Bob Steele
218 movies · 16 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 23, 1907
- Died
- Dec 21, 1988 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Also known as
- Bob Bradbury Jr. · Robert Bradbury Jr. · Robert Adrian Bradbury
Biography
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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".
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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
Bob Steele: movies and TV shows
Acting (234)
- 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
- 1969 Doc
as Toby
- 1969 The Great Bank Robbery
as First Guard
- 1968 Hang 'em High
as Jenkins
- 1966
- 1965
- 1965 The Bounty Killer
as Red - Henchman
- 1965 Town Tamer
as Ken
- 1965 Requiem for a Gunfighter
as Max Smith
- 1965 Shenandoah
as Union Train Guard
- 1965 Taggart
as Earl (uncredited)
- 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
- 1960
- 1960 Hell Bent for Leather
as Jared
- 1959 The Atomic Submarine
as "Grif" Griffin
- 1959
- 1959 Pork Chop Hill
as Col. Kern
- 1959 Rio Bravo
as Matt Harris (uncredited)
- 1959 No Name on the Bullet
as Poker Player (uncredited)
- 1959
- 1958 Ride a Crooked Trail
as Jud Blunt (uncredited)
- 1958
- 1958
- 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
- 1957 Decision at Sundown
as Irv (uncredited)
- 1957 The Parson and the Outlaw
as Ace Jardine
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 Duel at Apache Wells
as Joe Dunn
- 1956 Gun for a Coward
as Durkee
- 1956 Pardners
as Shorty
- 1956 The Steel Jungle
as Dan Bucci
- 1955 The Spoilers
as Miner
- 1955 The Fighting Chance
as Curly
- 1955 Last of the Desperados
as Charlie Bowdre
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp · TV
as Deputy Marshal Sam (uncredited) / Deputy Marshal Sam · 3 episodes
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney · TV
as Ben / Soto Man (uncredited) / Rebel Arsonist (uncredited) · 3 episodes
- 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 The Lion and the Horse
as Matt Jennings
- 1952 Bugles in the Afternoon
as Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead
- 1952 Rose of Cimarron
as Rio
- 1951 Cattle Drive
as Charlie "Careless" Morgan
- 1951 Fort Worth
as Shorty
- 1951 Silver Canyon
as Walt Middler
- 1951 The Enforcer
as Herman
- 1950 The Savage Horde
as Dancer
- 1949 South of St. Louis
as Slim Hansen
- 1947 Bandits of Dark Canyon
as Ed Archer
- 1947 Killer McCoy
as Sailor Graves
- 1947 Exposed
as Chicago
- 1947 Cheyenne
as Bucky
- 1947 Twilight on the Rio Grande
as Dusty Morgan
- 1946 Rio Grande Raiders
as Jeff Carson
- 1946 The Big Sleep
as Lash Canino
- 1946 Thunder Town
as Jim Brandon
- 1946 Sheriff of Redwood Valley
as Reno Kid
- 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 Outlaw Trail
as Bob
- 1944 Arizona Whirlwind
as Bob Steele
- 1944 Westward Bound
as Bob Steele
- 1943 Death Valley Rangers
as Bob Steele
- 1943 Revenge of the Zombies
as Sheriff
- 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 Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
as Billy the Kid
- 1941 Pals of the Pecos
as Tucson Smith
- 1941 The Great Train Robbery
as Tom Logan
- 1941 Prairie Pioneers
as Tucson Smith
- 1941 Billy the Kid's Range War
as Billy the Kid
- 1940 Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
as Billy the Kid
- 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 Bob Hall
- 1940 Wild Horse Valley
as Bob Evans
- 1939 Of Mice and Men
as Curley
- 1939 El Diablo Rides
as Bob
- 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 Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
as Dan Stockton
- 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 Brand of the Outlaws
as Gary Gray
- 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
- 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
- 1930 Breezy Bill
as Breezy Bill
- 1929 A Texas Cowboy
as Dick Carlysle
- 1929
- 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
+ 34 more credits
Behind the camera (1)
- 1928 Captain Careless
Story