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