About

Known credits:
218
Birthday:
1907-01-23
Place of birth:
Portland, Oregon, USA
Website:
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Bob Steele

Overview

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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

Acting
1976 The Shootist Actor Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited) 63
Fair
1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch Actor (archive footage) 58
Average
1974 Nightmare Honeymoon Actor Charlie 58
Average
1973 Charley Varrick Actor Bank Guard (uncredited) 63
Fair
1971 Something Big Actor Teamster #3 58
Average
1971 Skin Game Actor Bidder (uncredited) 59
Average
1970 Rio Lobo Actor Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited) 60
Fair
1969 Doc Actor Toby N/A
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1969 The Great Bank Robbery Actor First Guard 58
Average
1968 Hang 'em High Actor Jenkins 64
Fair
1965 F Troop Actor Trooper Duffy 66
Fair
1965 The Bounty Killer Actor Red - Henchman 59
Average
1965 Town Tamer Actor Ken 59
Average
1965 Requiem for a Gunfighter Actor Max Smith 59
Average
1965 Shenandoah Actor Union Train Guard 60
Fair
1965 Taggart Actor Earl (uncredited) 58
Average
1964 Bullet for a Badman Actor Sheriff (uncredited) 59
Average
1963 4 for Texas Actor Bank Board Member 58
Average
1963 McLintock! Actor Train Engineer 60
Fair
1963 Wall of Noise Actor Trainer 58
Average
1962 The Wild Westerners Actor Casey Banner 59
Average
1962 Six Black Horses Actor Puncher 58
Average
1961 The Comancheros Actor Pa Schofield (uncredited) 61
Fair
1960 Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge Actor Ben N/A
N/A
1960 Hell Bent for Leather Actor Jared 59
Average
1959 The Atomic Submarine Actor "Grif" Griffin 58
Average
1959 Pork Chop Hill Actor Col. Kern 59
Average
1959 Rio Bravo Actor Matt Harris (uncredited) 72
Good
1958 Once Upon a Horse... Actor Bob Steele 59
Average
1958 The Bonnie Parker Story Actor Armored Truck Guard (uncredited) 58
Average
1958 Giant from the Unknown Actor Sheriff Parker 58
Average
1957 Decision at Sundown Actor Irv 59
Average
1957 The Parson and the Outlaw Actor Ace Jardine 58
Average
1957 Duel at Apache Wells Actor Joe Dunn 58
Average
1956 Gun for a Coward Actor Durkee 58
Average
1956 Pardners Actor Shorty 59
Average
1956 The Steel Jungle Actor Dan Bucci 58
Average
1955 The Spoilers Actor Miner 58
Average
1955 The Fighting Chance Actor Curly 58
Average
1955 Last of the Desperados Actor Charlie Bowdre 59
Average
1954 The Outcast Actor Dude Rankin 58
Average
1954 Drums Across the River Actor Billy Costa 58
Average
1953 Island in the Sky Actor Wilson 59
Average
1953 Column South Actor McAfee 59
Average
1953 Savage Frontier Actor Sam Webb N/A
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1953 San Antone Actor Bob Coolidge 58
Average
1952 The Lion and the Horse Actor Matt Jennings 59
Average
1952 Bugles in the Afternoon Actor Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead 58
Average
1952 Rose of Cimarron Actor Rio 58
Average
1951 Cattle Drive Actor Charlie "Careless" Morgan 59
Average
1951 Fort Worth Actor Shorty 58
Average
1951 Silver Canyon Actor Walt Middler 59
Average
1951 The Enforcer Actor Herman 60
Fair
1950 The Savage Horde Actor Dancer 59
Average
1949 South of St. Louis Actor Slim Hansen 58
Average
1947 Bandits of Dark Canyon Actor Ed Archer N/A
N/A
1947 Killer McCoy Actor Sailor Graves 58
Average
1947 Exposed Actor Chicago 59
Average
1947 Cheyenne Actor Bucky 59
Average
1947 Twilight on the Rio Grande Actor Dusty Morgan 58
Average
1946 Rio Grande Raiders Actor Jeff Carson N/A
N/A
1946 The Big Sleep Actor Lash Canino 70
Good
1946 Thunder Town Actor Jim Brandon 58
Average
1946 Sheriff of Redwood Valley Actor The Reno Kid 59
Average
1946 Ambush Trail Actor Curley Thompson N/A
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1946 Six Gun Man Actor Stormy Storm N/A
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1945 Northwest Trail Actor RCMP Matt O'Brien 59
Average
1945 Navajo Kid Actor Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk 59
Average
1945 Wildfire Actor Happy Haye N/A
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1944 Trigger Law Actor Bob Steele N/A
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1944 The Utah Kid Actor Bob Roberts N/A
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1944 Marked Trails Actor Bob Stevens 59
Average
1944 Sonora Stagecoach Actor Bob Steele 58
Average
1944 Outlaw Trail Actor Bob N/A
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1944 Arizona Whirlwind Actor Bob Steele 59
Average
1944 Westward Bound Actor Bob Steele 58
Average
1943 Death Valley Rangers Actor Bob Steele 59
Average
1943 Revenge of the Zombies Actor Sheriff 58
Average
1943 Riders of the Rio Grande Actor Tucson Smith N/A
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1943 Santa Fe Scouts Actor Tucson Smith N/A
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1943 The Blocked Trail Actor Tucson Smith N/A
N/A
1943 Thundering Trails Actor Tucson Smith 59
Average
1942 Valley of Hunted Men Actor Tucson Smith N/A
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1942 Shadows on the Sage Actor 'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe N/A
N/A
1942 The Phantom Plainsmen Actor Tucson Smith 58
Average
1942 Westward Ho Actor Tucson Smith 58
Average
1942 Raiders of the Range Actor Tucson Smith N/A
N/A
1942 Code of the Outlaw Actor Tucson Smith N/A
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1941 West of Cimarron Actor Tucson Smith 58
Average
1941 Gauchos of El Dorado Actor 'Tucson' Smith N/A
N/A
1941 Outlaws of Cherokee Trail Actor 'Tucson' Smith N/A
N/A
1941 Billy the Kid in Santa Fe Actor Billy the Kid 58
Average
1941 Gangs of Sonora Actor 'Tucson' Smith N/A
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1941 Saddlemates Actor Tucson Smith N/A
N/A
1941 Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals Actor Billy the Kid 59
Average
1941 Pals of the Pecos Actor Tucson Smith N/A
N/A
1941 The Great Train Robbery Actor Tom Logan 59
Average
1941 Prairie Pioneers Actor Tucson Smith N/A
N/A
1941 Billy the Kid's Range War Actor Billy the Kid 59
Average
1940 Billy the Kid's Gun Justice Actor Billy the Kid 58
Average
1940 Lone Star Raiders Actor Tucson Smith N/A
N/A
1940 The Trail Blazers Actor Tucson Smith N/A
N/A
1940 Billy the Kid in Texas Actor Billy the Kid 59
Average
1940 Under Texas Skies Actor Tucson Smith 58
Average
1940 City for Conquest Actor Kid Callahan (uncredited) 59
Average
1940 Billy the Kid Outlawed Actor Billy the Kid N/A
N/A
1940 The Carson City Kid Actor Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds 59
Average
1940 Pinto Canyon Actor Sheriff Bob Hall 59
Average
1940 Wild Horse Valley Actor Bob Evans N/A
N/A
1939 Of Mice and Men Actor Curley 61
Fair
1939 El Diablo Rides Actor Bob N/A
N/A
1939 The Pal from Texas Actor Bob Barton N/A
N/A
1939 Riders of the Sage Actor Bob Burke 59
Average
1939 Mesquite Buckaroo Actor Bob Allen N/A
N/A
1939 Smoky Trails Actor Bob Archer N/A
N/A
1939 Feud of the Range Actor Bob Gray 59
Average
1938 Durango Valley Raiders Actor Keene Cordner N/A
N/A
1938 Desert Patrol Actor Dave Austin N/A
N/A
1938 The Feud Maker Actor Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid 58
Average
1938 Thunder in the Desert Actor Bob Radford 59
Average
1938 Paroled - To Die Actor Doug Redfern N/A
N/A
1937 Colorado Kid Actor Colorado Kid 58
Average
1937 Arizona Gunfighter Actor Colt Ferron 58
Average
1937 Ridin' the Lone Trail Actor Bob McArthur 59
Average
1937 The Red Rope Actor Tom Shaw 59
Average
1937 Doomed at Sundown Actor Dave Austin 58
Average
1937 Border Phantom Actor Larry O'Day 59
Average
1937 Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin Actor Dan Stockton 59
Average
1937 The Trusted Outlaw Actor Dan Ward 59
Average
1937 Lightnin' Crandall Actor Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall 58
Average
1936 The Gun Ranger Actor Dan Larson N/A
N/A
1936 Cavalry Actor Ted Thorne 58
Average
1936 Brand of the Outlaws Actor Gary Gray 59
Average
1936 The Law Rides Actor Bruce Conway 59
Average
1936 Last of the Warrens Actor Ted Warren 59
Average
1936 The Kid Ranger Actor Ray Burton 58
Average
1935 Trail of Terror Actor Spike Manning N/A
N/A
1935 Alias John Law Actor Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark 58
Average
1935 The Rider of the Law Actor Bob Marlow 58
Average
1935 Powdersmoke Range Actor Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid N/A
N/A
1935 No Man's Range Actor Jim Hale 59
Average
1935 Sundown Saunders Actor Jim Sundown Saunders N/A
N/A
1935 Tombstone Terror Actor Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon 58
Average
1935 Smokey Smith Actor Smokey Smith 59
Average
1935 Big Calibre Actor Bob Neal N/A
N/A
1935 Kid Courageous Actor Bob Bannister 59
Average
1934 Western Justice Actor Jim / Ace N/A
N/A
1934 The Brand of Hate Actor Rod Camp 58
Average
1934 A Demon for Trouble Actor Bob Worth 59
Average
1933 The Mystery Squadron Actor Fred Cromwell N/A
N/A
1933 Ranger's Code Actor Bob Baxter N/A
N/A
1933 Galloping Romeo Actor Bob Rivers N/A
N/A
1933 The Gallant Fool Actor Kit Denton N/A
N/A
1933 Trailing North Actor Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid 59
Average
1933 Breed of the Border Actor Speed Brent N/A
N/A
1932 The Fighting Champ Actor Brick Loring 59
Average
1932 Young Blood Actor Nick aka The Kid N/A
N/A
1932 Texas Buddies Actor Ted Garner 59
Average
1932 Hidden Valley Actor Bob Harding 58
Average
1932 Son of Oklahoma Actor Dan Clayton N/A
N/A
1932 The Man from Hell's Edges Actor Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning 58
Average
1932 Riders of the Desert Actor Bob Houston 58
Average
1932 Law of the West Actor Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan 58
Average
1932 South of Santa Fe Actor Tom Keene 59
Average
1931 Near the Trail's End Actor Marshal Johnny Day 58
Average
1931 The Nevada Buckaroo Actor Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid N/A
N/A
1931 The Ridin' Fool Actor Steve Kendall N/A
N/A
1931 The Sunrise Trail Actor Texas, aka Tex 58
Average
1930 Headin' North Actor Jim Curtis 58
Average
1930 The Land of Missing Men Actor Steve O'Neil 59
Average
1930 The Oklahoma Cyclone Actor Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone 58
Average
1930 The Oklahoma Sheriff Actor N/A
N/A
1930 Near the Rainbow's End Actor Jim Bledsoe 58
Average
1930 Western Honor Actor Bob N/A
N/A
1930 The Man from Nowhere Actor Terry Norton N/A
N/A
1930 The Hunted Men Actor Dick Stockdale N/A
N/A
1930 Breezy Bill Actor Breezy Bill N/A
N/A
1929 A Texas Cowboy Actor Dick Carlysle N/A
N/A
1929 The Invaders Actor N/A
N/A
1929 The Cowboy and the Outlaw Actor George Hardcastle N/A
N/A
1929 Laughing at Death Actor Bob Thornton N/A
N/A
1929 The Amazing Vagabond Actor Jimmy Hobbs N/A
N/A
1929 Come and Get It! Actor Breezy Smith N/A
N/A
1928 Headin' for Danger Actor Jimmy Marshall N/A
N/A
1928 Captain Careless Actor Bob Gordon N/A
N/A
1928 Lightning Speed Actor Jack Pemberton N/A
N/A
1928 Trail of Courage Actor Tex Reeves N/A
N/A
1928 Man in the Rough Actor Bruce Sherwood N/A
N/A
1928 Breed of the Sunsets Actor Jim Collins N/A
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1928 The Riding Renegade Actor Bob Taylor N/A
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1928 Sliding Home Actor Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.) N/A
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1928 Driftin' Sands Actor 'Driftin' Sands N/A
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1927 The Bandit's Son Actor Bob McCall N/A
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1927 The Mojave Kid Actor Bob Saunders N/A
N/A
1927 With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre Actor Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.) N/A
N/A
1926 The College Boob Actor Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.) 59
Average
1926 With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo Actor 'Pinky' Smith N/A
N/A
1926 With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness Actor Jim Bryan N/A
N/A
1925 Just Plain Folks Actor N/A
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1922 The Opossum Actor N/A
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1922 Mysterious Tracks Actor N/A
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1922 Dangerous Trails Actor Bob N/A
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1921 A Day in the Wilds Actor Bob 59
Average
1921 The Skunk Actor Bob 59
Average
1921 The Civet Cat Actor Bob N/A
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1921 The American Badger Actor Bob N/A
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1921 Catching a Coon Actor Bob N/A
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1921 Outwitting the Timber Wolf Actor N/A
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1921 Trapping the Wildcat Actor Bob N/A
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1921 Trapping the Coyote Actor Bob N/A
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1921 Capturing a Canadian Lynx Actor Bob N/A
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1921 Trailing the Coyote Actor Bob N/A
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1921 Catching a Koala Bear Actor Bob N/A
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1921 Trapping The Bob Cat Actor Bob N/A
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1921 Trapping the Mountain Lion Actor Bob N/A
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1921 Catching a Fox Actor Bob N/A
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1920 The Adventures of Bob and Bill Actor Bob N/A
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Writing
1928 Captain Careless Writing Story N/A
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