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Bob Steele (I) (1907–1988)

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American Western star and character actor whose career spanned six decades. The son of director Robert N. Bradbury, he appeared in vaudeville with his parents and with his twin brother Bill Bradbury appeared as a child in a series of 16 semi- documentary short films directed by their father, The Adventures of Bob and Bill... See full bio »

Born:

Robert Adrian Bradbury
in Portland, Oregon, USA

Died:

(age 81) in Burbank, California, USA
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1974 Nightmare Honeymoon
Charlie
 
1973 Charley Varrick
Bank Guard (uncredited)
 
1971 Something Big
Teamster #3
 
1971 Skin Game (uncredited)
 
1970 Rio Lobo
Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
 
1970 Family Affair (TV series)
Chaps Callahan
– The Old Cowhand (1970) … Chaps Callahan
 
1969 Then Came Bronson (TV series)
Clay Turner
– The 3:13 Arrives at Noon (1969) … Clay Turner
 
1969 The Great Bank Robbery
Duffy (Bank Guard #1)
 
1969 Doc (TV movie)
Toby
 
1968 Hang 'Em High
Jenkins
 
1965-1967 F Troop (TV series)
Trooper Duffy
– Is This Fort Really Necessary? (1967) … Trooper Duffy
– Our Brave in F Troop (1967) … Trooper Duffy
– The Majority of Wilton (1967) … Trooper Duffy
– Carpetbagging, Anyone? (1967) … Trooper Duffy
– Marriage, Fort Courage Style (1967) … Trooper Duffy
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1965 The Bounty Killer
Red - Henchman
 
1965 Town Tamer
Ken, Vigilante
 
1965 Requiem for a Gunfighter
Max Smith
 
1965 Shenandoah
Union Train Guard (uncredited)
 
1964 Taggart
Earl (uncredited)
 
1963-1964 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Coe / Sam Gordon
– Chicken (1964) … Coe
– The Renegades (1963) … Sam Gordon
 
1964 Bullet for a Badman
Sheriff (uncredited)
 
1963 4 for Texas
Bank Board Member
 
1963 McLintock!
Train Engineer
 
1963 Temple Houston (TV series)
Yeager
– Gallows in Galilee (1963) … Yeager
 
1963 Showdown
Poker Player (uncredited)
 
1962 The Wide Country (TV series)
Capt. Ainslee
– The Bravest Man in the World (1962) … Capt. Ainslee
 
1962 The Longest Day
Paratrooper (uncredited)
 
1962 The Wild Westerners
Deputy Marshal Casey Banner
 
1962 Six Black Horses
Puncher
 
1961 The Comancheros
Pa Schofield (uncredited)
 
1961 Whispering Smith (TV series)
Joe Mullet
– Trial of the Avengers (1961) … Joe Mullet
 
1960-1961 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Ben / Soto Man
– Texas John Slaughter: A Holster Full of Law (1961) … Soto Man (uncredited)
– Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge (1960) … Ben
– Texas John Slaughter: Kentucky Gunslick (1960) … Ben
– Texas John Slaughter: Apache Friendship (1960) … Ben (uncredited)
– Texas John Slaughter: Desperado from Tombstone (1960) … Ben (uncredited)
 
1960 National Velvet (TV series)
Clyde
– A Matter of Pride (1960) … Clyde
 
1959-1960 Rawhide (TV series)
Art Gray / Art Jameson / Grogan
– Incident of the Deserter (1960) … Grogan
– Incident of Fear in the Streets (1959) … Art Jameson
– Incident of the Tumbleweed (1959) … Art Gray
 
1960 Overland Trail (TV series)
Stationmaster
– West of Boston (1960) … Stationmaster
 
1960 Hell Bent for Leather
Jared
 
1960 The Texan (TV series)
Luke Short
– Sixgun Street (1960) … Luke Short
 
1959-1960 Hotel de Paree (TV series)
Jepsen / Stagecoach Driver
– Sundance and the Bare-Knuckled Fighters (1960) … Jepsen
– The Man Who Believed in Law (1959) … Stagecoach Driver
 
1960 The Deputy (TV series)
Fred Sooley
– Backfire (1960) … Fred Sooley
 
1959 The Rebel (TV series)
Jess Kirby / Will Randall
– In Memoriam (1959) … Jess Kirby
– Judgment (1959) … Will Randall
 
1959 The Atomic Submarine
CPO 'Grif' Griffin
 
1959 Pork Chop Hill
Col. Kern
 
1959 Lawman (TV series)
Telegraph Operator
– The Journey (1959) … Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
 
1959 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Dawson / Todd Benson
– Half a Loaf (1959) … Dawson (as Bob Steel)
– Stagecoach Spy (1959) … Todd Benson
 
1959 Rio Bravo
Matt Harris (uncredited)
 
1958-1959 The Californians (TV series)
Griggs
– Gold-Tooth Charlie (1959)
– The Marshal (1958) … Griggs
 
1959 No Name on the Bullet
Poker Player (uncredited)
 
1957-1958 Maverick (TV series)
Billy / Walter Jackson / Wells
– Holiday at Hollow Rock (1958) … Billy (uncredited)
– The Seventh Hand (1958) … Wells
– War of the Silver Kings (1957) … Walter Jackson
 
1958 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Jake Kramer
– The Happy Tree (1958) … Jake Kramer
 
1958 Cimarron City (TV series)
Dude Morgan
– Twelve Guns (1958) … Dude Morgan (uncredited)
 
1958 Ride a Crooked Trail
Jud Blunt (uncredited)
 
1958 Once Upon a Horse...
Bob Steele
 
1958 The Bonnie Parker Story
Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
 
1958 Giant from the Unknown
Sheriff Parker
 
1958 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Jockey
– The High Graders (1958) … Jockey (as Robert Steele)
 
1957 Decision at Sundown
Irv (uncredited)
 
1957 Sugarfoot (TV series)
Sam Shoulders
– Bunch Quitter (1957) … Sam Shoulders
 
1957 Colt .45 (TV series)
Sgt. Granger
– The Peacemaker (1957) … Sgt. Granger
 
1957 The Parson and the Outlaw
Ace Jardine (as Bob Steel)
 
1957 Band of Angels
Union Private (uncredited)
 
1957 Gun for a Coward
Durkee
 
1957 Duel at Apache Wells
Joe Dunn
 
1956 Cheyenne (TV series)
Dugan
– Lone Gun (1956) … Dugan
 
1956 Pardners
Shorty
 
1956 The Steel Jungle
Dan Bucci
 
1955 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV series)
Deputy Marshal Sam / Deputy Sam
– The Buntline Special (1955) … Deputy Sam
– Rich Man's Son (1955) … Deputy Sam (uncredited)
– Trail's End for a Cowboy (1955) … Deputy Marshal Sam
– Frontier Journalism was Fearless (1955) … Deputy Marshal Sam (uncredited)
 
1955 The Spoilers
Miner
 
1955 The Fighting Chance
Curly - a Jockey
 
1955 Last of the Desperados
Charlie Bowdre
 
1955 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
Deputy Sheriff Dodd
– Arroyo (1955) … Deputy Sheriff Dodd
 
1954 The Outcast
Dude Rankin
 
1954 Drums Across the River
Billy Costa
 
1953 Island in the Sky
Wilson
 
1953 Column South
Sgt. 'Mac' McAfee
 
1953 Savage Frontier
Sam Webb
 
1953 San Antone
Bob Coolidge
 
1952 The Lion and the Horse
Matt Jennings
 
1952 Bugles in the Afternoon
Horseman (uncredited)
 
1952 Rose of Cimarron
Rio
 
1951 Cattle Drive
Charlie Morgan aka Careless
 
1951 Fort Worth
Shorty
 
1951 Silver Canyon
Walt Middler
 
1951 The Enforcer
Herman (as Robert Steele)
 
1950 The Savage Horde
Dancer (Proctor's Hired Gunman)
 
1949 South of St. Louis
Slim Hansen
 
1947 Killer McCoy
Sailor Graves
 
1947 Bandits of Dark Canyon
Ed Archer
 
1947 Exposed
Chicago
 
1947 Cheyenne
Bucky
 
1947 Twilight on the Rio Grande
Dusty Morgan
 
1946 Rio Grande Raiders
Jeff Carson
 
1946 The Big Sleep
Lash Canino
 
1946 Thunder Town
Jim Brandon
 
1946 Sheriff of Redwood Valley
The Reno Kid
 
1946 Ambush Trail
Curley Thompson
 
1946 Six Gun Man
Bob 'Stormy' Storm
 
1945 Northwest Trail
RCMP Matt O'Brien
 
1945 Navajo Kid
Tom Kirk aka The Navajo Kid
 
1945 Wildfire
'Happy' Haye
 
1944 Trigger Law
Bob Steele
 
1944 The Utah Kid
Bob Roberts
 
1944 Marked Trails
Bob Stevens
 
1944 Sonora Stagecoach
Bob Steele
 
1944 Outlaw Trail
Bob Steele
 
1944 Arizona Whirlwind
Bob Steele
 
1944 Westward Bound
Bob Steele
 
1943 Death Valley Rangers
Bob Steele
 
1943 Revenge of the Zombies
United States Agent
 
1943 Riders of the Rio Grande
Tucson Smith
 
1943 Santa Fe Scouts
Tucson Smith
 
1943 The Blocked Trail
Tucson Smith
 
1943 Thundering Trails
Tucson Smith
 
1942 Valley of Hunted Men
Tucson Smith
 
1942 Shadows on the Sage
'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe
 
1942 The Phantom Plainsmen
Tucson Smith
 
1942 Westward Ho
Tucson Smith
 
1942 Raiders of the Range
Tucson Smith
 
1942 Code of the Outlaw
Tucson Smith
 
1941 West of Cimarron
Tucson Smith
 
1941 Gauchos of El Dorado
'Tucson' Smith
 
1941 Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
Tucson Smith
 
1941 Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
Billy the Kid
 
1941 Gangs of Sonora
'Tucson' Smith
 
1941 Saddlemates
Tucson Smith
 
1941 Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals
Billy the Kid
 
1941 Pals of the Pecos
Tucson Smith
 
1941 The Great Train Robbery
Tom Logan
 
1941 Prairie Pioneers
Tucson Smith
 
1941 Billy the Kid's Range War
Billy the Kid
 
1940 Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
Billy the Kid
 
1940 Lone Star Raiders
Tucson Smith
 
1940 The Trail Blazers
Tucson Smith
 
1940 Under Texas Skies
Tucson Smith
 
1940 Billy the Kid in Texas
Billy the Kid
 
1940 City for Conquest
Kid Callahan (uncredited)
 
1940 Billy the Kid Outlawed
Billy the Kid
 
1940 The Carson City Kid
Lee Jessup/Morgan Reynolds
 
1940 Pinto Canyon
Sheriff Bob Hall
 
1940 Wild Horse Valley
Bob Evans
 
1939 Of Mice and Men
Curley
 
1939 El Diablo Rides
Bob
 
1939 The Pal from Texas
Bob Barton
 
1939 Riders of the Sage
Bob Burke
 
1939 Mesquite Buckaroo
Bob Allen
 
1939 Smoky Trails
Bob Archer
 
1939 Feud of the Range
Bob Gray
 
1938 Durango Valley Raiders
Keene Cordner
 
1938 Desert Patrol
Dave Austin
 
1938 The Feud Maker
Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid
 
1938 Thunder in the Desert
Bob Radford
 
1938 Paroled - To Die
Doug Redfern
 
1937 Colorado Kid
Colorado Kid
 
1937 Arizona Gunfighter
Colt Ferron ("The Arizona Gunfighter")
 
1937 Ridin' the Lone Trail
Bob McArthur
 
1937 The Red Rope
Tom Shaw
 
1937 Doomed at Sundown
Dave Austin
 
1937 Border Phantom
Larry O'Day
 
1937 Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
Dan Stockton
 
1937 The Trusted Outlaw
Dan Ward
 
1937 Lightnin' Crandall
Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall
 
1936 The Gun Ranger
Dan Larson
 
1936 Cavalry
Ted Thorne
 
1936 Brand of the Outlaws
Gary Gray
 
1936 The Law Rides
Bruce Conway
 
1936 Last of the Warrens
Ted Warren
 
1936 The Kid Ranger
Ray Burton
 
1935 Trail of Terror
Jim Wilson aka Spike Manning
 
1935 Alias John Law
Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
 
1935 The Rider of the Law
Bob Marlow
 
1935 Powdersmoke Range
Guadalupe Kid
 
1935 No Man's Range
Jim Hale
 
1935 Sundown Saunders
Jim Sundown Saunders
 
1935 Tombstone Terror
Jimmy Dixon/Duke Dixon
 
1935 Smokey Smith
Smokey Smith
 
1935 Big Calibre
Bob Neal
 
1935 Kid Courageous
Bob Bannister
 
1934 Western Justice
Jim, alias Ace
 
1934 The Brand of Hate
Rod Camp
 
1934 A Demon for Trouble
Bob Worth
 
1933 The Mystery Squadron
Fred Cromwell
 
1933 Ranger's Code
Bob Baxter
 
1933 Galloping Romeo
Bob Rivers
 
1933 The Gallant Fool
Kit Denton
 
1933 Trailing North
Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid
 
1933 Breed of the Border
'Speed' Brent
 
1932 The Fighting Champ
'Brick' Loring
 
1932 Young Blood
Nick aka The Kid
 
1932 Texas Buddies
Ted Garner
 
1932 Hidden Valley
Bob Harding
 
1932 Son of Oklahoma
Dan Clayton
 
1932 The Man from Hell's Edges
Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning
 
1932 Riders of the Desert
Bob Houston
 
1932 Law of the West
Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan
 
1932 South of Santa Fe
Tom
 
1931 The Nevada Buckaroo
Buck Hurley, known as The Nevada Kid
 
1931 Near the Trail's End
Marshal Johnny Day
 
1931 The Ridin' Fool
Steve Kendall
 
1931 Sunrise Trail
Texas, aka Tex
 
1930 Headin' North
Jim Curtis
 
1930 The Land of Missing Men
Steve O'Neil
 
1930 The Oklahoma Cyclone
Jimmy Henderson Posing as Jim Smith
 
1930 The Oklahoma Sheriff
 
1930 Near the Rainbow's End
Jim Bledsoe
 
1930 Western Honor
Bob
 
1930 Hunted Men
Dick Stockdale
 
1930 The Man from Nowhere
Terry Norton
 
1930 Breezy Bill
Breezy Bill
 
1929 A Texas Cowboy
Dick Carlysle
 
1929 The Invaders
 
1929 The Cowboy and the Outlaw
George Hardcastle
 
1929 Laughing at Death
Bob Thornton
 
1929 The Amazing Vagabond
Jimmy Hobbs
 
1929 Come and Get It!
Breezy Smith
 
1928 Headin' for Danger
Jimmy Marshall
 
1928 Lightning Speed
Jack
 
1928 Captain Careless
Bob Gordon
 
1928 Trail of Courage
Tex Reeves
 
1928 Man in the Rough
Bruce Sherwood
 
1928 Breed of the Sunsets
Jim Collins
 
1928 The Ridin' Renegade
Bob Taylor
 
1928 Sliding Home (short)
Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
 
1928 Driftin' Sands
'Driftin' Sands
 
1927 The Bandit's Son
Bob McCall
 
1927 The Mojave Kid
Bob Saunders
 
1927 Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
 
1926 The College Boob
Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
 
1926 Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
'Pinky' Smith (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
 
1926 Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness
Jim Bryan (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
 
1922 The Opossum (short) (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
 
1922 Mysterious Tracks (short) (as Robert Bradbury)
 
1922 Dangerous Trails (short)
Bob (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
 
1921 Trailing the Coyote (short)
Bob (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
 
1921 A Day in the Wilds (short)
Bob (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
 
1921 The Skunk (short) (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
 
1921 The Civet Cat (short)
Bob (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
 
1921 The Mountain Lion (short)
 
1921 The American Badger (short)
Bob (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
 
1921/II The Fox (short)
 
1921 Catching a Coon
Bob (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
 
1921 Outwitting the Timber Wolf (short)
 
1921 Trapping the Wildcat (short)
 
1920 The Adventures of Bob and Bill
Bob (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
 
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1930 Headin' North (performer: "Lydia, the Tatooed Lady", "Bad Men Through and Through")
 
1930 Near the Rainbow's End (performer: "Ro-Ro-Rollin' Along", "Ragtime Cowboy Joe")
 
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1928 Captain Careless (story)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2000 Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (TV documentary)
 
1994 Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone
Deputy Sheriff Sam (flashback sequence)
 
1976 The Shootist
Books' Victim in Flashback (uncredited)
 
1976 Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
 
1956 The Gabby Hayes Show (TV series)
 
1950 Crooked River
Shamrock (uncredited)
 

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Alternate Names:

Bob Bradbury Jr. | Robert Bradbury Jr. | Robert Bradbury | Bob Steel | Robert Steele

Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Twin brother of actor Bill Bradbury. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius