Robert Armstrong

Robert Armstrong

American actor (1890-1973)

Robert William Armstrong was an American film and television actor, best known to today's audiences for playing Carl Denham in the 1933 version of King Kong from RKO Pictures. He delivered the film's famous final line: "Oh no, it wasn't the airplanes. It was Beauty killed the Beast."

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 62 films (1928–1950) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 34 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1940 SERVICE WITH THE COLORS ▶ warner brothers 21 min B&W
1941 Citadel Of Crime. George Sherman 6 reels B&W
1942 Baby Face Morgan. Arthur Dreifuss 7 reels B&W
1943 The Mad Ghoul. James P. Hogan 7 reels B&W
1944 Action In Arabia Léonide Moguy 75 B&W
1946 Decoy. Jack Bernhard 8 reels 35mm B&W sound
1947 The sea of grass Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | Teaching Film Custodians: Distributor 0:11:00 16mm B&W sound
1949 Mighty Joe Young Ernest B. Schoedsack 84 Color & B&W
1949 Mighty Joe Young. Ernest B. Schoedsack 94 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO George Blair 16mm Color sound
1949 Streets Of San Francisco. George Blair 60 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 Captain China. Paramount Pictures Corp. 98 min. 35mm B&W sound