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.
Movie | Waydowntown | Radio DJ (voice) | 2002-01-25 |
Movie | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) | 1976-05-01 |
Movie | Nightmare Honeymoon | Charlie | 1974-09-20 |
Movie | Charley Varrick | Bank Guard (uncredited) | 1973-09-19 |
Movie | Skin Game | Bidder (uncredited) | 1971-09-30 |
Movie | Something Big | Teamster #3 | 1971-11-19 |
Movie | Rio Lobo | Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited) | 1970-04-01 |
Movie | The Great Bank Robbery | First Guard | 1969-06-24 |
Series | Then Came Bronson | Unknown | 1969-09-17 |
Movie | Hang 'em High | Jenkins | 1968-04-12 |
Series | Family Affair | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
Movie | Shenandoah | Union Train Guard | 1965-06-03 |
Series | F Troop | Trooper Duffy | 1965-09-14 |
Movie | Requiem for a Gunfighter | Max Smith | 1965-06-30 |
Movie | Taggart | 1965-02-01 | |
Movie | The Bounty Killer | Red - Henchman | 1965-07-30 |
Movie | Town Tamer | Ken | 1965-07-07 |
Movie | Bullet for a Badman | Sheriff (uncredited) | 1964-09-01 |
Movie | Showdown | Poker Player (uncredited) | 1963-05-03 |
Movie | Wall of Noise | Trainer | 1963-09-04 |
Movie | 4 for Texas | Bank Board Member | 1963-12-21 |
Movie | McLintock! | Train Engineer | 1963-11-12 |
Movie | Six Black Horses | Puncher | 1962-04-24 |
Movie | The Wild Westerners | Casey Banner | 1962-06-06 |
Movie | The Comancheros | Pa Schofield (uncredited) | 1961-12-22 |
Movie | Hell Bent for Leather | Jared | 1960-02-01 |
Movie | No Name on the Bullet | Poker Player (uncredited) | 1959-02-01 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Movie | Rio Bravo | Matt Harris (uncredited) | 1959-03-18 |
Movie | Pork Chop Hill | Col. Kern | 1959-05-29 |
Movie | The Atomic Submarine | "Grif" Griffin | 1959-11-29 |
Series | The Rebel | Unknown | 1959-10-04 |
Movie | Giant from the Unknown | Sheriff Parker | 1958-01-03 |
Movie | Once Upon a Horse... | Bob Steele | 1958-09-01 |
Movie | The Bonnie Parker Story | Armored Truck Guard (uncredited) | 1958-05-28 |
Movie | Ride a Crooked Trail | Jud Blunt (uncredited) | 1958-11-23 |
Series | The Texan | Unknown | 1958-09-29 |
Movie | Duel at Apache Wells | Joe Dunn | 1957-01-25 |
Series | Sugarfoot | Unknown | 1957-09-17 |
Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
Movie | The Parson and the Outlaw | Ace Jardine | 1957-09-23 |
Movie | Decision at Sundown | Irv | 1957-11-10 |
Movie | The Steel Jungle | Dan Bucci | 1956-03-10 |
Movie | Gun for a Coward | Durkee | 1956-12-30 |
Movie | Pardners | Shorty | 1956-08-01 |
Series | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Unknown | 1955-09-06 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Movie | The Spoilers | Miner | 1955-12-23 |
Series | Cheyenne | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
Movie | The Fighting Chance | Curly | 1955-12-15 |
Movie | Drums Across the River | Billy Costa | 1954-06-01 |
Movie | The Outcast | Dude Rankin | 1954-08-15 |
Movie | San Antone | Bob Coolidge | 1953-02-15 |
Movie | Savage Frontier | Sam Webb | 1953-05-15 |
Movie | Island in the Sky | Wilson | 1953-09-05 |
Movie | Column South | McAfee | 1953-05-20 |
Movie | Rose of Cimarron | Rio | 1952-01-28 |
Movie | Bugles in the Afternoon | Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead | 1952-03-04 |
Movie | The Lion and the Horse | Matt Jennings | 1952-05-16 |
Movie | The Enforcer | Herman | 1951-02-24 |
Movie | Silver Canyon | Walt Middler | 1951-06-19 |
Movie | Fort Worth | Shorty | 1951-07-14 |
Movie | Cattle Drive | Charlie "Careless" Morgan | 1951-08-01 |
Movie | The Savage Horde | Dancer | 1950-05-22 |
Movie | South of St. Louis | Slim Hansen | 1949-03-06 |
Movie | Twilight on the Rio Grande | Dusty Morgan | 1947-03-31 |
Movie | Cheyenne | Bucky | 1947-06-06 |
Movie | Exposed | Chicago | 1947-09-08 |
Movie | Killer McCoy | Sailor Graves | 1947-12-01 |
Movie | Bandits of Dark Canyon | Ed Archer | 1947-12-15 |
Movie | Ambush Trail | Curley Thompson | 1946-02-17 |
Movie | Six Gun Man | Stormy Storm | 1946-02-01 |
Movie | Sheriff of Redwood Valley | The Reno Kid | 1946-03-29 |
Movie | Rio Grande Raiders | Jeff Carson | 1946-09-09 |
Movie | Thunder Town | Jim Brandon | 1946-04-13 |
Movie | The Big Sleep | Lash Canino | 1946-08-23 |
Movie | Wildfire | Happy Haye | 1945-07-18 |
Movie | Navajo Kid | Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk | 1945-11-21 |
Movie | Northwest Trail | RCMP Matt O'Brien | 1945-11-30 |
Movie | Arizona Whirlwind | Bob Steele | 1944-02-21 |
Movie | Westward Bound | Bob Steele | 1944-01-17 |
Movie | Sonora Stagecoach | Bob Steele | 1944-06-10 |
Movie | Outlaw Trail | Bob | 1944-04-29 |
Movie | Marked Trails | Bob Stevens | 1944-07-29 |
Movie | Trigger Law | Bob Steele | 1944-09-29 |
Movie | The Utah Kid | Bob Roberts | 1944-08-25 |
Movie | The Blocked Trail | Tucson Smith | 1943-03-12 |
Movie | Santa Fe Scouts | Tucson Smith | 1943-04-15 |
Movie | Revenge of the Zombies | Sheriff | 1943-09-17 |
Movie | Riders of the Rio Grande | Tucson Smith | 1943-05-21 |
Movie | Death Valley Rangers | Bob Steele | 1943-12-03 |
Movie | Raiders of the Range | Tucson Smith | 1942-03-18 |
Movie | Code of the Outlaw | Tucson Smith | 1942-01-30 |
Movie | The Phantom Plainsmen | Tucson Smith | 1942-06-16 |
Movie | Shadows on the Sage | 'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe | 1942-08-24 |
Movie | Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals | Billy the Kid | 1941-04-17 |
Movie | Pals of the Pecos | Tucson Smith | 1941-04-07 |
Movie | Prairie Pioneers | Tucson Smith | 1941-02-16 |
Movie | Saddlemates | Tucson Smith | 1941-05-15 |
Movie | The Great Train Robbery | Tom Logan | 1941-02-28 |
Movie | Billy the Kid's Range War | Billy the Kid | 1941-01-24 |
Movie | Gangs of Sonora | 'Tucson' Smith | 1941-07-10 |
Movie | Gauchos of El Dorado | 'Tucson' Smith | 1941-10-24 |
Movie | West of Cimarron | Tucson Smith | 1941-12-15 |
Movie | Billy the Kid in Santa Fe | Billy the Kid | 1941-07-11 |
Movie | Outlaws of Cherokee Trail | 'Tucson' Smith | 1941-09-10 |
Movie | The Carson City Kid | Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds | 1940-07-01 |
Movie | Wild Horse Valley | Bob Evans | 1940-03-13 |
Movie | Billy the Kid Outlawed | Billy the Kid | 1940-07-20 |
Movie | Pinto Canyon | Sheriff Bob Hall | 1940-04-30 |
Movie | Billy the Kid in Texas | Billy the Kid | 1940-09-29 |
Movie | Billy the Kid's Gun Justice | Billy the Kid | 1940-12-27 |
Movie | City for Conquest | Kid Callahan (uncredited) | 1940-09-21 |
Movie | Lone Star Raiders | Tucson Smith | 1940-12-23 |
Movie | Under Texas Skies | Tucson Smith | 1940-09-29 |
Movie | Feud of the Range | Bob Gray | 1939-01-15 |
Movie | Mesquite Buckaroo | Bob Allen | 1939-04-30 |
Movie | Riders of the Sage | Bob Burke | 1939-08-01 |
Movie | Of Mice and Men | Curley | 1939-12-24 |
Movie | El Diablo Rides | Bob | 1939-12-12 |
Movie | The Pal from Texas | Bob Barton | 1939-11-01 |
Movie | Paroled - To Die | Doug Redfern | 1938-01-11 |
Movie | Thunder in the Desert | Bob Radford | 1938-03-08 |
Movie | The Feud Maker | Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid | 1938-04-16 |
Movie | Desert Patrol | Dave Austin | 1938-06-05 |
Movie | Durango Valley Raiders | Keene Cordner | 1938-08-21 |
Movie | Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin | Dan Stockton | 1937-05-18 |
Movie | The Trusted Outlaw | Dan Ward | 1937-05-04 |
Movie | Doomed at Sundown | Dave Austin | 1937-07-06 |
Movie | Border Phantom | Larry O'Day | 1937-06-06 |
Movie | Colorado Kid | Colorado Kid | 1937-12-06 |
Movie | Arizona Gunfighter | Colt Ferron | 1937-09-24 |
Movie | Ridin' the Lone Trail | Bob McArthur | 1937-08-31 |
Movie | The Kid Ranger | Ray Burton | 1936-02-05 |
Movie | Last of the Warrens | Ted Warren | 1936-05-09 |
Movie | The Law Rides | Bruce Conway | 1936-06-24 |
Movie | The Gun Ranger | Dan Larson | 1936-11-17 |
Movie | Cavalry | Ted Thorne | 1936-10-04 |
Movie | Brand of the Outlaws | Gary Gray | 1936-08-15 |
Movie | Smokey Smith | Smokey Smith | 1935-04-01 |
Movie | Big Calibre | Bob Neal | 1935-03-08 |
Movie | Kid Courageous | Bob Bannister | 1935-02-02 |
Movie | Tombstone Terror | Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon | 1935-04-24 |
Movie | The Rider of the Law | Bob Marlow | 1935-11-01 |
Movie | Sundown Saunders | Jim Sundown Saunders | 1935-08-01 |
Movie | Alias John Law | Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark | 1935-11-04 |
Movie | Powdersmoke Range | Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid | 1935-09-27 |
Movie | No Man's Range | Jim Hale | 1935-09-04 |
Movie | A Demon for Trouble | Bob Worth | 1934-08-10 |
Movie | Western Justice | Jim / Ace | 1934-12-12 |
Movie | The Brand of Hate | Rod Camp | 1934-11-02 |
Movie | Trailing North | Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid | 1933-05-15 |
Movie | The Gallant Fool | Kit Denton | 1933-05-28 |
Movie | Breed of the Border | Speed Brent | 1933-03-01 |
Movie | Ranger's Code | Bob Baxter | 1933-08-14 |
Movie | Galloping Romeo | Bob Rivers | 1933-08-04 |
Movie | The Mystery Squadron | Fred Cromwell | 1933-12-21 |
Movie | The Man from Hell's Edges | Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning | 1932-05-05 |
Movie | Riders of the Desert | Bob Houston | 1932-04-23 |
Movie | Law of the West | Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan | 1932-03-19 |
Movie | Son of Oklahoma | Dan Clayton | 1932-07-16 |
Movie | South of Santa Fe | Tom Keene | 1932-01-08 |
Movie | Hidden Valley | Bob Harding | 1932-10-10 |
Movie | The Fighting Champ | Brick Loring | 1932-12-15 |
Movie | Young Blood | Nick aka The Kid | 1932-11-05 |
Movie | Texas Buddies | Ted Garner | 1932-10-18 |
Movie | The Sunrise Trail | Texas, aka Tex | 1931-02-07 |
Movie | Near the Trail's End | Marshal Johnny Day | 1931-09-20 |
Movie | The Nevada Buckaroo | Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid | 1931-07-28 |
Movie | Western Honor | Bob | 1930-05-15 |
Movie | Breezy Bill | Breezy Bill | 1930-01-24 |
Movie | The Hunted Men | Dick Stockdale | 1930-04-01 |
Movie | The Man from Nowhere | Terry Norton | 1930-04-04 |
Movie | Near the Rainbow's End | Jim Bledsoe | 1930-06-10 |
Movie | The Land of Missing Men | Steve O'Neil | 1930-10-14 |
Movie | The Oklahoma Cyclone | Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone | 1930-08-08 |
Movie | The Oklahoma Sheriff | 1930-07-10 | |
Movie | The Amazing Vagabond | Jimmy Hobbs | 1929-04-07 |
Movie | Come and Get It! | Breezy Smith | 1929-02-03 |
Movie | The Cowboy and the Outlaw | George Hardcastle | 1929-10-01 |
Movie | Driftin' Sands | 'Driftin' Sands | 1928-01-01 |
Movie | The Riding Renegade | Bob Taylor | 1928-02-19 |
Movie | Man in the Rough | Bruce Sherwood | 1928-05-20 |
Movie | Trail of Courage | Tex Reeves | 1928-07-08 |
Movie | With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre | Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.) | 1927-06-14 |
Movie | The Mojave Kid | Bob Saunders | 1927-09-25 |
Movie | With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo | 'Pinky' Smith | 1926-08-01 |