About

Known credits:
80
Birthday:
1904-09-08
Place of birth:
Tacoma, Washington, USA
Website:
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R.G. Springsteen

Overview

Robert G. Springsteen (September 8, 1904 – December 9, 1989) was an American director of Hollywood B movies and television shows. He was most often credited on screen as R. G. Springsteen.

Born in Tacoma, Washington, in 1904, Springsteen started working in Hollywood during the 1920s. He was hired by Fox Studios as a wardrobe assistant. In 1936 he moved to directing and worked as a Second unit, or assistant, director on numerous low budget B movies. During this time film credits often listed him by the nickname of Bud Springsteen. By 1945 Springsteen became a lead director and established himself as a filmmaker with his first B Western, Marshal of Laredo. From 1945 through 1968, Springsteen was a prolific director of Hollywood B Westerns and television episodes initially with Republic Pictures and later with A.C. Lyles's series of Westerns for Paramount Pictures. His last directing job came in 1968 with an episode of the television series Gentle Ben.

Known for

Directing
1970 Tiger by the Tail Directing Director 58
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1967 Hostile Guns Directing Director 58
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1967 Red Tomahawk Directing Director 58
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1966 Waco Directing Director 58
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1966 Johnny Reno Directing Director 59
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1965 Apache Uprising Directing Director 59
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1965 Black Spurs Directing Director 58
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1965 Taggart Directing Director 58
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1964 Bullet for a Badman Directing Director 59
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1964 He Rides Tall Directing Director 59
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1963 Showdown Directing Director 58
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1961 Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon Directing Director 59
Average
1961 Operation Eichmann Directing Director 58
Average
1959 Battle Flame Directing Director 59
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1959 King of the Wild Stallions Directing Director 59
Average
1958 Revolt in the Big House Directing Director 59
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1958 Cole Younger, Gunfighter Directing Director 59
Average
1957 Affair in Reno Directing Director 58
Average
1956 The Hardy Boys Directing Director 70
Good
1956 When Gangland Strikes Directing Director N/A
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1956 Come Next Spring Directing Director 58
Average
1955 Secret Venture Directing Director 58
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1955 Cross Channel Directing Director 58
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1955 Double Jeopardy Directing Director 58
Average
1955 Track the Man Down Directing Director 58
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1955 I Cover the Underworld Directing Director 59
Average
1954 Geraldine Directing Director 58
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1953 A Perilous Journey Directing Director 58
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1952 Toughest Man in Arizona Directing Director N/A
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1952 Tropical Heat Wave Directing Director N/A
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1952 Gobs and Gals Directing Director N/A
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1952 The Fabulous Senorita Directing Director 59
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1952 Oklahoma Annie Directing Director 59
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1951 Street Bandits Directing Director N/A
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1951 Honeychile Directing Director 59
Average
1951 Million Dollar Pursuit Directing Director 59
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1950 Frisco Tornado Directing Director 59
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1950 Covered Wagon Raid Directing Director 59
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1950 Hills of Oklahoma Directing Director N/A
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1950 The Arizona Cowboy Directing Director N/A
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1950 Harbor of Missing Men Directing Director 59
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1950 Belle of Old Mexico Directing Director N/A
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1950 Singing Guns Directing Director 59
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1949 Navajo Trail Raiders Directing Director N/A
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1949 Flame of Youth Directing Director N/A
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1949 The Red Menace Directing Director 58
Average
1949 Hellfire Directing Director 58
Average
1949 Death Valley Gunfighter Directing Director 59
Average
1949 Sheriff of Wichita Directing Director N/A
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1948 Renegades of Sonora Directing Director N/A
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1948 Sundown in Santa Fe Directing Director N/A
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1948 Son of God’s Country Directing Director N/A
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1948 Out of the Storm Directing Director 59
Average
1948 Secret Service Investigator Directing Director 59
Average
1948 Heart of Virginia Directing Director N/A
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1948 The Main Street Kid Directing Director N/A
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1947 Under Colorado Skies Directing Director N/A
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1947 Along the Oregon Trail Directing Director N/A
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1947 Marshal of Cripple Creek Directing Director N/A
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1947 Rustlers of Devil's Canyon Directing Director N/A
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1947 Oregon Trail Scouts Directing Director N/A
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1947 Homesteaders of Paradise Valley Directing Director 59
Average
1947 Vigilantes of Boomtown Directing Director 58
Average
1946 Stagecoach to Denver Directing Director 58
Average
1946 Santa Fe Uprising Directing Director N/A
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1946 Conquest of Cheyenne Directing Director N/A
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1946 Man from Rainbow Valley Directing Director N/A
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1946 Sun Valley Cyclone Directing Director 58
Average
1946 Home on the Range Directing Director N/A
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1946 Sheriff of Redwood Valley Directing Director 59
Average
1946 California Gold Rush Directing Director 59
Average
1945 Wagon Wheels Westward Directing Director 59
Average
1945 Colorado Pioneers Directing Director N/A
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1945 Marshal of Laredo Directing Director N/A
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1944 The Lady and the Monster Directing Assistant Director 58
Average
1936 Pinto Rustlers Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1936 Caryl of the Mountains Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1936 Step on It Directing Assistant Director 58
Average
1936 Fast Bullets Directing Assistant Director 59
Average

Production
1945 Manhunt of Mystery Island Production Unit Manager 58
Average