Robert Foulk

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Robert Foulk

Acting May 5, 1908

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…

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Singin' in the Rain

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8.1 1952 Movie
The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

7.7 1941 Movie
Rebel Without a Cause

Rebel Without a Cause

7.5 1955 Movie
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

8.5 1959 TV Show
Bonanza

Bonanza

7.5 1959 TV Show
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

7.3 1953 Movie
Perry Mason

Perry Mason

7.7 1957 TV Show
East of Eden

East of Eden

7.5 1955 Movie
Maverick

Maverick

7.0 1957 TV Show
Ironside

Ironside

6.8 1967 TV Show
The Love Bug

The Love Bug

6.6 1968 Movie
The Rifleman

The Rifleman

7.1 1958 TV Show

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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

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  1. 2006
    Lassie: The Miracle

    Movie Sheriff H. Miller (archive footage)

  2. 1975
    Barbary Coast

    TV show Kingsford

  3. 1973
    Emperor of the North

    Movie Conductor

  4. 1972
    Kung Fu

    TV show Moss

  5. 1971
    Skin Game

    Movie Sheriff

  6. 1971
    Vanishing Point

    Movie Colorado Communications Officer (uncredited)

  7. 1969
    The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

    Movie Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

  8. 1969
    Love, American Style

    TV show Sheriff

  9. 1969
    More Dead than Alive

    Movie Brill

  10. 1969
    My Friend Tony

    TV show Police Chief

  11. 1968
    The Love Bug

    Movie Bice

  12. 1968
    The Split

    Movie Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

  13. 1968
    The Mod Squad

    TV show Sheriff Considine

  14. 1968
    Here's Lucy

    TV show Janitor

  15. 1968
    Adam-12

    TV show Security Guard

  16. 1968
    The Name of the Game

    TV show Sheriff

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  1. 1967
    The Guns of Will Sonnett

    TV show Luke Landry

  2. 1967
    Cimarron Strip

    TV show Ragan

  3. 1967
    Hell on Wheels

    Movie Sutton

  4. 1967
    Ironside

    TV show Detective Arresting Beckman (uncredited)

  5. 1967
    Thoroughly Modern Millie

    Movie Cabbie #2

  6. 1965
    Lost in Space

    TV show Cragmire

  7. 1965
    Green Acres

    TV show Roy Trendell

  8. 1965
    Once a Thief

    Movie George (Uncredited)

  9. 1964
    Sex and the Single Girl

    Movie Arresting Police Detective (uncredited)

  10. 1964
    Daniel Boone

    TV show Sledge Clayburn

  11. 1964
    Robin and the 7 Hoods

    Movie Sheriff Glick

  12. 1963
    Temple Houston

    TV show O'Garrick

  13. 1963
    Channing

    TV show Otto

  14. 1963
    A Ticklish Affair

    Movie Policeman

  15. 1963
    Tammy and the Doctor

    Movie Surgeon

  16. 1962
    The Lucy Show

    TV show Collins

  17. 1962
    The Beverly Hillbillies

    TV show Policeman

  18. 1962
    The Virginian

    TV show Bartender Fred

  19. 1962
    The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

    Movie The Hunter (segment "The Cobbler and the Elves")

  20. 1962
    State Fair

    Movie Mincemeat Judge

  21. 1961
    Mister Ed

    TV show Mr. Higgins

  22. 1960
    Stagecoach West

    TV show Sam Jason

  23. 1960
    My Three Sons

    TV show Pop Acton

  24. 1960
    The Tall Man

    TV show Gimp