Bob Steele
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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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Fotos
Películas (218)
The Shootist
1976 · Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 · (archive footage)
Nightmare Honeymoon
1974 · Charlie
Charley Varrick
1973 · Bank Guard (uncredited)
Something Big
1971 · Teamster #3
Skin Game
1971 · Bidder (uncredited)
Rio Lobo
1970 · Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
Doc
1969 · Toby
The Great Bank Robbery
1969 · First Guard
Hang 'em High
1968 · Jenkins
The Bounty Killer
1965 · Red - Henchman
Town Tamer
1965 · Ken
Requiem for a Gunfighter
1965 · Max Smith
Shenandoah
1965 · Union Train Guard
Taggart
1965 · Earl (uncredited)
Bullet for a Badman
1964 · Sheriff (uncredited)
4 for Texas
1963 · Bank Board Member
McLintock!
1963 · Train Engineer
Wall of Noise
1963 · Trainer
The Wild Westerners
1962 · Casey Banner
Six Black Horses
1962 · Puncher
The Comancheros
1961 · Pa Schofield (uncredited)
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
1960 · Ben
Hell Bent for Leather
1960 · Jared
The Atomic Submarine
1959 · "Grif" Griffin
Pork Chop Hill
1959 · Col. Kern
Rio Bravo
1959 · Matt Harris (uncredited)
No Name on the Bullet
1959 · Poker Player (uncredited)
Ride a Crooked Trail
1958 · Jud Blunt (uncredited)
Once Upon a Horse...
1958 · Bob Steele
The Bonnie Parker Story
1958 · Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
Giant from the Unknown
1958 · Sheriff Parker
Decision at Sundown
1957 · Irv (uncredited)
The Parson and the Outlaw
1957 · Ace Jardine
Duel at Apache Wells
1957 · Joe Dunn
Gun for a Coward
1956 · Durkee
Pardners
1956 · Shorty
The Steel Jungle
1956 · Dan Bucci
The Spoilers
1955 · Miner
The Fighting Chance
1955 · Curly
Last of the Desperados
1955 · Charlie Bowdre
The Outcast
1954 · Dude Rankin
Drums Across the River
1954 · Billy Costa
Island in the Sky
1953 · Wilson
Column South
1953 · McAfee
Savage Frontier
1953 · Sam Webb
San Antone
1953 · Bob Coolidge
The Lion and the Horse
1952 · Matt Jennings
Bugles in the Afternoon
1952 · Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead
Rose of Cimarron
1952 · Rio
Cattle Drive
1951 · Charlie "Careless" Morgan
Fort Worth
1951 · Shorty
Silver Canyon
1951 · Walt Middler
The Enforcer
1951 · Herman
The Savage Horde
1950 · Dancer
South of St. Louis
1949 · Slim Hansen
Bandits of Dark Canyon
1947 · Ed Archer
Killer McCoy
1947 · Sailor Graves
Exposed
1947 · Chicago
Cheyenne
1947 · Bucky
Twilight on the Rio Grande
1947 · Dusty Morgan
Rio Grande Raiders
1946 · Jeff Carson
The Big Sleep
1946 · Lash Canino
Thunder Town
1946 · Jim Brandon
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
1946 · Reno Kid
Ambush Trail
1946 · Curley Thompson
Six Gun Man
1946 · Stormy Storm
Northwest Trail
1945 · RCMP Matt O'Brien
Navajo Kid
1945 · Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk
Wildfire
1945 · Happy Haye
Trigger Law
1944 · Bob Steele
The Utah Kid
1944 · Bob Roberts
Marked Trails
1944 · Bob Stevens
Sonora Stagecoach
1944 · Bob Steele
Outlaw Trail
1944 · Bob
Arizona Whirlwind
1944 · Bob Steele
Westward Bound
1944 · Bob Steele
Death Valley Rangers
1943 · Bob Steele
Revenge of the Zombies
1943 · Sheriff
Riders of the Rio Grande
1943 · Tucson Smith
Santa Fe Scouts
1943 · Tucson Smith
The Blocked Trail
1943 · Tucson Smith
Thundering Trails
1943 · Tucson Smith
Valley of Hunted Men
1942 · Tucson Smith
Shadows on the Sage
1942 · 'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe
The Phantom Plainsmen
1942 · Tucson Smith
Westward Ho
1942 · Tucson Smith
Raiders of the Range
1942 · Tucson Smith
Code of the Outlaw
1942 · Tucson Smith
West of Cimarron
1941 · Tucson Smith
Gauchos of El Dorado
1941 · 'Tucson' Smith
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
1941 · 'Tucson' Smith
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
1941 · Billy the Kid
Gangs of Sonora
1941 · 'Tucson' Smith
Saddlemates
1941 · Tucson Smith
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
1941 · Billy the Kid
Pals of the Pecos
1941 · Tucson Smith
The Great Train Robbery
1941 · Tom Logan
Prairie Pioneers
1941 · Tucson Smith
Billy the Kid's Range War
1941 · Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
1940 · Billy the Kid
Lone Star Raiders
1940 · Tucson Smith
The Trail Blazers
1940 · Tucson Smith
Billy the Kid in Texas
1940 · Billy the Kid
Under Texas Skies
1940 · Tucson Smith
City for Conquest
1940 · Kid Callahan (uncredited)
Billy the Kid Outlawed
1940 · Billy the Kid
The Carson City Kid
1940 · Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds
Pinto Canyon
1940 · Bob Hall
Wild Horse Valley
1940 · Bob Evans
Of Mice and Men
1939 · Curley
El Diablo Rides
1939 · Bob
The Pal from Texas
1939 · Bob Barton
Riders of the Sage
1939 · Bob Burke
Mesquite Buckaroo
1939 · Bob Allen
Smoky Trails
1939 · Bob Archer
Feud of the Range
1939 · Bob Gray
Durango Valley Raiders
1938 · Keene Cordner
Desert Patrol
1938 · Dave Austin
The Feud Maker
1938 · Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid
Thunder in the Desert
1938 · Bob Radford
Paroled - To Die
1938 · Doug Redfern
Colorado Kid
1937 · Colorado Kid
Arizona Gunfighter
1937 · Colt Ferron
Ridin' the Lone Trail
1937 · Bob McArthur
The Red Rope
1937 · Tom Shaw
Doomed at Sundown
1937 · Dave Austin
Border Phantom
1937 · Larry O'Day
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
1937 · Dan Stockton
The Trusted Outlaw
1937 · Dan Ward
Lightnin' Crandall
1937 · Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall
The Gun Ranger
1936 · Dan Larson
Cavalry
1936 · Ted Thorne
Brand of the Outlaws
1936 · Gary Gray
The Law Rides
1936 · Bruce Conway
Last of the Warrens
1936 · Ted Warren
The Kid Ranger
1936 · Ray Burton
Trail of Terror
1935 · Spike Manning
Alias John Law
1935 · Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
The Rider of the Law
1935 · Bob Marlow
Powdersmoke Range
1935 · Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid
No Man's Range
1935 · Jim Hale
Sundown Saunders
1935 · Jim Sundown Saunders
Tombstone Terror
1935 · Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon
Smokey Smith
1935 · Smokey Smith
Big Calibre
1935 · Bob Neal
Kid Courageous
1935 · Bob Bannister
Western Justice
1934 · Jim / Ace
The Brand of Hate
1934 · Rod Camp
A Demon for Trouble
1934 · Bob Worth
The Mystery Squadron
1933 · Fred Cromwell
Ranger's Code
1933 · Bob Baxter
Galloping Romeo
1933 · Bob Rivers
The Gallant Fool
1933 · Kit Denton
Trailing North
1933 · Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid
Breed of the Border
1933 · Speed Brent
The Fighting Champ
1932 · Brick Loring
Young Blood
1932 · Nick aka The Kid
Texas Buddies
1932 · Ted Garner
Hidden Valley
1932 · Bob Harding
Son of Oklahoma
1932 · Dan Clayton
The Man from Hell's Edges
1932 · Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning
Riders of the Desert
1932 · Bob Houston
Law of the West
1932 · Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan
South of Santa Fe
1932 · Tom Keene
Near the Trail's End
1931 · Marshal Johnny Day
The Nevada Buckaroo
1931 · Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid
The Ridin' Fool
1931 · Steve Kendall
The Sunrise Trail
1931 · Texas, aka Tex
Headin' North
1930 · Jim Curtis
The Land of Missing Men
1930 · Steve O'Neil
The Oklahoma Cyclone
1930 · Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone
The Oklahoma Sheriff
1930
Near the Rainbow's End
1930 · Jim Bledsoe
Western Honor
1930 · Bob
The Man from Nowhere
1930 · Terry Norton
The Hunted Men
1930 · Dick Stockdale
Breezy Bill
1930 · Breezy Bill
A Texas Cowboy
1929 · Dick Carlysle
The Invaders
1929
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
1929 · George Hardcastle
Laughing at Death
1929 · Bob Thornton
The Amazing Vagabond
1929 · Jimmy Hobbs
Come and Get It!
1929 · Breezy Smith
Headin' for Danger
1928 · Jimmy Marshall
Captain Careless
1928 · Bob Gordon, Story
Lightning Speed
1928 · Jack Pemberton
Trail of Courage
1928 · Tex Reeves
Man in the Rough
1928 · Bruce Sherwood
Breed of the Sunsets
1928 · Jim Collins
The Riding Renegade
1928 · Bob Taylor
Sliding Home
1928 · Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
Driftin' Sands
1928 · 'Driftin' Sands
The Bandit's Son
1927 · Bob McCall
The Mojave Kid
1927 · Bob Saunders
With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
1927 · Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
The College Boob
1926 · Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
1926 · 'Pinky' Smith
With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness
1926 · Jim Bryan
Just Plain Folks
1925
The Opossum
1922
Mysterious Tracks
1922
Dangerous Trails
1922 · Bob
A Day in the Wilds
1921 · Bob
The Skunk
1921 · Bob
The Civet Cat
1921 · Bob
The American Badger
1921 · Bob
Catching a Coon
1921 · Bob
Outwitting the Timber Wolf
1921
Trapping the Wildcat
1921 · Bob
Trailing the Coyote
1921 · Bob
Capturing a Canadian Lynx
1921 · Bob
Trapping The Bob Cat
1921 · Bob
Catching a Koala Bear
1921 · Bob
Catching a Fox
1921 · Bob
Trapping the Mountain Lion
1921 · Bob
Trapping the Coyote
1921 · Bob
The Adventures of Bob and Bill
1920 · Bob
Series (16)
Then Came Bronson
1969 · Clay Turner
Family Affair
1966
F Troop
1965 · Trooper Duffy
National Velvet
1960 · Clive
The Rebel
1959 · Will Randall, Jess Kirby
Rawhide
1959 · Deputy Art Gray
Lawman
1958 · Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
The Texan
1958 · Luke Short
Maverick
1957 · Walter Jackson, Wells, Jailed Cowhand Billy (uncredited)
Sugarfoot
1957 · Sam Shoulders
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Jockey
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · Deputy Sheriff Dodd
Cheyenne
1955 · Dugan
Gunsmoke
1955 · Sam Gordon, Coe
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · Deputy Marshal Sam (uncredited), Deputy Marshal Sam
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Ben, Soto Man (uncredited), Rebel Arsonist (uncredited)