Bob Steele
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-01-23
Day of Death
1988-12-21 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Portland, Oregon, USA
Bob Steele
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.
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Acting
(1976)
The Shootist
as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
(1976)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
(1974)
Nightmare Honeymoon
as Charlie
(1973)
Charley Varrick
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
(1971)
Skin Game
as Bidder (uncredited)
(1971)
Something Big
as Teamster #3
(1970)
Rio Lobo
as Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
(1969)
The Great Bank Robbery
as First Guard
(1969)
Doc
as Toby
(1968)
Hang 'em High
as Jenkins
(1965)
Shenandoah
as Union Train Guard
(1965)
Taggart
as Earl (uncredited)
(1965)
Town Tamer
as Ken
(1965)
The Bounty Killer
as Red - Henchman
(1965)
Requiem for a Gunfighter
as Max Smith
(1964)
Bullet for a Badman
as Sheriff (uncredited)
(1963)
McLintock!
as Train Engineer
(1963)
4 for Texas
as Bank Board Member
(1963)
Wall of Noise
as Trainer
(1962)
Six Black Horses
as Puncher
(1962)
The Wild Westerners
as Casey Banner
(1961)
The Comancheros
as Pa Schofield (uncredited)
(1960)
Hell Bent for Leather
as Jared
(1960)
(1959)
Rio Bravo
as Matt Harris (uncredited)
(1959)
Pork Chop Hill
as Col. Kern
(1959)
The Atomic Submarine
as "Grif" Griffin
(1958)
The Bonnie Parker Story
as Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
(1958)
Once Upon a Horse...
as Bob Steele
(1958)
Giant from the Unknown
as Sheriff Parker
(1957)
Decision at Sundown
as Irv
(1957)
The Parson and the Outlaw
as Ace Jardine
(1957)
Duel at Apache Wells
as Joe Dunn
(1956)
Pardners
as Shorty
(1956)
Gun for a Coward
as Durkee
(1956)
The Steel Jungle
as Dan Bucci
(1955)
The Spoilers
as Miner
(1955)
Last of the Desperados
as Charlie Bowdre
(1955)
The Fighting Chance
as Curly
(1954)
The Outcast
as Dude Rankin
(1954)
Drums Across the River
as Billy Costa
(1953)
Island in the Sky
as Wilson
(1953)
Column South
as McAfee
(1953)
San Antone
as Bob Coolidge
(1953)
Savage Frontier
as Sam Webb
(1952)
Bugles in the Afternoon
as Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead
(1952)
Rose of Cimarron
as Rio
(1952)
The Lion and the Horse
as Matt Jennings
(1951)
The Enforcer
as Herman
(1951)
Cattle Drive
as Charlie "Careless" Morgan
(1951)
Fort Worth
as Shorty
(1951)
Silver Canyon
as Walt Middler
(1950)
The Savage Horde
as Dancer
(1949)
South of St. Louis
as Slim Hansen
(1947)
Exposed
as Chicago
(1947)
Twilight on the Rio Grande
as Dusty Morgan
(1947)
Killer McCoy
as Sailor Graves
(1947)
Cheyenne
as Bucky
(1947)
Bandits of Dark Canyon
as Ed Archer
(1946)
The Big Sleep
as Lash Canino
(1946)
Ambush Trail
as Curley Thompson
(1946)
Six Gun Man
as Stormy Storm
(1946)
Thunder Town
as Jim Brandon
(1946)
Rio Grande Raiders
as Jeff Carson
(1946)
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
as The Reno Kid
(1945)
Navajo Kid
as Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk
(1945)
Wildfire
as Happy Haye
(1945)
Northwest Trail
as RCMP Matt O'Brien
(1944)
Marked Trails
as Bob Stevens
(1944)
Westward Bound
as Bob Steele
(1944)
Outlaw Trail
as Bob
(1944)
Arizona Whirlwind
as Bob Steele
(1944)
The Utah Kid
as Bob Roberts
(1944)
Sonora Stagecoach
as Bob Steele
(1944)
Trigger Law
as Bob Steele
(1943)
Revenge of the Zombies
as Sheriff
(1943)
Santa Fe Scouts
as Tucson Smith
(1943)
Riders of the Rio Grande
as Tucson Smith
(1943)
Thundering Trails
as Tucson Smith
(1943)
The Blocked Trail
as Tucson Smith
(1943)
Death Valley Rangers
as Bob Steele
(1942)
Code of the Outlaw
as Tucson Smith
(1942)
Raiders of the Range
as Tucson Smith
(1942)
Shadows on the Sage
as 'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe
(1942)
Valley of Hunted Men
as Tucson Smith
(1942)
Westward Ho
as Tucson Smith
(1942)
The Phantom Plainsmen
as Tucson Smith
(1941)
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
as Billy the Kid
(1941)
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
as Billy the Kid
(1941)
Prairie Pioneers
as Tucson Smith
(1941)
The Great Train Robbery
as Tom Logan
(1941)
Billy the Kid's Range War
as Billy the Kid
(1941)
Gauchos of El Dorado
as 'Tucson' Smith
(1941)
West of Cimarron
as Tucson Smith
(1941)
Pals of the Pecos
as Tucson Smith
(1941)
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
as 'Tucson' Smith
(1941)
Saddlemates
as Tucson Smith
(1941)
Gangs of Sonora
as 'Tucson' Smith
(1940)
City for Conquest
as Kid Callahan (uncredited)
(1940)
The Carson City Kid
as Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds
(1940)
Billy the Kid in Texas
as Billy the Kid
(1940)
The Trail Blazers
as Tucson Smith
(1940)
Under Texas Skies
as Tucson Smith
(1940)
Billy the Kid Outlawed
as Billy the Kid
(1940)
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
as Billy the Kid
(1940)
Wild Horse Valley
as Bob Evans
(1940)
Lone Star Raiders
as Tucson Smith
(1940)
Pinto Canyon
as Sheriff Bob Hall
(1939)
Of Mice and Men
as Curley
(1939)
Mesquite Buckaroo
as Bob Allen
(1939)
Feud of the Range
as Bob Gray
(1939)
Riders of the Sage
as Bob Burke
(1939)
Smoky Trails
as Bob Archer
(1939)
El Diablo Rides
as Bob
(1939)
The Pal from Texas
as Bob Barton
(1938)
Paroled - To Die
as Doug Redfern
(1938)
The Feud Maker
as Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid
(1938)
Thunder in the Desert
as Bob Radford
(1938)
Durango Valley Raiders
as Keene Cordner
(1938)
Desert Patrol
as Dave Austin
(1937)
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
as Dan Stockton
(1937)
Arizona Gunfighter
as Colt Ferron
(1937)
Border Phantom
as Larry O'Day
(1937)
Doomed at Sundown
as Dave Austin
(1937)
Lightnin' Crandall
as Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall
(1937)
Colorado Kid
as Colorado Kid
(1937)
The Red Rope
as Tom Shaw
(1937)
Ridin' the Lone Trail
as Bob McArthur
(1937)
The Trusted Outlaw
as Dan Ward
(1936)
The Law Rides
as Bruce Conway
(1936)
The Kid Ranger
as Ray Burton
(1936)
Cavalry
as Ted Thorne
(1936)
The Gun Ranger
as Dan Larson
(1936)
Last of the Warrens
as Ted Warren
(1936)
Brand of the Outlaws
as Gary Gray
(1935)
Alias John Law
as Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
(1935)
The Rider of the Law
as Bob Marlow
(1935)
Big Calibre
as Bob Neal
(1935)
Smokey Smith
as Smokey Smith
(1935)
Powdersmoke Range
as Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid
(1935)
No Man's Range
as Jim Hale
(1935)
Kid Courageous
as Bob Bannister
(1935)
Tombstone Terror
as Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon
(1935)
Sundown Saunders
as Jim Sundown Saunders
(1935)
Trail of Terror
as Spike Manning
(1934)
A Demon for Trouble
as Bob Worth
(1934)
The Brand of Hate
as Rod Camp
(1934)
Western Justice
as Jim / Ace
(1933)
Breed of the Border
as Speed Brent
(1933)
The Mystery Squadron
as Fred Cromwell
(1933)
Galloping Romeo
as Bob Rivers
(1933)
The Gallant Fool
as Kit Denton
(1933)
Ranger's Code
as Bob Baxter
(1933)
Trailing North
as Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid
(1932)
Riders of the Desert
as Bob Houston
(1932)
South of Santa Fe
as Tom Keene
(1932)
Hidden Valley
as Bob Harding
(1932)
Young Blood
as Nick aka The Kid
(1932)
Texas Buddies
as Ted Garner
(1932)
The Fighting Champ
as Brick Loring
(1932)
Son of Oklahoma
as Dan Clayton
(1932)
Law of the West
as Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan
(1932)
The Man from Hell's Edges
as Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning
(1931)
The Nevada Buckaroo
as Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid
(1931)
Near the Trail's End
as Marshal Johnny Day
(1931)
The Sunrise Trail
as Texas, aka Tex
(1931)
The Ridin' Fool
as Steve Kendall
(1930)
Headin' North
as Jim Curtis
(1930)
The Land of Missing Men
as Steve O'Neil
(1930)
The Oklahoma Cyclone
as Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone
(1930)
Breezy Bill
as Breezy Bill
(1930)
(1930)
Near the Rainbow's End
as Jim Bledsoe
(1930)
Western Honor
as Bob
(1930)
The Man from Nowhere
as Terry Norton
(1930)
The Hunted Men
as Dick Stockdale
(1929)
Come and Get It!
as Breezy Smith
(1929)
A Texas Cowboy
as Dick Carlysle
(1929)
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
as George Hardcastle
(1929)
(1929)
The Amazing Vagabond
as Jimmy Hobbs
(1929)
Laughing at Death
as Bob Thornton
(1928)
Sliding Home
as Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
(1928)
Captain Careless
as Bob Gordon
(1928)
Breed of the Sunsets
as Jim Collins
(1928)
Driftin' Sands
as 'Driftin' Sands
(1928)
The Riding Renegade
as Bob Taylor
(1928)
Headin' for Danger
as Jimmy Marshall
(1928)
Man in the Rough
as Bruce Sherwood
(1928)
Lightning Speed
as Jack Pemberton
(1928)
Trail of Courage
as Tex Reeves
(1927)
With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
as Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
(1927)
The Mojave Kid
as Bob Saunders
(1927)
The Bandit's Son
as Bob McCall
(1926)
With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness
as Jim Bryan
(1926)
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
as 'Pinky' Smith
(1926)
The College Boob
as Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
(1925)
(1922)
(1922)
(1922)
Dangerous Trails
as Bob
(1921)
The Civet Cat
as Bob
(1921)
Trailing the Coyote
as Bob
(1921)
(1921)
A Day in the Wilds
as Bob
(1921)
(1921)
Trapping the Coyote
as Bob
(1921)
Catching a Koala Bear
as Bob
(1921)
Catching a Coon
as Bob
(1921)
Trapping The Bob Cat
as Bob
(1921)
The American Badger
as Bob
(1921)
(1921)
Catching a Fox
as Bob
(1921)
Trapping the Wildcat
as Bob
(1921)
The Skunk
as Bob
(1920)
Crew
(1928)
Captain Careless
Story