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Robert Armstrong
Robert Armstrong may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Robert Armstrong (actor) (1890–1973), film actor *Robert Armstrong (cartoonist) (born 1950), American underground comics artist and musician, coined the term "couch potato" Fictional characters *Robert Armstrong (Home and Away), Robert Armstrong (''Home and Away''), character in the Australian soap opera *Robert Armstrong (Noble House), Robert Armstrong (''Noble House''), a character from the James Clavell's novel Government and military *Robert Armstrong (Australian politician) (born 1952), member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council *Robert Armstrong (Northern Ireland politician) (1888/9–1961), member of the Senate of Northern Ireland *Robert Armstrong (military officer) (1792–1854), officer in the United States Army *Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster (1927–2020), British member of the House of Lords and former civil servant *Robert Baynes Armstrong (1785–1869), British Member of Parliament for Lanca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Armstrong (actor)
Robert William ArmstrongThe reference book ''Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the silent era to 1965'' gives Armstrong's birth name as Donald Robert Smith, as do the ''Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed.'' and ''Golden Horrors: An Illustrated Critical Filmography of Terror Cinema, 1931–1939''. Clarke in his 1977 ''Pseudonyms'' gave "Donald R. Smith". (November 20, 1890 – April 20, 1973) was an American film and television actor noted for playing Carl Denham in the 1933 version of '' King Kong'' by RKO Pictures. He delivered the film's famous final line: "It wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast." Early years Born in Saginaw, Michigan, Armstrong lived in Bay City, Michigan until about 1902 and moved to Seattle. He attended the University of Washington, where he studied law, and became a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity. Career Armstrong first started acting on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |