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