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