Bob Steele
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 23, 1907
- Died
- Dec 21, 1988 (aged 81)
- Place of birth
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Credits
- 234
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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
Rio Bravo
1959Movie
Matt Harris (uncredited)
The Big Sleep
1946Movie
Lash Canino
Hang 'em High
1968Movie
Jenkins
The Shootist
1976Movie
Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
Charley Varrick
1973Movie
Bank Guard (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
1970Movie
Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
Filmography
The Shootist
1976Movie
Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976Movie
(archive footage)
Nightmare Honeymoon
1974Movie
Charlie
Charley Varrick
1973Movie
Bank Guard (uncredited)
Something Big
1971Movie
Teamster #3
Skin Game
1971Movie
Bidder (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
1970Movie
Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
Then Came Bronson
1969TV
Clay Turner
Doc
1969Movie
Toby
The Great Bank Robbery
1969Movie
First Guard
Hang 'em High
1968Movie
Jenkins
Family Affair
1966TV
F Troop
1965TV
Trooper Duffy
The Bounty Killer
1965Movie
Red - Henchman
Town Tamer
1965Movie
Ken
Requiem for a Gunfighter
1965Movie
Max Smith
Shenandoah
1965Movie
Union Train Guard
Taggart
1965Movie
Earl (uncredited)
Bullet for a Badman
1964Movie
Sheriff (uncredited)
4 for Texas
1963Movie
Bank Board Member
McLintock!
1963Movie
Train Engineer
Wall of Noise
1963Movie
Trainer
The Wild Westerners
1962Movie
Casey Banner
Six Black Horses
1962Movie
Puncher
The Comancheros
1961Movie
Pa Schofield (uncredited)
National Velvet
1960TV
Clive
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
1960Movie
Ben
Hell Bent for Leather
1960Movie
Jared
The Atomic Submarine
1959Movie
"Grif" Griffin
The Rebel
1959TV
Will Randall, Jess Kirby
Pork Chop Hill
1959Movie
Col. Kern
Rio Bravo
1959Movie
Matt Harris (uncredited)
No Name on the Bullet
1959Movie
Poker Player (uncredited)
Rawhide
1959TV
Deputy Art Gray
Ride a Crooked Trail
1958Movie
Jud Blunt (uncredited)
Lawman
1958TV
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
The Texan
1958TV
Luke Short
Once Upon a Horse...
1958Movie
Bob Steele
The Bonnie Parker Story
1958Movie
Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
Giant from the Unknown
1958Movie
Sheriff Parker
Decision at Sundown
1957Movie
Irv (uncredited)
The Parson and the Outlaw
1957Movie
Ace Jardine
Maverick
1957TV
Walter Jackson, Wells, Jailed Cowhand Billy (uncredited)
Sugarfoot
1957TV
Sam Shoulders
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957TV
Jockey
Duel at Apache Wells
1957Movie
Joe Dunn
Gun for a Coward
1956Movie
Durkee
Pardners
1956Movie
Shorty
The Steel Jungle
1956Movie
Dan Bucci
The Spoilers
1955Movie
Miner
The Fighting Chance
1955Movie
Curly
Last of the Desperados
1955Movie
Charlie Bowdre
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955TV
Deputy Sheriff Dodd
Cheyenne
1955TV
Dugan
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Sam Gordon, Coe
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955TV
Deputy Marshal Sam (uncredited), Deputy Marshal Sam
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Ben, Soto Man (uncredited), Rebel Arsonist (uncredited)
The Outcast
1954Movie
Dude Rankin
Drums Across the River
1954Movie
Billy Costa
Island in the Sky
1953Movie
Wilson
Column South
1953Movie
McAfee
Savage Frontier
1953Movie
Sam Webb
San Antone
1953Movie
Bob Coolidge
The Lion and the Horse
1952Movie
Matt Jennings
Bugles in the Afternoon
1952Movie
Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead
Rose of Cimarron
1952Movie
Rio
Cattle Drive
1951Movie
Charlie "Careless" Morgan
Fort Worth
1951Movie
Shorty
Silver Canyon
1951Movie
Walt Middler
The Enforcer
1951Movie
Herman
The Savage Horde
1950Movie
Dancer
South of St. Louis
1949Movie
Slim Hansen
Bandits of Dark Canyon
1947Movie
Ed Archer
Killer McCoy
1947Movie
Sailor Graves
Exposed
1947Movie
Chicago
Cheyenne
1947Movie
Bucky
Twilight on the Rio Grande
1947Movie
Dusty Morgan
Rio Grande Raiders
1946Movie
Jeff Carson
The Big Sleep
1946Movie
Lash Canino
Thunder Town
1946Movie
Jim Brandon
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
1946Movie
Reno Kid
Ambush Trail
1946Movie
Curley Thompson
Six Gun Man
1946Movie
Stormy Storm
Northwest Trail
1945Movie
RCMP Matt O'Brien
Navajo Kid
1945Movie
Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk
Wildfire
1945Movie
Happy Haye
Trigger Law
1944Movie
Bob Steele
The Utah Kid
1944Movie
Bob Roberts
Marked Trails
1944Movie
Bob Stevens
Sonora Stagecoach
1944Movie
Bob Steele
Outlaw Trail
1944Movie
Bob
Arizona Whirlwind
1944Movie
Bob Steele
Westward Bound
1944Movie
Bob Steele
Death Valley Rangers
1943Movie
Bob Steele
Revenge of the Zombies
1943Movie
Sheriff
Riders of the Rio Grande
1943Movie
Tucson Smith
Santa Fe Scouts
1943Movie
Tucson Smith
The Blocked Trail
1943Movie
Tucson Smith
Thundering Trails
1943Movie
Tucson Smith
Valley of Hunted Men
1942Movie
Tucson Smith
Shadows on the Sage
1942Movie
'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe
The Phantom Plainsmen
1942Movie
Tucson Smith
Westward Ho
1942Movie
Tucson Smith
Raiders of the Range
1942Movie
Tucson Smith
Code of the Outlaw
1942Movie
Tucson Smith
West of Cimarron
1941Movie
Tucson Smith
Gauchos of El Dorado
1941Movie
'Tucson' Smith
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
1941Movie
'Tucson' Smith
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
1941Movie
Billy the Kid
Gangs of Sonora
1941Movie
'Tucson' Smith
Saddlemates
1941Movie
Tucson Smith
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
1941Movie
Billy the Kid
Pals of the Pecos
1941Movie
Tucson Smith
The Great Train Robbery
1941Movie
Tom Logan
Prairie Pioneers
1941Movie
Tucson Smith
Billy the Kid's Range War
1941Movie
Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
1940Movie
Billy the Kid
Lone Star Raiders
1940Movie
Tucson Smith
The Trail Blazers
1940Movie
Tucson Smith
Billy the Kid in Texas
1940Movie
Billy the Kid
Under Texas Skies
1940Movie
Tucson Smith
City for Conquest
1940Movie
Kid Callahan (uncredited)
Billy the Kid Outlawed
1940Movie
Billy the Kid
The Carson City Kid
1940Movie
Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds
Pinto Canyon
1940Movie
Bob Hall
Wild Horse Valley
1940Movie
Bob Evans
Of Mice and Men
1939Movie
Curley
El Diablo Rides
1939Movie
Bob
The Pal from Texas
1939Movie
Bob Barton
Riders of the Sage
1939Movie
Bob Burke
Mesquite Buckaroo
1939Movie
Bob Allen
Smoky Trails
1939Movie
Bob Archer
Feud of the Range
1939Movie
Bob Gray
Durango Valley Raiders
1938Movie
Keene Cordner
Desert Patrol
1938Movie
Dave Austin
The Feud Maker
1938Movie
Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid
Thunder in the Desert
1938Movie
Bob Radford
Paroled - To Die
1938Movie
Doug Redfern
Colorado Kid
1937Movie
Colorado Kid
Arizona Gunfighter
1937Movie
Colt Ferron
Ridin' the Lone Trail
1937Movie
Bob McArthur
The Red Rope
1937Movie
Tom Shaw
Doomed at Sundown
1937Movie
Dave Austin
Border Phantom
1937Movie
Larry O'Day
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
1937Movie
Dan Stockton
The Trusted Outlaw
1937Movie
Dan Ward
Lightnin' Crandall
1937Movie
Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall
The Gun Ranger
1936Movie
Dan Larson
Cavalry
1936Movie
Ted Thorne
Brand of the Outlaws
1936Movie
Gary Gray
The Law Rides
1936Movie
Bruce Conway
Last of the Warrens
1936Movie
Ted Warren
The Kid Ranger
1936Movie
Ray Burton
Trail of Terror
1935Movie
Spike Manning
Alias John Law
1935Movie
Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
The Rider of the Law
1935Movie
Bob Marlow
Powdersmoke Range
1935Movie
Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid
No Man's Range
1935Movie
Jim Hale
Sundown Saunders
1935Movie
Jim Sundown Saunders
Tombstone Terror
1935Movie
Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon
Smokey Smith
1935Movie
Smokey Smith
Big Calibre
1935Movie
Bob Neal
Kid Courageous
1935Movie
Bob Bannister
Western Justice
1934Movie
Jim / Ace
The Brand of Hate
1934Movie
Rod Camp
A Demon for Trouble
1934Movie
Bob Worth
The Mystery Squadron
1933Movie
Fred Cromwell
Ranger's Code
1933Movie
Bob Baxter
Galloping Romeo
1933Movie
Bob Rivers
The Gallant Fool
1933Movie
Kit Denton
Trailing North
1933Movie
Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid
Breed of the Border
1933Movie
Speed Brent
The Fighting Champ
1932Movie
Brick Loring
Young Blood
1932Movie
Nick aka The Kid
Texas Buddies
1932Movie
Ted Garner
Hidden Valley
1932Movie
Bob Harding
Son of Oklahoma
1932Movie
Dan Clayton
The Man from Hell's Edges
1932Movie
Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning
Riders of the Desert
1932Movie
Bob Houston
Law of the West
1932Movie
Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan
South of Santa Fe
1932Movie
Tom Keene
Near the Trail's End
1931Movie
Marshal Johnny Day
The Nevada Buckaroo
1931Movie
Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid
The Ridin' Fool
1931Movie
Steve Kendall
The Sunrise Trail
1931Movie
Texas, aka Tex
Headin' North
1930Movie
Jim Curtis
The Land of Missing Men
1930Movie
Steve O'Neil
The Oklahoma Cyclone
1930Movie
Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone
The Oklahoma Sheriff
1930Movie
Near the Rainbow's End
1930Movie
Jim Bledsoe
Western Honor
1930Movie
Bob
The Man from Nowhere
1930Movie
Terry Norton
The Hunted Men
1930Movie
Dick Stockdale
Breezy Bill
1930Movie
Breezy Bill
A Texas Cowboy
1929Movie
Dick Carlysle
The Invaders
1929Movie
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
1929Movie
George Hardcastle
Laughing at Death
1929Movie
Bob Thornton
The Amazing Vagabond
1929Movie
Jimmy Hobbs
Come and Get It!
1929Movie
Breezy Smith
Headin' for Danger
1928Movie
Jimmy Marshall
Captain Careless
1928Movie
Bob Gordon
Lightning Speed
1928Movie
Jack Pemberton
Trail of Courage
1928Movie
Tex Reeves
Man in the Rough
1928Movie
Bruce Sherwood
Breed of the Sunsets
1928Movie
Jim Collins
The Riding Renegade
1928Movie
Bob Taylor
Sliding Home
1928Movie
Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
Driftin' Sands
1928Movie
'Driftin' Sands
The Bandit's Son
1927Movie
Bob McCall
The Mojave Kid
1927Movie
Bob Saunders
With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
1927Movie
Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
The College Boob
1926Movie
Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
1926Movie
'Pinky' Smith
With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness
1926Movie
Jim Bryan
Just Plain Folks
1925Movie
The Opossum
1922Movie
Mysterious Tracks
1922Movie
Dangerous Trails
1922Movie
Bob
A Day in the Wilds
1921Movie
Bob
The Skunk
1921Movie
Bob
The Civet Cat
1921Movie
Bob
The American Badger
1921Movie
Bob
Catching a Coon
1921Movie
Bob
Outwitting the Timber Wolf
1921Movie
Trapping the Wildcat
1921Movie
Bob
Trailing the Coyote
1921Movie
Bob
Capturing a Canadian Lynx
1921Movie
Bob
Catching a Fox
1921Movie
Bob
Catching a Koala Bear
1921Movie
Bob
Trapping The Bob Cat
1921Movie
Bob
Trapping the Coyote
1921Movie
Bob
Trapping the Mountain Lion
1921Movie
Bob
The Adventures of Bob and Bill
1920Movie
Bob