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.
Movie | Waydowntown | Radio DJ (voice) | 2002-01-25 |
Movie | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) | 1976-05-01 |
Movie | Nightmare Honeymoon | Charlie | 1974-09-20 |
Movie | Charley Varrick | Bank Guard (uncredited) | 1973-09-19 |
Movie | Something Big | Teamster #3 | 1971-11-19 |
Movie | Skin Game | Bidder (uncredited) | 1971-09-30 |
Movie | Rio Lobo | Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited) | 1970-04-01 |
Movie | The Great Bank Robbery | First Guard | 1969-06-24 |
Series | Then Came Bronson | Unknown | 1969-09-17 |
Movie | Hang 'em High | Jenkins | 1968-04-12 |
Movie | Shenandoah | Union Train Guard | 1965-06-03 |
Movie | Requiem for a Gunfighter | Max Smith | 1965-06-30 |
Movie | Taggart | 1965-02-01 | |
Movie | Town Tamer | Ken | 1965-07-07 |
Series | F Troop | Trooper Duffy | 1965-09-14 |
Movie | The Bounty Killer | Red - Henchman | 1965-07-30 |
Movie | Bullet for a Badman | Sheriff (uncredited) | 1964-09-01 |
Movie | Wall of Noise | Trainer | 1963-09-04 |
Movie | Showdown | Poker Player (uncredited) | 1963-05-03 |
Movie | McLintock! | Train Engineer | 1963-11-12 |
Movie | 4 for Texas | Bank Board Member | 1963-12-21 |
Movie | Six Black Horses | Puncher | 1962-04-24 |
Movie | The Wild Westerners | Casey Banner | 1962-06-06 |
Movie | The Comancheros | Pa Schofield (uncredited) | 1961-12-22 |
Movie | Hell Bent for Leather | Jared | 1960-02-01 |
Movie | No Name on the Bullet | Poker Player (uncredited) | 1959-02-01 |
Movie | Rio Bravo | Matt Harris (uncredited) | 1959-03-18 |
Movie | Pork Chop Hill | Col. Kern | 1959-05-29 |
Movie | The Atomic Submarine | "Grif" Griffin | 1959-11-29 |
Series | The Rebel | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
Movie | Giant from the Unknown | Sheriff Parker | 1958-01-03 |
Movie | Ride a Crooked Trail | Jud Blunt (uncredited) | 1958-11-23 |
Movie | Once Upon a Horse... | Bob Steele | 1958-09-01 |
Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
Movie | Duel at Apache Wells | Joe Dunn | 1957-01-25 |
Movie | The Parson and the Outlaw | Ace Jardine | 1957-09-23 |
Movie | Decision at Sundown | Irv | 1957-11-10 |
Movie | The Steel Jungle | Dan Bucci | 1956-03-10 |
Movie | Pardners | Shorty | 1956-08-01 |
Movie | Gun for a Coward | Durkee | 1956-12-30 |
Series | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Unknown | 1955-09-06 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | The Spoilers | Miner | 1955-12-23 |
Movie | Last of the Desperados | Charlie Bowdre | 1955-10-31 |
Movie | Drums Across the River | Billy Costa | 1954-06-01 |
Movie | The Outcast | Dude Rankin | 1954-08-15 |
Movie | San Antone | Bob Coolidge | 1953-02-15 |
Movie | Savage Frontier | Sam Webb | 1953-05-15 |
Movie | Island in the Sky | Wilson | 1953-09-05 |
Movie | Column South | McAfee | 1953-05-20 |
Movie | Rose of Cimarron | Rio | 1952-01-28 |
Movie | Bugles in the Afternoon | Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead | 1952-03-04 |
Movie | The Lion and the Horse | Matt Jennings | 1952-05-16 |
Movie | Silver Canyon | Walt Middler | 1951-06-19 |
Movie | The Enforcer | Herman | 1951-02-24 |
Movie | Cattle Drive | Charlie "Careless" Morgan | 1951-08-01 |
Movie | Fort Worth | Shorty | 1951-07-14 |
Movie | The Savage Horde | Dancer | 1950-05-22 |
Movie | South of St. Louis | Slim Hansen | 1949-03-06 |
Movie | Exposed | Chicago | 1947-09-08 |
Movie | Twilight on the Rio Grande | Dusty Morgan | 1947-03-31 |
Movie | Cheyenne | Bucky | 1947-06-06 |
Movie | Killer McCoy | Sailor Graves | 1947-12-01 |
Movie | Bandits of Dark Canyon | Ed Archer | 1947-12-15 |
Movie | Ambush Trail | Curley Thompson | 1946-02-17 |
Movie | Six Gun Man | Stormy Storm | 1946-02-01 |
Movie | Sheriff of Redwood Valley | The Reno Kid | 1946-03-29 |
Movie | Thunder Town | Jim Brandon | 1946-04-13 |
Movie | The Big Sleep | Lash Canino | 1946-08-23 |
Movie | Rio Grande Raiders | Jeff Carson | 1946-09-09 |
Movie | Wildfire | Happy Haye | 1945-07-18 |
Movie | Navajo Kid | Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk | 1945-11-21 |
Movie | Northwest Trail | RCMP Matt O'Brien | 1945-11-30 |
Movie | Outlaw Trail | Bob | 1944-04-29 |
Movie | Westward Bound | Bob Steele | 1944-01-17 |
Movie | Arizona Whirlwind | Bob Steele | 1944-02-21 |
Movie | Sonora Stagecoach | Bob Steele | 1944-06-10 |
Movie | Marked Trails | Bob Stevens | 1944-07-29 |
Movie | Trigger Law | Bob Steele | 1944-09-29 |
Movie | The Utah Kid | Bob Roberts | 1944-08-25 |
Movie | Santa Fe Scouts | Tucson Smith | 1943-04-15 |
Movie | Thundering Trails | Tucson Smith | 1943-01-25 |
Movie | The Blocked Trail | Tucson Smith | 1943-03-12 |
Movie | Riders of the Rio Grande | Tucson Smith | 1943-05-21 |
Movie | Death Valley Rangers | Bob Steele | 1943-12-03 |
Movie | Revenge of the Zombies | Sheriff | 1943-09-17 |
Movie | Code of the Outlaw | Tucson Smith | 1942-01-30 |
Movie | Raiders of the Range | Tucson Smith | 1942-03-18 |
Movie | Westward Ho | Tucson Smith | 1942-04-24 |
Movie | Shadows on the Sage | 'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe | 1942-08-24 |
Movie | Valley of Hunted Men | Tucson Smith | 1942-11-13 |
Movie | The Phantom Plainsmen | Tucson Smith | 1942-06-16 |
Movie | Pals of the Pecos | Tucson Smith | 1941-04-07 |
Movie | The Great Train Robbery | Tom Logan | 1941-02-28 |
Movie | Billy the Kid's Range War | Billy the Kid | 1941-01-24 |
Movie | Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals | Billy the Kid | 1941-04-17 |
Movie | Prairie Pioneers | Tucson Smith | 1941-02-16 |
Movie | Outlaws of Cherokee Trail | 'Tucson' Smith | 1941-09-10 |
Movie | West of Cimarron | Tucson Smith | 1941-12-15 |
Movie | Saddlemates | Tucson Smith | 1941-05-15 |
Movie | Gauchos of El Dorado | 'Tucson' Smith | 1941-10-24 |
Movie | Billy the Kid in Santa Fe | Billy the Kid | 1941-07-11 |
Movie | Gangs of Sonora | 'Tucson' Smith | 1941-07-10 |
Movie | Billy the Kid Outlawed | Billy the Kid | 1940-07-20 |
Movie | The Carson City Kid | Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds | 1940-07-01 |
Movie | Pinto Canyon | Sheriff Bob Hall | 1940-04-30 |
Movie | City for Conquest | Kid Callahan (uncredited) | 1940-09-21 |
Movie | Lone Star Raiders | Tucson Smith | 1940-12-23 |
Movie | Billy the Kid in Texas | Billy the Kid | 1940-09-29 |
Movie | Billy the Kid's Gun Justice | Billy the Kid | 1940-12-27 |
Movie | The Trail Blazers | Tucson Smith | 1940-11-11 |
Movie | Under Texas Skies | Tucson Smith | 1940-09-29 |
Movie | Mesquite Buckaroo | Bob Allen | 1939-04-30 |
Movie | Riders of the Sage | Bob Burke | 1939-08-01 |
Movie | Feud of the Range | Bob Gray | 1939-01-15 |
Movie | The Pal from Texas | Bob Barton | 1939-11-01 |
Movie | Of Mice and Men | Curley | 1939-12-24 |
Movie | El Diablo Rides | Bob | 1939-12-12 |
Movie | Thunder in the Desert | Bob Radford | 1938-03-08 |
Movie | Paroled - To Die | Doug Redfern | 1938-01-11 |
Movie | The Feud Maker | Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid | 1938-04-16 |
Movie | Desert Patrol | Dave Austin | 1938-06-05 |
Movie | Durango Valley Raiders | Keene Cordner | 1938-08-21 |
Movie | Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin | Dan Stockton | 1937-05-18 |
Movie | Border Phantom | Larry O'Day | 1937-06-06 |
Movie | Lightnin' Crandall | Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall | 1937-03-24 |
Movie | The Trusted Outlaw | Dan Ward | 1937-05-04 |
Movie | Ridin' the Lone Trail | Bob McArthur | 1937-08-31 |
Movie | Doomed at Sundown | Dave Austin | 1937-07-06 |
Movie | Colorado Kid | Colorado Kid | 1937-12-06 |
Movie | Arizona Gunfighter | Colt Ferron | 1937-09-24 |
Movie | The Red Rope | Tom Shaw | 1937-07-19 |
Movie | Last of the Warrens | Ted Warren | 1936-05-09 |
Movie | The Law Rides | Bruce Conway | 1936-06-24 |
Movie | The Kid Ranger | Ray Burton | 1936-02-05 |
Movie | The Gun Ranger | Dan Larson | 1936-11-17 |
Movie | Cavalry | Ted Thorne | 1936-10-04 |
Movie | Brand of the Outlaws | Gary Gray | 1936-08-15 |
Movie | Tombstone Terror | Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon | 1935-04-24 |
Movie | Big Calibre | Bob Neal | 1935-03-08 |
Movie | Sundown Saunders | Jim Sundown Saunders | 1935-08-01 |
Movie | Smokey Smith | Smokey Smith | 1935-04-01 |
Movie | Powdersmoke Range | Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid | 1935-09-27 |
Movie | Alias John Law | Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark | 1935-11-04 |
Movie | The Rider of the Law | Bob Marlow | 1935-11-01 |
Movie | No Man's Range | Jim Hale | 1935-09-04 |
Movie | The Brand of Hate | Rod Camp | 1934-11-02 |
Movie | A Demon for Trouble | Bob Worth | 1934-08-10 |
Movie | Western Justice | Jim / Ace | 1934-12-12 |
Movie | Breed of the Border | Speed Brent | 1933-03-01 |
Movie | The Gallant Fool | Kit Denton | 1933-05-28 |
Movie | Trailing North | Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid | 1933-05-15 |
Movie | Galloping Romeo | Bob Rivers | 1933-08-04 |
Movie | Ranger's Code | Bob Baxter | 1933-08-14 |
Movie | The Mystery Squadron | Fred Cromwell | 1933-12-21 |
Movie | Riders of the Desert | Bob Houston | 1932-04-23 |
Movie | South of Santa Fe | Tom Keene | 1932-01-08 |
Movie | The Man from Hell's Edges | Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning | 1932-05-05 |
Movie | Law of the West | Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan | 1932-03-19 |
Movie | Hidden Valley | Bob Harding | 1932-10-10 |
Movie | Son of Oklahoma | Dan Clayton | 1932-07-16 |
Movie | The Fighting Champ | Brick Loring | 1932-12-15 |
Movie | Young Blood | Nick aka The Kid | 1932-11-05 |
Movie | Texas Buddies | Ted Garner | 1932-10-18 |
Movie | The Sunrise Trail | Texas, aka Tex | 1931-02-07 |
Movie | Near the Trail's End | Marshal Johnny Day | 1931-09-20 |
Movie | The Nevada Buckaroo | Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid | 1931-07-28 |
Movie | The Land of Missing Men | Steve O'Neil | 1930-10-14 |
Movie | With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre | Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.) | 1927-06-14 |
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