Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Bob Steele
1907-01-23
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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 · Movie
as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
Nightmare Honeymoon
1974 · Movie
as Charlie
Charley Varrick
1973 · Movie
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
Skin Game
1971 · Movie
as Bidder (uncredited)
Something Big
1971 · Movie
as Teamster #3
Rio Lobo
1970 · Movie
as Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
The Great Bank Robbery
1969 · Movie
as First Guard
Doc
1969 · Movie
as Toby
Then Came Bronson
1969 · TV Show
as Clay Turner
Hang 'em High
1968 · Movie
as Jenkins
Family Affair
1966 · TV Show
Town Tamer
1965 · Movie
as Ken
Shenandoah
1965 · Movie
as Union Train Guard
Taggart
1965 · Movie
as Earl (uncredited)
Requiem for a Gunfighter
1965 · Movie
as Max Smith
The Bounty Killer
1965 · Movie
as Red - Henchman
F Troop
1965 · TV Show
as Trooper Duffy
Bullet for a Badman
1964 · Movie
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Wall of Noise
1963 · Movie
as Trainer
McLintock!
1963 · Movie
as Train Engineer
4 for Texas
1963 · Movie
as Bank Board Member
Six Black Horses
1962 · Movie
as Puncher
The Wild Westerners
1962 · Movie
as Casey Banner
The Comancheros
1961 · Movie
as Pa Schofield (uncredited)
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
1960 · Movie
as Ben
Hell Bent for Leather
1960 · Movie
as Jared
National Velvet
1960 · TV Show
as Clive
Pork Chop Hill
1959 · Movie
as Col. Kern
The Atomic Submarine
1959 · Movie
as "Grif" Griffin
Rio Bravo
1959 · Movie
as Matt Harris (uncredited)
No Name on the Bullet
1959 · Movie
as Poker Player (uncredited)
Rawhide
1959 · TV Show
as Deputy Art Gray
The Rebel
1959 · TV Show
as Will Randall, Jess Kirby
Once Upon a Horse...
1958 · Movie
as Bob Steele
Giant from the Unknown
1958 · Movie
as Sheriff Parker
The Bonnie Parker Story
1958 · Movie
as Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
Ride a Crooked Trail
1958 · Movie
as Jud Blunt (uncredited)
Lawman
1958 · TV Show
as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
The Texan
1958 · TV Show
as Luke Short
Duel at Apache Wells
1957 · Movie
as Joe Dunn
The Parson and the Outlaw
1957 · Movie
as Ace Jardine
Decision at Sundown
1957 · Movie
as Irv (uncredited)
Maverick
1957 · TV Show
as Walter Jackson, Wells, Jailed Cowhand Billy (uncredited)
Sugarfoot
1957 · TV Show
as Sam Shoulders
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · TV Show
as Jockey
Pardners
1956 · Movie
as Shorty
The Steel Jungle
1956 · Movie
as Dan Bucci
Gun for a Coward
1956 · Movie
as Durkee
The Fighting Chance
1955 · Movie
as Curly
Last of the Desperados
1955 · Movie
as Charlie Bowdre
The Spoilers
1955 · Movie
as Miner
Gunsmoke
1955 · TV Show
as Sam Gordon, Coe
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · TV Show
as Deputy Marshal Sam (uncredited), Deputy Marshal Sam
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · TV Show
as Deputy Sheriff Dodd
Cheyenne
1955 · TV Show
as Dugan
Drums Across the River
1954 · Movie
as Billy Costa
The Outcast
1954 · Movie
as Dude Rankin
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · TV Show
as Ben, Soto Man (uncredited), Rebel Arsonist (uncredited)
Column South
1953 · Movie
as McAfee
Savage Frontier
1953 · Movie
as Sam Webb
San Antone
1953 · Movie
as Bob Coolidge
Island in the Sky
1953 · Movie
as Wilson
Bugles in the Afternoon
1952 · Movie
as Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead
The Lion and the Horse
1952 · Movie
as Matt Jennings
Rose of Cimarron
1952 · Movie
as Rio
The Enforcer
1951 · Movie
as Herman
Cattle Drive
1951 · Movie
as Charlie "Careless" Morgan
Silver Canyon
1951 · Movie
as Walt Middler
Fort Worth
1951 · Movie
as Shorty
The Savage Horde
1950 · Movie
as Dancer
South of St. Louis
1949 · Movie
as Slim Hansen
Cheyenne
1947 · Movie
as Bucky
Exposed
1947 · Movie
as Chicago
Twilight on the Rio Grande
1947 · Movie
as Dusty Morgan
Bandits of Dark Canyon
1947 · Movie
as Ed Archer
Killer McCoy
1947 · Movie
as Sailor Graves
The Big Sleep
1946 · Movie
as Lash Canino
Rio Grande Raiders
1946 · Movie
as Jeff Carson
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
1946 · Movie
as Reno Kid
Thunder Town
1946 · Movie
as Jim Brandon
Six Gun Man
1946 · Movie
as Stormy Storm
Ambush Trail
1946 · Movie
as Curley Thompson
Northwest Trail
1945 · Movie
as RCMP Matt O'Brien
Wildfire
1945 · Movie
as Happy Haye
Navajo Kid
1945 · Movie
as Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk
Marked Trails
1944 · Movie
as Bob Stevens
Outlaw Trail
1944 · Movie
as Bob
Westward Bound
1944 · Movie
as Bob Steele
Arizona Whirlwind
1944 · Movie
as Bob Steele
Trigger Law
1944 · Movie
as Bob Steele
The Utah Kid
1944 · Movie
as Bob Roberts
Sonora Stagecoach
1944 · Movie
as Bob Steele
Riders of the Rio Grande
1943 · Movie
as Tucson Smith
Death Valley Rangers
1943 · Movie
as Bob Steele
Revenge of the Zombies
1943 · Movie
as Sheriff
Santa Fe Scouts
1943 · Movie
as Tucson Smith
Thundering Trails
1943 · Movie
as Tucson Smith
The Blocked Trail
1943 · Movie
as Tucson Smith
Raiders of the Range
1942 · Movie
as Tucson Smith
The Phantom Plainsmen
1942 · Movie
as Tucson Smith
Code of the Outlaw
1942 · Movie
as Tucson Smith
Shadows on the Sage
1942 · Movie
as 'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe
Westward Ho
1942 · Movie
as Tucson Smith
Valley of Hunted Men
1942 · Movie
as Tucson Smith
Billy the Kid's Range War
1941 · Movie
as Billy the Kid
Prairie Pioneers
1941 · Movie
as Tucson Smith
Gangs of Sonora
1941 · Movie
as 'Tucson' Smith
Gauchos of El Dorado
1941 · Movie
as 'Tucson' Smith
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
1941 · Movie
as 'Tucson' Smith
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
1941 · Movie
as Billy the Kid
West of Cimarron
1941 · Movie
as Tucson Smith
Pals of the Pecos
1941 · Movie
as Tucson Smith
The Great Train Robbery
1941 · Movie
as Tom Logan
Saddlemates
1941 · Movie
as Tucson Smith
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
1941 · Movie
as Billy the Kid
The Carson City Kid
1940 · Movie
as Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds
Billy the Kid Outlawed
1940 · Movie
as Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid in Texas
1940 · Movie
as Billy the Kid
Pinto Canyon
1940 · Movie
as Bob Hall
Under Texas Skies
1940 · Movie
as Tucson Smith
The Trail Blazers
1940 · Movie
as Tucson Smith
Lone Star Raiders
1940 · Movie
as Tucson Smith
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
1940 · Movie
as Billy the Kid
City for Conquest
1940 · Movie
as Kid Callahan (uncredited)
Wild Horse Valley
1940 · Movie
as Bob Evans
Smoky Trails
1939 · Movie
as Bob Archer
Of Mice and Men
1939 · Movie
as Curley
Feud of the Range
1939 · Movie
as Bob Gray
Riders of the Sage
1939 · Movie
as Bob Burke
The Pal from Texas
1939 · Movie
as Bob Barton
Mesquite Buckaroo
1939 · Movie
as Bob Allen
El Diablo Rides
1939 · Movie
as Bob
Paroled - To Die
1938 · Movie
as Doug Redfern
Thunder in the Desert
1938 · Movie
as Bob Radford
The Feud Maker
1938 · Movie
as Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid
Desert Patrol
1938 · Movie
as Dave Austin
Durango Valley Raiders
1938 · Movie
as Keene Cordner
The Trusted Outlaw
1937 · Movie
as Dan Ward
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
1937 · Movie
as Dan Stockton
Border Phantom
1937 · Movie
as Larry O'Day
Arizona Gunfighter
1937 · Movie
as Colt Ferron
Doomed at Sundown
1937 · Movie
as Dave Austin
Ridin' the Lone Trail
1937 · Movie
as Bob McArthur
Colorado Kid
1937 · Movie
as Colorado Kid
Lightnin' Crandall
1937 · Movie
as Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall
The Red Rope
1937 · Movie
as Tom Shaw
Brand of the Outlaws
1936 · Movie
as Gary Gray
Last of the Warrens
1936 · Movie
as Ted Warren
The Law Rides
1936 · Movie
as Bruce Conway
Cavalry
1936 · Movie
as Ted Thorne
The Gun Ranger
1936 · Movie
as Dan Larson
The Kid Ranger
1936 · Movie
as Ray Burton
Alias John Law
1935 · Movie
as Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
The Rider of the Law
1935 · Movie
as Bob Marlow
Sundown Saunders
1935 · Movie
as Jim Sundown Saunders
No Man's Range
1935 · Movie
as Jim Hale
Tombstone Terror
1935 · Movie
as Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon
Smokey Smith
1935 · Movie
as Smokey Smith
Powdersmoke Range
1935 · Movie
as Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid
Big Calibre
1935 · Movie
as Bob Neal
Kid Courageous
1935 · Movie
as Bob Bannister
Trail of Terror
1935 · Movie
as Spike Manning
The Brand of Hate
1934 · Movie
as Rod Camp
A Demon for Trouble
1934 · Movie
as Bob Worth
Western Justice
1934 · Movie
as Jim / Ace
The Mystery Squadron
1933 · Movie
as Fred Cromwell
Galloping Romeo
1933 · Movie
as Bob Rivers
Ranger's Code
1933 · Movie
as Bob Baxter
The Gallant Fool
1933 · Movie
as Kit Denton
Trailing North
1933 · Movie
as Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid
Breed of the Border
1933 · Movie
as Speed Brent
Texas Buddies
1932 · Movie
as Ted Garner
Hidden Valley
1932 · Movie
as Bob Harding
Young Blood
1932 · Movie
as Nick aka The Kid
Riders of the Desert
1932 · Movie
as Bob Houston
The Man from Hell's Edges
1932 · Movie
as Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning
South of Santa Fe
1932 · Movie
as Tom Keene
Son of Oklahoma
1932 · Movie
as Dan Clayton
The Fighting Champ
1932 · Movie
as Brick Loring
Law of the West
1932 · Movie
as Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan
The Ridin' Fool
1931 · Movie
as Steve Kendall
The Nevada Buckaroo
1931 · Movie
as Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid
The Sunrise Trail
1931 · Movie
as Texas, aka Tex
Near the Trail's End
1931 · Movie
as Marshal Johnny Day
Headin' North
1930 · Movie
as Jim Curtis
The Oklahoma Sheriff
1930 · Movie
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Western Honor
1930 · Movie
as Bob
The Hunted Men
1930 · Movie
as Dick Stockdale
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Breezy Bill
1930 · Movie
as Breezy Bill
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The Man from Nowhere
1930 · Movie
as Terry Norton
The Land of Missing Men
1930 · Movie
as Steve O'Neil
The Oklahoma Cyclone
1930 · Movie
as Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone
Near the Rainbow's End
1930 · Movie
as Jim Bledsoe
A Texas Cowboy
1929 · Movie
as Dick Carlysle
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The Invaders
1929 · Movie
Laughing at Death
1929 · Movie
as Bob Thornton
The Amazing Vagabond
1929 · Movie
as Jimmy Hobbs
Come and Get It!
1929 · Movie
as Breezy Smith
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
1929 · Movie
as George Hardcastle
Headin' for Danger
1928 · Movie
as Jimmy Marshall
Captain Careless
1928 · Movie
as Bob Gordon
Trail of Courage
1928 · Movie
as Tex Reeves
Lightning Speed
1928 · Movie
as Jack Pemberton
Man in the Rough
1928 · Movie
as Bruce Sherwood
Breed of the Sunsets
1928 · Movie
as Jim Collins
The Riding Renegade
1928 · Movie
as Bob Taylor
Sliding Home
1928 · Movie
as Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
Driftin' Sands
1928 · Movie
as 'Driftin' Sands
With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
1927 · Movie
as Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
The Bandit's Son
1927 · Movie
as Bob McCall
The Mojave Kid
1927 · Movie
as Bob Saunders
The College Boob
1926 · Movie
as Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness
1926 · Movie
as Jim Bryan
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
1926 · Movie
as 'Pinky' Smith
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Just Plain Folks
1925 · Movie
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Dangerous Trails
1922 · Movie
as Bob
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Mysterious Tracks
1922 · Movie
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The Opossum
1922 · Movie
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Trapping the Wildcat
1921 · Movie
as Bob
Outwitting the Timber Wolf
1921 · Movie
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Catching a Coon
1921 · Movie
as Bob
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The American Badger
1921 · Movie
as Bob
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The Civet Cat
1921 · Movie
as Bob
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Trailing the Coyote
1921 · Movie
as Bob
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A Day in the Wilds
1921 · Movie
as Bob
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Capturing a Canadian Lynx
1921 · Movie
as Bob
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Catching a Fox
1921 · Movie
as Bob
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Catching a Koala Bear
1921 · Movie
as Bob
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The Skunk
1921 · Movie
as Bob
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Trapping The Bob Cat
1921 · Movie
as Bob
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Trapping the Coyote
1921 · Movie
as Bob
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Trapping the Mountain Lion
1921 · Movie
as Bob
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The Adventures of Bob and Bill
1920 · Movie
as Bob
