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Robert Golden Armstrong ("Bob" to his friends) (born April 7, 1917, Birmingham, Alabama) is an actor.

Armstrong attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he frequently performed on stage with the Carolina Playmakers. After graduation, Armstrong headed to New York and joined the Actor's Studio. In 1953, along with many of his Actor's Studio buddies, he was part of the cast of "End As a Man" — this became the first play to go from Off-Broadway to Broadway. The following year, he got his first taste of movies, appearing in Garden of Eden (1954) . In 1955 he returned to Broadway and received great reviews for his portrayal of Big Daddy in the Broadway production of Cat On a Hot Tin Roof. In 1958, he moved to Hollywood. He appeared in two movies, a TV series, and numerous guest appearances on TV shows that year, usually Westerns such as The Rifleman, Have Gun, Will Travel and Zane Grey Theater, among others. Armstrong would eventually appear in 80 movies and three TV series in his career, and guest-starred in 90 TV series, often in Westerns, often as a tough sheriff, or a rugged land baron. He was a regular cast member in the TV series T.H.E. Cat (1966), where he portrayed the tough, one-handed Captain MacAllister. Even though Armstrong had a long and versatile career, the younger generation of TV viewers know him primarily as spooky Lewis Vandredi (pronounced VON-drah-dee), who just wouldn't let the main characters have a good night's sleep on the Friday the 13th (1987) TV Series. He had a brief part as General Phillips in the 1987 science fiction-action film Predator
, with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

His last film appearance was Purgatory (1999) (TV). He retired after six successful decades in show business, and now lives in California with his wife, Mary.

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