Robert J. Wilke

Biography: Robert J. Wilke's first taste of popularity came while he was performing with a high-dive act at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. Encouraged to give Hollywood a try, Wilke entered films as a stunt man and bit player in 1936. He spent most of his movie career in Westerns like High Noon (1952), Arrowhead (1953), The Lone Ranger (1955), and The Magnificent Seven (1960), generally playing bad-guy roles which required both menace and physical dexterity. In 1965, Robert J. Wilke was seen on a weekly basis as Sheriff Sam Corbett on the TV sagebrusher The Legend of Jesse James.

Robert J. Wilke's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average career score: 86
Highest Metascore: 94 Days of Heaven
Lowest Metascore: 76 The Tarnished Angels
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
5 movie reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
94 Days of Heaven Sep 13, 1978 The Farm Foreman 8.4
76 The Tarnished Angels Dec 31, 1957 Hank tbd
86 Written on the Wind Dec 25, 1956 Dan Willis tbd
83 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Dec 23, 1954 First Mate Of The Nautilus 7.8
89 High Noon Jul 30, 1952 Jim Pierce / Jim Pierce tbd