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 Bill and Bob, 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]

Bob Steele in The Carson City Kid (1940)

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Refs
1920	The Adventures of Bill and Bob	Bob	(credited as Bob Bradbury Jr)
1921	Trapping the Wildcat		Short
	Outwitting the Timber Wolf		Short
	Catching a Coon	Bob	(credited as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
	The Fox		Short
	The American Badger	Bob	Short, (credited as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
	The Mountain Lion		Short
	The Civet Cat	Bob	Short, (credited as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
	The Skunk		Short, (credited as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
	A Day in the Wilds	Bob	Short, (credited as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
	Trailing the Coyote	Bob	Short, (credited as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
1922	Dangerous Trails	Bob	Short, (credited as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
	Mysterious Tracks		Short, (credited as Robert Bradbury)
	The Opossum		Short, (credited as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
1925	Just Plain Folks		(credited as Bob Bradbury)
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	Short, (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]
	Captain Careless	Bob Gordon		[7]
	Lightning Speed	Jack		[7]
	Headin' for Danger	Jimmy Marshall	a.k.a. 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 Cowboy and the Outlaw	George Hardcastle		[7]
	The Invaders			[7]
	A Texas Cowboy	Dick Carlysle		[7]
1930	Breezy Bill	Breezy Bill		[7]
	Hunted Men	Dick Stockdale		[7]
	The Man from Nowhere	Terry Norton		[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, a.k.a. 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 a.k.a. "Flash" Manning		[7]
	Son of Oklahoma	Dan Clayton		[7]
	Hidden Valley	Bob Harding		[7]
	Texas Buddies	Ted Garner		[7]
	Young Blood	Nick a.k.a. The Kid	a.k.a. Lola	[7]
	The Fighting Champ	"Brick" Loring		[11]
1933	Breed of the Border	"Speed" Brent	a.k.a. Speed Brent Wins	[12]
	Trailing North	Lee Evans a.k.a. 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	a.k.a. 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	Captain Ted Thorne		[7]
	The Gun Ranger	Dan Larson		[7]
1937	Lightnin' Crandall	Bob Crandall, a.k.a. 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 a.k.a. 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 Jackson		[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	a.k.a. 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	Himself		[30]
1944	Westward Bound	Himself		[31]
	Arizona Whirlwind	Himself		[32]
	Outlaw Trail	Himself		[7]
	Sonora Stagecoach	Himself		[33]
	Marked Trails	Himself		[7]
	The Utah Kid	Bob Roberts		[34]
	Trigger Law	Himself		[7]
1945	Wildfire: The Story of a Horse	"Happy" Haye	a.k.a. Wildfire (USA)	[35]
	Navajo Kid	Tom Kirk a.k.a. 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]
	Killer McCoy	Sailor Graves		[7]
	Bandits of Dark Canyon	Ed Archer		[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 a.k.a. 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
	Once Upon a Horse...	Himself		[42]
	Ride a Crooked Trail	Jud Blunt, Bearded man being questioned by Judge Kyle	Uncredited
1959	No Name on the Bullet	Poker Player	Uncredited
	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
	Wall of Noise	Trainer	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	Red, 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	(final film role)	[7]

Notes

1. Slatta, Richard W. (1994). The Cowboy Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 26. ISBN 9780874367386.
2. Boggs, Johnny D. (2013). Billy the Kid on Film. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 47, 60. ISBN 9780786465552.
3. 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.
4. Pitts 2012, p. 77.
5. Pitts 2012, p. 78.
6. 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.
7. "Bob Steele". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. AFI. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
8. Fagen, p. 291.
9. Fagen, p. 204.
10. Fagen, p. 353.
11. Fagen, p. 153.
12. Fagen, p. 60.
13. Fagen, p. 234.
14. Fagen, p. 36.
15. Pitts 2012, p. 6.
16. Fagen, p. 244.
17. Fagen, p. 59.
18. Fagen, p. 256.
19. Fagen, p. 342.
20. Fagen, p. 18.
21. Fagen, p. 96.
22. Fagen, p. 151.
23. Fagen, p. 128.
24. Fagen, p. 354.
25. Fagen, p. 79.
26. Fagen, p. 43.
27. Fagen, p. 190.
28. Fagen, p. 95.
29. Fagen, p. 53.
30. Fagen, p. 125.
31. Fagen, p. 483.
32. Pitts 2012, p. 15.
33. Pitts 2012, p. 327.
34. Fagen, p. 460.
35. Fagen, p. 489.
36. Pitts 2012, p. 319.
37. Pitts 2012, p. 8.
38. Fagen, p. 367.
39. Graham 1989, p. 349.
40. Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
41. Fagen, p. 139.
42. Fagen, p. 300.
43. Graham 1989, p. 351.
44. Fagen, p. 99.
45. Graham 1989, p. 352.
46. 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.
47. Fagen, p. 201.

References

• Bob Steele on IMDb
• 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Pitts, Michael R. (2012). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 9781476600901.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)