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Bob Steele
Born · January 23, 1907
Died · December 21, 1988 (81 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, USA
Bio
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.
The Shootist
Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
7.1
1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
9.0
1976
Nightmare Honeymoon
Charlie
5.0
1974
Charley Varrick
Bank Guard (uncredited)
7.3
1973
Something Big
Teamster #3
5.2
1971
Skin Game
Bidder (uncredited)
6.6
1971
Rio Lobo
Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
6.4
1970
Then Came Bronson
(1 episode)
4.8
1969
Doc
Toby
0.0
1969
The Great Bank Robbery
First Guard
6.3
1969
Hang 'em High
Jenkins
6.8
1968
Family Affair
(1 episode)
6.6
1966
F Troop
Trooper Duffy · (65 episodes)
6.1
1965
The Bounty Killer
Red - Henchman
5.8
1965
Town Tamer
Ken
6.4
1965
Requiem for a Gunfighter
Max Smith
6.0
1965
Shenandoah
Union Train Guard
6.9
1965
Taggart
Earl (uncredited)
5.2
1965
Bullet for a Badman
Sheriff (uncredited)
6.2
1964
4 for Texas
Bank Board Member
5.1
1963
McLintock!
Train Engineer
6.5
1963
Wall of Noise
Trainer
3.6
1963
The Wild Westerners
Casey Banner
7.0
1962
Six Black Horses
Puncher
5.8
1962
The Comancheros
Pa Schofield (uncredited)
6.7
1961
National Velvet
Clive · (1 episode)
7.5
1960
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
Ben
0.0
1960
Hell Bent for Leather
Jared
6.2
1960
The Atomic Submarine
"Grif" Griffin
5.3
1959
The Rebel
Will Randall · (1 episode)
5.1
1959
The Rebel
Jess Kirby · (1 episode)
5.1
1959
Pork Chop Hill
Col. Kern
6.5
1959
Rio Bravo
Matt Harris (uncredited)
7.8
1959
Rawhide
Deputy Art Gray · (1 episode)
7.2
1959
Lawman
Telegraph Operator (uncredited) · (1 episode)
5.4
1958
The Texan
Luke Short · (1 episode)
5.0
1958
Once Upon a Horse...
Bob Steele
8.5
1958
The Bonnie Parker Story
Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
4.6
1958
Giant from the Unknown
Sheriff Parker
4.0
1958
Decision at Sundown
Irv
6.3
1957
The Parson and the Outlaw
Ace Jardine
4.1
1957
Maverick
Walter Jackson · (1 episode)
6.8
1957
Maverick
Wells · (1 episode)
6.8
1957
Maverick
Jailed Cowhand Billy (uncredited) · (1 episode)
6.8
1957
Sugarfoot
Sam Shoulders · (1 episode)
4.8
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Jockey · (1 episode)
7.4
1957
Duel at Apache Wells
Joe Dunn
4.0
1957
Gun for a Coward
Durkee
5.5
1956
Pardners
Shorty
6.7
1956
The Steel Jungle
Dan Bucci
5.3
1956
The Spoilers
Miner
4.8
1955
The Fighting Chance
Curly
4.0
1955
Last of the Desperados
Charlie Bowdre
6.0
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
Deputy Sheriff Dodd · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Cheyenne
Dugan · (1 episode)
5.8
1955
Gunsmoke
Sam Gordon · (2 episodes)
6.6
1955
Gunsmoke
Coe · (1 episode)
6.6
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
(1 episode)
6.6
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Deputy Marshal Sam (uncredited) · (2 episodes)
6.6
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Ben · (1 episode)
7.6
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Soto Man (uncredited) · (1 episode)
7.6
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Rebel Arsonist (uncredited) · (1 episode)
7.6
1954
The Outcast
Dude Rankin
6.6
1954
Drums Across the River
Billy Costa
5.4
1954
Island in the Sky
Wilson
6.2
1953
Column South
McAfee
6.0
1953
Savage Frontier
Sam Webb
0.0
1953
San Antone
Bob Coolidge
5.0
1953
The Lion and the Horse
Matt Jennings
5.7
1952
Bugles in the Afternoon
Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead
5.1
1952
Rose of Cimarron
Rio
5.0
1952
Cattle Drive
Charlie "Careless" Morgan
6.1
1951
Fort Worth
Shorty
6.7
1951
Silver Canyon
Walt Middler
7.0
1951
The Enforcer
Herman
7.1
1951
The Savage Horde
Dancer
5.8
1950
South of St. Louis
Slim Hansen
5.6
1949
Bandits of Dark Canyon
Ed Archer
0.0
1947
Killer McCoy
Sailor Graves
6.0
1947
Exposed
Chicago
5.8
1947
Cheyenne
Bucky
6.8
1947
Twilight on the Rio Grande
Dusty Morgan
2.5
1947
Rio Grande Raiders
Jeff Carson
0.0
1946
The Big Sleep
Lash Canino
7.6
1946
Thunder Town
Jim Brandon
3.0
1946
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
The Reno Kid
4.0
1946
Ambush Trail
Curley Thompson
0.0
1946
Six Gun Man
Stormy Storm
0.0
1946
Northwest Trail
RCMP Matt O'Brien
5.0
1945
Navajo Kid
Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk
6.0
1945
Wildfire
Happy Haye
0.0
1945
Trigger Law
Bob Steele
0.0
1944
The Utah Kid
Bob Roberts
0.0
1944
Marked Trails
Bob Stevens
5.7
1944
Sonora Stagecoach
Bob Steele
5.0
1944
Outlaw Trail
Bob
0.0
1944
Arizona Whirlwind
Bob Steele
5.5
1944
Westward Bound
Bob Steele
4.0
1944
Death Valley Rangers
Bob Steele
6.7
1943
Revenge of the Zombies
Sheriff
5.2
1943
Riders of the Rio Grande
Tucson Smith
0.0
1943
Santa Fe Scouts
Tucson Smith
0.0
1943
The Blocked Trail
Tucson Smith
0.0
1943
Thundering Trails
Tucson Smith
6.0
1943
Valley of Hunted Men
Tucson Smith
0.0
1942
Shadows on the Sage
'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe
0.0
1942
The Phantom Plainsmen
Tucson Smith
6.0
1942
Westward Ho
Tucson Smith
3.0
1942
Raiders of the Range
Tucson Smith
0.0
1942
Code of the Outlaw
Tucson Smith
0.0
1942
West of Cimarron
Tucson Smith
4.0
1941
Gauchos of El Dorado
'Tucson' Smith
0.0
1941
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
'Tucson' Smith
0.0
1941
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
Billy the Kid
4.0
1941
Gangs of Sonora
'Tucson' Smith
0.0
1941
Saddlemates
Tucson Smith
0.0
1941
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
Billy the Kid
6.0
1941
Pals of the Pecos
Tucson Smith
0.0
1941
The Great Train Robbery
Tom Logan
7.5
1941
Prairie Pioneers
Tucson Smith
0.0
1941
Billy the Kid's Range War
Billy the Kid
6.5
1941
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
Billy the Kid
4.0
1940
Lone Star Raiders
Tucson Smith
0.0
1940
The Trail Blazers
Tucson Smith
0.0
1940
Billy the Kid in Texas
Billy the Kid
5.8
1940
Under Texas Skies
Tucson Smith
5.0
1940
City for Conquest
Kid Callahan (uncredited)
6.8
1940
Billy the Kid Outlawed
Billy the Kid
0.0
1940
The Carson City Kid
Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds
5.5
1940
Pinto Canyon
Sheriff Bob Hall
3.0
1940
Wild Horse Valley
Bob Evans
0.0
1940
Of Mice and Men
Curley
7.3
1939
El Diablo Rides
Bob
0.0
1939
The Pal from Texas
Bob Barton
0.0
1939
Riders of the Sage
Bob Burke
5.0
1939
Mesquite Buckaroo
Bob Allen
0.0
1939
Smoky Trails
Bob Archer
0.0
1939
Feud of the Range
Bob Gray
6.0
1939
Durango Valley Raiders
Keene Cordner
0.0
1938
Desert Patrol
Dave Austin
0.0
1938
The Feud Maker
Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid
4.0
1938
Thunder in the Desert
Bob Radford
6.0
1938
Paroled - To Die
Doug Redfern
0.0
1938
Colorado Kid
Colorado Kid
4.0
1937
Arizona Gunfighter
Colt Ferron
4.7
1937
Ridin' the Lone Trail
Bob McArthur
5.0
1937
The Red Rope
Tom Shaw
6.0
1937
Doomed at Sundown
Dave Austin
3.0
1937
Border Phantom
Larry O'Day
4.7
1937
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
Dan Stockton
6.0
1937
The Trusted Outlaw
Dan Ward
6.0
1937
Lightnin' Crandall
Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall
3.0
1937
The Gun Ranger
Dan Larson
0.0
1936
Cavalry
Ted Thorne
6.0
1936
Brand of the Outlaws
Gary Gray
6.0
1936
The Law Rides
Bruce Conway
5.0
1936
Last of the Warrens
Ted Warren
6.7
1936
The Kid Ranger
Ray Burton
5.0
1936
Trail of Terror
Spike Manning
0.0
1935
Alias John Law
Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
3.8
1935
The Rider of the Law
Bob Marlow
5.0
1935
Powdersmoke Range
Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid
0.0
1935
No Man's Range
Jim Hale
6.0
1935
Sundown Saunders
Jim Sundown Saunders
0.0
1935
Tombstone Terror
Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon
4.0
1935
Smokey Smith
Smokey Smith
5.0
1935
Big Calibre
Bob Neal
0.0
1935
Kid Courageous
Bob Bannister
5.5
1935
Western Justice
Jim / Ace
0.0
1934
The Brand of Hate
Rod Camp
4.5
1934
A Demon for Trouble
Bob Worth
5.0
1934
The Mystery Squadron
Fred Cromwell
6.0
1933
Ranger's Code
Bob Baxter
0.0
1933
Galloping Romeo
Bob Rivers
0.0
1933
The Gallant Fool
Kit Denton
0.0
1933
Trailing North
Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid
6.7
1933
Breed of the Border
Speed Brent
0.0
1933
The Fighting Champ
Brick Loring
5.5
1932
Young Blood
Nick aka The Kid
0.0
1932
Texas Buddies
Ted Garner
6.0
1932
Hidden Valley
Bob Harding
6.0
1932
Son of Oklahoma
Dan Clayton
0.0
1932
The Man from Hell's Edges
Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning
4.0
1932
Riders of the Desert
Bob Houston
4.5
1932
Law of the West
Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan
5.0
1932
South of Santa Fe
Tom Keene
3.0
1932
Near the Trail's End
Marshal Johnny Day
5.0
1931
The Nevada Buckaroo
Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid
0.0
1931
The Ridin' Fool
Steve Kendall
0.0
1931
The Sunrise Trail
Texas, aka Tex
3.0
1931
Headin' North
Jim Curtis
2.0
1930
The Land of Missing Men
Steve O'Neil
4.0
1930
The Oklahoma Cyclone
Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone
4.2
1930
The Oklahoma Sheriff
0.0
1930
Near the Rainbow's End
Jim Bledsoe
1.0
1930
Western Honor
Bob
0.0
1930
The Man from Nowhere
Terry Norton
0.0
1930
The Hunted Men
Dick Stockdale
0.0
1930
Breezy Bill
Breezy Bill
0.0
1930
A Texas Cowboy
Dick Carlysle
0.0
1929
The Invaders
0.0
1929
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
George Hardcastle
0.0
1929
Laughing at Death
Bob Thornton
0.0
1929
The Amazing Vagabond
Jimmy Hobbs
0.0
1929
Come and Get It!
Breezy Smith
0.0
1929
Headin' for Danger
Jimmy Marshall
0.0
1928
Captain Careless
Bob Gordon
0.0
1928
Lightning Speed
Jack Pemberton
0.0
1928
Trail of Courage
Tex Reeves
0.0
1928
Man in the Rough
Bruce Sherwood
0.0
1928
Breed of the Sunsets
Jim Collins
0.0
1928
The Riding Renegade
Bob Taylor
0.0
1928
Sliding Home
Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
0.0
1928
Driftin' Sands
'Driftin' Sands
0.0
1928
The Bandit's Son
Bob McCall
0.0
1927
The Mojave Kid
Bob Saunders
0.0
1927
With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
0.0
1927
The College Boob
Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
10.0
1926
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
'Pinky' Smith
0.0
1926
With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness
Jim Bryan
0.0
1926
Just Plain Folks
0.0
1925
The Opossum
0.0
1922
Mysterious Tracks
0.0
1922
Dangerous Trails
Bob
0.0
1922
A Day in the Wilds
Bob
4.0
1921
The Skunk
Bob
4.0
1921
The Civet Cat
Bob
0.0
1921
The American Badger
Bob
0.0
1921
Catching a Coon
Bob
0.0
1921
Outwitting the Timber Wolf
0.0
1921
Trapping the Wildcat
Bob
0.0
1921
Trailing the Coyote
Bob
0.0
1921
Trapping The Bob Cat
Bob
0.0
1921
Catching a Koala Bear
Bob
0.0
1921
Capturing a Canadian Lynx
Bob
0.0
1921
Trapping the Mountain Lion
Bob
0.0
1921
Catching a Fox
Bob
0.0
1921
Trapping the Coyote
Bob
0.0
1921
The Adventures of Bob and Bill
Bob
0.0
1920