Bob Steele

Actor

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Also Known As

Bob Bradbury Jr., Robert North Bradbury Jr., Robert Steele

Birth Place

Pendleton, Oregon, USA

Born

January 23, 1906

Died

December 21, 1988

Biography

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Bob Steele was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Steele's career in acting began with his roles in various films like "Lightning Speed" (1928), "Near the Rainbow's End" (1930) and "Headin' North" (1930). He also appeared in "The Ridin' Fool" (1931), "Near the Trail's End" (1931) and "The Nevada Buckaroo" (1931). His passion for acting continued to his roles in project...

Filmography

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Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone (1994)

Nightmare Honeymoon (1972)

something big (1971)

Skin Game (1971)

Rio Lobo (1970)

The Great Bank Robbery (1969)

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Of Mice And Men (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Seen It The Other Night

Of Mice And Men (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Down By The River

Biography

Bob Steele was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Steele's career in acting began with his roles in various films like "Lightning Speed" (1928), "Near the Rainbow's End" (1930) and "Headin' North" (1930). He also appeared in "The Ridin' Fool" (1931), "Near the Trail's End" (1931) and "The Nevada Buckaroo" (1931). His passion for acting continued to his roles in projects like "Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin" (1937), "The Trusted Outlaw" (1937) and "Lightnin' Crandall" (1937). He also appeared in "The Arizona Gunfighter" (1937). Toward the end of his career, he continued to act in the Humphrey Bogart crime picture "The Enforcer" (1951), the western "Silver Canyon" (1951) with Gene Autry and the western "Forth Worth" (1951) with Randolph Scott. He also appeared in the Joel McCrea western "Cattle Drive" (1951) and "Island in the Sky" (1953). Steele was most recently credited in "Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone" (CBS, 1993-94). Steele passed away in December 1988 at the age of 82.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone (1994)

Nightmare Honeymoon (1972)

something big (1971)

Skin Game (1971)

Rio Lobo (1970)

The Great Bank Robbery (1969)

Hang 'Em High (1968)

Requiem for a Gunfighter (1965)

The Bounty Killer (1965)

Town Tamer (1965)

Bullet for a Badman (1964)

The Wild Westerners (1962)

Dep. Marshal Casey Banner

Six Black Horses (1962)

The Comancheros (1961)

Hell Bent for Leather (1960)

No Name on the Bullet (1959)

Rio Bravo (1959)

Pork Chop Hill (1959)

Once Upon a Horse... (1958)

Himself [Posse member]

Giant from the Unknown (1958)

Band of Angels (1957)

Decision at Sundown (1957)

The Parson and the Outlaw (1957)

Gun for a Coward (1957)

Duel at Apache Wells (1957)

The Spoilers (1956)

Pardners (1956)

The Steel Jungle (1956)

Last of the Desperados (1955)

The Fighting Chance (1955)

Drums Across the River (1954)

The Outcast (1954)

San Antone (1953)

Savage Frontier (1953)

Column South (1953)

Island in the Sky (1953)

The Lion and the Horse (1952)

Rose of Cimarron (1952)

Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)

Cattle Drive (1951)

Charlie "Careless" Morgan

Fort Worth (1951)

Silver Canyon (1951)

The Enforcer (1951)

The Savage Horde (1950)

South of St. Louis (1949)

Cheyenne (1947)

Killer McCoy (1947)

Bandits of Dark Canyon (1947)

Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947)

The Big Sleep (1946)

Ambush Trail (1946)

Curley Thompson

Thunder Town (1946)

Six Gun Man (1946)

Bob "Stormy" Storm

Sheriff of Redwood Valley (1946)

Rio Grande Raiders (1946)

Northwest Trail (1945)

Trooper Matt O'Brien

Navajo Kid (1945)

Navajo Kid [also known as Tom Kirk and White Bear]

Wildfire (1945)

Marked Trails (1944)

Bob Stevens, also known as Cheyenne

Outlaw Trail (1944)

The Utah Kid (1944)

Sonora Stagecoach (1944)

Trigger Law (1944)

Westward Bound (1944)

Arizona Whirlwind (1944)

Santa Fe Scouts (1943)

Thundering Trails (1943)

Riders of the Rio Grande (1943)

The Blocked Trail (1943)

Death Valley Rangers (1943)

Revenge of the Zombies (1943)

Raiders of the Range (1942)

Westward Ho (1942)

The Phantom Plainsmen (1942)

Code of the Outlaw (1942)

Shadows on the Sage (1942)

"Tucson" Smith/[Curly]

Valley of Hunted Men (1942)

Prairie Pioneers (1941)

Gangs of Sonora (1941)

Pals of the Pecos (1941)

Saddlemates (1941)

Outlaws of Cherokee Trail (1941)

Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals (1941)

West of Cimarron (1941)

Billy the Kid's Range War (1941)

The Great Train Robbery (1941)

Gauchos of Eldorado (1941)

Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (1941)

Lone Star Raiders (1940)

The Trail Blazers (1940)

Under Texas Skies (1940)

Pinto Canyon (1940)

Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940)

Billy the Kid in Texas (1940)

Wild Horse Valley (1940)

Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940)

The Carson City Kid (1940)

Of Mice and Men (1939)

Feud of the Range (1939)

The Pal from Texas (1939)

Mesquite Buckaroo (1939)

El Diablo Rides (1939)

Riders of the Sage (1939)

Smoky Trails (1939)

Desert Patrol (1938)

Durango Valley Raiders (1938)

The Feud Maker (1938)

Paroled--To Die (1938)

Thunder in the Desert (1938)

Lightnin' Crandall (1937)

Bob ["Lightnin'"] Crandall [also known as Steve]

The Arizona Gunfighter (1937)

The Red Rope (1937)

Doomed at Sundown (1937)

The Colorado Kid (1937)

Colorado Kid [Robert Drake]

Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin (1937)

The Trusted Outlaw (1937)

Ridin' the Lone Trail (1937)

Last of the Warrens (1936)

Border Phantom (1936)

The Kid Ranger (1936)

The Gun Ranger (1936)

Sundown Saunders (1936)

Jim "Sundown" Saunders

[Captain] Ted Thorne

Brand of Outlaws (1936)

The Law Rides (1936)

Alias John Law (1935)

Tombstone Terror (1935)

Duke Dixon/Jimmy Dixon

Smokey Smith (1935)

Trail of Terror (1935)

Spike Manning [also known as Wilson]

Big Calibre (1935)

The Rider of the Law (1935)

Arizona state detective

Western Justice (1935)

Jim, also known as Ace

No Man's Range (1935)

The Brand of Hate (1935)

Kid Courageous (1935)

Powdersmoke Range (1935)

Guadalupe Kid [also known as Jeff Ferguson]

A Demon for Trouble (1934)

Ranger's Code (1933)

Breed of the Border (1933)

The Gallant Fool (1933)

Trailing North (1933)

Galloping Romeo (1933)

The California Trail (1933)

The Mystery Squadron (1933)

Hidden Valley (1932)

Law of the West (1932)

Riders of the Desert (1932)

The Fighting Champ (1932)

Son of Oklahoma (1932)

Texas Buddies (1932)

South of Santa Fe (1932)

Young Blood (1932)

Nick, "The Kid"

The Man from Hell's Edges (1932)

Bob Williams, also known as "The Kid, alias Flash Manning

Nevada Buckaroo (1931)

Buck Hurley [The Nevada Kid]

The Ridin' Fool (1931)

Near the Trail's End (1931)

Sunrise Trail (1931)

Breezy Bill (1930)

Hunted Men (1930)

The Oklahoma Sheriff (1930)

The Land of Missing Men (1930)

Near the Rainbow's End (1930)

Oklahoma Cyclone (1930)

Oklahoma Cyclone

Headin' North (1930)

The Man From Nowhere (1930)

A Texas Cowboy (1929)

Laughing at Death (1929)

The Cowboy and the Outlaw (1929)

George Hardcastle

The Invaders (1929)

The Amazing Vagabond (1929)

Come and Get It (1929)

The Trail of Courage (1928)

Man in the Rough (1928)

The Riding Renegade (1928)

Breed of the Sunsets (1928)

Headin' for Danger (1928)

Driftin' Sands (1928)

Lightning Speed (1928)

Captain Careless (1928)

The Bandit's Son (1927)

The Mojave Kid (1927)

With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre (1927)

Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo (1926)

The College Boob (1926)

Human Desire (1919)

Writer (Feature Film)

Captain Careless (1928)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Sealed Cargo (1951)

Cast (Special)

Life Events

1920

Film acting debut in "The Adventures of Bob and Bill" (with his twin brother Bill)

1927

Debut as cowboy film actor

1960

Television acting debut in "F Troop"

Videos

Of Mice And Men (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Seen It The Other Night Pouting Mae (Betty Field) is disgusted by the dining habits of her despicable ranch-hand spouse Curley (Bob Steele) and his boss Jackson (Oscar O'Shea), in this near-pantomime from Lewis Milestone's Of Mice And Men, 1939, from John Steinbeck's novel.

Of Mice And Men (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Down By The River Ranch-hand George (Burgess Meredith) is making sure slow-witted pal Lenny (Lon Chaney Jr.) doesn't get in trouble with vampy Mae (Betty Field) or her husband Curley (Bob Steele) in Of Mice And Men, 1939, from John Steinbeck's novel.

Family

Robert North Bradbury

Father

Director.

Bill Bradbury

Brother

Actor. Twin.

Bibliography

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