Bob Steele filmography
Born Robert North Bradbury Jr. (January 23, 1907 – December 21, 1988), American actor Bob Steele and his twin brother Bill were the sons of film director Robert N. Bradbury.[1] The twins began their acting career in the silent film The Adventures of Bob and Bill, directed by their father, and continued in a series of Bradbury Sr.'s film shorts. Bill later pursued a career in medicine. Bob continued to act under his real name, until The Mojave Kid when he was billed as Bob Steele.[2] During his career of more than 200 films and television shows between 1920 and 1974, he was known primarily for his work in Westerns. Steele appeared as the recurring character of Tucson Smith in several of the Three Mesquiteers serials produced by Republic Pictures.[2] He became familiar to America's television audiences for his recurring role as Trooper Duffy in the comedy series F Troop.[3]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Refs |
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1920 | The Adventures of Bob and Bill | Bob | credited as Bob Bradbury Jr | |
1921 | Trapping the Wildcat | |||
Outwitting the Timber Wolf | ||||
Catching a Coon | Bob | credited as Bob Bradbury Jr. | ||
The Fox | ||||
The American Badger | Bob | credited as Bob Bradbury Jr. | ||
The Mountain Lion | ||||
The Civet Cat | Bob | credited as Bob Bradbury Jr. | ||
The Skunk | credited as Robert Bradbury Jr. | |||
A Day in the Wilds | Bob | credited as Bob Bradbury Jr. | ||
Trailing the Coyote | Bob | credited as Bob Bradbury Jr. | ||
1922 | Dangerous Trails | Bob | credited as Bob Bradbury Jr. | |
Mysterious Tracks | credited as Robert Bradbury | |||
The Opossum | credited as Bob Bradbury Jr. | |||
1926 | Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness | Jim Bryan | credited as Bob Bradbury Jr. | [4] |
Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo | "Pinky" Smith | credited as Bob Bradbury Jr. | [5] | |
The College Boob | Shorty Buzelle | credited as Bob Bradbury Jr. | [6] | |
1927 | Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre | Bob Keefe | credited as Bob Bradbury Jr. | [7] |
The Mojave Kid | Bob Saunders | [7] | ||
The Bandit's Son | Bob McCall | [7] | ||
1928 | Driftin' Sands | Driftin' Sands | [7] | |
Sliding Home | Student | credited as Robert Bradbury Jr. | ||
The Ridin' Renegade | Bob Taylor | [7] | ||
Breed of the Sunsets | Jim Collins | [7] | ||
Man in the Rough | Bruce Sherwood | [7] | ||
Trail of Courage | Tex Reeves | [7] | ||
Lightning Speed | Jack | [7] | ||
Captain Careless | Bob Gordon | [7] | ||
Headin' for Danger | Jimmy Marshall | aka Asking for Trouble | [7] | |
1929 | Come and Get It! | Breezy Smith | [7] | |
The Amazing Vagabond | Jimmy Hobbs | [7] | ||
Laughing at Death | Bob Thornton | [7] | ||
The Invaders | [7] | |||
The Cowboy and the Outlaw | George Hardcastle | [7] | ||
A Texas Cowboy | Dick Carlysle | [7] | ||
1930 | Breezy Bill | Breezy Bill | [7] | |
The Man from Nowhere | Terry Norton | [7] | ||
Hunted Men | Dick Stockdale | [7] | ||
Western Honor | Bob | |||
Near the Rainbow's End | Jim Bledsoe | [8] | ||
The Oklahoma Sheriff | [7] | |||
The Oklahoma Cyclone | Jimmy Henderson posing as Jim Smith | [7] | ||
The Land of Missing Men | Steve O'Neil | [7] | ||
Headin' North | Jim Curtis | [9] | ||
1931 | Sunrise Trail | Texas, aka Tex | [7] | |
The Ridin' Fool | Steve Kendall | [7] | ||
Near the Trail's End | Marshal Johnny Day | [7] | ||
The Nevada Buckaroo | Buck Hurley, known as The Nevada Kid | [7] | ||
1932 | South of Santa Fe | Tom | [7] | |
Law of the West | Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan | [7] | ||
Riders of the Desert | Bob Houston | [10] | ||
The Man from Hell's Edges | Bob Williams aka "Flash" Manning | [7] | ||
Son of Oklahoma | Dan Clayton | [7] | ||
Hidden Valley | Bob Harding | [7] | ||
Texas Buddies | Ted Garner | [7] | ||
Young Blood (film) | Nick aka The Kid | aka Lola | [7] | |
The Fighting Champ | "Brick" Loring | [11] | ||
1933 | Breed of the Border | "Speed" Brent | aka Speed Brent Wins | [12] |
Trailing North | Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid | [7] | ||
The Gallant Fool | Kit Denton | [7] | ||
Galloping Romeo | Bob Rivers | [7] | ||
Ranger's Code | Bob Baxter | [7] | ||
The Mystery Squadron | Fred Cromwell | |||
1934 | A Demon for Trouble | Bob Worth | [7] | |
The Brand of Hate | Rod Camp | [7] | ||
Western Justice | Jim, alias Ace | [7] | ||
1935 | Kid Courageous | Bob Bannister | [13] | |
Big Calibre | Bob Neal | [14] | ||
Smokey Smith | Smokey Smith | [7] | ||
Tombstone Terror | Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon | [7] | ||
Sundown Saunders | Jim Sundown Saunders | [7] | ||
No Man's Range | Jim Hale | [7] | ||
Powdersmoke Range | Guadalupe Kid | [7] | ||
The Rider of the Law | Bob Marlow | [7] | ||
Alias John Law | Everett Tarkington "John" Clark | [15] | ||
Trail of Terror | Jim Wilson, posing as Spike Manning | aka Gangster's Enemy Number One | [7] | |
1936 | The Kid Ranger | Ray Burton | [7] | |
Last of the Warrens | Ted Warren | [16] | ||
The Law Rides | Bruce Conway | [7] | ||
Brand of the Outlaws | Gary Gray | [17] | ||
Cavalry | Ted Thorne | [7] | ||
The Gun Ranger | Dan Larson | [7] | ||
1937 | Lightnin' Crandall | Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall | [18] | |
The Trusted Outlaw | Dan Ward | [7] | ||
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin | Dan Stockton | [7] | ||
Border Phantom | Larry O'Day | [7] | ||
Doomed at Sundown | Dave Austin | [7] | ||
The Red Rope | Tom Shaw | [19] | ||
Ridin' the Lone Trail | Bob McArthur | [7] | ||
Arizona Gunfighter | Colt Ferron ("The Arizona Gunfighter") | [20] | ||
The Colorado Kid | Colorado Kid | [21] | ||
1938 | Paroled - To Die | Doug Redfern | [7] | |
Thunder in the Desert | Bob Radford | [7] | ||
The Feud Maker | Texas Ryan aka Wind River Kid | [22] | ||
Desert Patrol | Dave Austin | [23] | ||
Durango Valley Raiders | Keene Cordner | [7] | ||
1939 | Feud of the Range | Bob Gray | [7] | |
Smoky Trails | Bob Archer | [7] | ||
Mesquite Buckaroo | Bob Allen | [7] | ||
Riders of the Sage | Bob Burke | [24] | ||
The Pal from Texas | Bob Barton | [7] | ||
El Diablo Rides | Bob | [7] | ||
Of Mice and Men | Curley | [7] | ||
1940 | Wild Horse Valley | Bob Evans | [7] | |
Pinto Canyon | Sheriff Bob Hall | [7] | ||
The Carson City Kid | Lee Jessup / Morgan Reynolds | [25] | ||
Billy the Kid Outlawed | Billy the Kid | [7] | ||
City for Conquest | Kid Callahan (uncredited) | |||
Under Texas Skies | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [7] | |
Billy the Kid in Texas | Billy the Kid | [26] | ||
The Trail Blazers | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [7] | |
Lone Star Raiders | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [7] | |
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice | Billy the Kid | [7] | ||
1941 | Billy the Kid's Range War | Billy the Kid | aka Texas Trouble (16 mm release title) | [7] |
Prairie Pioneers | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [7] | |
The Great Train Robbery | Tom Logan | [27] | ||
Pals of the Pecos | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [7] | |
Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals | Billy the Kid | [7] | ||
Saddlemates | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [7] | |
Gangs of Sonora | Tucson'Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [7] | |
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe | Billy the Kid | [7] | ||
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [7] | |
Gauchos of El Dorado | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [7] | |
West of Cimarron | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [7] | |
1942 | Code of the Outlaw | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [28] |
Raiders of the Range | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [7] | |
Westward Ho | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [7] | |
The Phantom Plainsmen | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [29] | |
Shadows on the Sage | Tucson Smith / Curly Joe | The Three Mesquiteers series | [7] | |
Valley of Hunted Men | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [7] | |
1943 | Thundering Trails | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [7] |
The Blocked Trail | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [7] | |
Santa Fe Scouts | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [7] | |
Riders of the Rio Grande | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series | [7] | |
Revenge of the Zombies | United States Agent | [7] | ||
Death Valley Rangers | Bob Steele | [30] | ||
1944 | Westward Bound | Bob Steele | [31] | |
Arizona Whirlwind | Bob Steele | [32] | ||
Outlaw Trail | Bob Steele | [7] | ||
Sonora Stagecoach | Bob Steele | [33] | ||
Marked Trails | Bob Stevens | [7] | ||
The Utah Kid | Bob Roberts | [34] | ||
Trigger Law | Bob Steele | [7] | ||
1945 | Wildfire: The Story of a Horse | "Happy" Haye | aka Wildfire (USA) | [35] |
Navajo Kid | Tom Kirk aka The Navajo Kid | [7] | ||
Northwest Trail | RCMP Matt O'Brien | [7] | ||
1946 | Six Gun Man | Bob "Stormy" Storm | [36] | |
Ambush Trail | Curley Thompson | [37] | ||
Sheriff of Redwood Valley | The Reno Kid | [7] | ||
Thunder Town | Jim Brandon | [7] | ||
The Big Sleep | Lash Canino | [7] | ||
Rio Grande Raiders | Jeff Carson | [7] | ||
1947 | Twilight on the Rio Grande | Dusty Morgan | [7] | |
Cheyenne | Bucky | [7] | ||
Exposed | Chicago | [7] | ||
Bandits of Dark Canyon | Ed Archer | [7] | ||
Killer McCoy | Sailor Graves | [7] | ||
1949 | South of St. Louis | Slim Hansen | [7] | |
1950 | The Savage Horde | Dancer (Proctor's hired gunman) | [7] | |
1951 | The Enforcer | Herman | [7] | |
Silver Canyon | Walt Middler | [7] | ||
Fort Worth | Shorty | [7] | ||
Cattle Drive | Charlie Morgan aka Careless | [7] | ||
1952 | Rose of Cimarron | Rio | [38] | |
Bugles in the Afternoon | Horseman (uncredited) | [7] | ||
The Lion and the Horse | Matt Jennings | [7] | ||
1953 | San Antone | Bob Coolidge | [7] | |
Savage Frontier | Sam Webb | [7] | ||
Column South | Sgt. "Mac" McAfee | [39] | ||
Island in the Sky | Wilson, Moon's radioman | [7] | ||
1954 | Drums Across the River | Billy Costa | [39] | |
The Outcast | Dude Rankin | [7] | ||
1955 | Last of the Desperados | Charlie Bowdre | [7] | |
The Spoilers | Miner | [7] | ||
The Fighting Chance | Curly, a Jockey | [7] | ||
Screen Directors Playhouse | Deputy Dodd | TV Episode Arroyo, 26 October 1955 | [40] | |
1956 | The Steel Jungle | Dan Bucci | [7] | |
Pardners | Shorty | [7] | ||
1957 | Duel at Apache Wells | Joe Dunn | [41] | |
Gun for a Coward | Durkee | [7] | ||
Band of Angels | Union Private (uncredited) | [7] | ||
The Parson and the Outlaw | Ace Jardine | credited as Bob Steel | [7] | |
Decision at Sundown | Irv, Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) | [7] | ||
1958 | Giant from the Unknown | Sheriff Parker | [7] | |
The Bonnie Parker Story | Armored Truck Guard (uncredited) | |||
Ride a Crooked Trail | Jud Blunt, Bearded man being questioned by Judge Kyle (uncredited) | |||
Once Upon a Horse | Bob Steele | [42] | ||
1959 | Rio Bravo | Matt Harris, Burdette Gunman (uncredited) | [7] | |
Pork Chop Hill | Col. Kern | [7] | ||
The Atomic Submarine | CPO "Grif" Griffin | [7] | ||
1960 | Hell Bent for Leather | Jared | [43] | |
1961 | The Comancheros | Pa Schofield (uncredited) | [44] | |
1962 | Six Black Horses | Puncher | [45] | |
The Wild Westerners | Deputy Marshal Casey Banner | [7] | ||
The Longest Day | Paratrooper (uncredited) | |||
1963 | Showdown | Poker Player (uncredited) | ||
McLintock! | Train Engineer | |||
4 for Texas | Bank board member | |||
1964 | Bullet for a Badman | Sheriff (uncredited) | [7] | |
Taggart | Earl, Cook (uncredited) | [7] | ||
1965 | Shenandoah | Union Train Guard (uncredited) | ||
Requiem for a Gunfighter | Max Smith | [7] | ||
Town Tamer | Ken, Vigilante | [7] | ||
The Bounty Killer | R6d, Henchman | [7] | ||
1965–1967 | F Troop | Trooper Duffy | TV series | [46] |
1968 | Hang 'Em High | Jenkins, Cooper Hanging Party | [47] | |
1969 | Doc | Toby | TV movie | |
1969 | The Great Bank Robbery | Duffy (bank guard no. 1) | [7] | |
1970 | Rio Lobo | Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited) | [7] | |
1971 | Skin Game | Minor Role (uncredited) | [36] | |
1971 | Something Big | Teamster no. 3 | [7] | |
1973 | Charley Varrick | Bank Guard (uncredited) | [7] | |
1974 | Nightmare Honeymoon | Charlie | [7] |
Notes
- ↑ Slatta, Richard W. (1994). The Cowboy Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 26. ISBN 9780874367386.
- 1 2 Boggs, Johnny D. (2013). Billy the Kid on Film. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 47, 60. ISBN 9780786465552.
- ↑ Brooks, Tim; Earl E., Marsh (2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Balantine Books. p. 439. ISBN 9781299267268.
- ↑ Pitts 2012, p. 77.
- ↑ Pitts 2012, p. 78.
- ↑ American Film Institute (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921–1930. University of California Press. p. 138. ISBN 9780520209695.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 "Bob Steele". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. AFI. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 291.
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- ↑ Pitts 2012, p. 6.
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- ↑ Fagen, p. 59.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 256.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 342.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 18.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 96.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 151.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 128.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 354.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 79.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 43.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 190.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 95.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 53.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 125.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 483.
- ↑ Pitts 2012, p. 15.
- ↑ Pitts 2012, p. 327.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 460.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 489.
- 1 2 Pitts 2012, p. 319.
- ↑ Pitts 2012, p. 8.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 367.
- 1 2 Graham 1989, p. 349.
- ↑ Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
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- ↑ Fagen, p. 300.
- ↑ Graham 1989, p. 351.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 99.
- ↑ Graham 1989, p. 352.
- ↑ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present. Ballantine Books. p. 439. ISBN 9780345455420.
- ↑ Fagen, p. 201.
References
- Bob Steele at the Internet Movie Database
- Fagen, Herb (2003). The Encyclopedia of Westerns. New York: Facts On File. ISBN 978-0816044566.
- Graham, Don (1989). No Name on the Bullet. New York, NY: Viking. ISBN 978-0-670-81511-1.
- Pitts, Michael R. (2012). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 9781476600901.