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William Steele is a Actor and Technical Supervisor American born on 28 march 1888 at San Antonio (USA)

William Steele

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Birth name William Anton Gittinger
Nationality USA
Birth 28 march 1888 at San Antonio (USA)
Death 13 february 1966 (at 77 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

William Anton Gittinger (March 28, 1888 – February 13, 1966), best known as William Steele, was an American actor of small roles in Westerns, particularly those of John Ford.

Although his screen credits and many records indicate a wide variety of names and spellings, Steele's own signatures on his military documents indicate that he was born William Anton Gittinger on March 28, 1888 (not 1889, as some sources have it) in San Antonio, Texas. Little is known of his life prior to his arrival in Los Angeles around 1910. As the film industry in Hollywood was just blossoming, and as he apparently had great experience with horses, Steele easily obtained work in quickie Westerns. He fought in Europe in World War I, then returned to Hollywood. While he was extremely inconsistent in the names he used, he worked consistently in Westerns throughout the silent era and up until the 1950s. His final appearance was as the wounded posse member Nesby in Ford's The Searchers in 1956, his tenth film for Ford. He died ten years later, not quite 78 years old. He was survived by his wife Josephine, an actress. He is buried under his birth name at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.

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Filmography of William Steele (54 films)

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Actor

The Searchers, 1h58
Directed by John Ford, Gary Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Natalie Wood, Ward Bond, John Qualen
Roles Nesby, wounded posse member (uncredited)
Rating77% 3.899153.899153.899153.899153.89915
It is 1868. Ethan Edwards (Wayne) returns after an eight-year absence to the home of his brother Aaron (Walter Coy) in the wilderness of West Texas. Ethan fought in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy, and in the three years since that war ended he apparently fought in the Mexican revolutionary war as well. He has a large quantity of gold coins of uncertain origin in his possession, and a medal from the Mexican campaign that he gives to his eight-year-old niece, Debbie (played as a child by Lana Wood). As a former Confederate soldier, he is asked to take an oath of allegiance to the Texas Rangers; he refuses. As Rev. Captain Samuel Clayton (Ward Bond) remarks, Ethan "fits a lot of descriptions".
Springfield Rifle, 1h29
Directed by André de Toth
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Gary Cooper, Phyllis Thaxter, David Brian, Paul Kelly, Lon Chaney, Jr., Philip Carey
Roles Trooper (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.294293.294293.294293.294293.29429
Charged with wartime cowardice, Major Lex Kearney is drummed out of the Union Army with a dishonorable discharge. His disgrace is complete, wife Erin even informing him that their ashamed son has run away.
Copper Canyon, 1h24
Directed by John Farrow, Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr, Jonathan Latimer
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr, Macdonald Carey, James Burke, Mona Freeman, Harry Carey, Jr.
Rating61% 3.091853.091853.091853.091853.09185
A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lane Travis. The miners ask stage sharpshooter Johnny Carter to help them, under the impression that he is the legendary Colonel Desmond. It seems they're wrong; but Johnny's show comes to Coppertown and Johnny romances lovely gambler Lisa Roselle, whom the miners believe is at the center of their troubles.
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, 1h43
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, Victor McLaglen, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey, Jr.
Roles Officer (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.596993.596993.596993.596993.59699
On the verge of his retirement at Fort Starke, a one-troop cavalry post, aging US Cavalry Captain Nathan Cutting Brittles (John Wayne) is given one last mission: to take his troop and deal with a breakout from the reservation by the Cheyenne and Arapaho following the defeat of George Armstrong Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
San Antonio, 1h49
Directed by David Butler, Raoul Walsh, Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Actors Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Victor Francen, Paul Kelly, S.Z. Sakall, John Litel
Rating62% 3.148213.148213.148213.148213.14821
Rustlers are running rampant in Texas, but at least one rancher, Charlie Bell, isn't pulling up stakes yet, particularly with the news that old friend Clay Hardin is en route from Mexico back home to San Antonio.
The Outlaw
The Outlaw (1943)
, 1h56
Directed by Howard Hawks, Howard Hughes, Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Gangster films
Actors Jack Buetel, Jane Russell, Walter Huston, Thomas Mitchell, Mimi Aguglia, Joe Sawyer
Roles Deputy (uncredited)
Rating54% 2.7020852.7020852.7020852.7020852.702085
Sheriff Pat Garrett (Thomas Mitchell) welcomes his old friend Doc Holliday (Walter Huston) to Lincoln, New Mexico. Doc is looking for his stolen horse and finds it in the possession of Billy the Kid (Jack Buetel). Despite this, the two gunfighters take a liking to each other, much to Pat's disgust. This does not prevent Doc from trying to steal the horse back late that night, but Billy is waiting for him outside the barn.
The Westerner, 1h40
Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Fred Stone, Doris Davenport, Forrest Tucker, Paul Hurst
Roles Tex Cole (uncredited)
Rating72% 3.6463953.6463953.6463953.6463953.646395
In 1882 the town of Vinegaroon, Texas is run by Judge Roy Bean (Walter Brennan) who calls himself "the only law west of the Pecos." Conducting his "trials" from his saloon, Bean makes a nice corrupt living collecting fines and seizing property unlawfully. Those who stand up to him are usually hanged—given what Bean calls "suspended sentences".
Destry Rides Again, 1h34
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Brian Donlevy, Charles Winninger, Una Merkel
Roles Cowboy (uncredited)
Rating75% 3.7960453.7960453.7960453.7960453.796045
Saloon owner Kent (Brian Donlevy), the unscrupulous boss of the fictional Western town of Bottleneck, has the town's Sheriff, Keogh, killed when the Sheriff asks one too many questions about a rigged poker game. Kent and "Frenchy" (Marlene Dietrich), his girlfriend and the dance hall queen, now have a stranglehold over the local cattle ranchers. The crooked town's mayor, Hiram J. Slade (Samuel S. Hinds), who is in collusion with Kent, appoints the town drunk, Washington Dimsdale (Charles Winninger), as the new sheriff, assuming that he'll be easy to control and manipulate. But what the mayor doesn't know is that Dimsdale was a deputy under the famous lawman, Tom Destry and is able to call upon the equally formidable Tom Destry, Jr. (James Stewart) to help him make Bottleneck a lawful, respectable town.
Marie Antoinette, 2h29
Directed by Jacques Tourneur, W. S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Marie-Antoinette, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Histoire de France, French Revolution films, Films about royalty
Actors Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley, Anita Louise, Joseph Schildkraut
Roles Footman (uncredited)
Rating72% 3.6439753.6439753.6439753.6439753.643975
In Vienna, 15-year-old Marie Antoinette (Norma Shearer) is informed by her mother, Empress Marie Therese of Austria (Alma Kruger), that Marie is to marry the future King of France, the Dauphin Louis XVI (Robert Morley). The young princess is excited to meet her future husband and live as a queen, but the Dauphin she married is actually a shy man, more at home with locksmithing than attending parties at the court at Versailles. After they are married, Marie tries desperately to please her husband, and after some trepidation, the Dauphin realizes he can trust Marie and tells her he cannot produce heirs. Without children to occupy her time and attention, Marie is bored and associates with the power-hungry Duc d'Orleans (Joseph Schildkraut), even though the Dauphin does not like him.
The Red Rider, 5h10
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Buck Jones, Grant Withers, Marion Shilling, Walter Miller, Richard Cramer, Charles K. French
Roles Townsman
Rating67% 3.35043.35043.35043.35043.3504
Le shérif de Sun Dog, Red Davison, sacrifie son travail et sa réputation d'homme intègre pour sauver son ami, Slade Silent, de la potence pour l'assassinat de Scott McKee. Davison le fait évader de prison, et tout deux commencent un long périple semé d'embûches pour trouver le vrai meurtrier.
Doughboys
Doughboys (1930)
, 1h19
Directed by Edward Sedgwick
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Buster Keaton, Sidney Bracey, Sally Eilers, Cliff Edwards, Edward Brophy, Tiny Sandford
Roles Lt. Randolph
Rating57% 2.8544952.8544952.8544952.8544952.854495
Elmer (Keaton), a member of the idle rich, is smitten by working girl Mary (Sally Eilers), who will have nothing to do with him. When Elmer's chauffeur gets caught up in an army recruitment drive and quits, Elmer goes to an employment agency to find a new driver and accidentally enlists in the army. Elmer learns that Mary is on the base to entertain the troops and learns that his drill sergeant, Brophy (Edward Brophy), is also interested in Mary.