Biography
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.
Acted in 212
1970s
- 1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
- 1974
Nightmare Honeymoon
Charlie
- 1973
Charley Varrick
Bank Guard (uncredited)
- 1971
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
- 1966
- 1965
Town Tamer
Ken
Requiem for a Gunfighter
Max Smith
- 1964
- 1963
4 for Texas
Bank Board Member
Wall of Noise
Trainer
- 1962
The Wild Westerners
Casey Banner
Six Black Horses
Puncher
- 1961
- 1960
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
Ben
Hell Bent for Leather
Jared
1950s
- 1959
No Name on the Bullet
Poker Player (uncredited)
- 1958
Ride a Crooked Trail
Jud Blunt (uncredited)
Once Upon a Horse...
Bob Steele
The Bonnie Parker Story
Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
- 1957
Decision at Sundown
Irv (uncredited)
The Parson and the Outlaw
Ace Jardine
Duel at Apache Wells
Joe Dunn
- 1956
Gun for a Coward
Durkee
Pardners
Shorty
The Steel Jungle
Dan Bucci
- 1955
The Spoilers
Miner
The Fighting Chance
Curly
Last of the Desperados
Charlie Bowdre
- 1954
The Outcast
Dude Rankin
Drums Across the River
Billy Costa
- 1953
Island in the Sky
Wilson
Column South
McAfee
Savage Frontier
Sam Webb
San Antone
Bob Coolidge
- 1952
The Lion and the Horse
Matt Jennings
Rose of Cimarron
Rio
- 1951
Cattle Drive
Charlie "Careless" Morgan
Silver Canyon
Walt Middler
- 1950
1940s
- 1949
- 1947
Bandits of Dark Canyon
Ed Archer
Killer McCoy
Sailor Graves
- 1946
Rio Grande Raiders
Jeff Carson
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
Reno Kid
Ambush Trail
Curley Thompson
Six Gun Man
Stormy Storm
- 1945
Northwest Trail
RCMP Matt O'Brien
Navajo Kid
Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk
- 1944
Trigger Law
Bob Steele
The Utah Kid
Bob Roberts
Marked Trails
Bob Stevens
Outlaw Trail
Bob
Arizona Whirlwind
Bob Steele
Westward Bound
Bob Steele
- 1943
Death Valley Rangers
Bob Steele
Revenge of the Zombies
Sheriff
Riders of the Rio Grande
Tucson Smith
Santa Fe Scouts
Tucson Smith
The Blocked Trail
Tucson Smith
Thundering Trails
Tucson Smith
- 1942
Valley of Hunted Men
Tucson Smith
Shadows on the Sage
'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe
The Phantom Plainsmen
Tucson Smith
Westward Ho
Tucson Smith
Raiders of the Range
Tucson Smith
Code of the Outlaw
Tucson Smith
- 1941
West of Cimarron
Tucson Smith
Gauchos of El Dorado
'Tucson' Smith
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
'Tucson' Smith
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
Billy the Kid
Gangs of Sonora
'Tucson' Smith
Saddlemates
Tucson Smith
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
Billy the Kid
Pals of the Pecos
Tucson Smith
The Great Train Robbery
Tom Logan
Prairie Pioneers
Tucson Smith
Billy the Kid's Range War
Billy the Kid
- 1940
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
Billy the Kid
Lone Star Raiders
Tucson Smith
The Trail Blazers
Tucson Smith
Under Texas Skies
Tucson Smith
Billy the Kid Outlawed
Billy the Kid
The Carson City Kid
Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds
Pinto Canyon
Bob Hall
Wild Horse Valley
Bob Evans
1930s
- 1939
El Diablo Rides
Bob
The Pal from Texas
Bob Barton
Riders of the Sage
Bob Burke
Smoky Trails
Bob Archer
- 1938
Desert Patrol
Dave Austin
Thunder in the Desert
Bob Radford
- 1937
Colorado Kid
Colorado Kid
Ridin' the Lone Trail
Bob McArthur
The Red Rope
Tom Shaw
Doomed at Sundown
Dave Austin
Border Phantom
Larry O'Day
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
Dan Stockton
- 1936
The Law Rides
Bruce Conway
The Kid Ranger
Ray Burton
- 1935
Trail of Terror
Spike Manning
Alias John Law
Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
Powdersmoke Range
Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid
Sundown Saunders
Jim Sundown Saunders
Tombstone Terror
Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon
Smokey Smith
Smokey Smith
Big Calibre
Bob Neal
Kid Courageous
Bob Bannister
- 1934
Western Justice
Jim / Ace
A Demon for Trouble
Bob Worth
- 1933
The Mystery Squadron
Fred Cromwell
Ranger's Code
Bob Baxter
Galloping Romeo
Bob Rivers
The Gallant Fool
Kit Denton
Breed of the Border
Speed Brent
- 1932
The Fighting Champ
Brick Loring
Young Blood
Nick aka The Kid
Hidden Valley
Bob Harding
Son of Oklahoma
Dan Clayton
The Man from Hell's Edges
Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning
Riders of the Desert
Bob Houston
Law of the West
Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan
South of Santa Fe
Tom Keene
- 1931
Near the Trail's End
Marshal Johnny Day
The Nevada Buckaroo
Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid
The Ridin' Fool
Steve Kendall
The Sunrise Trail
Texas, aka Tex
- 1930
The Land of Missing Men
Steve O'Neil
The Oklahoma Sheriff
Movie
Near the Rainbow's End
Jim Bledsoe
The Hunted Men
Dick Stockdale
1920s
- 1929
A Texas Cowboy
Dick Carlysle
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
George Hardcastle
Laughing at Death
Bob Thornton
The Amazing Vagabond
Jimmy Hobbs
Come and Get It!
Breezy Smith
- 1928
Headin' for Danger
Jimmy Marshall
Captain Careless
Bob Gordon
Lightning Speed
Jack Pemberton
Trail of Courage
Tex Reeves
Man in the Rough
Bruce Sherwood
Breed of the Sunsets
Jim Collins
The Riding Renegade
Bob Taylor
Sliding Home
Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
Driftin' Sands
'Driftin' Sands
- 1927
The Bandit's Son
Bob McCall
The Mojave Kid
Bob Saunders
With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
- 1926
The College Boob
Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
'Pinky' Smith
With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness
Jim Bryan
- 1921
Outwitting the Timber Wolf
Movie
Wrote 1
1920s
- 1928
Captain Careless
Story