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