Acting · Portland, Oregon, USA · Born January 23, 1907
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.
MovieThe Shootist
1976
as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
MovieMeanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
MovieNightmare Honeymoon
1974
as Charlie
MovieCharley Varrick
1973
as Bank Guard (uncredited)
MovieSomething Big
1971
as Teamster #3
MovieSkin Game
1971
as Bidder (uncredited)
MovieRio Lobo
1970
as Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
TVThen Came Bronson
1969
as Clay Turner
MovieDoc
1969
as Toby
MovieThe Great Bank Robbery
1969
as First Guard
MovieHang 'em High
1968
as Jenkins
TVFamily Affair
1966
TVF Troop
1965
as Trooper Duffy
MovieThe Bounty Killer
1965
as Red - Henchman
MovieTown Tamer
1965
as Ken
MovieRequiem for a Gunfighter
1965
as Max Smith
MovieShenandoah
1965
as Union Train Guard
MovieTaggart
1965
as Earl (uncredited)
MovieBullet for a Badman
1964
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Movie4 for Texas
1963
as Bank Board Member
MovieMcLintock!
1963
as Train Engineer
MovieWall of Noise
1963
as Trainer
MovieThe Wild Westerners
1962
as Casey Banner
MovieSix Black Horses
1962
as Puncher
MovieThe Comancheros
1961
as Pa Schofield (uncredited)
TVNational Velvet
1960
as Clive
MovieTexas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
1960
as Ben
MovieHell Bent for Leather
1960
as Jared
MovieThe Atomic Submarine
1959
as "Grif" Griffin
TVThe Rebel
1959
as Will Randall
MoviePork Chop Hill
1959
as Col. Kern
MovieRio Bravo
1959
as Matt Harris (uncredited)
MovieNo Name on the Bullet
1959
as Poker Player (uncredited)
TVRawhide
1959
as Deputy Art Gray
MovieRide a Crooked Trail
1958
as Jud Blunt (uncredited)
TVLawman
1958
as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
TVThe Texan
1958
as Luke Short
MovieOnce Upon a Horse...
1958
as Bob Steele
MovieThe Bonnie Parker Story
1958
as Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
MovieGiant from the Unknown
1958
as Sheriff Parker
MovieDecision at Sundown
1957
as Irv (uncredited)
MovieThe Parson and the Outlaw
1957
as Ace Jardine
TVMaverick
1957
as Walter Jackson
TVSugarfoot
1957
as Sam Shoulders
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Jockey
MovieDuel at Apache Wells
1957
as Joe Dunn
MovieGun for a Coward
1956
as Durkee
MoviePardners
1956
as Shorty
MovieThe Steel Jungle
1956
as Dan Bucci
MovieThe Spoilers
1955
as Miner
MovieThe Fighting Chance
1955
as Curly
MovieLast of the Desperados
1955
as Charlie Bowdre
TVScreen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Deputy Sheriff Dodd
TVCheyenne
1955
as Dugan
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Sam Gordon
TVThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Deputy Marshal Sam (uncredited)
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Ben
MovieThe Outcast
1954
as Dude Rankin
MovieDrums Across the River
1954
as Billy Costa
MovieIsland in the Sky
1953
as Wilson
MovieColumn South
1953
as McAfee
MovieSavage Frontier
1953
as Sam Webb
MovieSan Antone
1953
as Bob Coolidge
MovieThe Lion and the Horse
1952
as Matt Jennings
MovieBugles in the Afternoon
1952
as Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead
MovieRose of Cimarron
1952
as Rio
MovieCattle Drive
1951
as Charlie "Careless" Morgan
MovieFort Worth
1951
as Shorty
MovieSilver Canyon
1951
as Walt Middler
MovieThe Enforcer
1951
as Herman
MovieThe Savage Horde
1950
as Dancer
MovieSouth of St. Louis
1949
as Slim Hansen
MovieBandits of Dark Canyon
1947
as Ed Archer
MovieKiller McCoy
1947
as Sailor Graves
MovieExposed
1947
as Chicago
MovieCheyenne
1947
as Bucky
MovieTwilight on the Rio Grande
1947
as Dusty Morgan
MovieRio Grande Raiders
1946
as Jeff Carson
MovieThe Big Sleep
1946
as Lash Canino
MovieThunder Town
1946
as Jim Brandon
MovieSheriff of Redwood Valley
1946
as Reno Kid
MovieAmbush Trail
1946
as Curley Thompson
MovieSix Gun Man
1946
as Stormy Storm
MovieNorthwest Trail
1945
as RCMP Matt O'Brien
MovieNavajo Kid
1945
as Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk
MovieWildfire
1945
as Happy Haye
MovieTrigger Law
1944
as Bob Steele
MovieThe Utah Kid
1944
as Bob Roberts
MovieMarked Trails
1944
as Bob Stevens
MovieSonora Stagecoach
1944
as Bob Steele
MovieOutlaw Trail
1944
as Bob
MovieArizona Whirlwind
1944
as Bob Steele
MovieWestward Bound
1944
as Bob Steele
MovieDeath Valley Rangers
1943
as Bob Steele
MovieRevenge of the Zombies
1943
as Sheriff
MovieRiders of the Rio Grande
1943
as Tucson Smith
MovieSanta Fe Scouts
1943
as Tucson Smith
MovieThe Blocked Trail
1943
as Tucson Smith
MovieThundering Trails
1943
as Tucson Smith
MovieValley of Hunted Men
1942
as Tucson Smith
MovieShadows on the Sage
1942
as 'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe
MovieThe Phantom Plainsmen
1942
as Tucson Smith
MovieWestward Ho
1942
as Tucson Smith
MovieRaiders of the Range
1942
as Tucson Smith
MovieCode of the Outlaw
1942
as Tucson Smith
MovieWest of Cimarron
1941
as Tucson Smith
MovieGauchos of El Dorado
1941
as 'Tucson' Smith
MovieOutlaws of Cherokee Trail
1941
as 'Tucson' Smith
MovieBilly the Kid in Santa Fe
1941
as Billy the Kid
MovieGangs of Sonora
1941
as 'Tucson' Smith
MovieSaddlemates
1941
as Tucson Smith
MovieBilly The Kid's Fighting Pals
1941
as Billy the Kid
MoviePals of the Pecos
1941
as Tucson Smith
MovieThe Great Train Robbery
1941
as Tom Logan
MoviePrairie Pioneers
1941
as Tucson Smith
MovieBilly the Kid's Range War
1941
as Billy the Kid
MovieBilly the Kid's Gun Justice
1940
as Billy the Kid
MovieLone Star Raiders
1940
as Tucson Smith
MovieThe Trail Blazers
1940
as Tucson Smith
MovieBilly the Kid in Texas
1940
as Billy the Kid
MovieUnder Texas Skies
1940
as Tucson Smith
MovieCity for Conquest
1940
as Kid Callahan (uncredited)
MovieBilly the Kid Outlawed
1940
as Billy the Kid
MovieThe Carson City Kid
1940
as Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds
MoviePinto Canyon
1940
as Bob Hall
MovieWild Horse Valley
1940
as Bob Evans
MovieOf Mice and Men
1939
as Curley
MovieEl Diablo Rides
1939
as Bob
MovieThe Pal from Texas
1939
as Bob Barton
MovieRiders of the Sage
1939
as Bob Burke
MovieMesquite Buckaroo
1939
as Bob Allen
MovieSmoky Trails
1939
as Bob Archer
MovieFeud of the Range
1939
as Bob Gray
MovieDurango Valley Raiders
1938
as Keene Cordner
MovieDesert Patrol
1938
as Dave Austin
MovieThe Feud Maker
1938
as Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid
MovieThunder in the Desert
1938
as Bob Radford
MovieParoled - To Die
1938
as Doug Redfern
MovieColorado Kid
1937
as Colorado Kid
MovieArizona Gunfighter
1937
as Colt Ferron
MovieRidin' the Lone Trail
1937
as Bob McArthur
MovieThe Red Rope
1937
as Tom Shaw
MovieDoomed at Sundown
1937
as Dave Austin
MovieBorder Phantom
1937
as Larry O'Day
MovieGun Lords of Stirrup Basin
1937
as Dan Stockton
MovieThe Trusted Outlaw
1937
as Dan Ward
MovieLightnin' Crandall
1937
as Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall
MovieThe Gun Ranger
1936
as Dan Larson
MovieCavalry
1936
as Ted Thorne
MovieBrand of the Outlaws
1936
as Gary Gray
MovieThe Law Rides
1936
as Bruce Conway
MovieLast of the Warrens
1936
as Ted Warren
MovieThe Kid Ranger
1936
as Ray Burton
MovieTrail of Terror
1935
as Spike Manning
MovieAlias John Law
1935
as Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
MovieThe Rider of the Law
1935
as Bob Marlow
MoviePowdersmoke Range
1935
as Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid
MovieNo Man's Range
1935
as Jim Hale
MovieSundown Saunders
1935
as Jim Sundown Saunders
MovieTombstone Terror
1935
as Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon
MovieSmokey Smith
1935
as Smokey Smith
MovieBig Calibre
1935
as Bob Neal
MovieKid Courageous
1935
as Bob Bannister
MovieWestern Justice
1934
as Jim / Ace
MovieThe Brand of Hate
1934
as Rod Camp
MovieA Demon for Trouble
1934
as Bob Worth
MovieThe Mystery Squadron
1933
as Fred Cromwell
MovieRanger's Code
1933
as Bob Baxter
MovieGalloping Romeo
1933
as Bob Rivers
MovieThe Gallant Fool
1933
as Kit Denton
MovieTrailing North
1933
as Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid
MovieBreed of the Border
1933
as Speed Brent
MovieThe Fighting Champ
1932
as Brick Loring
MovieYoung Blood
1932
as Nick aka The Kid
MovieTexas Buddies
1932
as Ted Garner
MovieHidden Valley
1932
as Bob Harding
MovieSon of Oklahoma
1932
as Dan Clayton
MovieThe Man from Hell's Edges
1932
as Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning
MovieRiders of the Desert
1932
as Bob Houston
MovieLaw of the West
1932
as Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan
MovieSouth of Santa Fe
1932
as Tom Keene
MovieNear the Trail's End
1931
as Marshal Johnny Day
MovieThe Nevada Buckaroo
1931
as Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid
MovieThe Ridin' Fool
1931
as Steve Kendall
MovieThe Sunrise Trail
1931
as Texas, aka Tex
MovieHeadin' North
1930
as Jim Curtis
MovieThe Land of Missing Men
1930
as Steve O'Neil
MovieThe Oklahoma Cyclone
1930
as Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone
MovieThe Oklahoma Sheriff
1930
MovieNear the Rainbow's End
1930
as Jim Bledsoe
Western Honor
1930
as Bob
The Man from Nowhere
1930
as Terry Norton
MovieThe Hunted Men
1930
as Dick Stockdale
Breezy Bill
1930
as Breezy Bill
MovieA Texas Cowboy
1929
as Dick Carlysle
The Invaders
1929
MovieThe Cowboy and the Outlaw
1929
as George Hardcastle
MovieLaughing at Death
1929
as Bob Thornton
MovieThe Amazing Vagabond
1929
as Jimmy Hobbs
MovieCome and Get It!
1929
as Breezy Smith
MovieHeadin' for Danger
1928
as Jimmy Marshall
MovieCaptain Careless
1928
as Bob Gordon
MovieLightning Speed
1928
as Jack Pemberton
MovieTrail of Courage
1928
as Tex Reeves
MovieMan in the Rough
1928
as Bruce Sherwood
MovieBreed of the Sunsets
1928
as Jim Collins
MovieThe Riding Renegade
1928
as Bob Taylor
MovieSliding Home
1928
as Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
MovieDriftin' Sands
1928
as 'Driftin' Sands
MovieThe Bandit's Son
1927
as Bob McCall
MovieThe Mojave Kid
1927
as Bob Saunders
MovieWith Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
1927
as Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
MovieThe College Boob
1926
as Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
MovieWith Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
1926
as 'Pinky' Smith
MovieWith 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
MovieOutwitting the Timber Wolf
1921
Trapping the Wildcat
1921
as Bob
Trailing the Coyote
1921
as Bob
Trapping The Bob Cat
1921
as Bob
Catching a Koala Bear
1921
as Bob
Capturing a Canadian Lynx
1921
as Bob
Trapping the Mountain Lion
1921
as Bob
Catching a Fox
1921
as Bob
Trapping the Coyote
1921
as Bob
The Adventures of Bob and Bill
1920
as Bob
