Bob Steele
Biography
Bob Steele was an American actor born on January 23, 1907, in Portland, Oregon. He was born into a vaudeville family and began his acting career as a juvenile lead in a series of adventure movies. Steele's career took off in 1927 when he was hired by Film Booking Offices of America to star in a series of Westerns. He was rechristened Bob Steele at this time. Steele is known to have acted in 234 credits throughout his career. He passed away on December 21, 1988, at the age of 81.
Career overview
Bob Steele began his acting career in the late 1910s, initially starring in a series of adventure movies with his twin brother Bill. The series was entitled "The Adventures of Bob and Bill".
In 1927, Steele was hired by the production company Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) to star in a series of Westerns. This marked a significant turning point in his career, as he began to gain recognition for his work in the Western genre.
Throughout his career, Steele appeared in numerous films, eventually accumulating a total of 234 known credits.
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- The Shootist (1976) as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
- Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976) as (archive footage)
- Nightmare Honeymoon (1974) as Charlie
- Charley Varrick (1973) as Bank Guard (uncredited)
- Something Big (1971) as Teamster #3
- Skin Game (1971) as Bidder (uncredited)
- Rio Lobo (1970) as Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
- Then Came Bronson (1969) as Clay Turner
- The Great Bank Robbery (1969) as First Guard
- Doc (1969) as Toby
- Hang 'em High (1968) as Jenkins
- Family Affair (1966)
- F Troop (1965) as Trooper Duffy
- Shenandoah (1965) as Union Train Guard
- Town Tamer (1965) as Ken
- The Bounty Killer (1965) as Red - Henchman
- Taggart (1965) as Earl (uncredited)
- Requiem for a Gunfighter (1965) as Max Smith
- Bullet for a Badman (1964) as Sheriff (uncredited)
- McLintock! (1963) as Train Engineer
- 4 for Texas (1963) as Bank Board Member
- Wall of Noise (1963) as Trainer
- Six Black Horses (1962) as Puncher
- The Wild Westerners (1962) as Casey Banner
- The Comancheros (1961) as Pa Schofield (uncredited)
- National Velvet (1960) as Clive
- Hell Bent for Leather (1960) as Jared
- Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge (1960) as Ben
- Rawhide (1959) as Deputy Art Gray
- The Rebel (1959) as Will Randall
- The Rebel (1959) as Jess Kirby
- Rio Bravo (1959) as Matt Harris (uncredited)
- No Name on the Bullet (1959) as Poker Player (uncredited)
- Pork Chop Hill (1959) as Col. Kern
- The Atomic Submarine (1959) as "Grif" Griffin
- Lawman (1958) as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
- The Texan (1958) as Luke Short
- Ride a Crooked Trail (1958) as Jud Blunt (uncredited)
- The Bonnie Parker Story (1958) as Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
- Giant from the Unknown (1958) as Sheriff Parker
- Once Upon a Horse... (1958) as Bob Steele
- Maverick (1957) as Walter Jackson
- Maverick (1957) as Wells
- Maverick (1957) as Jailed Cowhand Billy (uncredited)
- Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) as Jockey
- Sugarfoot (1957) as Sam Shoulders
- Decision at Sundown (1957) as Irv (uncredited)
- The Parson and the Outlaw (1957) as Ace Jardine
- Duel at Apache Wells (1957) as Joe Dunn
- Pardners (1956) as Shorty
- Gun for a Coward (1956) as Durkee
- The Steel Jungle (1956) as Dan Bucci
- Cheyenne (1955) as Dugan
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955) as Deputy Marshal Sam (uncredited)
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955) as Deputy Marshal Sam
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Sam Gordon
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Coe
- Screen Director's Playhouse (1955) as Deputy Sheriff Dodd
- The Spoilers (1955) as Miner
- The Fighting Chance (1955) as Curly
- Last of the Desperados (1955) as Charlie Bowdre
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Ben
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Soto Man (uncredited)
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Rebel Arsonist (uncredited)
- The Outcast (1954) as Dude Rankin
- Drums Across the River (1954) as Billy Costa
- Island in the Sky (1953) as Wilson
- Column South (1953) as McAfee
- San Antone (1953) as Bob Coolidge
- Savage Frontier (1953) as Sam Webb
- Bugles in the Afternoon (1952) as Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead
- The Lion and the Horse (1952) as Matt Jennings
- Rose of Cimarron (1952) as Rio
- The Enforcer (1951) as Herman
- Cattle Drive (1951) as Charlie "Careless" Morgan
- Fort Worth (1951) as Shorty
- Silver Canyon (1951) as Walt Middler
- The Savage Horde (1950) as Dancer
- South of St. Louis (1949) as Slim Hansen
- Exposed (1947) as Chicago
- Killer McCoy (1947) as Sailor Graves
- Cheyenne (1947) as Bucky
- Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947) as Dusty Morgan
- Bandits of Dark Canyon (1947) as Ed Archer
- The Big Sleep (1946) as Lash Canino
- Thunder Town (1946) as Jim Brandon
- Six Gun Man (1946) as Stormy Storm
- Sheriff of Redwood Valley (1946) as Reno Kid
- Ambush Trail (1946) as Curley Thompson
- Rio Grande Raiders (1946) as Jeff Carson
- Northwest Trail (1945) as RCMP Matt O'Brien
- Navajo Kid (1945) as Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk
- Wildfire (1945) as Happy Haye
- Sonora Stagecoach (1944) as Bob Steele
- Arizona Whirlwind (1944) as Bob Steele
- Outlaw Trail (1944) as Bob
- Trigger Law (1944) as Bob Steele
- Marked Trails (1944) as Bob Stevens
- Westward Bound (1944) as Bob Steele
- The Utah Kid (1944) as Bob Roberts
- Death Valley Rangers (1943) as Bob Steele
- Revenge of the Zombies (1943) as Sheriff
- Santa Fe Scouts (1943) as Tucson Smith
- Riders of the Rio Grande (1943) as Tucson Smith
- Thundering Trails (1943) as Tucson Smith
- The Blocked Trail (1943) as Tucson Smith
- Valley of Hunted Men (1942) as Tucson Smith
- Code of the Outlaw (1942) as Tucson Smith
- Westward Ho (1942) as Tucson Smith
- Shadows on the Sage (1942) as 'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe
- The Phantom Plainsmen (1942) as Tucson Smith
- Raiders of the Range (1942) as Tucson Smith
- Pals of the Pecos (1941) as Tucson Smith
- The Great Train Robbery (1941) as Tom Logan
- Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals (1941) as Billy the Kid
- Gangs of Sonora (1941) as 'Tucson' Smith
- Billy the Kid's Range War (1941) as Billy the Kid
- West of Cimarron (1941) as Tucson Smith
- Saddlemates (1941) as Tucson Smith
- Gauchos of El Dorado (1941) as 'Tucson' Smith
- Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (1941) as Billy the Kid
- Outlaws of Cherokee Trail (1941) as 'Tucson' Smith
- Prairie Pioneers (1941) as Tucson Smith
- City for Conquest (1940) as Kid Callahan (uncredited)
- The Carson City Kid (1940) as Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds
- Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940) as Billy the Kid
- Wild Horse Valley (1940) as Bob Evans
- Under Texas Skies (1940) as Tucson Smith
- Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940) as Billy the Kid
- Billy the Kid in Texas (1940) as Billy the Kid
- Pinto Canyon (1940) as Bob Hall
- Lone Star Raiders (1940) as Tucson Smith
- The Trail Blazers (1940) as Tucson Smith
- Of Mice and Men (1939) as Curley
- Mesquite Buckaroo (1939) as Bob Allen
- Feud of the Range (1939) as Bob Gray
- Riders of the Sage (1939) as Bob Burke
- The Pal from Texas (1939) as Bob Barton
- El Diablo Rides (1939) as Bob
- Smoky Trails (1939) as Bob Archer
- Desert Patrol (1938) as Dave Austin
- Paroled - To Die (1938) as Doug Redfern
- Durango Valley Raiders (1938) as Keene Cordner
- Thunder in the Desert (1938) as Bob Radford
- The Feud Maker (1938) as Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid
- Arizona Gunfighter (1937) as Colt Ferron
- Colorado Kid (1937) as Colorado Kid
- Lightnin' Crandall (1937) as Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall
- Ridin' the Lone Trail (1937) as Bob McArthur
- The Trusted Outlaw (1937) as Dan Ward
- The Red Rope (1937) as Tom Shaw
- Border Phantom (1937) as Larry O'Day
- Doomed at Sundown (1937) as Dave Austin
- Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin (1937) as Dan Stockton
- Cavalry (1936) as Ted Thorne
- Last of the Warrens (1936) as Ted Warren
- The Law Rides (1936) as Bruce Conway
- Brand of the Outlaws (1936) as Gary Gray
- The Gun Ranger (1936) as Dan Larson
- The Kid Ranger (1936) as Ray Burton
- Trail of Terror (1935) as Spike Manning
- No Man's Range (1935) as Jim Hale
- The Rider of the Law (1935) as Bob Marlow
- Powdersmoke Range (1935) as Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid
- Alias John Law (1935) as Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
- Tombstone Terror (1935) as Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon
- Sundown Saunders (1935) as Jim Sundown Saunders
- Kid Courageous (1935) as Bob Bannister
- Smokey Smith (1935) as Smokey Smith
- Big Calibre (1935) as Bob Neal
- The Brand of Hate (1934) as Rod Camp
- Western Justice (1934) as Jim / Ace
- A Demon for Trouble (1934) as Bob Worth
- Trailing North (1933) as Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid
- Breed of the Border (1933) as Speed Brent
- Ranger's Code (1933) as Bob Baxter
- The Gallant Fool (1933) as Kit Denton
- The Mystery Squadron (1933) as Fred Cromwell
- Galloping Romeo (1933) as Bob Rivers
- Texas Buddies (1932) as Ted Garner
- Young Blood (1932) as Nick aka The Kid
- Son of Oklahoma (1932) as Dan Clayton
- Riders of the Desert (1932) as Bob Houston
- The Man from Hell's Edges (1932) as Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning
- South of Santa Fe (1932) as Tom Keene
- The Fighting Champ (1932) as Brick Loring
- Hidden Valley (1932) as Bob Harding
- Law of the West (1932) as Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan
- The Nevada Buckaroo (1931) as Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid
- The Ridin' Fool (1931) as Steve Kendall
- The Sunrise Trail (1931) as Texas, aka Tex
- Near the Trail's End (1931) as Marshal Johnny Day
- Headin' North (1930) as Jim Curtis
- The Oklahoma Sheriff (1930)
- The Hunted Men (1930) as Dick Stockdale
- Near the Rainbow's End (1930) as Jim Bledsoe
- The Oklahoma Cyclone (1930) as Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone
- Western Honor (1930) as Bob
- The Man from Nowhere (1930) as Terry Norton
- Breezy Bill (1930) as Breezy Bill
- The Land of Missing Men (1930) as Steve O'Neil
- The Invaders (1929)
- The Amazing Vagabond (1929) as Jimmy Hobbs
- The Cowboy and the Outlaw (1929) as George Hardcastle
- Come and Get It! (1929) as Breezy Smith
- A Texas Cowboy (1929) as Dick Carlysle
- Laughing at Death (1929) as Bob Thornton
- Lightning Speed (1928) as Jack Pemberton
- Trail of Courage (1928) as Tex Reeves
- Breed of the Sunsets (1928) as Jim Collins
- Man in the Rough (1928) as Bruce Sherwood
- Driftin' Sands (1928) as 'Driftin' Sands
- Captain Careless (1928) as Bob Gordon
- Captain Careless (1928) Story
- Headin' for Danger (1928) as Jimmy Marshall
- Sliding Home (1928) as Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
- The Riding Renegade (1928) as Bob Taylor
- With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre (1927) as Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
- The Bandit's Son (1927) as Bob McCall
- The Mojave Kid (1927) as Bob Saunders
- The College Boob (1926) as Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
- With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo (1926) as 'Pinky' Smith
- With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness (1926) as Jim Bryan
- Just Plain Folks (1925)
- The Opossum (1922)
- Dangerous Trails (1922) as Bob
- Mysterious Tracks (1922)
- Trapping the Mountain Lion (1921) as Bob
- Trailing the Coyote (1921) as Bob
- Trapping The Bob Cat (1921) as Bob
- The Skunk (1921) as Bob
- Trapping the Coyote (1921) as Bob
- Capturing a Canadian Lynx (1921) as Bob
- Trapping the Wildcat (1921) as Bob
- The Civet Cat (1921) as Bob
- The American Badger (1921) as Bob
- A Day in the Wilds (1921) as Bob
- Catching a Koala Bear (1921) as Bob
- Catching a Fox (1921) as Bob
- Outwitting the Timber Wolf (1921)
- Catching a Coon (1921) as Bob
- The Adventures of Bob and Bill (1920) as Bob