (imdb)
In the beginning of the movie you see a woman getting raped by a man-creature of some sort. The movie takes place years later when the child that was a result of that rape is on the rampage looking for a girl to rape to start the process all over again. (imdb)
Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk. They raise hell, chase women, and milk the locals for cash, while waiting for the opportunity to get their man. (imdb)
The gangs of Jesse James and Cole Younger join forces for a bungled robbery of the bank in Northfield, MN. (imdb)
The clumsy military cadet Stanley Coopersmith is orphan and completely outcast in the West Andover Academy. He is frequently abused and humiliated by four despicable mates, and has a bad treatment from his teachers, the coach, the colonel and even from the local reverend. When Coopersmith finds a book of black mass that belonged to the evil medieval Father Esteban, he uses a computer to conjure Satan and revenge his harassers. (imdb)
A group of dangerous terrorists succeeds to get hold of a tank of the army and all its crew.
A Vietnam vet, Travis (Richard Hatch), is appalled when he returns to the neighborhood of his youth to discover that it has been taken over by warring street gangs. When his father is killed in a conflict with a gang member, Travis starts off on a mission to avenge his father's death and free the streets from the control of the young thugs. (Rotten Tomatoes)
Frankie Kane (John Drew Barrymore) is brought up in a Catholic orphanage and befriends Martin Cabell (Steve[n] McQueen), a Jewish law student whose sister Julie (Lita Milan) becomes Frankie's sweetheart. At sixteen, Frankie learns that he is himself Jewish and therefore has to be moved to a Jewish home. That prospect proves so awful that he runs away - and goes bad... (imdb)
Reflections of Murder (1974) - TV Movie
The wife and mistress of the abusive headmaster of a boy's school plot and carry out his murder. They dump his body in the murky swimming pool at the school and await for it to surface. After several days, some unusual circumstances point to clues that he is not dead after all.
An Italian mechanic (Terence Hill) finds that he has inherited a billion-dollar company from his dead uncle, but he needs to be in San Francisco in 20 days to sign over the will. In the meantime, he is chased by kidnappers and the affected corporation's president (Jackie Gleason). (All Movie Guide)
A G.I. is unjustly thrown out of the service, and winds up being a gas station attendant. A gangster wants to hire him as a hitman. He agrees, with disastrous results. (imdb)
The legendary hijacker hits the backroads to evade capture from a determined insurance agent.
When their moonshiner father is killed by a corrupt deputy, two young girls decide to take over his business and get revenge on the men who had him killed. (imdb)
Mike Catton was once a world-renowned construction foreman, but an accident left him with a serious fear of heights. Unable to climb the big skyscrapers while under construction, he retired and became a truck driver. But when an old friend needs him to help put up a building, and when the old friend gets harassed and threatened by an Evil Corporate Type, he comes out of retirement and assembles the creme de la creme of the construction world... (imdb)
Street killer is retrained by a black-belt fighter who works for the government. (imdb)
A kindly cowboy suddenly finds himself the object of a massive manhunt after he accidentally kills the son of a powerful rancher. (TCM.com)
After losing eight years to prison, cowboy J. W. Coop is released to return to life as a professional rodeo cowboy in the 60's. Determined to make up for the lost 'prime' years of his career, he doggedly goes forward, and learns that not only has the business of rodeo changed during his incarceration but society as a whole has made dramatic changes as well. (imdb)
The residents of vacation spot Seal Island find themselves terrorized by a pack of dogs -- the remnants of discarded pets by visiting vacationers. (imdb)
Peters a black Union soldier who finds he must figuratively fight the war all over again. Returning to his southern hometown, Peters quickly learns that nothing has really changed: he is a "free"man in name only. Peters' ex-master Burl Ives magnanimously gives the former slave a plot of land, but only Native-American David Carradine and his tribesmen are willing to work for a black man. (allmovie.com)
Cliff (writer-director Tim Card) and Stacey (Rae Rowen) travel to the quiet town of Grove Hill to scatter the ashes of Stacey's recently deceased grandmother. There, Stacey is haunted by nightmares of the Keeper of Souls, an evil sorcerer who lived through the Salem Witch Trials. Zombie hicks, a ghostly woman in a wheelchair and a swarm of deadly rattlesnakes round out the action in this comically low-budget horror flick.
The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang (1979) - TV Movie
A light-hearted view of the Dalton Gang's legendary raid on Coffeyville, Kansas and the years leading up to it as the brothers form themselves into a gang of horse thieves, train and bank robbers with their arch enemy, Detective Will Smith, constantly on their heels. (imdb)
The Time Machine (1978) - TV Movie
A scientist builds a machine that will enable him to travel back and forth in time, but when he puts it in motion, he gets more than he bargained for. (imdb)
War widow and pre-teen daughter leave home of tyrannical father-in-law in Florida, get lost on a detour, and find shelter at a nudist colony.
Oscar Bonsetter tells a dying prisoner that he will take revenge on the sadistic guard who killed him. In exchange, Oscar is told of a stash of money. Oscar is eventually released from prison but when he is goes to get his revenge, he gets sidetracked by the now-handicapped guard and his alluring wife, Rose. The tension builds as Oscar becomes more and more attracted to Rose. (imdb)
A World War I deserter competes in the first long-distance motorcycle race. (imdb)
A young man hiding from the law takes refuge in a summer camp for blind children. (imdb)
A bible-totin' preacher from out East arrives in wild Montana to spread the Good Word to all. When his wife takes off with another man, he straps on the pistol and extracts his vengeance. Then he must struggle to find his way back to the hallowed life. Willie Nelson plays the preacher and Morgan Fairchild is his inconstant wife. (allrovi.com)
Lloyd Bridges is given top billing, though Dina Merrill carries the plot as a big-city reporter who heads west to cover the activities of a humanitarian movement. Wild horses are being rounded up to be sold to dog-food companies, and a group of pro-animal activists want this practice to be discontinued. Veteran actors Pat Hingle, Morgan Woodward and Gilbert Roland manage to avoid the "take the money and run" attitude that most major names impose upon quickies like Running Wild. (allrovi.com)
Oceans of Fire (1986) - TV Movie
This exciting disaster film chronicles the raw courage of five ex-cons and their leader when the South American off-shore oil rig they work upon suddenly explodes and only they can stop the ensuing fire. Unfortunately, they must not only deal with the elements, they must also cope with company bureaucracy and greed and their own considerable personal differences. (allrovi.com)
In this exciting adventure, three California kids are traveling cross country when their van is stolen. They ask a small-town sheriff for help, but he refuses, so they decide to bring the thief to justice themselves. (allrovi.com)
Two city boys (Estes, Black) get in trouble with a backwoods North Carolina family (Swayze, Armstrong, Hunky, and Evans) when they try to help an abused step-daughter (Russell). Bo Hopkins and Ernie Hudson are the good locals who attempt to help the boys. (imdb)
An Indian is accused of the rape and murder of a white girl. The girl's stepfather incites the townspeople to punish the Indian - to cover up the fact that it was actually he who committed the crime. (imdb)
Marshal Rocklin just wants to retire and settle down. What's preventing his desired smooth transition is the death of his half brother and an old acquaintance recently released from prison on 'good behavior.' (imdb)
The Legend of the Golden Gun (1979) - TV Movie
A young farmer and a runaway slave team up to track down the legendary Confederate guerrilla William Quantrill. Along the way they run into a legendary gunfighter, who teaches the young farmer how to shoot and gives him a special gun that shoots seven rounds, the seventh which he must use to fight evil. (imdb)
A wandering ballad singer in the Appalachians meets an ugly bird-type creature, is transported back in time, finds himself involved in the Devil's work. (imdb)
An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and an young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to grips with her sexuality and emotions. (imdb)
A lad jousting with his tutor is kidnapped and carried to the Bastille where his head is locked in an iron mask. Jump ten years: Musketeers return from war in Morocco to find Paris starving while Louis XIV and his retinue idle at Duke Fouquet's estate. Louis is enamored with his host's virginal daughter, Valliere, herself in love with Athos. (imdb)
Manhunter (1974) - TV Movie
Pilot for the short-lived TV series set in the 1930's about a World War I ex-marine-turned-bounty-hunter, named Dave Barrett, who goes after two Bonnie-and-Clyde style bank robbers who murdered his former girlfriend. (imdb)
Vietnam war hero, accused of murdering his brother, recruits his socialite girlfriend to hunt for the real killer.
Cotter is a Sioux Indian whose life takes a tragic turn when his drinking causes him to fail in his job as a rodeo clown and save a rider from an enraged bull. Returning to his birthplace, seeking an old friend, Cotter finds himself faced with despair and depression. Events take a grim turn when a rancher is found dead and the hostile townspeople blame the 'drunken Indian'. (imdb)
Friday the 13th: The Series (1987) - TV Series
Two young antique store owners must recover cursed antiques. (imdb)
Independence (1987) - TV Movie
A dedicated sheriff in the 1880s who, after his first family is ravaged by a gang of renegades, gets a chance for revenge years later when the same outlaws threaten his new family and the frontier town he single handedly tamed.
The Fugitive (1963) - TV Series
- The Other Side of the Mountain (1963)
- Corner of Hell (1965)
- All the Scared Rabbits (1965)
Great Ghost Tales (1961) - TV Series
The last regularly scheduled television series to be broadcast live in the U.S. Featured dramatizations of ghost stories and other tales of the supernatural, many of which were adapted from stories by famous authors like Conrad Aiken and Edgar Allan Poe.