Bob Steele
Known for Acting · 234 credits
- Born
- 1907-01-23
- Died
- 1988-12-21
- Place of birth
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Also known as
- Bob Bradbury Jr. · Robert Bradbury Jr. · Robert Adrian Bradbury
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (16)
Maverick
1957
as Walter Jackson / Wells / Jailed Cowhand Billy (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Jockey
Lawman
1958
as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Cheyenne
1955
as Dugan
Gunsmoke
1955
as Sam Gordon / Coe
Rawhide
1959
as Deputy Art Gray
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Deputy Marshal Sam (uncredited)
The Rebel
1959
as Will Randall / Jess Kirby
Sugarfoot
1957
as Sam Shoulders
Family Affair
1966
The Texan
1958
as Luke Short
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Ben / Soto Man (uncredited) / Rebel Arsonist (uncredited)
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Deputy Sheriff Dodd
National Velvet
1960
as Clive
Then Came Bronson
1969
as Clay Turner
F Troop
1965
as Trooper Duffy
Movies (218)
Rio Bravo
1959
as Matt Harris (uncredited)
Hang 'em High
1968
as Jenkins
The Big Sleep
1946
as Lash Canino
McLintock!
1963
as Train Engineer
Arizona Gunfighter
1937
as Colt Ferron
Rio Lobo
1970
as Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
Texas Buddies
1932
as Ted Garner
Desert Patrol
1938
as Dave Austin
The Shootist
1976
as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
The Comancheros
1961
as Pa Schofield (uncredited)
Charley Varrick
1973
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
Thunder Town
1946
as Jim Brandon
Cavalry
1936
as Ted Thorne
Sonora Stagecoach
1944
as Bob Steele
Lightnin' Crandall
1937
as Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall
Mesquite Buckaroo
1939
as Bob Allen
No Name on the Bullet
1959
as Poker Player (uncredited)
Pork Chop Hill
1959
as Col. Kern
The Enforcer
1951
as Herman
Bullet for a Badman
1964
as Sheriff (uncredited)
The Invaders
1929
Colorado Kid
1937
as Colorado Kid
Lightning Speed
1928
as Jack Pemberton
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
as First Guard
Dangerous Trails
1922
as Bob
The Opossum
1922
Ride a Crooked Trail
1958
as Jud Blunt (uncredited)
4 for Texas
1963
as Bank Board Member
The Rider of the Law
1935
as Bob Marlow
Shenandoah
1965
as Union Train Guard
Exposed
1947
as Chicago
The Bonnie Parker Story
1958
as Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
Death Valley Rangers
1943
as Bob Steele
Doc
1969
as Toby
Taggart
1965
as Earl (uncredited)
The Skunk
1921
as Bob
Mysterious Tracks
1922
Decision at Sundown
1957
as Irv (uncredited)
Hell Bent for Leather
1960
as Jared
The Ridin' Fool
1931
as Steve Kendall
Valley of Hunted Men
1942
as Tucson Smith
Of Mice and Men
1939
as Curley
Trapping the Mountain Lion
1921
as Bob
Paroled - To Die
1938
as Doug Redfern
Something Big
1971
as Teamster #3
Skin Game
1971
as Bidder (uncredited)
Young Blood
1932
as Nick aka The Kid
The Spoilers
1955
as Miner
Fort Worth
1951
as Shorty
Bugles in the Afternoon
1952
as Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead
Feud of the Range
1939
as Bob Gray
Brand of the Outlaws
1936
as Gary Gray
Cattle Drive
1951
as Charlie "Careless" Morgan
Drums Across the River
1954
as Billy Costa
The Savage Horde
1950
as Dancer
Nightmare Honeymoon
1974
as Charlie
Gun for a Coward
1956
as Durkee
Pardners
1956
as Shorty
Riders of the Desert
1932
as Bob Houston
The Nevada Buckaroo
1931
as Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid
City for Conquest
1940
as Kid Callahan (uncredited)
Giant from the Unknown
1958
as Sheriff Parker
The Outcast
1954
as Dude Rankin
Catching a Fox
1921
as Bob
No Man's Range
1935
as Jim Hale
Ridin' the Lone Trail
1937
as Bob McArthur
The Lion and the Horse
1952
as Matt Jennings
Capturing a Canadian Lynx
1921
as Bob
Six Gun Man
1946
as Stormy Storm
Trailing the Coyote
1921
as Bob
Riders of the Sage
1939
as Bob Burke
Town Tamer
1965
as Ken
Trail of Terror
1935
as Spike Manning
Trapping the Coyote
1921
as Bob
Trapping The Bob Cat
1921
as Bob
Headin' North
1930
as Jim Curtis
The Adventures of Bob and Bill
1920
as Bob
The Oklahoma Sheriff
1930
Last of the Warrens
1936
as Ted Warren
The Civet Cat
1921
as Bob
Catching a Koala Bear
1921
as Bob
Trailing North
1933
as Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid
Revenge of the Zombies
1943
as Sheriff
Son of Oklahoma
1932
as Dan Clayton
The Bounty Killer
1965
as Red - Henchman
Pals of the Pecos
1941
as Tucson Smith
The Carson City Kid
1940
as Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds
The Hunted Men
1930
as Dick Stockdale
Six Black Horses
1962
as Puncher
The American Badger
1921
as Bob
Trapping the Wildcat
1921
as Bob
The Gun Ranger
1936
as Dan Larson
Catching a Coon
1921
as Bob
Last of the Desperados
1955
as Charlie Bowdre
Alias John Law
1935
as Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
The Atomic Submarine
1959
as "Grif" Griffin
South of St. Louis
1949
as Slim Hansen
Killer McCoy
1947
as Sailor Graves
Requiem for a Gunfighter
1965
as Max Smith
The Trusted Outlaw
1937
as Dan Ward
Outwitting the Timber Wolf
1921
Island in the Sky
1953
as Wilson
Column South
1953
as McAfee
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
Northwest Trail
1945
as RCMP Matt O'Brien
Billy the Kid's Range War
1941
as Billy the Kid
The College Boob
1926
as Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
Rose of Cimarron
1952
as Rio
The Steel Jungle
1956
as Dan Bucci
The Phantom Plainsmen
1942
as Tucson Smith
Wild Horse Valley
1940
as Bob Evans
The Red Rope
1937
as Tom Shaw
Kid Courageous
1935
as Bob Bannister
Arizona Whirlwind
1944
as Bob Steele
Riders of the Rio Grande
1943
as Tucson Smith
Savage Frontier
1953
as Sam Webb
Once Upon a Horse...
1958
as Bob Steele
Twilight on the Rio Grande
1947
as Dusty Morgan
Under Texas Skies
1940
as Tucson Smith
Marked Trails
1944
as Bob Stevens
About Bob Steele
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 ca… With 234 credits spanning from 1920 to 1976, Bob Steele has appeared in 218 films and 16 TV shows.
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- Rio Bravo (1959) — as Matt Harris (uncredited)
- Hang 'em High (1968) — as Jenkins
- The Big Sleep (1946) — as Lash Canino
- McLintock! (1963) — as Train Engineer
- Arizona Gunfighter (1937) — as Colt Ferron
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