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)
Hang 'em High (1968)
as Jenkins
The Big Sleep (1946)
as Lash Canino
Rio Lobo (1970)
as Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
The Shootist (1976)
as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
The Comancheros (1961)
as Pa Schofield (uncredited)
McLintock! (1963)
as Train Engineer
Taggart (1965)
as Earl (uncredited)
Charley Varrick (1973)
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
The Enforcer (1951)
as Herman
Shenandoah (1965)
as Union Train Guard
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
as Col. Kern
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
as Poker Player (uncredited)
4 for Texas (1963)
as Bank Board Member
The Bounty Killer (1965)
as Red - Henchman
Decision at Sundown (1957)
as Irv (uncredited)
Of Mice and Men (1939)
as Curley
Gun for a Coward (1956)
as Durkee
Ride a Crooked Trail (1958)
as Jud Blunt (uncredited)
Skin Game (1971)
as Bidder (uncredited)
Lightnin' Crandall (1937)
as Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall
Mesquite Buckaroo (1939)
as Bob Allen
The Invaders (1929)
Actor
Bullet for a Badman (1964)
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Hell Bent for Leather (1960)
as Jared
Trailing North (1933)
as Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid
Something Big (1971)
as Teamster #3
Cattle Drive (1951)
as Charlie "Careless" Morgan
Island in the Sky (1953)
as Wilson
Thunder Town (1946)
as Jim Brandon
Pardners (1956)
as Shorty
Town Tamer (1965)
as Ken
The Spoilers (1955)
as Miner
Cavalry (1936)
as Ted Thorne
Drums Across the River (1954)
as Billy Costa
The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
as First Guard
Exposed (1947)
as Chicago
The Outcast (1954)
as Dude Rankin
Arizona Gunfighter (1937)
as Colt Ferron
Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)
as Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead
City for Conquest (1940)
as Kid Callahan (uncredited)
The Atomic Submarine (1959)
as "Grif" Griffin
Trapping the Mountain Lion (1921)
as Bob
Young Blood (1932)
as Nick aka The Kid
Cheyenne (1947)
as Bucky
Fort Worth (1951)
as Shorty
South of St. Louis (1949)
as Slim Hansen
The Savage Horde (1950)
as Dancer
Nightmare Honeymoon (1974)
as Charlie
Column South (1953)
as McAfee
Killer McCoy (1947)
as Sailor Graves
Lightning Speed (1928)
as Jack Pemberton
Doc (1969)
as Toby
Six Gun Man (1946)
as Stormy Storm
Six Black Horses (1962)
as Puncher
Desert Patrol (1938)
as Dave Austin
Death Valley Rangers (1943)
as Bob Steele
Rose of Cimarron (1952)
as Rio
Ridin' the Lone Trail (1937)
as Bob McArthur
The Hunted Men (1930)
as Dick Stockdale
Brand of the Outlaws (1936)
as Gary Gray
Giant from the Unknown (1958)
as Sheriff Parker
The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
as Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
Paroled - To Die (1938)
as Doug Redfern
Last of the Warrens (1936)
as Ted Warren
Texas Buddies (1932)
as Ted Garner
The Nevada Buckaroo (1931)
as Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid
The Lion and the Horse (1952)
as Matt Jennings
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge (1960)
as Ben
Valley of Hunted Men (1942)
as Tucson Smith
San Antone (1953)
as Bob Coolidge
The Carson City Kid (1940)
as Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds
No Man's Range (1935)
as Jim Hale
Colorado Kid (1937)
as Colorado Kid
The Red Rope (1937)
as Tom Shaw
The Gun Ranger (1936)
as Dan Larson
Riders of the Desert (1932)
as Bob Houston
Sonora Stagecoach (1944)
as Bob Steele
Wall of Noise (1963)
as Trainer
Billy the Kid's Range War (1941)
as Billy the Kid
Feud of the Range (1939)
as Bob Gray
Duel at Apache Wells (1957)
as Joe Dunn
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)
as (archive footage)
The College Boob (1926)
as Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
Navajo Kid (1945)
as Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk
Ambush Trail (1946)
as Curley Thompson
Northwest Trail (1945)
as RCMP Matt O'Brien
The Rider of the Law (1935)
as Bob Marlow
Trail of Terror (1935)
as Spike Manning
Last of the Desperados (1955)
as Charlie Bowdre
Wild Horse Valley (1940)
as Bob Evans
Santa Fe Scouts (1943)
as Tucson Smith
The Great Train Robbery (1941)
as Tom Logan
Once Upon a Horse... (1958)
as Bob Steele
Kid Courageous (1935)
as Bob Bannister
The Parson and the Outlaw (1957)
as Ace Jardine
The Wild Westerners (1962)
as Casey Banner
Revenge of the Zombies (1943)
as Sheriff
Powdersmoke Range (1935)
as Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid
Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940)
as Billy the Kid
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals (1941)
as Billy the Kid
The Steel Jungle (1956)
as Dan Bucci
Under Texas Skies (1940)
as Tucson Smith
Rio Grande Raiders (1946)
as Jeff Carson
Headin' North (1930)
as Jim Curtis
The Mystery Squadron (1933)
as Fred Cromwell
The Fighting Chance (1955)
as Curly
Riders of the Rio Grande (1943)
as Tucson Smith
West of Cimarron (1941)
as Tucson Smith
Silver Canyon (1951)
as Walt Middler
The Trusted Outlaw (1937)
as Dan Ward
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940)
as Billy the Kid
Gangs of Sonora (1941)
as 'Tucson' Smith
Riders of the Sage (1939)
as Bob Burke
Thundering Trails (1943)
as Tucson Smith
The Oklahoma Sheriff (1930)
Actor
Son of Oklahoma (1932)
as Dan Clayton
Near the Rainbow's End (1930)
as Jim Bledsoe
Sliding Home (1928)
as Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
Doomed at Sundown (1937)
as Dave Austin
The Gallant Fool (1933)
as Kit Denton
Ranger's Code (1933)
as Bob Baxter
Wildfire (1945)
as Happy Haye
Mysterious Tracks (1922)
Actor
Code of the Outlaw (1942)
as Tucson Smith
Westward Ho (1942)
as Tucson Smith
Westward Bound (1944)
as Bob Steele
Outlaw Trail (1944)
as Bob
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (1941)
as Billy the Kid
Pals of the Pecos (1941)
as Tucson Smith
Arizona Whirlwind (1944)
as Bob Steele
Requiem for a Gunfighter (1965)
as Max Smith
Durango Valley Raiders (1938)
as Keene Cordner
Raiders of the Range (1942)
as Tucson Smith
Dangerous Trails (1922)
as Bob
Savage Frontier (1953)
as Sam Webb
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin (1937)
as Dan Stockton
Lone Star Raiders (1940)
as Tucson Smith
The Skunk (1921)
as Bob
Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947)
as Dusty Morgan
Breed of the Border (1933)
as Speed Brent
The Brand of Hate (1934)
as Rod Camp
Sheriff of Redwood Valley (1946)
as Reno Kid
Border Phantom (1937)
as Larry O'Day
A Demon for Trouble (1934)
as Bob Worth
Prairie Pioneers (1941)
as Tucson Smith
The Blocked Trail (1943)
as Tucson Smith
The Ridin' Fool (1931)
as Steve Kendall
The Opossum (1922)
Actor
Smokey Smith (1935)
as Smokey Smith
The Feud Maker (1938)
as Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid
Billy the Kid in Texas (1940)
as Billy the Kid
The Trail Blazers (1940)
as Tucson Smith
Tombstone Terror (1935)
as Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon
The Sunrise Trail (1931)
as Texas, aka Tex
Just Plain Folks (1925)
Actor
The Man from Hell's Edges (1932)
as Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning
The Utah Kid (1944)
as Bob Roberts
A Day in the Wilds (1921)
as Bob
The Phantom Plainsmen (1942)
as Tucson Smith
Saddlemates (1941)
as Tucson Smith
Shadows on the Sage (1942)
as 'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe
Law of the West (1932)
as Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan
South of Santa Fe (1932)
as Tom Keene
Breed of the Sunsets (1928)
as Jim Collins
Bandits of Dark Canyon (1947)
as Ed Archer
Big Calibre (1935)
as Bob Neal
The Pal from Texas (1939)
as Bob Barton
Laughing at Death (1929)
as Bob Thornton
Trapping The Bob Cat (1921)
as Bob
Gauchos of El Dorado (1941)
as 'Tucson' Smith
The Adventures of Bob and Bill (1920)
as Bob
Marked Trails (1944)
as Bob Stevens
Thunder in the Desert (1938)
as Bob Radford
Driftin' Sands (1928)
as 'Driftin' Sands
The Riding Renegade (1928)
as Bob Taylor
The Oklahoma Cyclone (1930)
as Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail (1941)
as 'Tucson' Smith
Sundown Saunders (1935)
as Jim Sundown Saunders
Pinto Canyon (1940)
as Bob Hall
Western Justice (1934)
as Jim / Ace
The Land of Missing Men (1930)
as Steve O'Neil
With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness (1926)
as Jim Bryan
Catching a Fox (1921)
as Bob
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo (1926)
as 'Pinky' Smith
Hidden Valley (1932)
as Bob Harding
El Diablo Rides (1939)
as Bob
Galloping Romeo (1933)
as Bob Rivers
The Civet Cat (1921)
as Bob
Trigger Law (1944)
as Bob Steele
The Bandit's Son (1927)
as Bob McCall
The Man from Nowhere (1930)
as Terry Norton
Catching a Coon (1921)
as Bob
Alias John Law (1935)
as Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
Near the Trail's End (1931)
as Marshal Johnny Day
The Amazing Vagabond (1929)
as Jimmy Hobbs
Smoky Trails (1939)
as Bob Archer
Trapping the Wildcat (1921)
as Bob
The Fighting Champ (1932)
as Brick Loring
The Cowboy and the Outlaw (1929)
as George Hardcastle
Headin' for Danger (1928)
as Jimmy Marshall
The Kid Ranger (1936)
as Ray Burton
Capturing a Canadian Lynx (1921)
as Bob
The Mojave Kid (1927)
as Bob Saunders
A Texas Cowboy (1929)
as Dick Carlysle
Trail of Courage (1928)
as Tex Reeves
Breezy Bill (1930)
as Breezy Bill
Catching a Koala Bear (1921)
as Bob
Trapping the Coyote (1921)
as Bob
Western Honor (1930)
as Bob
Trailing the Coyote (1921)
as Bob
Captain Careless (1928)
as Bob Gordon
Outwitting the Timber Wolf (1921)
Actor
With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre (1927)
as Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
The American Badger (1921)
as Bob
The Law Rides (1936)
as Bruce Conway
Come and Get It! (1929)
as Breezy Smith
Man in the Rough (1928)
as Bruce Sherwood