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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Shootist
Character:Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
Release Date:21/07/1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/05/1976
Nightmare Honeymoon
Character:Charlie
Release Date:20/09/1974
Charley Varrick
Character:Bank Guard (uncredited)
Release Date:19/09/1973
Something Big
Character:Teamster #3
Release Date:19/11/1971
Skin Game
Character:Bidder (uncredited)
Release Date:30/09/1971
Rio Lobo
Character:Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
Release Date:01/04/1970
Doc
Character:Toby
Release Date:28/07/1969
The Great Bank Robbery
Character:First Guard
Release Date:24/06/1969
Hang 'em High
Character:Jenkins
Release Date:12/04/1968
The Bounty Killer
Character:Red - Henchman
Release Date:30/07/1965
Town Tamer
Character:Ken
Release Date:07/07/1965
Requiem for a Gunfighter
Character:Max Smith
Release Date:30/06/1965
Shenandoah
Character:Union Train Guard
Release Date:03/06/1965
Taggart
Character:Earl (uncredited)
Release Date:01/02/1965
Bullet for a Badman
Character:Sheriff (uncredited)
Release Date:01/09/1964
4 for Texas
Character:Bank Board Member
Release Date:21/12/1963
McLintock!
Character:Train Engineer
Release Date:12/11/1963
Wall of Noise
Character:Trainer
Release Date:04/09/1963
The Wild Westerners
Character:Casey Banner
Release Date:06/06/1962
Six Black Horses
Character:Puncher
Release Date:24/04/1962
The Comancheros
Character:Pa Schofield (uncredited)
Release Date:16/12/1961
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
Character:Ben
Release Date:04/03/1960
Hell Bent for Leather
Character:Jared
Release Date:01/02/1960
The Atomic Submarine
Character:"Grif" Griffin
Release Date:29/11/1959
Pork Chop Hill
Character:Col. Kern
Release Date:29/05/1959
Rio Bravo
Character:Matt Harris (uncredited)
Release Date:08/03/1959
No Name on the Bullet
Character:Poker Player (uncredited)
Release Date:01/02/1959
Ride a Crooked Trail
Character:Jud Blunt (uncredited)
Release Date:23/11/1958
Once Upon a Horse...
Character:Bob Steele
Release Date:01/09/1958
The Bonnie Parker Story
Character:Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
Release Date:28/05/1958
Giant from the Unknown
Character:Sheriff Parker
Release Date:03/01/1958
Decision at Sundown
Character:Irv (uncredited)
Release Date:10/11/1957
The Parson and the Outlaw
Character:Ace Jardine
Release Date:23/09/1957
Duel at Apache Wells
Character:Joe Dunn
Release Date:25/01/1957
Gun for a Coward
Character:Durkee
Release Date:30/12/1956
Pardners
Character:Shorty
Release Date:01/08/1956
The Steel Jungle
Character:Dan Bucci
Release Date:10/03/1956
The Spoilers
Character:Miner
Release Date:23/12/1955
The Fighting Chance
Character:Curly
Release Date:15/12/1955
Last of the Desperados
Character:Charlie Bowdre
Release Date:31/10/1955
The Outcast
Character:Dude Rankin
Release Date:15/08/1954
Drums Across the River
Character:Billy Costa
Release Date:01/06/1954
Island in the Sky
Character:Wilson
Release Date:05/09/1953
Column South
Character:McAfee
Release Date:20/05/1953
Savage Frontier
Character:Sam Webb
Release Date:15/05/1953
San Antone
Character:Bob Coolidge
Release Date:15/02/1953
The Lion and the Horse
Character:Matt Jennings
Release Date:16/05/1952
Bugles in the Afternoon
Character:Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead
Release Date:04/03/1952
Rose of Cimarron
Character:Rio
Release Date:28/01/1952
Cattle Drive
Character:Charlie "Careless" Morgan
Release Date:01/08/1951
Fort Worth
Character:Shorty
Release Date:14/07/1951
Silver Canyon
Character:Walt Middler
Release Date:19/06/1951
The Enforcer
Character:Herman
Release Date:24/02/1951
The Savage Horde
Character:Dancer
Release Date:22/05/1950
South of St. Louis
Character:Slim Hansen
Release Date:06/03/1949
Bandits of Dark Canyon
Character:Ed Archer
Release Date:15/12/1947
Killer McCoy
Character:Sailor Graves
Release Date:01/12/1947
Exposed
Character:Chicago
Release Date:08/09/1947
Cheyenne
Character:Bucky
Release Date:06/06/1947
Twilight on the Rio Grande
Character:Dusty Morgan
Release Date:31/03/1947
Rio Grande Raiders
Character:Jeff Carson
Release Date:09/09/1946
The Big Sleep
Character:Lash Canino
Release Date:22/08/1946
Thunder Town
Character:Jim Brandon
Release Date:13/04/1946
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
Character:Reno Kid
Release Date:29/03/1946
Ambush Trail
Character:Curley Thompson
Release Date:17/02/1946
Six Gun Man
Character:Stormy Storm
Release Date:01/02/1946
Northwest Trail
Character:RCMP Matt O'Brien
Release Date:30/11/1945
Navajo Kid
Character:Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk
Release Date:21/11/1945
Wildfire
Character:Happy Haye
Release Date:18/07/1945
Trigger Law
Character:Bob Steele
Release Date:29/09/1944
The Utah Kid
Character:Bob Roberts
Release Date:25/08/1944
Marked Trails
Character:Bob Stevens
Release Date:29/07/1944
Sonora Stagecoach
Character:Bob Steele
Release Date:10/06/1944
Outlaw Trail
Character:Bob
Release Date:29/04/1944
Arizona Whirlwind
Character:Bob Steele
Release Date:21/02/1944
Westward Bound
Character:Bob Steele
Release Date:17/01/1944
Death Valley Rangers
Character:Bob Steele
Release Date:03/12/1943
Revenge of the Zombies
Character:Sheriff
Release Date:17/09/1943
Riders of the Rio Grande
Character:Tucson Smith
Release Date:21/05/1943
Santa Fe Scouts
Character:Tucson Smith
Release Date:15/04/1943
The Blocked Trail
Character:Tucson Smith
Release Date:12/03/1943
Thundering Trails
Character:Tucson Smith
Release Date:25/01/1943
Valley of Hunted Men
Character:Tucson Smith
Release Date:13/11/1942
Shadows on the Sage
Character:'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe
Release Date:24/08/1942
The Phantom Plainsmen
Character:Tucson Smith
Release Date:16/06/1942
Westward Ho
Character:Tucson Smith
Release Date:24/04/1942
Raiders of the Range
Character:Tucson Smith
Release Date:18/03/1942
Code of the Outlaw
Character:Tucson Smith
Release Date:30/01/1942
West of Cimarron
Character:Tucson Smith
Release Date:15/12/1941
Gauchos of El Dorado
Character:'Tucson' Smith
Release Date:24/10/1941
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
Character:'Tucson' Smith
Release Date:10/09/1941
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
Character:Billy the Kid
Release Date:11/07/1941
Gangs of Sonora
Character:'Tucson' Smith
Release Date:10/07/1941
Saddlemates
Character:Tucson Smith
Release Date:15/05/1941
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
Character:Billy the Kid
Release Date:17/04/1941
Pals of the Pecos
Character:Tucson Smith
Release Date:07/04/1941
The Great Train Robbery
Character:Tom Logan
Release Date:28/02/1941
Prairie Pioneers
Character:Tucson Smith
Release Date:16/02/1941
Billy the Kid's Range War
Character:Billy the Kid
Release Date:24/01/1941
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
Character:Billy the Kid
Release Date:27/12/1940
Lone Star Raiders
Character:Tucson Smith
Release Date:23/12/1940
The Trail Blazers
Character:Tucson Smith
Release Date:11/11/1940
Billy the Kid in Texas
Character:Billy the Kid
Release Date:29/09/1940
Under Texas Skies
Character:Tucson Smith
Release Date:29/09/1940
City for Conquest
Character:Kid Callahan (uncredited)
Release Date:21/09/1940
Billy the Kid Outlawed
Character:Billy the Kid
Release Date:20/07/1940
The Carson City Kid
Character:Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds
Release Date:01/07/1940
Pinto Canyon
Character:Bob Hall
Release Date:30/04/1940
Wild Horse Valley
Character:Bob Evans
Release Date:13/03/1940
Of Mice and Men
Character:Curley
Release Date:24/12/1939
El Diablo Rides
Character:Bob
Release Date:12/12/1939
The Pal from Texas
Character:Bob Barton
Release Date:01/11/1939
Riders of the Sage
Character:Bob Burke
Release Date:01/08/1939
Mesquite Buckaroo
Character:Bob Allen
Release Date:30/04/1939
Smoky Trails
Character:Bob Archer
Release Date:03/03/1939
Feud of the Range
Character:Bob Gray
Release Date:15/01/1939
Durango Valley Raiders
Character:Keene Cordner
Release Date:21/08/1938
Desert Patrol
Character:Dave Austin
Release Date:05/06/1938
The Feud Maker
Character:Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid
Release Date:16/04/1938
Thunder in the Desert
Character:Bob Radford
Release Date:08/03/1938
Paroled - To Die
Character:Doug Redfern
Release Date:11/01/1938
Colorado Kid
Character:Colorado Kid
Release Date:06/12/1937
Arizona Gunfighter
Character:Colt Ferron
Release Date:24/09/1937
Ridin' the Lone Trail
Character:Bob McArthur
Release Date:31/08/1937
The Red Rope
Character:Tom Shaw
Release Date:19/07/1937
Doomed at Sundown
Character:Dave Austin
Release Date:06/07/1937
Border Phantom
Character:Larry O'Day
Release Date:06/06/1937
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
Character:Dan Stockton
Release Date:18/05/1937
The Trusted Outlaw
Character:Dan Ward
Release Date:04/05/1937
Lightnin' Crandall
Character:Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall
Release Date:24/03/1937
The Gun Ranger
Character:Dan Larson
Release Date:17/11/1936
Cavalry
Character:Ted Thorne
Release Date:04/10/1936
Brand of the Outlaws
Character:Gary Gray
Release Date:15/08/1936
The Law Rides
Character:Bruce Conway
Release Date:24/06/1936
Last of the Warrens
Character:Ted Warren
Release Date:09/05/1936
The Kid Ranger
Character:Ray Burton
Release Date:05/02/1936
Trail of Terror
Character:Spike Manning
Release Date:20/12/1935
Alias John Law
Character:Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
Release Date:04/11/1935
The Rider of the Law
Character:Bob Marlow
Release Date:01/11/1935
Powdersmoke Range
Character:Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid
Release Date:27/09/1935
No Man's Range
Character:Jim Hale
Release Date:04/09/1935
Sundown Saunders
Character:Jim Sundown Saunders
Release Date:01/08/1935
Tombstone Terror
Character:Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon
Release Date:24/04/1935
Smokey Smith
Character:Smokey Smith
Release Date:01/04/1935
Big Calibre
Character:Bob Neal
Release Date:08/03/1935
Kid Courageous
Character:Bob Bannister
Release Date:02/02/1935
Western Justice
Character:Jim / Ace
Release Date:12/12/1934
The Brand of Hate
Character:Rod Camp
Release Date:02/11/1934
A Demon for Trouble
Character:Bob Worth
Release Date:10/08/1934
The Mystery Squadron
Character:Fred Cromwell
Release Date:21/12/1933
Ranger's Code
Character:Bob Baxter
Release Date:14/08/1933
Galloping Romeo
Character:Bob Rivers
Release Date:04/08/1933
The Gallant Fool
Character:Kit Denton
Release Date:28/05/1933
Trailing North
Character:Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid
Release Date:15/05/1933
Breed of the Border
Character:Speed Brent
Release Date:01/03/1933
The Fighting Champ
Character:Brick Loring
Release Date:15/12/1932
Young Blood
Character:Nick aka The Kid
Release Date:05/11/1932
Texas Buddies
Character:Ted Garner
Release Date:18/10/1932
Hidden Valley
Character:Bob Harding
Release Date:10/10/1932
Son of Oklahoma
Character:Dan Clayton
Release Date:16/07/1932
The Man from Hell's Edges
Character:Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning
Release Date:05/05/1932
Riders of the Desert
Character:Bob Houston
Release Date:23/04/1932
Law of the West
Character:Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan
Release Date:19/03/1932
South of Santa Fe
Character:Tom Keene
Release Date:08/01/1932
Near the Trail's End
Character:Marshal Johnny Day
Release Date:20/09/1931
The Nevada Buckaroo
Character:Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid
Release Date:28/07/1931
The Ridin' Fool
Character:Steve Kendall
Release Date:31/05/1931
The Sunrise Trail
Character:Texas, aka Tex
Release Date:07/02/1931
Headin' North
Character:Jim Curtis
Release Date:01/11/1930
The Land of Missing Men
Character:Steve O'Neil
Release Date:14/10/1930
The Oklahoma Cyclone
Character:Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone
Release Date:08/08/1930
The Oklahoma Sheriff
Character:
Release Date:10/07/1930
Near the Rainbow's End
Character:Jim Bledsoe
Release Date:10/06/1930
Western Honor
Character:Bob
Release Date:15/05/1930
The Man from Nowhere
Character:Terry Norton
Release Date:04/04/1930
The Hunted Men
Character:Dick Stockdale
Release Date:01/04/1930
Breezy Bill
Character:Breezy Bill
Release Date:24/01/1930
A Texas Cowboy
Character:Dick Carlysle
Release Date:26/12/1929
The Invaders
Character:
Release Date:01/10/1929
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
Character:George Hardcastle
Release Date:01/10/1929
Laughing at Death
Character:Bob Thornton
Release Date:02/06/1929
The Amazing Vagabond
Character:Jimmy Hobbs
Release Date:07/04/1929
Come and Get It!
Character:Breezy Smith
Release Date:03/02/1929
Headin' for Danger
Character:Jimmy Marshall
Release Date:16/12/1928
Captain Careless
Character:Bob Gordon
Release Date:26/08/1928
Lightning Speed
Character:Jack Pemberton
Release Date:26/08/1928
Trail of Courage
Character:Tex Reeves
Release Date:08/07/1928
Man in the Rough
Character:Bruce Sherwood
Release Date:20/05/1928
Breed of the Sunsets
Character:Jim Collins
Release Date:01/04/1928
The Riding Renegade
Character:Bob Taylor
Release Date:19/02/1928
Sliding Home
Character:Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
Release Date:16/01/1928
Driftin' Sands
Character:'Driftin' Sands
Release Date:01/01/1928
The Bandit's Son
Character:Bob McCall
Release Date:20/11/1927
The Mojave Kid
Character:Bob Saunders
Release Date:25/09/1927
With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
Character:Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
Release Date:14/06/1927
The College Boob
Character:Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
Release Date:15/08/1926
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
Character:'Pinky' Smith
Release Date:01/08/1926
With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness
Character:Jim Bryan
Release Date:01/05/1926
Just Plain Folks
Character:
Release Date:18/02/1925
The Opossum
Character:
Release Date:02/04/1922
Mysterious Tracks
Character:
Release Date:05/03/1922
Dangerous Trails
Character:Bob
Release Date:05/02/1922
A Day in the Wilds
Character:Bob
Release Date:12/11/1921
The Skunk
Character:Bob
Release Date:16/10/1921
The Civet Cat
Character:Bob
Release Date:12/09/1921
The American Badger
Character:Bob
Release Date:21/07/1921
Catching a Coon
Character:Bob
Release Date:24/04/1921
Outwitting the Timber Wolf
Character:
Release Date:29/03/1921
Trapping the Wildcat
Character:Bob
Release Date:06/03/1921
Trailing the Coyote
Character:Bob
Release Date:01/01/1921
Capturing a Canadian Lynx
Character:Bob
Release Date:01/01/1921
Catching a Fox
Character:Bob
Release Date:01/01/1921
Catching a Koala Bear
Character:Bob
Release Date:01/01/1921
Trapping The Bob Cat
Character:Bob
Release Date:01/01/1921
Trapping the Coyote
Character:Bob
Release Date:01/01/1921
Trapping the Mountain Lion
Character:Bob
Release Date:01/01/1921
The Adventures of Bob and Bill
Character:Bob
Release Date:01/01/1920
Television Appearances
Then Came Bronson
Character:Clay Turner
Family Affair
Character:
F Troop
Character:Trooper Duffy
National Velvet
Character:Clive
The Rebel
Character:Will Randall
The Rebel
Character:Jess Kirby
Rawhide
Character:Deputy Art Gray
Lawman
Character:Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
The Texan
Character:Luke Short
Maverick
Character:Walter Jackson
Maverick
Character:Wells
Maverick
Character:Jailed Cowhand Billy (uncredited)
Sugarfoot
Character:Sam Shoulders
Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:Jockey
Screen Director's Playhouse
Character:Deputy Sheriff Dodd
Cheyenne
Character:Dugan
Gunsmoke
Character:Sam Gordon
Gunsmoke
Character:Coe
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Character:Deputy Marshal Sam (uncredited)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Character:Deputy Marshal Sam
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Ben
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Soto Man (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Rebel Arsonist (uncredited)
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