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Bob Steele
Actor
Died December 21, 1988 (81 years)
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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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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
Filmography
| 1994 | Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone · as Deputy Sheriff Sam (flashback Sequence) |
| 1987 | Bloopermania · as Cast |
| 1976 | The Shootist · as Books' Victim In Flashback (archive Footage / Uncredited) |
| 1976 | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch · as (archive Footage) |
| 1974 | Nightmare Honeymoon · as Charlie |
| 1973 | Charley Varrick · as Bank Guard (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Skin Game · as Bidder (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Something Big · as Teamster #3 |
| 1970 | |
| 1969 | The Great Bank Robbery · as First Guard |
| 1969 | Doc · as Toby |
| 1969 | Then Came Bronson (TV Series) |
| 1968 | Hang 'Em High · as Jenkins |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense (TV Series) · as Percy Hays |
| 1966 | Family Affair (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Town Tamer · as Ken |
| 1965 | F Troop (TV Series) · as Trooper Duffy |
| 1965 | The Bounty Killer · as Red - Henchman |
| 1965 | Requiem for a Gunfighter · as Max Smith |
| 1965 | Shenandoah · as Union Train Guard |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Trapper |
| 1964 | Bullet for a Badman · as Sheriff (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Wall of Noise · as Trainer |
| 1963 | 4 for Texas · as Bank Board Member |
| 1963 | McLintock! · as Train Engineer |
| 1963 | Temple Houston (TV Series) · as Yeager |
| 1963 | Showdown · as Poker Player |
| 1962 | The Wide Country (TV Series) · as Captain Ainslee |
| 1962 | The Wild Westerners · as Casey Banner |
| 1962 | Six Black Horses · as Puncher |
| 1961 | The Comancheros · as Pa Schofield (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Whispering Smith (TV Series) · as Joe Mullet |
| 1960 | National Velvet (TV Series) · as Clive |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Overland Trail (TV Series) · as Stationmaster |
| 1960 | Hell Bent for Leather · as Jared |
| 1959 | The Atomic Submarine · as "grif" Griffin |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | Hotel de Paree (TV Series) · as Jepsen |
| 1959 | The Deputy (TV Series) · as Fred Sooley |
| 1959 | Pork Chop Hill · as Col. Kern |
| 1959 | No Name on the Bullet · as Poker Player |
| 1959 | Rio Bravo · as Matt Harris (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Deputy Art Gray |
| 1958 | Giant from the Unknown · as Sheriff Parker |
| 1958 | Ride a Crooked Trail · as Jud Blunt |
| 1958 | Cimarron City (TV Series) · as Dude Morgan |
| 1958 | Lawman (TV Series) · as Telegraph Operator (uncredited) |
| 1958 | The Texan (TV Series) · as Luke Short |
| 1958 | The Bonnie Parker Story · as Armored Truck Guard (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Decision at Sundown · as Irv |
| 1957 | Colt .45 (TV Series) · as Sgt. Granger |
| 1957 | The Californians (TV Series) · as Gahagan |
| 1957 | The Parson and the Outlaw · as Ace Jardine |
| 1957 | Maverick (TV Series) · as Jailed Cowhand Billy (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot (TV Series) · as Sam Shoulders |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Band of Angels · as Union Private |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Cole |
| 1957 | Duel at Apache Wells · as Joe Dunn |
| 1956 | Gun for a Coward · as Durkee |
| 1956 | Pardners · as Shorty |
| 1956 | The Steel Jungle · as Dan Bucci |
| 1955 | The Spoilers · as Miner |
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) · as Deputy Sheriff Dodd |
| 1955 | Cheyenne (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Sam Gordon |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV Series) · as Deputy Marshal Sam (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Rebel Arsonist (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Outcast · as Dude Rankin |
| 1954 | Drums Across the River · as Billy Costa |
| 1953 | Island in the Sky · as Wilson |
| 1953 | Column South · as Mcafee |
| 1953 | Savage Frontier · as Sam Webb |
| 1953 | San Antone · as Bob Coolidge |
| 1952 | Rose of Cimarron · as Rio |
| 1952 | The Lion and the Horse · as Matt Jennings |
| 1952 | Bugles in the Afternoon · as Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days (TV Series) · as Dawson |
| 1951 | Cattle Drive · as Charlie "careless" Morgan |
| 1951 | Fort Worth · as Shorty |
| 1951 | Silver Canyon · as Walt Middler |
| 1951 | The Enforcer · as Herman |
| 1950 | Crooked River · as Shamrock |
| 1950 | The Savage Horde · as Dancer |
| 1949 | South of St. Louis · as Slim Hansen |
| 1947 | Killer McCoy · as Sailor Graves |
| 1947 | Exposed · as Chicago |
| 1947 | Cheyenne · as Bucky |
| 1947 | Twilight on the Rio Grande · as Dusty Morgan |
| 1946 | The Big Sleep · as Lash Canino |
| 1946 | Thunder Town · as Jim Brandon |
| 1946 | Sheriff of Redwood Valley · as The Reno Kid |
| 1946 | Ambush Trail · as Curley Thompson |
| 1945 | Northwest Trail · as Rcmp Matt O'brien |
| 1945 | Navajo Kid · as Tom "the Navajo Kid" Kirk |
| 1945 | Wildfire · as Happy Haye |
| 1944 | The Utah Kid · as Bob Roberts |
| 1944 | Marked Trails · as Bob Stevens |
| 1944 | Outlaw Trail · as Bob |
| 1943 | Revenge of the Zombies · as Sheriff |
| 1943 | Riders of the Rio Grande · as Tucson Smith |
| 1943 | The Blocked Trail · as Tucson Smith |
| 1943 | Thundering Trails · as Tucson Smith |
| 1942 | Valley of Hunted Men · as Tucson Smith |
| 1942 | Shadows on the Sage · as 'tucson' Smith / Curly Joe |
| 1942 | The Phantom Plainsmen · as Tucson Smith |
| 1941 | West of Cimarron · as Tucson Smith |
| 1941 | Billy the Kid in Santa Fe · as Billy The Kid |
| 1941 | Saddlemates · as Tucson Smith |
| 1941 | Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals · as Billy The Kid |
| 1941 | Pals of the Pecos · as Tucson Smith |
| 1941 | The Great Train Robbery · as Tom Logan |
| 1941 | Billy the Kid's Range War · as Billy The Kid |
| 1940 | Billy the Kid's Gun Justice · as Billy The Kid |
| 1940 | Billy the Kid in Texas · as Billy The Kid |
| 1940 | Under Texas Skies · as Tucson Smith |
| 1940 | City for Conquest · as Kid Callahan (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Carson City Kid · as Lee Jessup, Aka Morgan Reynolds |
| 1940 | Pinto Canyon · as Sheriff Bob Hall |
| 1939 | Of Mice and Men · as Curley |
| 1939 | El Diablo Rides · as Bob |
| 1939 | The Pal from Texas · as Bob Barton |
| 1939 | Riders of the Sage · as Bob Burke |
| 1939 | Feud of the Range · as Bob Gray |
| 1938 | Durango Valley Raiders · as Keene Cordner |
| 1938 | Desert Patrol · as Dave Austin |
| 1938 | The Feud Maker · as Tex Ryan Aka Wind River Kid |
| 1938 | Thunder in the Desert · as Bob Radford |
| 1938 | Paroled - To Die · as Doug Redfern |
| 1937 | Colorado Kid · as Colorado Kid |
| 1937 | Arizona Gunfighter · as Colt Ferron |
| 1937 | Ridin' the Lone Trail · as Bob Mcarthur |
| 1937 | The Red Rope · as Tom Shaw |
| 1937 | Doomed at Sundown · as Dave Austin |
| 1937 | Border Phantom · as Larry O'day |
| 1937 | Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin · as Dan Stockton |
| 1937 | The Trusted Outlaw · as Dan Ward |
| 1937 | Lightnin' Crandall · as Bob Crandall, Aka Lightnin' Crandall |
| 1936 | The Gun Ranger · as Dan Larson |
| 1936 | Cavalry · as Ted Thorne |
| 1936 | Brand of the Outlaws · as Gary Gray |
| 1936 | The Law Rides · as Bruce Conway |
| 1936 | Last of the Warrens · as Ted Warren |
| 1936 | The Kid Ranger · as Ray Burton |
| 1935 | Trail of Terror · as Spike Manning |
| 1935 | Alias John Law · as Everett Tarkington 'john' Clark |
| 1935 | The Rider of the Law · as Bob Marlow |
| 1935 | Powdersmoke Range · as Jeff Ferguson Aka Guadalupe Kid |
| 1935 | No Man's Range · as Jim Hale |
| 1935 | Sundown Saunders · as Jim Sundown Saunders |
| 1935 | Tombstone Terror · as Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon |
| 1935 | Smokey Smith · as Smokey Smith |
| 1935 | Big Calibre · as Bob Neal |
| 1934 | Western Justice · as Jim / Ace |
| 1934 | The Brand of Hate · as Rod Camp |
| 1934 | A Demon for Trouble · as Bob Worth |
| 1934 | Kid Courageous · as Bob Bannister |
| 1933 | The Mystery Squadron · as Fred Cromwell |
| 1933 | Galloping Romeo · as Bob Rivers |
| 1933 | Breed of the Border · as Speed Brent |
| 1932 | The Fighting Champ · as Brick Loring |
| 1932 | Young Blood · as Nick Aka The Kid |
| 1932 | Texas Buddies · as Ted Garner |
| 1932 | Hidden Valley · as Bob Harding |
| 1932 | Son of Oklahoma · as Dan Clayton |
| 1932 | The Man from Hell's Edges · as Bob Williams Aka 'flash' Manning |
| 1932 | Riders of the Desert · as Bob Houston |
| 1932 | Law of the West · as Bob Carruthers, Alias Bob Morgan |
| 1931 | Near the Trail's End · as Marshal Johnny Day |
| 1931 | The Nevada Buckaroo · as Buck Hurley, Aka The Nevada Kid |
| 1931 | The Sunrise Trail · as Texas, Aka Tex |
| 1930 | Headin' North · as Jim Curtis |
| 1930 | The Land of Missing Men · as Steve O'neil |
| 1930 | The Oklahoma Cyclone · as Jim Smith Aka The Oklahoma Cyclone |
| 1930 | Near the Rainbow's End · as Jim Bledsoe |
| 1929 | The Amazing Vagabond · as Jimmy Hobbs |
| 1927 | With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre · as Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.) |