Bob Steele

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1907-01-23

Deathday 1988-12-21 (81 years old)

Place of Birth Portland, Oregon, USA

Also Known As Bob Bradbury Jr., Robert Bradbury Jr., Robert Adrian Bradbury

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.                              Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Steele (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.                    

Known For

Actor

1976
The Shootist

as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)

1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

as (archive footage)

1974
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
Doc

as Toby

1969
The Great Bank Robbery

as First Guard

1968
Hang 'em High

as Jenkins

1965
The Bounty Killer

as Red - Henchman

1965
Town Tamer

as Ken

1965
1965
Shenandoah

as Union Train Guard

1965
Taggart

as Earl (uncredited)

1965
F Troop

as Trooper Duffy

1964
Bullet for a Badman

as Sheriff (uncredited)

1963
4 for Texas

as Bank Board Member

1963
McLintock!

as Train Engineer

1963
Wall of Noise

as Trainer

1962
The Wild Westerners

as Casey Banner

1962
Six Black Horses

as Puncher

1961
The Comancheros

as Pa Schofield (uncredited)

1960
1959
The Atomic Submarine

as "Grif" Griffin

1959
Pork Chop Hill

as Col. Kern

1959
Rio Bravo

as Matt Harris (uncredited)

1959
The Rebel

as Will Randall

1959
The Rebel

as Jess Kirby

1959
Rawhide

as Deputy Art Gray

1958
Once Upon a Horse...

as Bob Steele

1958
The Bonnie Parker Story

as Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)

1958
Giant from the Unknown

as Sheriff Parker

1958
Lawman

as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)

1958
The Texan

as Luke Short

1957
1957
1957
Maverick

as Walter Jackson

1957
Maverick

as Wells

1957
Maverick

as Jailed Cowhand Billy (uncredited)

1957
Sugarfoot

as Sam Shoulders

1957
1956
1956
Pardners

as Shorty

1956
The Steel Jungle

as Dan Bucci

1955
The Spoilers

as Miner

1955
1955
Last of the Desperados

as Charlie Bowdre

1955
Screen Director's Playhouse

as Deputy Sheriff Dodd

1955
Cheyenne

as Dugan

1955
Gunsmoke

as Sam Gordon

1955
Gunsmoke

as Coe

1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Deputy Marshal Sam (uncredited)

1954
The Outcast

as Dude Rankin

1954
Drums Across the River

as Billy Costa

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney

as Soto Man (uncredited)

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney

as Rebel Arsonist (uncredited)

1953
1953
Column South

as McAfee

1953
Savage Frontier

as Sam Webb

1953
San Antone

as Bob Coolidge

1952
The Lion and the Horse

as Matt Jennings

1952
Bugles in the Afternoon

as Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead

1952
1951
Cattle Drive

as Charlie "Careless" Morgan

1951
Fort Worth

as Shorty

1951
Silver Canyon

as Walt Middler

1951
The Enforcer

as Herman

1950
1949
South of St. Louis

as Slim Hansen

1947
1947
Killer McCoy

as Sailor Graves

1947
Exposed

as Chicago

1947
Cheyenne

as Bucky

1947
1946
Rio Grande Raiders

as Jeff Carson

1946
The Big Sleep

as Lash Canino

1946
Thunder Town

as Jim Brandon

1946
1946
Ambush Trail

as Curley Thompson

1946
Six Gun Man

as Stormy Storm

1945
Northwest Trail

as RCMP Matt O'Brien

1945
Navajo Kid

as Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk

1945
Wildfire

as Happy Haye

1944
Trigger Law

as Bob Steele

1944
The Utah Kid

as Bob Roberts

1944
Marked Trails

as Bob Stevens

1944
Sonora Stagecoach

as Bob Steele

1944
1944
Arizona Whirlwind

as Bob Steele

1944
Westward Bound

as Bob Steele

1943
Death Valley Rangers

as Bob Steele

1943
1943
Riders of the Rio Grande

as Tucson Smith

1943
Santa Fe Scouts

as Tucson Smith

1943
The Blocked Trail

as Tucson Smith

1943
Thundering Trails

as Tucson Smith

1942
Valley of Hunted Men

as Tucson Smith

1942
Shadows on the Sage

as 'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe

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

1941
West of Cimarron

as Tucson Smith

1941
Gauchos of El Dorado

as 'Tucson' Smith

1941
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail

as 'Tucson' Smith

1941
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe

as Billy the Kid

1941
Gangs of Sonora

as 'Tucson' Smith

1941
Saddlemates

as Tucson Smith

1941
1941
Pals of the Pecos

as Tucson Smith

1941
1941
Prairie Pioneers

as Tucson Smith

1941
Billy the Kid's Range War

as Billy the Kid

1940
1940
Lone Star Raiders

as Tucson Smith

1940
The Trail Blazers

as Tucson Smith

1940
Billy the Kid in Texas

as Billy the Kid

1940
Under Texas Skies

as Tucson Smith

1940
City for Conquest

as Kid Callahan (uncredited)

1940
Billy the Kid Outlawed

as Billy the Kid

1940
The Carson City Kid

as Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds

1940
Pinto Canyon

as Sheriff Bob Hall

1940
Wild Horse Valley

as Bob Evans

1939
Of Mice and Men

as Curley

1939
1939
The Pal from Texas

as Bob Barton

1939
Riders of the Sage

as Bob Burke

1939
Mesquite Buckaroo

as Bob Allen

1939
Smoky Trails

as Bob Archer

1939
Feud of the Range

as Bob Gray

1938
Durango Valley Raiders

as Keene Cordner

1938
Desert Patrol

as Dave Austin

1938
The Feud Maker

as Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid

1938
Thunder in the Desert

as Bob Radford

1938
Paroled - To Die

as Doug Redfern

1937
Colorado Kid

as Colorado Kid

1937
Arizona Gunfighter

as Colt Ferron

1937
Ridin' the Lone Trail

as Bob McArthur

1937
The Red Rope

as Tom Shaw

1937
Doomed at Sundown

as Dave Austin

1937
Border Phantom

as Larry O'Day

1937
1937
The Trusted Outlaw

as Dan Ward

1937
Lightnin' Crandall

as Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall

1936
The Gun Ranger

as Dan Larson

1936
Cavalry

as Ted Thorne

1936
1936
The Law Rides

as Bruce Conway

1936
Last of the Warrens

as Ted Warren

1936
The Kid Ranger

as Ray Burton

1935
Trail of Terror

as Spike Manning

1935
Alias John Law

as Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark

1935
The Rider of the Law

as Bob Marlow

1935
Powdersmoke Range

as Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid

1935
No Man's Range

as Jim Hale

1935
Sundown Saunders

as Jim Sundown Saunders

1935
Tombstone Terror

as Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon

1935
Smokey Smith

as Smokey Smith

1935
Big Calibre

as Bob Neal

1935
Kid Courageous

as Bob Bannister

1934
Western Justice

as Jim / Ace

1934
The Brand of Hate

as Rod Camp

1934
A Demon for Trouble

as Bob Worth

1933
The Mystery Squadron

as Fred Cromwell

1933
Ranger's Code

as Bob Baxter

1933
Galloping Romeo

as Bob Rivers

1933
The Gallant Fool

as Kit Denton

1933
Trailing North

as Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid

1933
Breed of the Border

as Speed Brent

1932
The Fighting Champ

as Brick Loring

1932
Young Blood

as Nick aka The Kid

1932
Texas Buddies

as Ted Garner

1932
Hidden Valley

as Bob Harding

1932
Son of Oklahoma

as Dan Clayton

1932
The Man from Hell's Edges

as Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning

1932
Riders of the Desert

as Bob Houston

1932
Law of the West

as Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan

1932
South of Santa Fe

as Tom Keene

1931
Near the Trail's End

as Marshal Johnny Day

1931
The Nevada Buckaroo

as Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid

1931
The Ridin' Fool

as Steve Kendall

1931
The Sunrise Trail

as Texas, aka Tex

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
Near the Rainbow's End

as Jim Bledsoe

1930
1930
The Man from Nowhere

as Terry Norton

1930
The Hunted Men

as Dick Stockdale

1930
Breezy Bill

as Breezy Bill

1929
A Texas Cowboy

as Dick Carlysle

1929
The Cowboy and the Outlaw

as George Hardcastle

1929
Laughing at Death

as Bob Thornton

1929
The Amazing Vagabond

as Jimmy Hobbs

1929
Come and Get It!

as Breezy Smith

1928
Headin' for Danger

as Jimmy Marshall

1928
Captain Careless

as Bob Gordon

1928
Lightning Speed

as Jack Pemberton

1928
Trail of Courage

as Tex Reeves

1928
Man in the Rough

as Bruce Sherwood

1928
Breed of the Sunsets

as Jim Collins

1928
The Riding Renegade

as Bob Taylor

1928
Sliding Home

as Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)

1928
Driftin' Sands

as 'Driftin' Sands

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
The College Boob

as Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)

1922
1921
The Skunk

as Bob

1921
1921
1921

Writer

1928