Acting
Bob Steele
EN, DE, NL cinema · 218 credits
Born
23 January 1907
Died
21 December 1988 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Portland, Oregon, USA
Also known as Bob Bradbury Jr. · Robert Bradbury Jr. · Robert Adrian Bradbury
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
Filmography
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
The Shootist
as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
Nightmare Honeymoon
as Charlie
Charley Varrick
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
Skin Game
as Bidder (uncredited)
Something Big
as Teamster #3
Rio Lobo
as Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
The Great Bank Robbery
as First Guard
Doc
as Toby
Hang 'em High
as Jenkins
Town Tamer
as Ken
Shenandoah
as Union Train Guard
Taggart
as Earl (uncredited)
Requiem for a Gunfighter
as Max Smith
The Bounty Killer
as Red - Henchman
Bullet for a Badman
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Wall of Noise
as Trainer
McLintock!
as Train Engineer
4 for Texas
as Bank Board Member
Six Black Horses
as Puncher
The Wild Westerners
as Casey Banner
The Comancheros
as Pa Schofield (uncredited)
Pork Chop Hill
as Col. Kern
The Atomic Submarine
as "Grif" Griffin
Rio Bravo
as Matt Harris (uncredited)
No Name on the Bullet
as Poker Player (uncredited)
Once Upon a Horse...
as Bob Steele
Giant from the Unknown
as Sheriff Parker
The Bonnie Parker Story
as Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
Ride a Crooked Trail
as Jud Blunt (uncredited)
Duel at Apache Wells
as Joe Dunn
The Parson and the Outlaw
as Ace Jardine
Decision at Sundown
as Irv (uncredited)
Pardners
as Shorty
The Steel Jungle
as Dan Bucci
Gun for a Coward
as Durkee
The Fighting Chance
as Curly
Last of the Desperados
as Charlie Bowdre
The Spoilers
as Miner
Drums Across the River
as Billy Costa
The Outcast
as Dude Rankin
Column South
as McAfee
Savage Frontier
as Sam Webb
San Antone
as Bob Coolidge
Island in the Sky
as Wilson
Bugles in the Afternoon
as Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead
The Lion and the Horse
as Matt Jennings
The Enforcer
as Herman
Cattle Drive
as Charlie "Careless" Morgan
Silver Canyon
as Walt Middler
Fort Worth
as Shorty
The Savage Horde
as Dancer
South of St. Louis
as Slim Hansen
Cheyenne
as Bucky
Exposed
as Chicago
Twilight on the Rio Grande
as Dusty Morgan
Bandits of Dark Canyon
as Ed Archer
Killer McCoy
as Sailor Graves
The Big Sleep
as Lash Canino
Rio Grande Raiders
as Jeff Carson
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
as Reno Kid
Thunder Town
as Jim Brandon
Six Gun Man
as Stormy Storm
Ambush Trail
as Curley Thompson
Northwest Trail
as RCMP Matt O'Brien
Wildfire
as Happy Haye
Navajo Kid
as Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk
Marked Trails
as Bob Stevens
Outlaw Trail
as Bob
Westward Bound
as Bob Steele
Arizona Whirlwind
as Bob Steele
Trigger Law
as Bob Steele
The Utah Kid
as Bob Roberts
Sonora Stagecoach
as Bob Steele
Riders of the Rio Grande
as Tucson Smith
Death Valley Rangers
as Bob Steele
Revenge of the Zombies
as Sheriff
Santa Fe Scouts
as Tucson Smith
Thundering Trails
as Tucson Smith
The Blocked Trail
as Tucson Smith
Raiders of the Range
as Tucson Smith
The Phantom Plainsmen
as Tucson Smith
Code of the Outlaw
as Tucson Smith
Shadows on the Sage
as 'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe
Westward Ho
as Tucson Smith
Valley of Hunted Men
as Tucson Smith
Billy the Kid's Range War
as Billy the Kid
Prairie Pioneers
as Tucson Smith
Gangs of Sonora
as 'Tucson' Smith
Gauchos of El Dorado
as 'Tucson' Smith
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
as 'Tucson' Smith
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
as Billy the Kid
West of Cimarron
as Tucson Smith
Pals of the Pecos
as Tucson Smith
The Great Train Robbery
as Tom Logan
Saddlemates
as Tucson Smith
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
as Billy the Kid
The Carson City Kid
as Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds
Billy the Kid Outlawed
as Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid in Texas
as Billy the Kid
Pinto Canyon
as Bob Hall
Under Texas Skies
as Tucson Smith
The Trail Blazers
as Tucson Smith
Lone Star Raiders
as Tucson Smith
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
as Billy the Kid
City for Conquest
as Kid Callahan (uncredited)
Wild Horse Valley
as Bob Evans
Smoky Trails
as Bob Archer
Of Mice and Men
as Curley
Feud of the Range
as Bob Gray
Riders of the Sage
as Bob Burke
The Pal from Texas
as Bob Barton
Mesquite Buckaroo
as Bob Allen
Paroled - To Die
as Doug Redfern
Thunder in the Desert
as Bob Radford
The Feud Maker
as Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid
Desert Patrol
as Dave Austin
Durango Valley Raiders
as Keene Cordner
The Trusted Outlaw
as Dan Ward
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
as Dan Stockton
Border Phantom
as Larry O'Day
Arizona Gunfighter
as Colt Ferron
Doomed at Sundown
as Dave Austin
Ridin' the Lone Trail
as Bob McArthur
Colorado Kid
as Colorado Kid
Lightnin' Crandall
as Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall
The Red Rope
as Tom Shaw
Brand of the Outlaws
as Gary Gray
Last of the Warrens
as Ted Warren
The Law Rides
as Bruce Conway
Cavalry
as Ted Thorne
The Gun Ranger
as Dan Larson
The Kid Ranger
as Ray Burton
Alias John Law
as Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
The Rider of the Law
as Bob Marlow
Sundown Saunders
as Jim Sundown Saunders
No Man's Range
as Jim Hale
Tombstone Terror
as Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon
Smokey Smith
as Smokey Smith
Powdersmoke Range
as Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid
Big Calibre
as Bob Neal
Kid Courageous
as Bob Bannister
Trail of Terror
as Spike Manning
The Brand of Hate
as Rod Camp
A Demon for Trouble
as Bob Worth
Western Justice
as Jim / Ace
The Mystery Squadron
as Fred Cromwell
Galloping Romeo
as Bob Rivers
Ranger's Code
as Bob Baxter
The Gallant Fool
as Kit Denton
Trailing North
as Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid
Breed of the Border
as Speed Brent
Texas Buddies
as Ted Garner
Hidden Valley
as Bob Harding
Young Blood
as Nick aka The Kid
Riders of the Desert
as Bob Houston
The Man from Hell's Edges
as Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning
South of Santa Fe
as Tom Keene
Son of Oklahoma
as Dan Clayton
The Fighting Champ
as Brick Loring
Law of the West
as Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan
The Ridin' Fool
as Steve Kendall
The Nevada Buckaroo
as Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid
The Sunrise Trail
as Texas, aka Tex
Near the Trail's End
as Marshal Johnny Day
Headin' North
as Jim Curtis
The Hunted Men
as Dick Stockdale
Breezy Bill
1930
Breezy Bill
as Breezy Bill
The Man from Nowhere
1930
The Man from Nowhere
as Terry Norton
The Land of Missing Men
as Steve O'Neil
The Oklahoma Cyclone
as Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone
Near the Rainbow's End
as Jim Bledsoe
A Texas Cowboy
as Dick Carlysle
Laughing at Death
as Bob Thornton
The Amazing Vagabond
as Jimmy Hobbs
Come and Get It!
as Breezy Smith
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
as George Hardcastle
Headin' for Danger
as Jimmy Marshall
Captain Careless
as Bob Gordon, Story
Trail of Courage
as Tex Reeves
Lightning Speed
as Jack Pemberton
Man in the Rough
as Bruce Sherwood
Breed of the Sunsets
as Jim Collins
The Riding Renegade
as Bob Taylor
Sliding Home
as Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
Driftin' Sands
as 'Driftin' Sands
With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
as Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
The Bandit's Son
as Bob McCall
The Mojave Kid
as Bob Saunders
The College Boob
as Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
as 'Pinky' Smith
