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Bob Steele is a Actor American born on 23 january 1907 at Portland (USA)

Bob Steele

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Birth name Robert Adrian Bradbury
Nationality USA
Birth 23 january 1907 at Portland (USA)
Death 21 december 1988 (at 81 years) at Burbank (USA)

Bob Steele (January 23, 1907 – December 21, 1988) was an American actor.

Biography

He was born Robert Adrian Bradbury in Portland, Oregon, into a vaudeville family. His parents were Robert North Bradbury (1886–1949) and the former Nieta Catherine Quinn (1886–1978). After years of touring, the family settled in Hollywood, California, in the late 1910s, where his father soon found work in the movies, first as an actor, later as a director. By 1920, Robert Bradbury hired Bob and his twin brother, Bill (1907–1971), as juvenile leads for a series of adventure movies titled The Adventures of Bob and Bill.

Steele's career began to take off for good in 1927, when he was hired by production company Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) to star in a series of Westerns. Renamed Bob Steele at FBO, he soon made a name for himself, and in the late 1920s, 1930s and 1940s starred in B-Westerns for almost every minor film studio, including Monogram, Supreme, Tiffany, Syndicate, Republic (including several films of the Three Mesquiteers series) and Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) (including the initial films of their "Billy the Kid" series), plus he had the occasional role in an A-movie, as in the adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men in 1939.

Usually with

Charles King
Charles King
(20 films)
Budd Buster
Budd Buster
(19 films)
A.W. Hackel
A.W. Hackel
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Tom Tyler
Tom Tyler
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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Bob Steele (132 films)

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Actor

The Shootist, 1h40
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Harry Morgan, James Stewart, Richard Boone
Roles Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
Rating75% 3.7962653.7962653.7962653.7962653.796265
An aging Books arrives in Carson City, Nevada on January 22, 1901. In a newspaper he reads that Great Britain's Queen Victoria has died. After a stranger calls him an "old man" and barks at him to get out of the way, Books laments that the Old West is dying too.
Nightmare Honeymoon, 1h35
Directed by Elliot Silverstein
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime
Actors Dack Rambo, John Beck, Bob Steele, Pat Hingle, Roy Jenson, David Huddleston
Roles Charlie
Rating44% 2.2379852.2379852.2379852.2379852.237985
Newlyweds David and Jill Webb (Dack Rambo and Rebecca Dianna Smith) want nothing more than to consummate their marriage in New Orleans. But on their way to “The Big Easy,” they witness a murder. And when the sadistic killer (John Beck) realizes he’s been caught in the act, he knocks David unconscious and rapes Jill. Eventually, David learns the story of his wife’s assault, and sets out on a relentless vendetta to find the rapist and his partner and bring them to justice.
Charley Varrick, 1h51
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Aviation films, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Walter Matthau, Andrew Robinson, Joe Don Baker, John Vernon, Felicia Farr, Jacqueline Scott
Roles Bank Guard (uncredited)
Rating74% 3.7480453.7480453.7480453.7480453.748045
Charley Varrick (Matthau) is a crop-duster and former stunt pilot. The aging trailer-park dweller has clearly not been too successful. Together with his wife Nadine and co-conspirators Al Dutcher and Harman Sullivan (Andrew Robinson), a heavily disguised Varrick robs a bank in the rural crossroads community of Tres Cruces, New Mexico. During the robbery, two policemen and Dutcher are killed. Nadine drives the get-away car and eludes the police, but she, too, has been mortally wounded. Varrick distracts the police by blowing up the getaway car with black powder and gasoline, with his wife's body inside. He and Sullivan escape.
Something Big, 1h48
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Dean Martin, Brian Keith, Carol White (actrice anglaise), Honor Blackman, Neve McIntosh, Ben Johnson
Roles Teamster #3
Rating56% 2.849312.849312.849312.849312.84931
Colonel Morgan learns from his Indian scout Bookbinder (Ben Johnson) that the notorious bandit Joe Baker (Dean Martin) is planning "something big" but is thwarted at learning details.
Skin Game
Skin Game (1971)
, 1h42
Directed by Gordon Douglas, Paul Bogart
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors James Garner, Louis Gossett Jr., Susan Clark, Edward Asnere, Brenda Sykes, Andrew Duggan
Roles Bidder (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.493493.493493.493493.493493.49349
Quincy Drew (Garner) and Jason O'Rourke (Gossett) travel from town to town in the south of the United States during the slavery era. Both men first meet when O'Rourke sells Drew a stolen horse belonging to the local Sheriff. They meet again by chance in jail after pulling various con jobs. (In comic relief they both pull out an Ace of Spades as they play cards.) They develop a con together in which Drew claims to be a down-on-his-luck slave owner who is selling O'Rourke as a slave. Drew gets the bidding rolling, sells O'Rourke, and the two later meet up to split the profit. O'Rourke was born a free man in New Jersey and is very well educated. The twist comes when O'Rourke is sold to a slave trader who is very savvy and intent on taking him down south to make a profit.
Rio Lobo
Rio Lobo (1970)
, 1h54
Directed by Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Political films
Actors John Wayne, Jennifer O'Neill, Jorge Rivero, Jack Elam, Christopher Mitchum, Victor French
Roles Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.347173.347173.347173.347173.34717
The film opens during the American Civil War. Col. Cord McNally (John Wayne) has instructions telegraphed to his close friend, Lt. Ned Forsythe (Peter Jason), in charge of the Union troops on a Union army payroll train. However, Confederates led by Capt. Pierre Cordona (Jorge Rivero) and Sgt. Tuscarora Phillips (Christopher Mitchum) hijack the train. They have an elegant plan of listening in on the telegraph wires, greasing the tracks to stop the train, disconnecting the payroll wagon from the engine so it would roll back down the hill, using a hornet's nest to force the Union guards to jump off the train, then catching the train with many ropes tied to trees. In the process, Lt. Forsythe is fatally injured.
The Great Bank Robbery, 1h38
Directed by Hy Averback
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Actors Zero Mostel, Kim Novak, Clint Walker, Claude Akins, Akim Tamiroff, Larry Storch
Roles First Guard
Rating56% 2.8076052.8076052.8076052.8076052.807605
Un faux prêtre et une fausse bonne sœur qui, accompagnés de faux moines, se retrouve confrontée à d'autres malfaiteurs lorsqu'ils tentent de braquer une banque.
The Great Bank Robbery, 1h38
Directed by Hy Averback
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Heist films
Actors Zero Mostel, Kim Novak, Clint Walker, Claude Akins, Akim Tamiroff, Larry Storch
Roles First Guard
Rating56% 2.8076052.8076052.8076052.8076052.807605
Gold stolen by outlaws is stashed in the impenetrable bank of Friendly, a small town in Texas. A preacher, Rev. Pious Blue, is actually a thief. He and his associates, including partner Lyda Kebanov, plan to tunnel into the vault and blow it up with TNT, just as a Fourth of July celebration drowns out the noise.
Hang 'em High, 1h54
Directed by Ted Post
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, Charles McGraw, Ben Johnson
Roles Jenkins
Rating69% 3.498173.498173.498173.498173.49817
The story is set in Oklahoma Territory in 1889. It opens with Jed Cooper driving a small herd of cattle across a stream. When the men in a posse ( Capt. Wilson (Ed Begley), Reno (Joseph Sirola), Miller (Bruce Dern), Jenkins (Bob Steele), Matt Stone (Alan Hale, Jr.), Charlie Blackfoot (Ned Romero), Maddow (Russell Thorson), Tommy (Jonathan Lippe) and Loomis (L. Q. Jones)) surround him and accuse him of rustling the herd, he shows them a receipt for the cattle, but the man he bought them from was a rustler who killed the herd's owners. Cooper explains that he knew nothing about the murder, but only Jenkins expresses doubts about his guilt. After Reno takes Cooper's saddle and Miller takes his wallet, the men hang him from a tree and ride away, leaving him for dead.
Shenandoah
Shenandoah (1965)
, 1h45
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors James Stewart, Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett, Patrick Wayne, Katharine Ross, Rosemary Forsyth
Roles Union Train Guard
Rating72% 3.645813.645813.645813.645813.64581
In the state of Virginia in 1864, during the American Civil War, family patriarch Charlie Anderson (James Stewart) and his six sons Jacob, John, James, Nathan, Henry, and Boy (who is 16) run the family farm, while his daughter Jennie (Rosemary Forsyth) and daughter-in-law Ann (Katharine Ross) take care of the housework. The family has no slaves. Though Charlie attends church weekly and considers himself a "God fearing" man, he doesn't give God credit for anything, but takes credit for himself especially during dinner prayer. He internally blames God for taking his wife from him. His family is constantly late for church and will force people out of their seats to make room for his family, much to the annoyance of the preacher and congregation.
Taggart
Taggart (1965)
, 1h25
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Genres Western
Actors Tony Young, Dan Duryea, David Carradine, Elsa Cárdenas, Jean Hale, Dick Foran
Roles Earl (uncredited)
Rating57% 2.8983552.8983552.8983552.8983552.898355
Kent Taggart appartient à une famille de pionniers ayant été assassinée sur l’ordre de Ben Blaser, tyran de la région, et ses hommes.
Town Tamer
Town Tamer (1965)
, 1h29
Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Dana Andrews, Terry Moore, Pat O'Brien, Lon Chaney, Jr., Bruce Cabot, Lyle Bettger
Roles Ken
Rating58% 2.9113152.9113152.9113152.9113152.911315
En 1879, Condor, patron des tripots, engage un tueur pour éliminer Tom Rosser, shérif d'une petite ville du Kansas. Mais l'assassin rate sa cible et tue la femme de Rosser. Bien décidé à prendre sa revanche, le shérif démissionne de ses fonctions et part à la recherche de Condor. Mais au même moment, le maire et le médecin lui demandent de débarrasser la ville des hors-la-loi...
Bullet for a Badman, 1h20
Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Darren McGavin, Ruta Lee, Beverley Owen, Skip Homeier, George Tobias
Roles Sheriff (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.1961253.1961253.1961253.1961253.196125
Logan Keliher, a retired Ranger, meets up with an old friend, Sam Ward, who has turned outlaw and is angry at Keliher for marrying his former wife. Ward and his gang rob a bank and Keliher goes to track him down.
4 for Texas, 1h50
Directed by Robert Aldrich, Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg, Ursula Andress, Charles Bronson, Victor Buono
Roles Bank Board Member
Rating54% 2.748932.748932.748932.748932.74893
In 1870, a shipment of $100,000 being transported by stagecoach to Galveston, Texas, is the object of a tug-of-war in the desert between Zack Thomas (Frank Sinatra) and Joe Jarrett (Dean Martin), who first must stave off an outlaw band led by Matson (Charles Bronson).