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Horace LaBadie
Aug 5, 2012, 5:30:19 PM8/5/12
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R.G. Armstrong, "The Old Man" of The Millennium Group, has died at age
95.
If you watched TV in the 1950s through the 1970s, he was everywhere,
sometimes as a villain, sometimes as good guy. He was the sheriff in the
first couple episodes of The Rifleman, before his character was gunned
down, forcing Paul Fix to sober up and become a lawman again.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/31/arts/television/r-g-armstrong-characte
r-actor-in-westerns-dies-at-95.html>
R. G. Armstrong Jr., a rough-hewed character actor known for playing
sheriffs, outlaws and other macho roles, died on Friday at his home in
Studio City, Calif. He was 95.
His death was confirmed by his daughter Robbie Armstrong-Dunham.
Mr. Armstrong¹s five-decade career took off with guest spots on
virtually all the popular Western television shows of the 1950s and
¹60s, including ³Have Gun ‹ Will Travel² and ³Gunsmoke.²
After meeting the writer and director Sam Peckinpah on the set of his
1960 series ³The Westerner,² Mr. Armstrong became a regular in his
films, playing an outspoken Christian fundamentalist in ³Ride the High
Country,² with Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea; a minister in ³Major
Dundee,² with Charlton Heston in the title role; and a vicious deputy
sheriff alongside Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan (in a small role) in
³Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.²
95.
If you watched TV in the 1950s through the 1970s, he was everywhere,
sometimes as a villain, sometimes as good guy. He was the sheriff in the
first couple episodes of The Rifleman, before his character was gunned
down, forcing Paul Fix to sober up and become a lawman again.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/31/arts/television/r-g-armstrong-characte
r-actor-in-westerns-dies-at-95.html>
R. G. Armstrong Jr., a rough-hewed character actor known for playing
sheriffs, outlaws and other macho roles, died on Friday at his home in
Studio City, Calif. He was 95.
His death was confirmed by his daughter Robbie Armstrong-Dunham.
Mr. Armstrong¹s five-decade career took off with guest spots on
virtually all the popular Western television shows of the 1950s and
¹60s, including ³Have Gun ‹ Will Travel² and ³Gunsmoke.²
After meeting the writer and director Sam Peckinpah on the set of his
1960 series ³The Westerner,² Mr. Armstrong became a regular in his
films, playing an outspoken Christian fundamentalist in ³Ride the High
Country,² with Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea; a minister in ³Major
Dundee,² with Charlton Heston in the title role; and a vicious deputy
sheriff alongside Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan (in a small role) in
³Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.²
Murielle
Aug 10, 2014, 6:53:18 PM8/10/14
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"Horace LaBadie" <hwlab...@nospam.highstream.net> wrote in message
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> R.G. Armstrong, "The Old Man" of The Millennium Group, has died at age
> 95.
>
So sorry to hear this. He was one of my favorite characters. I would have
> 95.
>
loved to have seen more of him in the series.
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