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