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)
Something Big
as Teamster #3
(1971)
Skin Game
as Bidder (uncredited)
(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)
The Bounty Killer
as Red - Henchman
(1965)
Town Tamer
as Ken
(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)
Once Upon a Horse...
as Bob Steele
(1958)
Giant from the Unknown
as Sheriff Parker
(1958)
The Bonnie Parker Story
as Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
(1957)
Decision at Sundown
as Irv
(1957)
Duel at Apache Wells
as Joe Dunn
(1957)
The Parson and the Outlaw
as Ace Jardine
(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)
Savage Frontier
as Sam Webb
(1953)
San Antone
as Bob Coolidge
(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)
Cheyenne
as Bucky
(1947)
Killer McCoy
as Sailor Graves
(1947)
Twilight on the Rio Grande
as Dusty Morgan
(1947)
Exposed
as Chicago
(1947)
Bandits of Dark Canyon
as Ed Archer
(1946)
The Big Sleep
as Lash Canino
(1946)
Ambush Trail
as Curley Thompson
(1946)
Thunder Town
as Jim Brandon
(1946)
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
as The Reno Kid
(1946)
Six Gun Man
as Stormy Storm
(1946)
Rio Grande Raiders
as Jeff Carson
(1945)
Navajo Kid
as Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk
(1945)
Wildfire
as Happy Haye
(1945)
Northwest Trail
as RCMP Matt O'Brien
(1944)
Outlaw Trail
as Bob
(1944)
Sonora Stagecoach
as Bob Steele
(1944)
Marked Trails
as Bob Stevens
(1944)
Arizona Whirlwind
as Bob Steele
(1944)
The Utah Kid
as Bob Roberts
(1944)
Westward Bound
as Bob Steele
(1944)
Trigger Law
as Bob Steele
(1943)
Revenge of the Zombies
as Sheriff
(1943)
The Blocked Trail
as Tucson Smith
(1943)
Riders of the Rio Grande
as Tucson Smith
(1943)
Death Valley Rangers
as Bob Steele
(1943)
Santa Fe Scouts
as Tucson Smith
(1943)
Thundering Trails
as Tucson Smith
(1942)
The Phantom Plainsmen
as Tucson Smith
(1942)
Westward Ho
as Tucson Smith
(1942)
Raiders of the Range
as Tucson Smith
(1942)
Code of the Outlaw
as Tucson Smith
(1942)
Valley of Hunted Men
as Tucson Smith
(1942)
Shadows on the Sage
as 'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe
(1941)
Billy the Kid's Range War
as Billy the Kid
(1941)
West of Cimarron
as Tucson Smith
(1941)
Gauchos of El Dorado
as 'Tucson' Smith
(1941)
Gangs of Sonora
as 'Tucson' Smith
(1941)
Prairie Pioneers
as Tucson Smith
(1941)
Pals of the Pecos
as Tucson Smith
(1941)
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
as Billy the Kid
(1941)
Saddlemates
as Tucson Smith
(1941)
The Great Train Robbery
as Tom Logan
(1941)
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
as Billy the Kid
(1941)
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
as 'Tucson' Smith
(1940)
The Carson City Kid
as Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds
(1940)
City for Conquest
as Kid Callahan (uncredited)
(1940)
Billy the Kid in Texas
as Billy the Kid
(1940)
Lone Star Raiders
as Tucson Smith
(1940)
Under Texas Skies
as Tucson Smith
(1940)
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
as Billy the Kid
(1940)
Billy the Kid Outlawed
as Billy the Kid
(1940)
The Trail Blazers
as Tucson Smith
(1940)
Wild Horse Valley
as Bob Evans
(1940)
Pinto Canyon
as Sheriff Bob Hall
(1939)
Of Mice and Men
as Curley
(1939)
Riders of the Sage
as Bob Burke
(1939)
El Diablo Rides
as Bob
(1939)
Smoky Trails
as Bob Archer
(1939)
Mesquite Buckaroo
as Bob Allen
(1939)
Feud of the Range
as Bob Gray
(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)
Doomed at Sundown
as Dave Austin
(1937)
Lightnin' Crandall
as Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall
(1937)
Colorado Kid
as Colorado Kid
(1937)
Arizona Gunfighter
as Colt Ferron
(1937)
Border Phantom
as Larry O'Day
(1937)
The Trusted Outlaw
as Dan Ward
(1937)
The Red Rope
as Tom Shaw
(1937)
Ridin' the Lone Trail
as Bob McArthur
(1936)
The Law Rides
as Bruce Conway
(1936)
Cavalry
as Ted Thorne
(1936)
The Kid Ranger
as Ray Burton
(1936)
Last of the Warrens
as Ted Warren
(1936)
The Gun Ranger
as Dan Larson
(1936)
Brand of the Outlaws
as Gary Gray
(1935)
Alias John Law
as Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
(1935)
Big Calibre
as Bob Neal
(1935)
The Rider of the Law
as Bob Marlow
(1935)
Kid Courageous
as Bob Bannister
(1935)
Smokey Smith
as Smokey Smith
(1935)
Trail of Terror
as Spike Manning
(1935)
Tombstone Terror
as Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon
(1935)
No Man's Range
as Jim Hale
(1935)
Powdersmoke Range
as Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid
(1935)
Sundown Saunders
as Jim Sundown Saunders
(1934)
A Demon for Trouble
as Bob Worth
(1934)
The Brand of Hate
as Rod Camp
(1934)
Western Justice
as Jim / Ace
(1933)
The Mystery Squadron
as Fred Cromwell
(1933)
Breed of the Border
as Speed Brent
(1933)
Ranger's Code
as Bob Baxter
(1933)
The Gallant Fool
as Kit Denton
(1933)
Galloping Romeo
as Bob Rivers
(1933)
Trailing North
as Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid
(1932)
Young Blood
as Nick aka The Kid
(1932)
The Fighting Champ
as Brick Loring
(1932)
Texas Buddies
as Ted Garner
(1932)
Hidden Valley
as Bob Harding
(1932)
South of Santa Fe
as Tom Keene
(1932)
Riders of the Desert
as Bob Houston
(1932)
Law of the West
as Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan
(1932)
The Man from Hell's Edges
as Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning
(1932)
Son of Oklahoma
as Dan Clayton
(1931)
Near the Trail's End
as Marshal Johnny Day
(1931)
The Ridin' Fool
as Steve Kendall
(1931)
The Sunrise Trail
as Texas, aka Tex
(1931)
The Nevada Buckaroo
as Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid
(1930)
Headin' North
as Jim Curtis
(1930)
The Man from Nowhere
as Terry Norton
(1930)
The Hunted Men
as Dick Stockdale
(1930)
The Oklahoma Cyclone
as Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone
(1930)
Near the Rainbow's End
as Jim Bledsoe
(1930)
Western Honor
as Bob
(1930)
Breezy Bill
as Breezy Bill
(1930)
The Land of Missing Men
as Steve O'Neil
(1930)
(1929)
The Amazing Vagabond
as Jimmy Hobbs
(1929)
Laughing at Death
as Bob Thornton
(1929)
A Texas Cowboy
as Dick Carlysle
(1929)
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
as George Hardcastle
(1929)
Come and Get It!
as Breezy Smith
(1929)
(1928)
Headin' for Danger
as Jimmy Marshall
(1928)
Man in the Rough
as Bruce Sherwood
(1928)
The Riding Renegade
as Bob Taylor
(1928)
Breed of the Sunsets
as Jim Collins
(1928)
Lightning Speed
as Jack Pemberton
(1928)
Captain Careless
as Bob Gordon
(1928)
Sliding Home
as Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
(1928)
Trail of Courage
as Tex Reeves
(1928)
Driftin' Sands
as 'Driftin' Sands
(1927)
The Mojave Kid
as Bob Saunders
(1927)
With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
as Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
(1927)
The Bandit's Son
as Bob McCall
(1926)
The College Boob
as Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
(1926)
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
as 'Pinky' Smith
(1926)
With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness
as Jim Bryan
(1925)
(1922)
(1922)
(1922)
Dangerous Trails
as Bob
(1921)
The Civet Cat
as Bob
(1921)
Trapping The Bob Cat
as Bob
(1921)
A Day in the Wilds
as Bob
(1921)
Trapping the Coyote
as Bob
(1921)
(1921)
The Skunk
as Bob
(1921)
The American Badger
as Bob
(1921)
Trapping the Wildcat
as Bob
(1921)
Catching a Coon
as Bob
(1921)
Catching a Fox
as Bob
(1921)
Trailing the Coyote
as Bob
(1921)
Catching a Koala Bear
as Bob
(1921)
(1921)
(1920)
Crew
(1928)
Captain Careless
Story