Robert Foulk
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 5, 1908
- Died
- February 25, 1989
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert C. Foulk (May 5, 1908 – February 25, 1989) was an American television and film character actor who portrayed Sheriff H. Miller in the CBS series Lassie from 1958 to 1962. Television Between 1953 and 1959, Foulk was in thirteen episodes of the NBC anthology series, The Loretta Young Show. From 1954 to 1957, he was in five episodes as Ed Davis in the sitcom Father Knows Best with Robert Young, when the series aired on NBC. In 1956, he played Jackley in the Walt Disney Mickey Mouse Club serial "The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure". In 1957 and 1958, Foulk played the outlaw Curly Bill Brocius in three episodes, "Gunslinger from Galeville", "Ride Out at Noon", and "Skeleton Canyon Massacre", of the western television series Tombstone Territory. In 1958, Foulk portrayed Sheriff Brady in the film, The Left Handed Gun. From 1959 to 1960, he had the recurring role of bartender Joe Kingston in the NBC western series Wichita Town. Foulk appeared in five episodes of The Rifleman. He played the blacksmith Toomey in "The Second Witness" (episode 23), "Three Legged Terror" (episode 30) and "Outlaw's Inheritance" (episode 38). He played Johannson in "The Raid" (episode 37) and Herbert Newman in "The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town" (episode 99). Foulk made four appearances on CBS's Perry Mason, all of them as a law-enforcement officer including the 1958 episode 'The Case of the Buried Clock'. He appeared as the sheriff of Cloverville, California in the two-part episode of The Untouchables, "The Big Train," which dealt with the attempt to free Al Capone from the train transporting him to Alcatraz. He made thirteen appearances on NBC's Bonanza, mostly as a sheriff or deputy sheriff. He also had recurring roles as Mr. Wheeler and Roy Trendall, former Hooterville phone company president, in sixteen episodes of CBS's Green Acres. In 1960, he guest starred in the TV Western Bat Masterson, playing Judge Pete Perkins, the town's crooked judge in S2E30's "Welcome To Paradise". In the early 1970s, Foulk made four guest appearances on CBS's Here's Lucy in various roles. Personal life and death In the 1930s, Foulk was married to actress Alice Frost. In 1947, he married Barbara Slater, an actress who appeared in two Three Stooges short features. She left Hollywood in the same year. They remained married until his death in 1989. CLR
Filmography
Emperor of the North 1973
as Conductor
Skin Game 1971
as Sheriff
Vanishing Point 1971
as Colorado Communications Officer (uncredited)
Lassie: The Miracle 1970
as Sheriff H. Miller (archive footage)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes 1969
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
More Dead than Alive 1969
as Brill
The Love Bug 1968
as Bice
The Split 1968
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Hell on Wheels 1967
as Sutton
Thoroughly Modern Millie 1967
as Cabbie #2
Once a Thief 1965
as George (Uncredited)
Sex and the Single Girl 1964
as Arresting Police Detective (uncredited)
Robin and the 7 Hoods 1964
as Sheriff Glick
A Ticklish Affair 1963
as Policeman
Tammy and the Doctor 1963
as Surgeon
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm 1962
as The Hunter (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")
State Fair 1962
as Mincemeat Judge
Ocean's Eleven 1960
as Sheriff Wimmer
Cast a Long Shadow 1959
as Hugh Rigdon
Ask Any Girl 1959
as Lt. O'Shea (uncredited)
Go, Johnny, Go! 1959
as Policeman
Gundown at Sandoval 1959
as Mr. Pitts
The Left Handed Gun 1958
as Sheriff Brady
Quantrill's Raiders 1958
as Hager
Hell's Five Hours 1958
as Jack Fife
Day of the Badman 1958
as Silas Mordigan
Raintree County 1957
as Pantomimist (uncredited)
The Tall Stranger 1957
as Pagones
My Man Godfrey 1957
as Motor Cop
Sierra Stranger 1957
as Tom Simmons
Untamed Youth 1957
as Sheriff Mitch Bowers
Hold That Hypnotist 1957
as Simon Noble
Last of the Badmen 1957
as Taylor
The Great Man 1956
as Mike Jackson
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure 1956
as Jackley the Plumber
The Rawhide Years 1956
as Mate
Indestructible Man 1956
as Harry
Backlash 1956
as Sheriff John F. Olson
High Tor 1956
as Elkus
Hot Blood 1956
as Police Sgt. Tim McGrossin (uncredited)
The Spoilers 1955
as Bartender
Rebel Without a Cause 1955
as Gene
Apache Ambush 1955
as Red Jennings
Strange Lady in Town 1955
as Joe (uncredited)
East of Eden 1955
as Man at Boxcar (uncredited)
Blackboard Jungle 1955
as George Katz (uncredited)
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer! 1954
as Jimmy Shipp
The Far Country 1954
as Constable Kingman (uncredited)
Valley of Head Hunters 1953
as Arco
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953
as Passport Official (uncredited)
The 49th Man 1953
as Commander Jackson
Remains to Be Seen 1953
as Officer Miller
A Tale of Two Cities 1953
as Ernest Defarge
O. Henry's Full House 1952
as Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Don't Bother to Knock 1952
as Doorman (uncredited)
Glory Alley 1952
as Bouncer (uncredited)
Deadline - U.S.A. 1952
as Rienzi Associate (uncredited)
The San Francisco Story 1952
as Thompson
The Sniper 1952
as Officer Rivers
Without Warning! 1952
as Wilson, Motel Manager
Singin' in the Rain 1952
as Matt - Policeman (uncredited)
The Unknown Man 1951
as Sam (uncredited)
The Whip Hand 1951
as Guard (uncredited)
Follow the Sun 1951
as Patrolman Jennings
Home Town Story 1951
as Electrical Worker (uncredited)
The Lemon Drop Kid 1951
as Victim (uncredited)
Dial 1119 1950
as Barnes' Co-Worker (uncredited)
The Killer That Stalked New York 1950
as Cop (uncredited)
Mister 880 1950
as Policeman (uncredited)
A Lady Without Passport 1950
as Vice Consul (uncredited)
Where the Sidewalk Ends 1950
as Fenney (uncredited)
Mystery Street 1950
as Detective O'Hara (uncredited)
Whirlpool 1950
as Policeman Andy (uncredited)
Thieves' Highway 1949
as Taller Cop at Roadside Bar (uncredited)
White Heat 1949
as Payroll Guard at Chemical Plant
Come to the Stable 1949
as New York City Policeman (uncredited)
Johnny Stool Pigeon 1949
as Pete (uncredited)
Road House 1948
as Policeman at Road House (uncredited)
Land and Live in the Desert 1945
as Joe
Steel Against the Sky 1941
Dialogue
The Maltese Falcon 1941
Dialogue Coach
Affectionately Yours 1941
Dialogue
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