Bob Steele

Born

January 23, 1907

Died

December 21, 1988 (81 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Portland, Oregon, USA

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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.

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Known For

7.8

Rio Lobo

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)

7.4

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

6.9

1968

Family Affair

(1 episode)

6.6

1966

F Troop

Trooper Duffy · (65 episodes)

6.2

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

6.6

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)

6.6

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)

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

5.6

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)

Ben · (1 episode)

7.8

1954

The Wonderful World of Disney

Soto Man (uncredited) · (1 episode)

7.8

1954

The Wonderful World of Disney

Rebel Arsonist (uncredited) · (1 episode)

7.8

1954

The Outcast

Dude Rankin

6.6

1954

Drums Across the River

Billy Costa

5.6

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

1.0

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

1.0

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

1.0

1938

Colorado Kid

4.0

1937

Arizona Gunfighter

Colt Ferron

3.8

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

2.0

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

3.7

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

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

0.0

1930

A Texas Cowboy

Dick Carlysle

0.0

1929

0.0

1926

Just Plain Folks

0.0

1925

The Opossum

0.0

1922

Mysterious Tracks

0.0

1922

Dangerous Trails

Bob

0.0

1920