Robert Armstrong ( born Robert William Armstrong ; November 20, 1890 - April 20, 1973 ) is an American actor best known for playing the role of Karl Danham in the films King Kong and Son Kong ( 1933) )
| Robert Armstrong | |
|---|---|
| Robert William Armstrong | |
 Robert Armstrong | |
| Date of Birth | November 20, 1890 |
| Place of Birth | Saginaw , Michigan , USA |
| Date of death | April 20, 1973 (82 years old) |
| Place of death | Santa Monica , California , USA |
| Citizenship | |
| Profession | actor |
| Career | 1927 - 1964 |
| Direction | drama , comedy , crime , western , adventure , action |
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Biography
Robert William Armstrong was born in Saginaw , Michigan in 1890. At the age of twelve, he moved to Seattle . While studying at the University of Washington, he began to write theatrical scripts, as well as participate in productions. During the First World War he served in the US Army. In 1926 he began performing in London theaters. Since 1927, starred in the movie, the first picture is a silent film by Charles Pate "The Main Event".
In 1933, Armstrong played a major role in the cult films King Kong and Son of Kong . The prototype of the character of Armstrong, a bold and purposeful director Karl Danham, was the producer of the film Merian Cooper [1] . Due to the outward resemblance to Cooper, the producer of King Kong, Armstrong starred in several other producer films in roles that were, to some extent, based on the personality of Cooper himself. In the 1930s and 1940s, Armstrong was actively filming, his filmography includes more than 100 paintings [2] .
In 1949, a team of authors and producers who had previously shot King Kong made another adventure film about the huge gorilla, The Mighty Joe Young , where Armstrong played the lead role.
Armstrong actively starred until the early 1960s, retiring in 1963 [2] . On April 20, 1973, Armstrong died in his home in Santa Monica at the age of 82. Buried at Westwood Cemetery in Los Angeles .
Selected Filmography
- 1928 - The Cop
- 1929 - The Woman from Hell
- 1929 - Big News
- 1929 - The Racketeer
- 1930 - Danger Lights
- 1930 - Paid
- 1930 - Be Yourself!
- 1932 - The Most Dangerous Game
- 1933 - King Kong - Karl Danham
- 1933 - “Son of Kong” - Karl Danham
- 1933 - Blind Adventure
- 1934 - Search for Beauty
- 1934 - She Made Her Bed
- 1934 - Kansas City Princess
- 1935 - Jimeny - Jeffrey "Jeff" Mccord
- 1935 - Remember Last Night?
- 1935 - Little Big Shot
- 1937 - It Can't Last Forever
- 1937 - The Girl Said No
- 1939 - Unmarried
- 1939 - Winter Carnival
- 1940 - Service with the Colors
- 1941 - " Dive Bomber " - Art Lyons
- 1942 - Let's Get Tough!
- 1943 - The Mad Ghoul
- 1943 - Adventures of the Flying Cadets
- 1944 - Mr. Winkle goes to war
- 1945 - The Falcon in San Francisco
- 1945 - Gangs of the Waterfront
- 1945 - Blood in the sun
- 1946 - The Trap - Frank Ollins
- 1947 - The Scapegoat - Mack MacLane
- 1947 - The Fugitive - a sergeant of police
- 1948 - Return of the Bad Men
- 1949 - The Lucky Stiff
- 1949 - The Mighty Joe Young - Max O'Hara
- 1955 - Double Jeopardy
Notes
- ↑ Goldner, Orville and George E. Turner, The Making of King Kong , Ballantine Books, 1975
- ↑ 1 2 Merian C. Cooper Dies; Creator of 'King King' (April 23, 1973), p. 26. Date of treatment April 22, 2015.
Links
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