Bob Steele

About

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.                                          Bob Steele (January 23, 1907 - December 21, 1988) was an American actor. He was born Robert Adrian Bradbury in Portland, Oregon, into a vaudeville family. After years of touring, the family settled down in Hollywood in the late 1910s, where his father, Robert N. Bradbury, soon found work in the movies, first as an actor, later as a director, and by 1920, he hired Bob and his twin brother Bill (1907–1971) as juvenile leads for a series of adventure movies entitled "The Adventures of Bob and Bill". Bob'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. Bob—who was rechristened Bob Steele at FBO—soon made a name for himself, and in the late 1920s, 1930s and 1940s starred in B-Westerns for almost every...

Known for

Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957MaverickSeries • 1957CheyenneSeries • 1955RawhideSeries • 1959The Life and Legend of Wyatt EarpSeries • 1955LawmanSeries • 1958GunsmokeSeries • 1955Family AffairSeries • 1966F TroopSeries • 1965The TexanSeries • 1958SugarfootSeries • 1957The RebelSeries • 1959Screen Director's PlayhouseSeries • 1955The Wonderful World of DisneySeries • 1954Then Came BronsonSeries • 1969Rio BravoMovie • 1959The Big SleepMovie • 1946Hang 'em HighMovie • 1968The ComancherosMovie • 1961McLintock!Movie • 1963The ShootistMovie • 1976Rio LoboMovie • 1970No Name on the BulletMovie • 1959Pork Chop HillMovie • 1959