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