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Robert Armstrong (November 20 1890-April 20 1973) was a film actor probably best remembered for his role as Carl Denham in the 1933 version of King Kong
by RKO Pictures. He uttered the screen's second most famous exit quote, "'Twas beauty killed the beast," at the film's end. (An exit line eclipsed in fame only by Clark Gable's riposte, "Frankly, Scarlett, I don't give a damn" in 1939 at the conclusion of Gone With the Wind.) Months later, he starred as Carl Denham again in the sequel, Son of Kong, released the same year. Armstrong played a similar leading role, "Max O'Hara," in 1949's Mighty Joe Young
, another entertaining stop-motion gorilla opus also made by the King Kong
team of Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, remade in 1998 with Charlize Theron. Although King Kong
in 1933 was the pinnacle of Armstrong's career, he appeared in 127 films between 1927 and 1964. Armstrong and King Kong
's coproducer, Merian C. Cooper, died within 24 hours of each other.

He was born in Saginaw, Michigan and died in Santa Monica, California.

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