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.
TV Shows(16)
Then Came Bronson
Clay Turner
1969
Family Affair
1966
F Troop
Trooper Duffy
1965
National Velvet
Clive
1960
The Rebel
Will Randall
1959
Rawhide
Deputy Art Gray
1959
Lawman
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
1958
The Texan
Luke Short
1958
Maverick
Walter Jackson
1957
Sugarfoot
Sam Shoulders
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Jockey
1957
Screen Director's Playhouse
Deputy Sheriff Dodd
1955
Cheyenne
Dugan
1955
Gunsmoke
Sam Gordon
1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Deputy Marshal Sam (uncredited)
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Ben
1954
Movies(218)
The Shootist
Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
1976
Nightmare Honeymoon
Charlie
1974
Charley Varrick
Bank Guard (uncredited)
1973
Something Big
Teamster #3
1971
Skin Game
Bidder (uncredited)
1971
Rio Lobo
Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
1970
Doc
Toby
1969
The Great Bank Robbery
First Guard
1969
Hang 'em High
Jenkins
1968
The Bounty Killer
Red - Henchman
1965
Town Tamer
Ken
1965
Requiem for a Gunfighter
Max Smith
1965
Shenandoah
Union Train Guard
1965
Taggart
Earl (uncredited)
1965
Bullet for a Badman
Sheriff (uncredited)
1964
4 for Texas
Bank Board Member
1963
McLintock!
Train Engineer
1963
Wall of Noise
Trainer
1963
The Wild Westerners
Casey Banner
1962
Six Black Horses
Puncher
1962
The Comancheros
Pa Schofield (uncredited)
1961
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
Ben
1960
Hell Bent for Leather
Jared
1960
The Atomic Submarine
"Grif" Griffin
1959
Pork Chop Hill
Col. Kern
1959
Rio Bravo
Matt Harris (uncredited)
1959
No Name on the Bullet
Poker Player (uncredited)
1959
Ride a Crooked Trail
Jud Blunt (uncredited)
1958
Once Upon a Horse...
Bob Steele
1958
The Bonnie Parker Story
Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
1958
Giant from the Unknown
Sheriff Parker
1958
Decision at Sundown
Irv (uncredited)
1957
The Parson and the Outlaw
Ace Jardine
1957
Duel at Apache Wells
Joe Dunn
1957
Gun for a Coward
Durkee
1956
Pardners
Shorty
1956
The Steel Jungle
Dan Bucci
1956
The Spoilers
Miner
1955
The Fighting Chance
Curly
1955
Last of the Desperados
Charlie Bowdre
1955
The Outcast
Dude Rankin
1954
Drums Across the River
Billy Costa
1954
Island in the Sky
Wilson
1953
Column South
McAfee
1953
Savage Frontier
Sam Webb
1953
San Antone
Bob Coolidge
1953
The Lion and the Horse
Matt Jennings
1952
Bugles in the Afternoon
Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead
1952
Rose of Cimarron
Rio
1952
Cattle Drive
Charlie "Careless" Morgan
1951
Fort Worth
Shorty
1951
Silver Canyon
Walt Middler
1951
The Enforcer
Herman
1951
The Savage Horde
Dancer
1950
South of St. Louis
Slim Hansen
1949
Bandits of Dark Canyon
Ed Archer
1947
Killer McCoy
Sailor Graves
1947
Exposed
Chicago
1947
Cheyenne
Bucky
1947
Twilight on the Rio Grande
Dusty Morgan
1947
Rio Grande Raiders
Jeff Carson
1946
The Big Sleep
Lash Canino
1946
Thunder Town
Jim Brandon
1946
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
Reno Kid
1946
Ambush Trail
Curley Thompson
1946
Six Gun Man
Stormy Storm
1946
Northwest Trail
RCMP Matt O'Brien
1945
Navajo Kid
Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk
1945
Wildfire
Happy Haye
1945
Trigger Law
Bob Steele
1944
The Utah Kid
Bob Roberts
1944
Marked Trails
Bob Stevens
1944
Sonora Stagecoach
Bob Steele
1944
Outlaw Trail
Bob
1944
Arizona Whirlwind
Bob Steele
1944
Westward Bound
Bob Steele
1944
Death Valley Rangers
Bob Steele
1943
Revenge of the Zombies
Sheriff
1943
Riders of the Rio Grande
Tucson Smith
1943
Santa Fe Scouts
Tucson Smith
1943
The Blocked Trail
Tucson Smith
1943
Thundering Trails
Tucson Smith
1943
Valley of Hunted Men
Tucson Smith
1942
Shadows on the Sage
'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe
1942
The Phantom Plainsmen
Tucson Smith
1942
Westward Ho
Tucson Smith
1942
Raiders of the Range
Tucson Smith
1942
Code of the Outlaw
Tucson Smith
1942
West of Cimarron
Tucson Smith
1941
Gauchos of El Dorado
'Tucson' Smith
1941
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
'Tucson' Smith
1941
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
Billy the Kid
1941
Gangs of Sonora
'Tucson' Smith
1941
Saddlemates
Tucson Smith
1941
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
Billy the Kid
1941
Pals of the Pecos
Tucson Smith
1941
The Great Train Robbery
Tom Logan
1941
Prairie Pioneers
Tucson Smith
1941
Billy the Kid's Range War
Billy the Kid
1941
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
Billy the Kid
1940
Lone Star Raiders
Tucson Smith
1940
The Trail Blazers
Tucson Smith
1940
Billy the Kid in Texas
Billy the Kid
1940
Under Texas Skies
Tucson Smith
1940
City for Conquest
Kid Callahan (uncredited)
1940
Billy the Kid Outlawed
Billy the Kid
1940
The Carson City Kid
Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds
1940
Pinto Canyon
Bob Hall
1940
Wild Horse Valley
Bob Evans
1940
Of Mice and Men
Curley
1939
El Diablo Rides
Bob
1939
The Pal from Texas
Bob Barton
1939
Riders of the Sage
Bob Burke
1939
Mesquite Buckaroo
Bob Allen
1939
Smoky Trails
Bob Archer
1939
Feud of the Range
Bob Gray
1939
Durango Valley Raiders
Keene Cordner
1938
Desert Patrol
Dave Austin
1938
The Feud Maker
Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid
1938
Thunder in the Desert
Bob Radford
1938
Paroled - To Die
Doug Redfern
1938
Colorado Kid
Colorado Kid
1937
Arizona Gunfighter
Colt Ferron
1937
Ridin' the Lone Trail
Bob McArthur
1937
The Red Rope
Tom Shaw
1937
Doomed at Sundown
Dave Austin
1937
Border Phantom
Larry O'Day
1937
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
Dan Stockton
1937
The Trusted Outlaw
Dan Ward
1937
Lightnin' Crandall
Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall
1937
The Gun Ranger
Dan Larson
1936
Cavalry
Ted Thorne
1936
Brand of the Outlaws
Gary Gray
1936
The Law Rides
Bruce Conway
1936
Last of the Warrens
Ted Warren
1936
The Kid Ranger
Ray Burton
1936
Trail of Terror
Spike Manning
1935
Alias John Law
Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
1935
The Rider of the Law
Bob Marlow
1935
Powdersmoke Range
Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid
1935
No Man's Range
Jim Hale
1935
Sundown Saunders
Jim Sundown Saunders
1935
Tombstone Terror
Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon
1935
Smokey Smith
Smokey Smith
1935
Big Calibre
Bob Neal
1935
Kid Courageous
Bob Bannister
1935
Western Justice
Jim / Ace
1934
The Brand of Hate
Rod Camp
1934
A Demon for Trouble
Bob Worth
1934
The Mystery Squadron
Fred Cromwell
1933
Ranger's Code
Bob Baxter
1933
Galloping Romeo
Bob Rivers
1933
The Gallant Fool
Kit Denton
1933
Trailing North
Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid
1933
Breed of the Border
Speed Brent
1933
The Fighting Champ
Brick Loring
1932
Young Blood
Nick aka The Kid
1932
Texas Buddies
Ted Garner
1932
Hidden Valley
Bob Harding
1932
Son of Oklahoma
Dan Clayton
1932
The Man from Hell's Edges
Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning
1932
Riders of the Desert
Bob Houston
1932
Law of the West
Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan
1932
South of Santa Fe
Tom Keene
1932
Near the Trail's End
Marshal Johnny Day
1931
The Nevada Buckaroo
Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid
1931
The Ridin' Fool
Steve Kendall
1931
The Sunrise Trail
Texas, aka Tex
1931
Headin' North
Jim Curtis
1930
The Land of Missing Men
Steve O'Neil
1930
The Oklahoma Cyclone
Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone
1930
The Oklahoma Sheriff
1930
Near the Rainbow's End
Jim Bledsoe
1930
Western Honor
Bob
1930
The Man from Nowhere
Terry Norton
1930
The Hunted Men
Dick Stockdale
1930
Breezy Bill
Breezy Bill
1930
A Texas Cowboy
Dick Carlysle
1929
The Invaders
1929
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
George Hardcastle
1929
Laughing at Death
Bob Thornton
1929
The Amazing Vagabond
Jimmy Hobbs
1929
Come and Get It!
Breezy Smith
1929
Headin' for Danger
Jimmy Marshall
1928
Captain Careless
Bob Gordon
1928
Lightning Speed
Jack Pemberton
1928
Trail of Courage
Tex Reeves
1928
Man in the Rough
Bruce Sherwood
1928
Breed of the Sunsets
Jim Collins
1928
The Riding Renegade
Bob Taylor
1928
Sliding Home
Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
1928
Driftin' Sands
'Driftin' Sands
1928
The Bandit's Son
Bob McCall
1927
The Mojave Kid
Bob Saunders
1927
With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
1927
The College Boob
Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
1926
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
'Pinky' Smith
1926
With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness
Jim Bryan
1926
Just Plain Folks
1925
The Opossum
1922
Mysterious Tracks
1922
Dangerous Trails
Bob
1922
A Day in the Wilds
Bob
1921
The Skunk
Bob
1921
The Civet Cat
Bob
1921
The American Badger
Bob
1921
Catching a Coon
Bob
1921
Outwitting the Timber Wolf
1921
Trapping the Wildcat
Bob
1921
Trailing the Coyote
Bob
1921
Trapping The Bob Cat
Bob
1921
Catching a Koala Bear
Bob
1921
Capturing a Canadian Lynx
Bob
1921
Trapping the Mountain Lion
Bob
1921
Catching a Fox
Bob
1921
Trapping the Coyote
Bob
1921
The Adventures of Bob and Bill
Bob
1920