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