Bob Steele: movies and TV shows
Bob Steele has 242 credits in the archive: 219 films and 23 TV series, from 1920 to 1976. Highest rated: National Velvet (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1920 – 1976 · busiest year: 1921 (14 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | The Shootist | Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 69 |
| 1976 | Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch | (archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 69 |
| 1974 | Nightmare Honeymoon | Charlie | Film | 5.5 | 67 |
| 1973 | Charley Varrick | Bank Guard (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 66 |
| 1971 | Something Big | Teamster #3 | Film | 5.3 | 64 |
| 1971 | Skin Game | Bidder (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 64 |
| 1970 | Rio Lobo | Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1969 | Then Came Bronson | Clay Turner | TV | 5.2 | 62 |
| 1969 | The Great Bank Robbery | First Guard | Film | 6.6 | 62 |
| 1969 | Doc | Toby | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1968 | Hang 'em High | Jenkins | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 1966 | Family Affair | TV | 6.7 | 59 | |
| 1965 | F Troop | Trooper Duffy | TV | 6.3 | 58 |
| 1965 | Shenandoah | Union Train Guard | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1965 | Town Tamer | Ken | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1965 | The Bounty Killer | Red - Henchman | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1965 | Taggart | Earl (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 1965 | Requiem for a Gunfighter | Max Smith | Film | 7.5 | 58 |
| 1964 | Bullet for a Badman | Sheriff (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1963 | McLintock! | Train Engineer | Film | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1963 | 4 for Texas | Bank Board Member | Film | 5.1 | 56 |
| 1963 | Wall of Noise | Trainer | Film | 4.1 | 56 |
| 1962 | Six Black Horses | Puncher | Film | 5.9 | 55 |
| 1962 | The Wild Westerners | Casey Banner | Film | 7.2 | 55 |
| 1961 | The Comancheros | Pa Schofield (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1960 | National Velvet | Clive | TV | 8.8 | 53 |
| 1960 | Hell Bent for Leather | Jared | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1960 | Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge | Ben | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Deputy Art Gray | TV | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1959 | The Rebel | Will Randall | TV | 5.1 | 52 |
| 1959 | The Rebel | Jess Kirby | TV | 5.1 | 52 |
| 1959 | Rio Bravo | Matt Harris (uncredited) | Film | 7.8 | 52 |
| 1959 | No Name on the Bullet | Poker Player (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1959 | Pork Chop Hill | Col. Kern | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1959 | The Atomic Submarine | "Grif" Griffin | Film | 5.3 | 52 |
| 1958 | Lawman | Telegraph Operator (uncredited) | TV | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1958 | The Texan | Luke Short | TV | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1958 | Ride a Crooked Trail | Jud Blunt (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 1958 | The Bonnie Parker Story | Armored Truck Guard (uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1958 | Giant from the Unknown | Sheriff Parker | Film | 4.4 | 51 |
| 1958 | Once Upon a Horse... | Bob Steele | Film | 8.3 | 51 |
| 1957 | Maverick | Walter Jackson | TV | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1957 | Maverick | Wells | TV | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1957 | Maverick | Jailed Cowhand Billy (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Jockey | TV | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Sam Shoulders | TV | 5.2 | 50 |
| 1957 | Decision at Sundown | Irv (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1957 | The Parson and the Outlaw | Ace Jardine | Film | 4.6 | 50 |
| 1957 | Duel at Apache Wells | Joe Dunn | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1956 | Pardners | Shorty | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1956 | Gun for a Coward | Durkee | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1956 | The Steel Jungle | Dan Bucci | Film | 5.6 | 49 |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | Dugan | TV | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Deputy Marshal Sam (uncredited) | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Deputy Marshal Sam | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Sam Gordon | TV | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Coe | TV | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Deputy Sheriff Dodd | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1955 | The Spoilers | Miner | Film | 5.5 | 48 |
| 1955 | The Fighting Chance | Curly | Film | 5.5 | 48 |
| 1955 | Last of the Desperados | Charlie Bowdre | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Ben | TV | 7.9 | 47 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Soto Man (uncredited) | TV | 7.9 | 47 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Rebel Arsonist (uncredited) | TV | 7.9 | 47 |
| 1954 | The Outcast | Dude Rankin | Film | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1954 | Drums Across the River | Billy Costa | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1953 | Island in the Sky | Wilson | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1953 | Column South | McAfee | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1953 | San Antone | Bob Coolidge | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1953 | Savage Frontier | Sam Webb | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1952 | Bugles in the Afternoon | Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead | Film | 5.4 | 45 |
| 1952 | The Lion and the Horse | Matt Jennings | Film | 5.9 | 45 |
| 1952 | Rose of Cimarron | Rio | Film | 5.6 | 45 |
| 1951 | The Enforcer | Herman | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1951 | Cattle Drive | Charlie "Careless" Morgan | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1951 | Fort Worth | Shorty | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1951 | Silver Canyon | Walt Middler | Film | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1950 | The Savage Horde | Dancer | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1949 | South of St. Louis | Slim Hansen | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1947 | Exposed | Chicago | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1947 | Killer McCoy | Sailor Graves | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1947 | Cheyenne | Bucky | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1947 | Twilight on the Rio Grande | Dusty Morgan | Film | 3.1 | 40 |
| 1947 | Bandits of Dark Canyon | Ed Archer | Film | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1946 | The Big Sleep | Lash Canino | Film | 7.6 | 39 |
| 1946 | Thunder Town | Jim Brandon | Film | 4.3 | 39 |
| 1946 | Six Gun Man | Stormy Storm | Film | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1946 | Sheriff of Redwood Valley | Reno Kid | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1946 | Ambush Trail | Curley Thompson | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1946 | Rio Grande Raiders | Jeff Carson | Film | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1945 | Northwest Trail | RCMP Matt O'Brien | Film | 5.8 | 38 |
| 1945 | Navajo Kid | Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1945 | Wildfire | Happy Haye | Film | 4.0 | 38 |
| 1944 | Sonora Stagecoach | Bob Steele | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1944 | Arizona Whirlwind | Bob Steele | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1944 | Outlaw Trail | Bob | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1944 | Trigger Law | Bob Steele | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1944 | Marked Trails | Bob Stevens | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1944 | Westward Bound | Bob Steele | Film | 5.7 | 37 |
| 1944 | The Utah Kid | Bob Roberts | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1943 | Death Valley Rangers | Bob Steele | Film | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1943 | Revenge of the Zombies | Sheriff | Film | 5.4 | 36 |
| 1943 | Santa Fe Scouts | Tucson Smith | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1943 | Riders of the Rio Grande | Tucson Smith | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1943 | Thundering Trails | Tucson Smith | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1943 | The Blocked Trail | Tucson Smith | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1942 | Valley of Hunted Men | Tucson Smith | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1942 | Code of the Outlaw | Tucson Smith | Film | 9.0 | 35 |
| 1942 | Westward Ho | Tucson Smith | Film | 4.7 | 35 |
| 1942 | Shadows on the Sage | 'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe | Film | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1942 | The Phantom Plainsmen | Tucson Smith | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1942 | Raiders of the Range | Tucson Smith | Film | 9.0 | 35 |
| 1941 | Pals of the Pecos | Tucson Smith | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1941 | The Great Train Robbery | Tom Logan | Film | 8.3 | 34 |
| 1941 | Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals | Billy the Kid | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1941 | Gangs of Sonora | 'Tucson' Smith | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1941 | Billy the Kid's Range War | Billy the Kid | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1941 | West of Cimarron | Tucson Smith | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1941 | Saddlemates | Tucson Smith | Film | 10.0 | 34 |
| 1941 | Gauchos of El Dorado | 'Tucson' Smith | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1941 | Billy the Kid in Santa Fe | Billy the Kid | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1941 | Outlaws of Cherokee Trail | 'Tucson' Smith | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1941 | Prairie Pioneers | Tucson Smith | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Kid Callahan (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 33 |
| 1940 | The Carson City Kid | Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds | Film | 6.2 | 33 |
| 1940 | Billy the Kid's Gun Justice | Billy the Kid | Film | 5.2 | 33 |
| 1940 | Wild Horse Valley | Bob Evans | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1940 | Under Texas Skies | Tucson Smith | Film | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1940 | Billy the Kid Outlawed | Billy the Kid | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1940 | Billy the Kid in Texas | Billy the Kid | Film | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1940 | Pinto Canyon | Bob Hall | Film | 5.5 | 33 |
| 1940 | Lone Star Raiders | Tucson Smith | Film | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1940 | The Trail Blazers | Tucson Smith | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1939 | Of Mice and Men | Curley | Film | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1939 | Mesquite Buckaroo | Bob Allen | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1939 | Feud of the Range | Bob Gray | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1939 | Riders of the Sage | Bob Burke | Film | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1939 | The Pal from Texas | Bob Barton | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1939 | El Diablo Rides | Bob | Film | 5.0 | 32 |
| 1939 | Smoky Trails | Bob Archer | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1938 | Desert Patrol | Dave Austin | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1938 | Paroled - To Die | Doug Redfern | Film | 5.0 | 31 |
| 1938 | Durango Valley Raiders | Keene Cordner | Film | 10.0 | 31 |
| 1938 | Thunder in the Desert | Bob Radford | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1938 | The Feud Maker | Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1937 | Arizona Gunfighter | Colt Ferron | Film | 4.8 | 30 |
| 1937 | Colorado Kid | Colorado Kid | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1937 | Lightnin' Crandall | Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall | Film | 4.0 | 30 |
| 1937 | Ridin' the Lone Trail | Bob McArthur | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1937 | The Trusted Outlaw | Dan Ward | Film | 7.5 | 30 |
| 1937 | The Red Rope | Tom Shaw | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1937 | Border Phantom | Larry O'Day | Film | 5.8 | 30 |
| 1937 | Doomed at Sundown | Dave Austin | Film | 5.0 | 30 |
| 1937 | Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin | Dan Stockton | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1936 | Cavalry | Ted Thorne | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1936 | Last of the Warrens | Ted Warren | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1936 | The Law Rides | Bruce Conway | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1936 | Brand of the Outlaws | Gary Gray | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1936 | The Gun Ranger | Dan Larson | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1936 | The Kid Ranger | Ray Burton | Film | 4.5 | 29 |
| 1935 | Trail of Terror | Spike Manning | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1935 | No Man's Range | Jim Hale | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1935 | The Rider of the Law | Bob Marlow | Film | 6.3 | 28 |
| 1935 | Powdersmoke Range | Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1935 | Alias John Law | Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark | Film | 4.5 | 28 |
| 1935 | Tombstone Terror | Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon | Film | 5.5 | 28 |
| 1935 | Sundown Saunders | Jim Sundown Saunders | Film | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1935 | Kid Courageous | Bob Bannister | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1935 | Smokey Smith | Smokey Smith | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1935 | Big Calibre | Bob Neal | Film | 9.0 | 28 |
| 1934 | The Brand of Hate | Rod Camp | Film | 5.8 | 27 |
| 1934 | Western Justice | Jim / Ace | Film | 10.0 | 27 |
| 1934 | A Demon for Trouble | Bob Worth | Film | 5.7 | 27 |
| 1933 | Trailing North | Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid | Film | 7.5 | 26 |
| 1933 | Breed of the Border | Speed Brent | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1933 | Ranger's Code | Bob Baxter | Film | 10.0 | 26 |
| 1933 | The Gallant Fool | Kit Denton | Film | 9.0 | 26 |
| 1933 | The Mystery Squadron | Fred Cromwell | Film | 6.5 | 26 |
| 1933 | Galloping Romeo | Bob Rivers | Film | 8.0 | 26 |
| 1932 | Texas Buddies | Ted Garner | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1932 | Young Blood | Nick aka The Kid | Film | 10.0 | 25 |
| 1932 | Son of Oklahoma | Dan Clayton | Film | 9.0 | 25 |
| 1932 | Riders of the Desert | Bob Houston | Film | 6.0 | 25 |
| 1932 | The Man from Hell's Edges | Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning | Film | 6.5 | 25 |
| 1932 | South of Santa Fe | Tom Keene | Film | 5.5 | 25 |
| 1932 | The Fighting Champ | Brick Loring | Film | 6.7 | 25 |
| 1932 | Hidden Valley | Bob Harding | Film | 7.5 | 25 |
| 1932 | Law of the West | Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan | Film | 5.5 | 25 |
| 1931 | The Nevada Buckaroo | Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid | Film | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1931 | The Ridin' Fool | Steve Kendall | Film | 10.0 | 24 |
| 1931 | The Sunrise Trail | Texas, aka Tex | Film | 5.5 | 24 |
| 1931 | Near the Trail's End | Marshal Johnny Day | Film | 5.8 | 24 |
| 1930 | Headin' North | Jim Curtis | Film | 5.5 | 23 |
| 1930 | The Oklahoma Sheriff | Film | 8.0 | 23 | |
| 1930 | The Hunted Men | Dick Stockdale | Film | 8.0 | 23 |
| 1930 | Near the Rainbow's End | Jim Bledsoe | Film | 4.5 | 23 |
| 1930 | The Oklahoma Cyclone | Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone | Film | 5.0 | 23 |
| 1930 | Western Honor | Bob | Film | — | 23 |
| 1930 | The Man from Nowhere | Terry Norton | Film | 8.0 | 23 |
| 1930 | Breezy Bill | Breezy Bill | Film | 10.0 | 23 |
| 1930 | The Land of Missing Men | Steve O'Neil | Film | 5.5 | 23 |
| 1929 | The Invaders | Film | 7.0 | 22 | |
| 1929 | The Amazing Vagabond | Jimmy Hobbs | Film | 9.0 | 22 |
| 1929 | The Cowboy and the Outlaw | George Hardcastle | Film | 8.0 | 22 |
| 1929 | Come and Get It! | Breezy Smith | Film | 8.0 | 22 |
| 1929 | A Texas Cowboy | Dick Carlysle | Film | 7.0 | 22 |
| 1929 | Laughing at Death | Bob Thornton | Film | 8.0 | 22 |
| 1928 | Lightning Speed | Jack Pemberton | Film | 10.0 | 21 |
| 1928 | Trail of Courage | Tex Reeves | Film | 8.0 | 21 |
| 1928 | Breed of the Sunsets | Jim Collins | Film | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1928 | Man in the Rough | Bruce Sherwood | Film | 10.0 | 21 |
| 1928 | Driftin' Sands | 'Driftin' Sands | Film | 10.0 | 21 |
| 1928 | Captain Careless | Bob Gordon | Film | 8.0 | 21 |
| 1928 | Captain Careless | Film | 8.0 | 21 | |
| 1928 | Headin' for Danger | Jimmy Marshall | Film | 9.0 | 21 |
| 1928 | Sliding Home | Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.) | Film | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1928 | The Riding Renegade | Bob Taylor | Film | 8.0 | 21 |
| 1927 | With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre | Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.) | Film | 7.0 | 20 |
| 1927 | The Bandit's Son | Bob McCall | Film | 8.0 | 20 |
| 1927 | The Mojave Kid | Bob Saunders | Film | 10.0 | 20 |
| 1926 | The College Boob | Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.) | Film | 9.5 | 19 |
| 1926 | With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo | 'Pinky' Smith | Film | 7.0 | 19 |
| 1926 | With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness | Jim Bryan | Film | 9.0 | 19 |
| 1925 | Just Plain Folks | Film | — | 18 | |
| 1922 | The Opossum | Film | — | 15 | |
| 1922 | Dangerous Trails | Bob | Film | 10.0 | 15 |
| 1922 | Mysterious Tracks | Film | — | 15 | |
| 1921 | Trapping the Mountain Lion | Bob | Film | — | 14 |
| 1921 | Trailing the Coyote | Bob | Film | 9.0 | 14 |
| 1921 | Trapping The Bob Cat | Bob | Film | — | 14 |
| 1921 | The Skunk | Bob | Film | 4.0 | 14 |
| 1921 | Trapping the Coyote | Bob | Film | — | 14 |
| 1921 | Capturing a Canadian Lynx | Bob | Film | — | 14 |
| 1921 | Trapping the Wildcat | Bob | Film | — | 14 |
| 1921 | The Civet Cat | Bob | Film | 7.0 | 14 |
| 1921 | The American Badger | Bob | Film | 10.0 | 14 |
| 1921 | A Day in the Wilds | Bob | Film | 6.5 | 14 |
| 1921 | Catching a Koala Bear | Bob | Film | — | 14 |
| 1921 | Catching a Fox | Bob | Film | — | 14 |
| 1921 | Outwitting the Timber Wolf | Film | — | 14 | |
| 1921 | Catching a Coon | Bob | Film | 10.0 | 14 |
| 1920 | The Adventures of Bob and Bill | Bob | Film | 7.0 | 13 |