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