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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 23, 1907
Died
December 21, 1988
Place of Birth
Portland, Oregon, USA
Also Known As
- Bob Bradbury Jr.
- Robert Bradbury Jr.
- Robert Adrian Bradbury
Bob Steele
0.6 Popularity
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. 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.
Known For
7.1
Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
The Shootist
1976
9.0
(archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
5.0
Charlie
Nightmare Honeymoon
1974
7.3
Bank Guard (uncredited)
Charley Varrick
1973
5.1
Teamster #3
Something Big
1971
6.6
Bidder (uncredited)
Skin Game
1971
6.5
Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
1970
4.8
Clay Turner
Then Came Bronson
1969
0.0
Toby
Doc
1969
6.3
First Guard
The Great Bank Robbery
1969
Credits
The Shootist
as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
1976
7.1
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
as (archive footage)
1976
9.0
Nightmare Honeymoon
as Charlie
1974
5.0
Charley Varrick
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
1973
7.3
Something Big
as Teamster #3
1971
5.1
Skin Game
as Bidder (uncredited)
1971
6.6
Rio Lobo
as Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
1970
6.5
Then Came Bronson
as Clay Turner
1969
4.8
Doc
as Toby
1969
0.0
The Great Bank Robbery
as First Guard
1969
6.3
Hang 'em High
as Jenkins
1968
6.8
Family Affair
1966
6.7
F Troop
as Trooper Duffy
1965
6.2
The Bounty Killer
as Red - Henchman
1965
5.8
Town Tamer
as Ken
1965
6.5
Requiem for a Gunfighter
as Max Smith
1965
6.0
Shenandoah
as Union Train Guard
1965
6.9
Taggart
as Earl (uncredited)
1965
5.4
Bullet for a Badman
as Sheriff (uncredited)
1964
6.2
4 for Texas
as Bank Board Member
1963
5.1
McLintock!
as Train Engineer
1963
6.6
Wall of Noise
as Trainer
1963
3.1
The Wild Westerners
as Casey Banner
1962
7.0
Six Black Horses
as Puncher
1962
5.8
The Comancheros
as Pa Schofield (uncredited)
1961
6.7
National Velvet
as Clive
1960
7.5
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
as Ben
1960
0.0
Hell Bent for Leather
as Jared
1960
6.2
The Atomic Submarine
as "Grif" Griffin
1959
5.3
The Rebel
as Will Randall
1959
4.7
The Rebel
as Jess Kirby
1959
4.7
Pork Chop Hill
as Col. Kern
1959
6.6
Rio Bravo
as Matt Harris (uncredited)
1959
7.8
No Name on the Bullet
as Poker Player (uncredited)
1959
6.6
Rawhide
as Deputy Art Gray
1959
7.2
Ride a Crooked Trail
as Jud Blunt (uncredited)
1958
6.3
Lawman
as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
1958
5.6
The Texan
as Luke Short
1958
5.5
Once Upon a Horse...
as Bob Steele
1958
8.5
The Bonnie Parker Story
as Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
1958
4.6
Giant from the Unknown
as Sheriff Parker
1958
4.0
Decision at Sundown
as Irv
1957
6.3
The Parson and the Outlaw
as Ace Jardine
1957
4.1
Maverick
as Walter Jackson
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Wells
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Jailed Cowhand Billy (uncredited)
1957
6.9
Sugarfoot
as Sam Shoulders
1957
4.8
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Jockey
1957
7.3
Duel at Apache Wells
as Joe Dunn
1957
4.0
Gun for a Coward
as Durkee
1956
5.6
Pardners
as Shorty
1956
6.7
The Steel Jungle
as Dan Bucci
1956
5.1
The Spoilers
as Miner
1955
5.0
The Fighting Chance
as Curly
1955
4.0
Last of the Desperados
as Charlie Bowdre
1955
6.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Deputy Sheriff Dodd
1955
6.5
Cheyenne
as Dugan
1955
6.0
Gunsmoke
as Sam Gordon
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Coe
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Deputy Marshal Sam (uncredited)
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Deputy Marshal Sam
1955
6.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Ben
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Soto Man (uncredited)
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Rebel Arsonist (uncredited)
1954
7.8
The Outcast
as Dude Rankin
1954
6.3
Drums Across the River
as Billy Costa
1954
5.6
Island in the Sky
as Wilson
1953
6.3
Column South
as McAfee
1953
6.0
Savage Frontier
as Sam Webb
1953
0.0
San Antone
as Bob Coolidge
1953
5.0
The Lion and the Horse
as Matt Jennings
1952
5.7
Bugles in the Afternoon
as Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead
1952
5.2
Rose of Cimarron
as Rio
1952
5.3
Cattle Drive
as Charlie "Careless" Morgan
1951
6.1
Fort Worth
as Shorty
1951
6.7
Silver Canyon
as Walt Middler
1951
7.0
The Enforcer
as Herman
1951
7.1
The Savage Horde
as Dancer
1950
5.8
South of St. Louis
as Slim Hansen
1949
5.6
Bandits of Dark Canyon
as Ed Archer
1947
0.0
Killer McCoy
as Sailor Graves
1947
6.0
Exposed
as Chicago
1947
5.8
Cheyenne
as Bucky
1947
6.8
Twilight on the Rio Grande
as Dusty Morgan
1947
2.1
Rio Grande Raiders
as Jeff Carson
1946
0.0
The Big Sleep
as Lash Canino
1946
7.6
Thunder Town
as Jim Brandon
1946
3.0
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
as Reno Kid
1946
4.0
Ambush Trail
as Curley Thompson
1946
0.0
Six Gun Man
as Stormy Storm
1946
0.0
Northwest Trail
as RCMP Matt O'Brien
1945
5.0
Navajo Kid
as Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk
1945
6.0
Wildfire
as Happy Haye
1945
1.0
Trigger Law
as Bob Steele
1944
0.0
The Utah Kid
as Bob Roberts
1944
0.0
Marked Trails
as Bob Stevens
1944
5.7
Sonora Stagecoach
as Bob Steele
1944
5.0
Outlaw Trail
as Bob
1944
0.0
Arizona Whirlwind
as Bob Steele
1944
5.5
Westward Bound
as Bob Steele
1944
4.0
Death Valley Rangers
as Bob Steele
1943
6.7
Revenge of the Zombies
as Sheriff
1943
5.2
Riders of the Rio Grande
as Tucson Smith
1943
0.0
Santa Fe Scouts
as Tucson Smith
1943
0.0
The Blocked Trail
as Tucson Smith
1943
0.0
Thundering Trails
as Tucson Smith
1943
6.0
Valley of Hunted Men
as Tucson Smith
1942
0.0
Shadows on the Sage
as 'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe
1942
0.0
The Phantom Plainsmen
as Tucson Smith
1942
6.0
Westward Ho
as Tucson Smith
1942
3.0
Raiders of the Range
as Tucson Smith
1942
0.0
Code of the Outlaw
as Tucson Smith
1942
0.0
West of Cimarron
as Tucson Smith
1941
4.0
Gauchos of El Dorado
as 'Tucson' Smith
1941
0.0
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
as 'Tucson' Smith
1941
0.0
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
as Billy the Kid
1941
4.0
Gangs of Sonora
as 'Tucson' Smith
1941
0.0
Saddlemates
as Tucson Smith
1941
0.0
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
as Billy the Kid
1941
6.0
Pals of the Pecos
as Tucson Smith
1941
0.0
The Great Train Robbery
as Tom Logan
1941
7.5
Prairie Pioneers
as Tucson Smith
1941
0.0
Billy the Kid's Range War
as Billy the Kid
1941
6.5
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
as Billy the Kid
1940
4.0
Lone Star Raiders
as Tucson Smith
1940
0.0
The Trail Blazers
as Tucson Smith
1940
0.0
Under Texas Skies
as Tucson Smith
1940
5.0
Billy the Kid in Texas
as Billy the Kid
1940
5.8
City for Conquest
as Kid Callahan (uncredited)
1940
6.8
Billy the Kid Outlawed
as Billy the Kid
1940
0.0
The Carson City Kid
as Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds
1940
5.5
Pinto Canyon
as Bob Hall
1940
3.0
Wild Horse Valley
as Bob Evans
1940
0.0
Of Mice and Men
as Curley
1939
7.3
El Diablo Rides
as Bob
1939
1.0
The Pal from Texas
as Bob Barton
1939
0.0
Riders of the Sage
as Bob Burke
1939
5.0
Mesquite Buckaroo
as Bob Allen
1939
0.0
Smoky Trails
as Bob Archer
1939
0.0
Feud of the Range
as Bob Gray
1939
6.0
Durango Valley Raiders
as Keene Cordner
1938
0.0
Desert Patrol
as Dave Austin
1938
0.0
The Feud Maker
as Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid
1938
4.0
Thunder in the Desert
as Bob Radford
1938
6.0
Paroled - To Die
as Doug Redfern
1938
1.0
Colorado Kid
as Colorado Kid
1937
4.0
Arizona Gunfighter
as Colt Ferron
1937
3.8
Ridin' the Lone Trail
as Bob McArthur
1937
5.0
The Red Rope
as Tom Shaw
1937
6.0
Doomed at Sundown
as Dave Austin
1937
3.0
Border Phantom
as Larry O'Day
1937
4.7
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
as Dan Stockton
1937
6.0
The Trusted Outlaw
as Dan Ward
1937
6.0
Lightnin' Crandall
as Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall
1937
2.0
The Gun Ranger
as Dan Larson
1936
0.0
Cavalry
as Ted Thorne
1936
6.0
Brand of the Outlaws
as Gary Gray
1936
6.0
The Law Rides
as Bruce Conway
1936
5.0
Last of the Warrens
as Ted Warren
1936
6.7
The Kid Ranger
as Ray Burton
1936
3.7
Trail of Terror
as Spike Manning
1935
0.0
Alias John Law
as Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
1935
3.8
The Rider of the Law
as Bob Marlow
1935
5.0
Powdersmoke Range
as Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid
1935
0.0
No Man's Range
as Jim Hale
1935
6.0
Sundown Saunders
as Jim Sundown Saunders
1935
0.0
Tombstone Terror
as Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon
1935
4.0
Smokey Smith
as Smokey Smith
1935
5.0
Big Calibre
as Bob Neal
1935
0.0
Kid Courageous
as Bob Bannister
1935
5.5
Western Justice
as Jim / Ace
1934
0.0
The Brand of Hate
as Rod Camp
1934
4.5
A Demon for Trouble
as Bob Worth
1934
5.0
The Mystery Squadron
as Fred Cromwell
1933
6.0
Ranger's Code
as Bob Baxter
1933
0.0
Galloping Romeo
as Bob Rivers
1933
0.0
The Gallant Fool
as Kit Denton
1933
0.0
Trailing North
as Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid
1933
6.7
Breed of the Border
as Speed Brent
1933
0.0
The Fighting Champ
as Brick Loring
1932
5.5
Young Blood
as Nick aka The Kid
1932
0.0
Texas Buddies
as Ted Garner
1932
6.0
Hidden Valley
as Bob Harding
1932
6.0
Son of Oklahoma
as Dan Clayton
1932
0.0
The Man from Hell's Edges
as Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning
1932
4.0
Riders of the Desert
as Bob Houston
1932
4.5
Law of the West
as Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan
1932
5.0
South of Santa Fe
as Tom Keene
1932
3.0
Near the Trail's End
as Marshal Johnny Day
1931
5.0
The Nevada Buckaroo
as Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid
1931
0.0
The Ridin' Fool
as Steve Kendall
1931
0.0
The Sunrise Trail
as Texas, aka Tex
1931
3.0
Headin' North
as Jim Curtis
1930
2.0
The Land of Missing Men
as Steve O'Neil
1930
4.0
The Oklahoma Cyclone
as Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone
1930
4.2
The Oklahoma Sheriff
1930
0.0
Near the Rainbow's End
as Jim Bledsoe
1930
1.0
🎬
Western Honor
as Bob
1930
0.0
🎬
The Man from Nowhere
as Terry Norton
1930
0.0
The Hunted Men
as Dick Stockdale
1930
0.0
🎬
Breezy Bill
as Breezy Bill
1930
0.0
A Texas Cowboy
as Dick Carlysle
1929
0.0
🎬
The Invaders
1929
0.0
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
as George Hardcastle
1929
0.0
Laughing at Death
as Bob Thornton
1929
0.0
The Amazing Vagabond
as Jimmy Hobbs
1929
0.0
Come and Get It!
as Breezy Smith
1929
0.0
Headin' for Danger
as Jimmy Marshall
1928
0.0
Lightning Speed
as Jack Pemberton
1928
0.0
Captain Careless
as Bob Gordon
1928
0.0
Trail of Courage
as Tex Reeves
1928
0.0
Man in the Rough
as Bruce Sherwood
1928
0.0
Breed of the Sunsets
as Jim Collins
1928
0.0
The Riding Renegade
as Bob Taylor
1928
0.0
Sliding Home
as Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
1928
0.0
Driftin' Sands
as 'Driftin' Sands
1928
0.0
The Bandit's Son
as Bob McCall
1927
0.0
The Mojave Kid
as Bob Saunders
1927
0.0
With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
as Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
1927
0.0
The College Boob
as Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
1926
10.0
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
as 'Pinky' Smith
1926
0.0
With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness
as Jim Bryan
1926
0.0
🎬
Just Plain Folks
1925
0.0
🎬
The Opossum
1922
0.0
🎬
Mysterious Tracks
1922
0.0
🎬
Dangerous Trails
as Bob
1922
0.0
🎬
A Day in the Wilds
as Bob
1921
4.0
🎬
The Skunk
as Bob
1921
4.0
🎬
The Civet Cat
as Bob
1921
0.0
🎬
The American Badger
as Bob
1921
0.0
🎬
Catching a Coon
as Bob
1921
0.0
Outwitting the Timber Wolf
1921
0.0
🎬
Trapping the Wildcat
as Bob
1921
0.0
🎬
Trapping the Mountain Lion
as Bob
1921
0.0
🎬
Catching a Koala Bear
as Bob
1921
0.0
🎬
Capturing a Canadian Lynx
as Bob
1921
0.0
🎬
Catching a Fox
as Bob
1921
0.0
🎬
Trapping the Coyote
as Bob
1921
0.0
🎬
Trailing the Coyote
as Bob
1921
0.0
🎬
Trapping The Bob Cat
as Bob
1921
0.0
🎬
The Adventures of Bob and Bill
as Bob
1920
0.0