From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Robert Armstrong November 20 1890 April 20 1973 was an American film actor best remembered for his role as Carl Denham in the 1933 version of King Kong by RKO Pictures He uttered the famous exit quote Twas beauty killed the beast at the films end Months later he starred as Carl Denham again in the sequel Son of Kong released the same year In the late 1950s Armstrong appeared as Sheriff Andy Anderson on Rod Camerons syndicated westernthemed television series State Trooper Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Armstrong licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia