Acting
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 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.
Filmography
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Film · 1976
The Shootist
Film · 1976
Nightmare Honeymoon
Film · 1974
Charley Varrick
Film · 1973
Skin Game
Film · 1971
Something Big
Film · 1971
Rio Lobo
Film · 1970
The Great Bank Robbery
Film · 1969
Doc
Film · 1969
Then Came Bronson
Series · 1969
Hang 'em High
Film · 1968
Family Affair
Series · 1966
Town Tamer
Film · 1965
Shenandoah
Film · 1965
Taggart
Film · 1965
Requiem for a Gunfighter
Film · 1965
The Bounty Killer
Film · 1965
F Troop
Series · 1965
Bullet for a Badman
Film · 1964
Wall of Noise
Film · 1963
McLintock!
Film · 1963
4 for Texas
Film · 1963
Six Black Horses
Film · 1962
The Wild Westerners
Film · 1962
The Comancheros
Film · 1961
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
Film · 1960
Hell Bent for Leather
Film · 1960
National Velvet
Series · 1960
Pork Chop Hill
Film · 1959
The Atomic Submarine
Film · 1959
Rio Bravo
Film · 1959
No Name on the Bullet
Film · 1959
Rawhide
Series · 1959
The Rebel
Series · 1959
The Rebel
Series · 1959
Once Upon a Horse...
Film · 1958
Giant from the Unknown
Film · 1958
The Bonnie Parker Story
Film · 1958
Ride a Crooked Trail
Film · 1958
Lawman
Series · 1958
The Texan
Series · 1958
Duel at Apache Wells
Film · 1957
The Parson and the Outlaw
Film · 1957
Decision at Sundown
Film · 1957
Maverick
Series · 1957
Sugarfoot
Series · 1957
Maverick
Series · 1957
Maverick
Series · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
Pardners
Film · 1956
The Steel Jungle
Film · 1956
Gun for a Coward
Film · 1956
The Fighting Chance
Film · 1955
Last of the Desperados
Film · 1955
The Spoilers
Film · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Series · 1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Cheyenne
Series · 1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Series · 1955
Drums Across the River
Film · 1954
The Outcast
Film · 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
Column South
Film · 1953
Savage Frontier
Film · 1953
San Antone
Film · 1953
Island in the Sky
Film · 1953
Bugles in the Afternoon
Film · 1952
The Lion and the Horse
Film · 1952
Rose of Cimarron
Film · 1952
The Enforcer
Film · 1951
Cattle Drive
Film · 1951
Silver Canyon
Film · 1951
Fort Worth
Film · 1951
The Savage Horde
Film · 1950
South of St. Louis
Film · 1949
Cheyenne
Film · 1947
Exposed
Film · 1947
Twilight on the Rio Grande
Film · 1947
Bandits of Dark Canyon
Film · 1947
Killer McCoy
Film · 1947
The Big Sleep
Film · 1946
Rio Grande Raiders
Film · 1946
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
Film · 1946
Thunder Town
Film · 1946
Six Gun Man
Film · 1946
Ambush Trail
Film · 1946
Northwest Trail
Film · 1945
Wildfire
Film · 1945
Navajo Kid
Film · 1945
Marked Trails
Film · 1944
Outlaw Trail
Film · 1944
Westward Bound
Film · 1944
Arizona Whirlwind
Film · 1944
Trigger Law
Film · 1944
The Utah Kid
Film · 1944
Sonora Stagecoach
Film · 1944
Riders of the Rio Grande
Film · 1943
Death Valley Rangers
Film · 1943
Revenge of the Zombies
Film · 1943
Santa Fe Scouts
Film · 1943
The Blocked Trail
Film · 1943
Thundering Trails
Film · 1943
Raiders of the Range
Film · 1942
The Phantom Plainsmen
Film · 1942
Code of the Outlaw
Film · 1942
Shadows on the Sage
Film · 1942
Westward Ho
Film · 1942
Valley of Hunted Men
Film · 1942
Billy the Kid's Range War
Film · 1941
Prairie Pioneers
Film · 1941
Gangs of Sonora
Film · 1941
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
Film · 1941
Gauchos of El Dorado
Film · 1941
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
Film · 1941
West of Cimarron
Film · 1941
Pals of the Pecos
Film · 1941
The Great Train Robbery
Film · 1941
Saddlemates
Film · 1941
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
Film · 1941
The Carson City Kid
Film · 1940
Billy the Kid Outlawed
Film · 1940
Billy the Kid in Texas
Film · 1940
Pinto Canyon
Film · 1940
The Trail Blazers
Film · 1940
Under Texas Skies
Film · 1940
Lone Star Raiders
Film · 1940
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
Film · 1940
City for Conquest
Film · 1940
Wild Horse Valley
Film · 1940
Smoky Trails
Film · 1939
Of Mice and Men
Film · 1939
Feud of the Range
Film · 1939
Riders of the Sage
Film · 1939
The Pal from Texas
Film · 1939
Mesquite Buckaroo
Film · 1939
El Diablo Rides
Film · 1939
Paroled - To Die
Film · 1938
Thunder in the Desert
Film · 1938
The Feud Maker
Film · 1938
Durango Valley Raiders
Film · 1938
Desert Patrol
Film · 1938
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
Film · 1937
The Trusted Outlaw
Film · 1937
Border Phantom
Film · 1937
Arizona Gunfighter
Film · 1937
Doomed at Sundown
Film · 1937
Ridin' the Lone Trail
Film · 1937
Colorado Kid
Film · 1937
Lightnin' Crandall
Film · 1937
The Red Rope
Film · 1937
Brand of the Outlaws
Film · 1936
Last of the Warrens
Film · 1936
The Law Rides
Film · 1936
Cavalry
Film · 1936
The Gun Ranger
Film · 1936
The Kid Ranger
Film · 1936
Alias John Law
Film · 1935
The Rider of the Law
Film · 1935
Sundown Saunders
Film · 1935
No Man's Range
Film · 1935
Tombstone Terror
Film · 1935
Smokey Smith
Film · 1935
Powdersmoke Range
Film · 1935
Big Calibre
Film · 1935
Kid Courageous
Film · 1935
Trail of Terror
Film · 1935
The Brand of Hate
Film · 1934
A Demon for Trouble
Film · 1934
Western Justice
Film · 1934
The Mystery Squadron
Film · 1933
Galloping Romeo
Film · 1933
Ranger's Code
Film · 1933
The Gallant Fool
Film · 1933
Trailing North
Film · 1933
Breed of the Border
Film · 1933
Texas Buddies
Film · 1932
Hidden Valley
Film · 1932
Young Blood
Film · 1932
Riders of the Desert
Film · 1932
The Man from Hell's Edges
Film · 1932
South of Santa Fe
Film · 1932
Son of Oklahoma
Film · 1932
The Fighting Champ
Film · 1932
Law of the West
Film · 1932
The Ridin' Fool
Film · 1931
The Nevada Buckaroo
Film · 1931
The Sunrise Trail
Film · 1931
Near the Trail's End
Film · 1931
The Hunted Men
Film · 1930
Headin' North
Film · 1930
Breezy Bill
Film · 1930
The Oklahoma Sheriff
Film · 1930
Western Honor
Film · 1930
The Man from Nowhere
Film · 1930
The Land of Missing Men
Film · 1930
The Oklahoma Cyclone
Film · 1930
Near the Rainbow's End
Film · 1930
The Invaders
Film · 1929
A Texas Cowboy
Film · 1929
Come and Get It!
Film · 1929
The Amazing Vagabond
Film · 1929
Laughing at Death
Film · 1929
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
Film · 1929
Captain Careless
Film · 1928
Trail of Courage
Film · 1928
Headin' for Danger
Film · 1928
Lightning Speed
Film · 1928
The Riding Renegade
Film · 1928
Breed of the Sunsets
Film · 1928
Man in the Rough
Film · 1928
Sliding Home
Film · 1928
Driftin' Sands
Film · 1928
With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
Film · 1927
The Bandit's Son
Film · 1927
The Mojave Kid
Film · 1927
The College Boob
Film · 1926
With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness
Film · 1926
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
Film · 1926
Just Plain Folks
Film · 1925
Mysterious Tracks
Film · 1922
Dangerous Trails
Film · 1922
The Opossum
Film · 1922
Trapping the Wildcat
Film · 1921
Outwitting the Timber Wolf
Film · 1921
The American Badger
Film · 1921
The Civet Cat
Film · 1921
Catching a Coon
Film · 1921
Trailing the Coyote
Film · 1921
A Day in the Wilds
Film · 1921
Capturing a Canadian Lynx
Film · 1921
Trapping The Bob Cat
Film · 1921
Catching a Koala Bear
Film · 1921
Catching a Fox
Film · 1921
Trapping the Mountain Lion
Film · 1921
Trapping the Coyote
Film · 1921
The Skunk
Film · 1921
The Adventures of Bob and Bill
Film · 1920