Robert Armstrong
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Biography
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.
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Lost Spider Pit Sequence | Carl Denham (archive footage) | HIT | |
| 1957 | The Crooked Circle | Al Taylor | FLOP | |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe Young | Max O'Hara | FLOP | |
| 1949 | The Crime Doctor's Diary | George 'Goldie' Harrigan | FLOP | |
| 1948 | The Paleface | Terris | FLOP | |
| 1948 | Return of the Bad Men | Wild Bill Doolin | FLOP | |
| 1947 | The Fugitive | Police sergeant | FLOP | |
| 1947 | Exposed | Insp. Prentice | FLOP | |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass | Floyd McCurtin | FLOP | |
| 1946 | Decoy | Frank Olins | FLOP | |
| 1945 | The Royal Mounted Rides Again | Jonathan Price | FLOP | |
| 1945 | The Falcon in San Francisco | Duke Monet / De Forrest Marshall | FLOP | |
| 1945 | Gangs of the Waterfront | Peter Winkley / John 'Dutch' Malone | FLOP | |
| 1945 | Blood on the Sun | Col Hideki Tojo | FLOP | |
| 1944 | Mr. Winkle Goes to War | Joe Tinker | HIT | |
| 1944 | The Navy Way | CPO Harper | FLOP | |
| 1944 | Action in Arabia | Matthew Reed | FLOP | |
| 1943 | The Mad Ghoul | 'Scoop' McClure | FLOP | |
| 1943 | Adventures of the Flying Cadets | Arthur Galt | HIT | |
| 1941 | Dive Bomber | Art Lyons | FLOP | |
| 1941 | Sky Raiders | Lieutenant Ed Carey | FLOP | |
| 1940 | San Francisco Docks | Father Cameron | FLOP | |
| 1940 | Meet the Fleet | CPO Bill Jennings | FLOP | |
| 1940 | Behind the News | Vic Archer | HIT | |
| 1940 | Framed | Skippy | FLOP | |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties | Hatted Passerby Before Nightclub (uncredited) | HIT | |
| 1939 | Winter Carnival | Tiger Reynolds | FLOP | |
| 1938 | There Goes My Heart | Detective O'Brien | HIT | |
| 1937 | She Loved a Fireman | Smokey Shannon | FLOP | |
| 1937 | Nobody's Baby | Scoops Hanford | FLOP | |
| 1936 | Without Orders | Wad. Madison | FLOP | |
| 1936 | All American Chump | Bill Hogan | FLOP | |
| 1936 | Public Enemy's Wife | Gene Ferguson | FLOP | |
| 1936 | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | Nick Martel, Bookie | FLOP | |
| 1935 | Pirate Party on Catalina Isle | Performer | FLOP | |
| 1935 | Little Big Shot | Steve Craig | FLOP | |
| 1935 | 'G' Men | Jeff McCord | HIT | |
| 1935 | Sweet Music | Dopey Malone | FLOP | |
| 1934 | The Hell Cat | Dan Collins | FLOP | |
| 1933 | Above the Clouds | Scoop Adams | FLOP | |
| 1933 | King Kong | Carl Denham | HIT | |
| 1932 | The Most Dangerous Game | Martin Trowbridge | HIT | |
| 1932 | Hold 'Em Jail | Sports Announcer Inmate | HIT | |
| 1932 | The Lost Squadron | Lt. 'Woody' Curwood | FLOP | |
| 1932 | Panama Flo | Babe Dillon | HIT | |
| 1931 | Danger Lights | Larry Doyle | FLOP | |
| 1930 | Paid | Joe Garson | HIT | |
| 1928 | Show Folks | Owens - Promoter | FLOP | |
| 1928 | The Cop | Scarface Marcas | FLOP | |
| 1928 | A Girl in Every Port | Bill / Salami | FLOP |