Robert Karnes was an American actor known for his work in film, stage, and television from 1946 to 1979. He appeared in numerous popular TV shows like "Gunsmoke" and "The Twilight Zone," and films including "From Here to Eternity" and "Miracle on 34th Street."

Filmography

• 1980Bogie — Chess Player
• Benson
• Supertrain — Martin
• 1979The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang — Poker Player
• 1978The Clone Master — Trankus
• The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries — Sheriff King
• Arthur Hailey's The Moneychangers — Burnside
• Charlie's Angels — Gordon Sanders
• 1976Gable and Lombard — Gable's Director
• 1976Return to Earth
• Baretta
• 1975Man on the Outside — Sergeant
• 1974A Case of Rape — Judge
• 1974Indict and Convict — Lt. Daniels
• Kolchak: The Night Stalker
• Police Woman
• The Rockford Files — Capt. Hulette
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Fire Captain
• 1973Executive Action — Man at Rifle Range
• 1973Hitched — Sheriff
• 1973Money to Burn — Team Leader
• Police Story — Sgt. Alvarsson
• Emergency!
• Kung Fu — Parkes, Parkes (archive footage) (uncredited)
• M*A*S*H — Colonel
• 1972Scarecrow — Minister Dodge
• The Rookies
• The Streets of San Francisco
• The Waltons
• Cannon
• Columbo — Grover, Sergeant Vernon
• Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law — Drunk
• 1971The Failing of Raymond — City Editor
• 1971The Harness — Edgar Chappel
• 1971The Priest Killer — Hugh O'Flynn
• McCloud — Matt
• Night Gallery
• San Francisco International Airport — Barnes
• 1970Tora! Tora! Tora! — Maj. John H. Dillon (uncredited)
• 1969The Over the Hill Gang — Sheriff
• 1968The Helicopter Spies — Ship's Captain
• The Mod Squad
• The Name of the Game — Dick Nelson
• The Outsider — Max
• Cimarron Strip
• Ironside — Booking Sergeant
• Mannix — Walter Drake
• The Guns of Will Sonnett — Sheriff McCall
• Mission: Impossible — Dr. Owen Siebert
• 1966One Spy Too Many — Col. Hawks
• The Big Valley — Padre, Father Estaban, Priest, Father Andre
• 1964Apache Rifles — George, the Sheriff
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Colonel Hawks, Captain (uncredited)
• 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World — Officer Sammy (uncredited)
• The Fugitive — Sheriff Ralls, Chief Chuck Abbott
• The Lieutenant
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — The Police Sergeant, Sargent
• The Virginian — Sheriff of Concho, Hobey Kendall, Jeffers
• 1961Anatomy of an Accident — Woody
• 1961Bachelor Flat — Police Officer
• Ben Casey
• Cain's Hundred — John Hurlie
• Dr. Kildare — Monte, Harry Buford
• 1961Fear No More — Joe Brady
• 1961Five Guns to Tombstone — Matt Wade
• 1961The Crimebusters — John Herlie
• The New Breed — Fred Clinton
• 1960Escape to Sonoita — Patrolman
• Outlaws
• The Andy Griffith Show — Jack
• 1960Too Soon to Love
• Bonanza — Miner
• Hawaiian Eye — Walter Krohl
• Rawhide — Sheriff
• The Detectives
• The Lawless Years — Max Fields
• The Twilight Zone — Robbins
• Bat Masterson — Landry, Marshal
• 1958Hi Grandma!
• Peter Gunn
• Sea Hunt
• The Texan
• 26 Men
• 1957Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman — Prof. Alan Templeton
• Have Gun, Will Travel — Joe Peavey, Vern Potter
• M Squad — Harry Conklin
• O. Henry Playhouse — Jimmy Wells
• Perry Mason — Det. Purvis, Deputy D.A. Chamberlin, Deputy D.A. Victor Chamberlin
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective — Jack
• The Walter Winchell File
• Trackdown
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Rider, Rand Akins
• 1956Stagecoach To Fury — Talbot
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Ed Mungo, Patrolman, Police Sgt. Henderson, Mr. Simon, The Sergeant
• Cheyenne
• Gunsmoke — Roberts, Jep Hunter, Bert, Fallon, Ben, Sterret, Driver, Ross, Charlie, Mr. Lauter, George Chandler
• Matinee Theater
• 1955The Silver Star — Ward Blythe (as Bob Karnes)
• 1954Riders to the Stars — Walter Gordon
• 1953From Here to Eternity — Sgt. Turp Thornhill (uncredited)
• I'm the Law
• 1953Project Moon Base — Sam
• 1953Vice Squad — Lou (uncredited)
• You Are There — The Sergeant
• Cavalcade of America — Pilot
• Death Valley Days — Brandon
• 1952Rodeo — Charles Olenick
• 1952Storm Over Tibet — Radio Operator
• The Abbott and Costello Show — Jones
• 1952The Red Ball Express — Engineer Captain (uncredited)
• 1951According to Mrs. Hoyle — Harry "Chip" Rogan
• 1951He Ran All the Way — Police Lieutenant
• 1951Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
• Racket Squad
• 1951Utah Wagon Train — Henchman Jack Scully
• 1950Colt .45 — Henchman (uncredited)
• 1950Hills of Oklahoma — Brock Stevens
• 1950Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye — Detective Tom Gray
• 1950Three Husbands — Kenneth Whittaker
• 1949All the King's Men — Legislator (uncredited)
• 1949Trapped — Agent Fred Foreman
• 1948Call Northside 777 — Pete (uncredited)
• 1948Cry of the City — Intern
• 1948Road House — Mike
• 1948Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! — Stretch Dominy
• 1948The Street with No Name — David Jannings (Uncredited)
• 1948When My Baby Smiles at Me — Attendant
• 1947Captain from Castile — Manuel Perez (uncredited)
• 1947Daisy Kenyon
• 1947Kiss of Death — Tommy's Henchman (uncredited)
• 1947Miracle on 34th Street — Bellevue Intern #2 (uncredited)
• 1947Nightmare Alley — Joe / Bellhop (uncredited)
• 1946The Bamboo Blonde — Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
• 1946The Best Years of Our Lives — Technical Sergeant (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2019Freeing “Trapped” — Self (archive footage)