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Robert Armstrong

Nov 19, 1890 - Apr 20, 1973 (82 years old) in Saginaw, Michigan, USA

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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.

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Lassie
Oliver
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Have Gun, Will Travel
Sidney Carter
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Wagon Train
Roy Daniels
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Perry Mason
Walter Haskell
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The First Hundred Years
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Climax!
Barney Farrell
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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sheriff Dan Walker
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Charles Faulkner
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77 Sunset Strip
Pop Bateman
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Cheyenne
Marshall Len Merrick

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