Bob Steele
Acting
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
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movieThe Shootist
1976
Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
movieMeanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
(archive footage)
movieNightmare Honeymoon
1974
Charlie
movieCharley Varrick
1973
Bank Guard (uncredited)
movieSomething Big
1971
Teamster #3
movieSkin Game
1971
Bidder (uncredited)
movieRio Lobo
1970
Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
tvThen Came Bronson
1969
Clay Turner
movieDoc
1969
Toby
movieThe Great Bank Robbery
1969
First Guard
movieHang 'em High
1968
Jenkins
tvF Troop
1965
Trooper Duffy
movieThe Bounty Killer
1965
Red - Henchman
movieRequiem for a Gunfighter
1965
Max Smith
movieShenandoah
1965
Union Train Guard
movieTaggart
1965
Earl (uncredited)
movieBullet for a Badman
1964
Sheriff (uncredited)
movie4 for Texas
1963
Bank Board Member
movieMcLintock!
1963
Train Engineer
movieWall of Noise
1963
Trainer
movieThe Wild Westerners
1962
Casey Banner
movieSix Black Horses
1962
Puncher
movieThe Comancheros
1961
Pa Schofield (uncredited)
movieThe Atomic Submarine
1959
"Grif" Griffin
tvThe Rebel
1959
Will Randall / Jess Kirby
moviePork Chop Hill
1959
Col. Kern
movieRio Bravo
1959
Matt Harris (uncredited)
movieNo Name on the Bullet
1959
Poker Player (uncredited)
tvRawhide
1959
Deputy Art Gray
movieRide a Crooked Trail
1958
Jud Blunt (uncredited)
tvLawman
1958
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
tvThe Texan
1958
Luke Short
movieOnce Upon a Horse...
1958
Bob Steele
movieThe Bonnie Parker Story
1958
Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
movieGiant from the Unknown
1958
Sheriff Parker
movieDecision at Sundown
1957
Irv (uncredited)
movieThe Parson and the Outlaw
1957
Ace Jardine
tvMaverick
1957
Walter Jackson / Wells / Jailed Cowhand Billy (uncredited)
tvSugarfoot
1957
Sam Shoulders
movieDuel at Apache Wells
1957
Joe Dunn
moviePardners
1956
Shorty
movieThe Steel Jungle
1956
Dan Bucci
movieLast of the Desperados
1955
Charlie Bowdre
tvScreen Director's Playhouse
1955
Deputy Sheriff Dodd
tvCheyenne
1955
Dugan
tvGunsmoke
1955
Sam Gordon / Coe
tvThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Deputy Marshal Sam (uncredited) / Deputy Marshal Sam
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Ben / Soto Man (uncredited) / Rebel Arsonist (uncredited)
movieThe Outcast
1954
Dude Rankin
movieDrums Across the River
1954
Billy Costa
movieColumn South
1953
McAfee
movieSavage Frontier
1953
Sam Webb
movieSan Antone
1953
Bob Coolidge
movieThe Lion and the Horse
1952
Matt Jennings
movieBugles in the Afternoon
1952
Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead
movieCattle Drive
1951
Charlie "Careless" Morgan
movieFort Worth
1951
Shorty
movieSilver Canyon
1951
Walt Middler
movieThe Enforcer
1951
Herman
movieSouth of St. Louis
1949
Slim Hansen
movieBandits of Dark Canyon
1947
Ed Archer
movieKiller McCoy
1947
Sailor Graves
movieExposed
1947
Chicago
movieCheyenne
1947
Bucky
movieTwilight on the Rio Grande
1947
Dusty Morgan
movieRio Grande Raiders
1946
Jeff Carson
movieThe Big Sleep
1946
Lash Canino
movieThunder Town
1946
Jim Brandon
movieAmbush Trail
1946
Curley Thompson
movieSix Gun Man
1946
Stormy Storm
movieNorthwest Trail
1945
RCMP Matt O'Brien
movieNavajo Kid
1945
Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk
movieWildfire
1945
Happy Haye
movieTrigger Law
1944
Bob Steele
movieThe Utah Kid
1944
Bob Roberts
movieMarked Trails
1944
Bob Stevens
movieSonora Stagecoach
1944
Bob Steele
movieArizona Whirlwind
1944
Bob Steele
movieWestward Bound
1944
Bob Steele
movieDeath Valley Rangers
1943
Bob Steele
movieRiders of the Rio Grande
1943
Tucson Smith
movieSanta Fe Scouts
1943
Tucson Smith
movieThe Blocked Trail
1943
Tucson Smith
movieThundering Trails
1943
Tucson Smith
movieValley of Hunted Men
1942
Tucson Smith
movieShadows on the Sage
1942
'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe
movieThe Phantom Plainsmen
1942
Tucson Smith
movieWestward Ho
1942
Tucson Smith
movieRaiders of the Range
1942
Tucson Smith
movieCode of the Outlaw
1942
Tucson Smith
movieWest of Cimarron
1941
Tucson Smith
movieGauchos of El Dorado
1941
'Tucson' Smith
movieOutlaws of Cherokee Trail
1941
'Tucson' Smith
movieBilly the Kid in Santa Fe
1941
Billy the Kid
movieGangs of Sonora
1941
'Tucson' Smith
movieSaddlemates
1941
Tucson Smith
movieBilly The Kid's Fighting Pals
1941
Billy the Kid
moviePals of the Pecos
1941
Tucson Smith
movieThe Great Train Robbery
1941
Tom Logan
moviePrairie Pioneers
1941
Tucson Smith
movieBilly the Kid's Range War
1941
Billy the Kid
movieBilly the Kid's Gun Justice
1940
Billy the Kid
movieLone Star Raiders
1940
Tucson Smith
movieThe Trail Blazers
1940
Tucson Smith
movieBilly the Kid in Texas
1940
Billy the Kid
movieUnder Texas Skies
1940
Tucson Smith
movieCity for Conquest
1940
Kid Callahan (uncredited)
movieBilly the Kid Outlawed
1940
Billy the Kid
movieThe Carson City Kid
1940
Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds
moviePinto Canyon
1940
Bob Hall
movieWild Horse Valley
1940
Bob Evans
movieOf Mice and Men
1939
Curley
movieThe Pal from Texas
1939
Bob Barton
movieRiders of the Sage
1939
Bob Burke
movieMesquite Buckaroo
1939
Bob Allen
movieSmoky Trails
1939
Bob Archer
movieFeud of the Range
1939
Bob Gray
movieDurango Valley Raiders
1938
Keene Cordner
movieDesert Patrol
1938
Dave Austin
movieThe Feud Maker
1938
Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid
movieThunder in the Desert
1938
Bob Radford
movieParoled - To Die
1938
Doug Redfern
movieColorado Kid
1937
Colorado Kid
movieArizona Gunfighter
1937
Colt Ferron
movieRidin' the Lone Trail
1937
Bob McArthur
movieThe Red Rope
1937
Tom Shaw
movieDoomed at Sundown
1937
Dave Austin
movieBorder Phantom
1937
Larry O'Day
movieGun Lords of Stirrup Basin
1937
Dan Stockton
movieThe Trusted Outlaw
1937
Dan Ward
movieLightnin' Crandall
1937
Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall
movieThe Gun Ranger
1936
Dan Larson
movieCavalry
1936
Ted Thorne
movieBrand of the Outlaws
1936
Gary Gray
movieThe Law Rides
1936
Bruce Conway
movieLast of the Warrens
1936
Ted Warren
movieThe Kid Ranger
1936
Ray Burton
movieTrail of Terror
1935
Spike Manning
movieAlias John Law
1935
Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
movieThe Rider of the Law
1935
Bob Marlow
moviePowdersmoke Range
1935
Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid
movieNo Man's Range
1935
Jim Hale
movieSundown Saunders
1935
Jim Sundown Saunders
movieTombstone Terror
1935
Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon
movieSmokey Smith
1935
Smokey Smith
movieBig Calibre
1935
Bob Neal
movieKid Courageous
1935
Bob Bannister
movieWestern Justice
1934
Jim / Ace
movieThe Brand of Hate
1934
Rod Camp
movieA Demon for Trouble
1934
Bob Worth
movieThe Mystery Squadron
1933
Fred Cromwell
movieRanger's Code
1933
Bob Baxter
movieGalloping Romeo
1933
Bob Rivers
movieThe Gallant Fool
1933
Kit Denton
movieTrailing North
1933
Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid
movieBreed of the Border
1933
Speed Brent
movieThe Fighting Champ
1932
Brick Loring
movieYoung Blood
1932
Nick aka The Kid
movieTexas Buddies
1932
Ted Garner
movieHidden Valley
1932
Bob Harding
movieSon of Oklahoma
1932
Dan Clayton
movieThe Man from Hell's Edges
1932
Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning
movieRiders of the Desert
1932
Bob Houston
movieLaw of the West
1932
Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan
movieSouth of Santa Fe
1932
Tom Keene
movieNear the Trail's End
1931
Marshal Johnny Day
movieThe Nevada Buckaroo
1931
Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid
movieThe Ridin' Fool
1931
Steve Kendall
movieThe Sunrise Trail
1931
Texas, aka Tex
movieHeadin' North
1930
Jim Curtis
movieThe Land of Missing Men
1930
Steve O'Neil
movieThe Oklahoma Cyclone
1930
Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone
movieNear the Rainbow's End
1930
Jim Bledsoe
movieThe Hunted Men
1930
Dick Stockdale
Breezy Bill
1930
Breezy Bill
movieA Texas Cowboy
1929
Dick Carlysle
movieThe Cowboy and the Outlaw
1929
George Hardcastle
movieLaughing at Death
1929
Bob Thornton
movieThe Amazing Vagabond
1929
Jimmy Hobbs
movieCome and Get It!
1929
Breezy Smith
movieHeadin' for Danger
1928
Jimmy Marshall
movieCaptain Careless
1928
Bob Gordon
movieLightning Speed
1928
Jack Pemberton
movieTrail of Courage
1928
Tex Reeves
movieMan in the Rough
1928
Bruce Sherwood
movieBreed of the Sunsets
1928
Jim Collins
movieThe Riding Renegade
1928
Bob Taylor
movieSliding Home
1928
Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
movieDriftin' Sands
1928
'Driftin' Sands
movieThe Bandit's Son
1927
Bob McCall
movieThe Mojave Kid
1927
Bob Saunders
movieWith Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
1927
Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
movieThe College Boob
1926
Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
movieWith Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
1926
'Pinky' Smith
