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
1928 A Girl In Every Port Fox Film Corp 78 min 16mm B&W sound
1928 THE COP. Pathe Exchange Inc. 8 reels B&W
1928 THE LEOPARD LADY. Pathe Exchange Inc. 7 reels B&W
1929 BIG NEWS. Pathe Exchange Inc. 7 reels B&W
1929 THE LEATHERNECK. Pathe Exchange Inc. 8 reels B&W
1929 THE RACKETEER. Pathe Exchange Inc. 7 reels B&W
1930 BE YOURSELF. Joseph M. Schenck 9 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1930 DANGER LIGHTS. RKO Productions Inc. 8 reels B&W
1930 Dumbbells in Ermine John G. Adolfi B&W
1930 PAID. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 10 reels B&W
1931 EX-BAD BOY. Universal Pictures Corp. 7 reels B&W
1931 THE IRON MAN. Universal Pictures Corp. 8 reels
1931 THE TIP-OFF. RKO Pathe Distributing Corp. 8 reels B&W
1932 HOLD 'EM JAIL. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1932 PANAMA FLO. RKO Pathe Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1932 The Most Dangerous Game RKO Radio Pictures (United States 1932) (A Radio Picture theatrical): Distributor 92 16mm B&W sound
1932 The Most Dangerous Game Ernest B. Schoedsack, Irving Pichel 63 min 16mm B&W
1932 THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1933 ABOVE THE CLOUDS. Columbia Pictures Corp. 7 reels
1933 BLIND ADVENTURE. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1933 FAST WORKERS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 7 reels B&W
1933 King Kong RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 1:40:00 16mm B&W sound
1933 King Kong Church 18 min. 16mm B&W
1933 King Kong Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper 100 min 16mm B&W
1933 KING KONG. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 11 reels. B&W
1933 SON OF KONG. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 7 reels
1933 THE BILLION DOLLAR SCANDAL. Paramount Productions Inc. 8 reels B&W
1933 The Son Of Kong Ernest B. Schoedsack 70 B&W
1934 FLIRTING WITH DANGER. Monogram Pictures Corp. 8 reels 16mm Sound
1934 MANHATTAN LOVE SONG. Monogram Pictures Corp. 8 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1934 SEARCH FOR BEAUTY. Paramount Productions Inc. 8 reels B&W
1934 THE KANSAS CITY PRINCESS. Vitaphone Corp. 7 reels
1935 GIGOLETTE. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1935 Little big shot. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 8 reels 16mm B&W sound
1935 Remember Last Night? Universal Pictures Corporation 1:19:00 16mm B&W sound
1935 THE MYSTERY MAN. Monogram Pictures Corp. B&W
1936 PIRATE PARTY ON CATALINA ISLE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 2 reels
1936 PUBLIC ENEMY'S WIFE. Vitaphone Corp. 7 reels B&W
1936 THE EX-MRS. BRADFORD. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 10 reels B&W
1936 WITHOUT ORDERS. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. B&W
1937 SHE LOVED A FIREMAN. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 6 reels B&W
1938 THERE GOES MY HEART Norman Z. McLeod 83 min B&W
1938 THERE GOES MY HEART United Artists 85min 16mm B&W Sound
1938 THERE GOES MY HEART. Hal Roach Studios Inc. 9 reels 16mm B&W sound
1939 CALL A MESSENGER. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 7 reels B&W
1939 UNMARRIED. Paramount Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1939 WINTER CARNIVAL Charles Reisner 105 min B&W
1939 WINTER CARNIVAL Commonwealth Pictures Corporation 92min 16mm B&W Sound
1939 Winter Carnival Charles Reisner 10 min 16mm B&W Sound
1939 Winter carnival. Walter Wanger Productions Inc. 10 reels 16mm B&W sound