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