Bob Steele
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bob Steele (January 23, 1907 - December 21, 1988) was an American actor. He was born Robert Adrian Bradbury in Portland, Oregon, into a vaudeville family. After years of touring, the family settled down in Hollywood in the late 1910s, where his father, Robert N. Bradbury, soon found work in the movies, first as an actor, later as a director, and by 1920, he hired Bob and his twin brother Bill (1907–1971) as juvenile leads for a series of adventure movies entitled "The Adventures of Bob and Bill". Bob's career began to take off for good in 1927, when he was hired by production company Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) to star in a series of Westerns. Bob—who was rechristened Bob Steele at FBO—soon made a name for himself, and in the late 1920s, 1930s and 1940s starred in B-Westerns for almost every minor film studio, including Monogram, Supreme, Tiffany, Syndicate, Republic (including several films of the Three Mesquiteers series) and Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) (including the initial films of their "Billy the Kid" series), plus he had the occasional role in an A-movie, as in the adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men from 1939. In the 1940s, Bob's career as a cowboy hero was on the decline, but he kept himself working by accepting supporting roles in many big movies like Howard Hawks' The Big Sleep, or the John Wayne vehicles Island in the Sky, Rio Bravo and Rio Lobo. Besides these he also made occasional appearances in science fiction films like Atomic Submarine and Giant from the Unknown and did lots of television work, culminating in a regular supporting role in the army comedy F Troop (1965–1967), which allowed him to show his comic talent. Steele played the character of Trooper Duffy who claimed to have been "shoulder to shoulder with Davy Crockett at the Alamo"-in fact Steele played in With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo in 1926. Bob Steele died on December 21, 1988 from emphysema after a long sickness. Bob Steele is said to have been the inspiration for the character "Cowboy Bob" in the Dennis The Menace comic strip. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Steele (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Rio Bravo (1959)
as Matt Harris (uncredited)
Arizona Gunfighter (1937)
as Colt Ferron
Cavalry (1936)
as Ted Thorne
Mesquite Buckaroo (1939)
as Bob Allen
Doc (1969)
as Toby
Exposed (1947)
as Chicago
Hang 'em High (1968)
as Jenkins
The Big Sleep (1946)
as Lash Canino
The Shootist (1976)
as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
McLintock! (1963)
as Train Engineer
The Comancheros (1961)
as Pa Schofield (uncredited)
Taggart (1965)
as Earl (uncredited)
Rio Lobo (1970)
as Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
Paroled - To Die (1938)
as Doug Redfern
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
as Poker Player (uncredited)
Feud of the Range (1939)
as Bob Gray
The Trusted Outlaw (1937)
as Dan Ward
The Red Rope (1937)
as Tom Shaw
The Gun Ranger (1936)
as Dan Larson
Charley Varrick (1973)
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
Town Tamer (1965)
as Ken
Shenandoah (1965)
as Union Train Guard
Durango Valley Raiders (1938)
as Keene Cordner
Sonora Stagecoach (1944)
as Bob Steele
Hell Bent for Leather (1960)
as Jared
Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)
as Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead
The Enforcer (1951)
as Herman
Decision at Sundown (1957)
as Irv (uncredited)
Island in the Sky (1953)
as Wilson
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
as Col. Kern
4 for Texas (1963)
as Bank Board Member
Ride a Crooked Trail (1958)
as Jud Blunt (uncredited)
Pardners (1956)
as Shorty
Of Mice and Men (1939)
as Curley
Texas Buddies (1932)
as Ted Garner
Riders of the Desert (1932)
as Bob Houston
Last of the Warrens (1936)
as Ted Warren
The Invaders (1929)
Actor
The Savage Horde (1950)
as Dancer
Desert Patrol (1938)
as Dave Austin
Thunder Town (1946)
as Jim Brandon
Gun for a Coward (1956)
as Durkee
The Nevada Buckaroo (1931)
as Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid
Death Valley Rangers (1943)
as Bob Steele
Pals of the Pecos (1941)
as Tucson Smith
Colorado Kid (1937)
as Colorado Kid
Lightning Speed (1928)
as Jack Pemberton
Valley of Hunted Men (1942)
as Tucson Smith
Six Gun Man (1946)
as Stormy Storm
Bullet for a Badman (1964)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Cattle Drive (1951)
as Charlie "Careless" Morgan
Lightnin' Crandall (1937)
as Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall
Trail of Terror (1935)
as Spike Manning
Trailing North (1933)
as Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid
The Spoilers (1955)
as Miner
Brand of the Outlaws (1936)
as Gary Gray
Young Blood (1932)
as Nick aka The Kid
Dangerous Trails (1922)
as Bob
The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
as First Guard
Headin' North (1930)
as Jim Curtis
South of St. Louis (1949)
as Slim Hansen
City for Conquest (1940)
as Kid Callahan (uncredited)
Ridin' the Lone Trail (1937)
as Bob McArthur
No Man's Range (1935)
as Jim Hale
Drums Across the River (1954)
as Billy Costa
Wild Horse Valley (1940)
as Bob Evans
The Skunk (1921)
as Bob
Fort Worth (1951)
as Shorty
Trapping the Mountain Lion (1921)
as Bob
Billy the Kid in Texas (1940)
as Billy the Kid
The Carson City Kid (1940)
as Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds
The Opossum (1922)
Actor
Cheyenne (1947)
as Bucky
Giant from the Unknown (1958)
as Sheriff Parker
The Outcast (1954)
as Dude Rankin
Skin Game (1971)
as Bidder (uncredited)
Six Black Horses (1962)
as Puncher
Trapping the Wildcat (1921)
as Bob
The Rider of the Law (1935)
as Bob Marlow
Trapping The Bob Cat (1921)
as Bob
Mysterious Tracks (1922)
Actor
Northwest Trail (1945)
as RCMP Matt O'Brien
A Day in the Wilds (1921)
as Bob
The Civet Cat (1921)
as Bob
Santa Fe Scouts (1943)
as Tucson Smith
Something Big (1971)
as Teamster #3
The Man from Hell's Edges (1932)
as Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning
The Atomic Submarine (1959)
as "Grif" Griffin
Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947)
as Dusty Morgan
Catching a Coon (1921)
as Bob
Capturing a Canadian Lynx (1921)
as Bob
The Hunted Men (1930)
as Dick Stockdale
A Demon for Trouble (1934)
as Bob Worth
Outwitting the Timber Wolf (1921)
Actor
Raiders of the Range (1942)
as Tucson Smith
Trailing the Coyote (1921)
as Bob
The Parson and the Outlaw (1957)
as Ace Jardine
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin (1937)
as Dan Stockton
Riders of the Sage (1939)
as Bob Burke
Catching a Koala Bear (1921)
as Bob
Once Upon a Horse... (1958)
as Bob Steele
Son of Oklahoma (1932)
as Dan Clayton
Breed of the Border (1933)
as Speed Brent
Last of the Desperados (1955)
as Charlie Bowdre
The Bounty Killer (1965)
as Red - Henchman
The Phantom Plainsmen (1942)
as Tucson Smith
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)
as (archive footage)
The College Boob (1926)
as Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
Column South (1953)
as McAfee
Gauchos of El Dorado (1941)
as 'Tucson' Smith
Duel at Apache Wells (1957)
as Joe Dunn
With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre (1927)
as Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
as Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo (1926)
as 'Pinky' Smith
Trapping the Coyote (1921)
as Bob
Catching a Fox (1921)
as Bob
The Bandit's Son (1927)
as Bob McCall
Silver Canyon (1951)
as Walt Middler
The Oklahoma Cyclone (1930)
as Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone
The Oklahoma Sheriff (1930)
Actor
The Adventures of Bob and Bill (1920)
as Bob
South of Santa Fe (1932)
as Tom Keene
Lone Star Raiders (1940)
as Tucson Smith
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals (1941)
as Billy the Kid
The Trail Blazers (1940)
as Tucson Smith
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (1941)
as Billy the Kid
Rose of Cimarron (1952)
as Rio
Requiem for a Gunfighter (1965)
as Max Smith
Billy the Kid's Range War (1941)
as Billy the Kid
San Antone (1953)
as Bob Coolidge
With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness (1926)
as Jim Bryan
Doomed at Sundown (1937)
as Dave Austin
The Pal from Texas (1939)
as Bob Barton
The American Badger (1921)
as Bob
The Lion and the Horse (1952)
as Matt Jennings
Wall of Noise (1963)
as Trainer
Nightmare Honeymoon (1974)
as Charlie
The Brand of Hate (1934)
as Rod Camp
Riders of the Rio Grande (1943)
as Tucson Smith
Arizona Whirlwind (1944)
as Bob Steele
The Kid Ranger (1936)
as Ray Burton
Code of the Outlaw (1942)
as Tucson Smith
Revenge of the Zombies (1943)
as Sheriff
The Ridin' Fool (1931)
as Steve Kendall
Under Texas Skies (1940)
as Tucson Smith
Near the Trail's End (1931)
as Marshal Johnny Day
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge (1960)
as Ben
Shadows on the Sage (1942)
as 'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe
Law of the West (1932)
as Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan
The Fighting Champ (1932)
as Brick Loring
The Feud Maker (1938)
as Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid
Kid Courageous (1935)
as Bob Bannister
Marked Trails (1944)
as Bob Stevens
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940)
as Billy the Kid
Near the Rainbow's End (1930)
as Jim Bledsoe
Smokey Smith (1935)
as Smokey Smith
The Cowboy and the Outlaw (1929)
as George Hardcastle
The Great Train Robbery (1941)
as Tom Logan
Navajo Kid (1945)
as Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail (1941)
as 'Tucson' Smith
Ambush Trail (1946)
as Curley Thompson
The Man from Nowhere (1930)
as Terry Norton
Wildfire (1945)
as Happy Haye
The Wild Westerners (1962)
as Casey Banner
Tombstone Terror (1935)
as Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon
The Gallant Fool (1933)
as Kit Denton
Smoky Trails (1939)
as Bob Archer
Bandits of Dark Canyon (1947)
as Ed Archer
Sliding Home (1928)
as Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
The Blocked Trail (1943)
as Tucson Smith
Thunder in the Desert (1938)
as Bob Radford
Saddlemates (1941)
as Tucson Smith
Western Honor (1930)
as Bob
Powdersmoke Range (1935)
as Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid
Savage Frontier (1953)
as Sam Webb
Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940)
as Billy the Kid
Border Phantom (1937)
as Larry O'Day
Rio Grande Raiders (1946)
as Jeff Carson
The Utah Kid (1944)
as Bob Roberts
Sheriff of Redwood Valley (1946)
as Reno Kid
Western Justice (1934)
as Jim / Ace
The Fighting Chance (1955)
as Curly
The Land of Missing Men (1930)
as Steve O'Neil
Killer McCoy (1947)
as Sailor Graves
Sundown Saunders (1935)
as Jim Sundown Saunders
Galloping Romeo (1933)
as Bob Rivers
Thundering Trails (1943)
as Tucson Smith
West of Cimarron (1941)
as Tucson Smith
Ranger's Code (1933)
as Bob Baxter
The Law Rides (1936)
as Bruce Conway
Big Calibre (1935)
as Bob Neal
Come and Get It! (1929)
as Breezy Smith
The Mystery Squadron (1933)
as Fred Cromwell
Man in the Rough (1928)
as Bruce Sherwood
Breed of the Sunsets (1928)
as Jim Collins
Gangs of Sonora (1941)
as 'Tucson' Smith
Outlaw Trail (1944)
as Bob
Westward Bound (1944)
as Bob Steele
Hidden Valley (1932)
as Bob Harding
El Diablo Rides (1939)
as Bob
Pinto Canyon (1940)
as Bob Hall
Trigger Law (1944)
as Bob Steele
Westward Ho (1942)
as Tucson Smith
A Texas Cowboy (1929)
as Dick Carlysle
The Steel Jungle (1956)
as Dan Bucci
Just Plain Folks (1925)
Actor
Driftin' Sands (1928)
as 'Driftin' Sands
Prairie Pioneers (1941)
as Tucson Smith
Breezy Bill (1930)
as Breezy Bill
The Mojave Kid (1927)
as Bob Saunders
The Sunrise Trail (1931)
as Texas, aka Tex
Headin' for Danger (1928)
as Jimmy Marshall
Laughing at Death (1929)
as Bob Thornton
Trail of Courage (1928)
as Tex Reeves
The Amazing Vagabond (1929)
as Jimmy Hobbs
Captain Careless (1928)
as Bob Gordon
Alias John Law (1935)
as Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
The Riding Renegade (1928)
as Bob Taylor