# Bob Steele filmography

American actor Bob Steele (Robert North Bradbury Jr. January 23, 1907 – December 21, 1988), and his twin brother Bill were the sons of film director Robert N. Bradbury. 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. During his career of more than 100 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 20 of the Three Mesquiteers serials produced by Republic Pictures. He became familiar to America's television audiences for his recurring role as Trooper Duffy in the comedy series F Troop.

## Filmography

Feature length and short subject films of Bob Steele :
| Title | Year | Role | Notes |
| Human Desire | 1919 | Jasper Norton | Silent film Louis B. Mayer Pictures |
| The Adventures of Bill and Bob | 1920 | Bob | as Bob Bradbury Jr. |
| Trapping the Wildcat | 1921 | | Short |
| Outwitting the Timber Wolf | 1921 | | Short |
| Catching a Coon | 1921 | Bob | as Bob Bradbury Jr. |
| The Fox | 1921 | | Short |
| The American Badger | 1921 | Bob | Short as Bob Bradbury Jr. |
| The Mountain Lion | 1921 | | Short |
| The Civet Cat | 1921 | Bob | Short as Bob Bradbury Jr. |
| The Skunk | 1921 | | Short as Robert Bradbury Jr. |
| A Day in the Wilds | 1921 | Bob | Short as Bob Bradbury Jr. |
| Trailing the Coyote | 1921 | Bob | Short as Bob Bradbury Jr. |
| Dangerous Trails | 1922 | Bob | Short as Bob Bradbury Jr. |
| Mysterious Tracks | 1922 | | Short as Bob Bradbury Jr. |
| The Opossum | 1922 | | Short as Bob Bradbury Jr. |
| Just Plain Folks | 1925 | | as Bob Bradbury |
| Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness | 1926 | Jim Bryan | as Bob Bradbury Jr. |
| Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo | 1926 | "Pinky" Smith | as Bob Bradbury Jr, Sunset Productions |
| The College Boob | 1926 | Shorty Buzelle | as Bob Bradbury Jr. Harry Garson Productions |
| Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre | 1927 | Bob Keefe | as Bob Bradbury Jr. Sunset Productions |
| The Mojave Kid | 1927 | Bob Saunders | Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation |
| The Bandit's Son | 1927 | Bob McCall | F.B.O. Productions, Inc. |
| Driftin' Sands | 1928 | Driftin' Sands | F.B.O. Productions, Inc. |
| Sliding Home | 1928 | Student | Short, (credited as Robert Bradbury Jr.) |
| The Ridin' Renegade | 1928 | Bob Taylor | F.B.O. Productions, Inc. |
| Breed of the Sunsets | 1928 | Jim Collins | F.B.O. Productions, Inc. |
| Man in the Rough | 1928 | Bruce Sherwood | F.B.O. Productions, Inc. |
| Trail of Courage | 1928 | Tex Reeves | F.B.O. Productions, Inc. |
| Captain Careless | 1928 | Bob Gordon | F.B.O. Productions, Inc. |
| Lightning Speed | 1928 | Jack | F.B.O. Productions, Inc. |
| Headin' for Danger | 1928 | Jimmy Marshall | F.B.O. Productions, Inc. |
| Come and Get It! | 1929 | Breezy Smith | RKO Pictures |
| The Amazing Vagabond | 1929 | Jimmy Hobbs | F.B.O. Productions, Inc. |
| Laughing at Death | 1929 | Bob Thornton | F.B.O. Productions, Inc. |
| The Cowboy and the Outlaw | 1929 | George Hardcastle | Big Productions Film Corp. |
| The Invaders | 1929 | | Big Productions Film Corp. |
| A Texas Cowboy | 1929 | Dick Carlysle | Big Productions Film Corp. |
| Breezy Bill | 1930 | Breezy Bill | Big Productions Film Corp. |
| Hunted Men | 1930 | Dick Stockdale | Big Productions Film Corp. |
| The Man from Nowhere | 1930 | Terry Norton | Big Productions Film Corp. |
| Western Honor | 1930 | Bob | |
| Near the Rainbow's End | 1930 | Jim Bledsoe | Trem Carr Productions |
| The Oklahoma Sheriff | 1930 | | Big Productions Film Corp. |
| The Oklahoma Cyclone | 1930 | Oklahoma Cyclone | Trem Carr Productions |
| The Land of Missing Men | 1930 | Steve O'Neil | Trem Carr Productions |
| Headin' North | 1930 | Jim Curtis | Trem Carr Productions |
| Sunrise Trail | 1931 | Texas, a.k.a. Tex | |
| The Ridin' Fool | 1931 | Steve Kendall | Tiffany Pictures |
| Near the Trail's End | 1931 | Marshal Johnny Day | Tiffany Pictures |
| The Nevada Buckaroo | 1931 | Buck Hurley, known as The Nevada Kid | |
| South of Santa Fe | 1932 | Tom | Trem Carr Pictures, Ltd |
| Law of the West | 1932 | Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan | Trem Carr Pictures, Ltd |
| Riders of the Desert | 1932 | Bob Houston | Trem Carr Pictures, Ltd |
| The Man from Hell's Edges | 1932 | Bob Williams a.k.a. "Flash" Manning | Trem Carr Pictures, Ltd |
| Son of Oklahoma | 1932 | Dan Clayton | Trem Carr Pictures, Ltd |
| Hidden Valley | 1932 | Bob Harding | Monogram Pictures |
| Texas Buddies | 1932 | Ted Garner | Trem Carr Pictures, Ltd |
| Young Blood | 1932 | Nick a.k.a. The Kid a.k.a. Lola | Trem Carr Pictures, Ltd |
| The Fighting Champ | 1932 | "Brick" Loring | Monogram Pictures |
| Breed of the Border | 1933 | "Speed" Brent | Monogram Pictures |
| Trailing North | 1933 | Lee Evans | Monogram Pictures |
| The Gallant Fool | 1933 | Kit Denton | Monogram Pictures |
| Galloping Romeo | 1933 | Bob Rivers | Monogram Pictures |
| Ranger's Code | 1933 | Bob Baxter | Monogram Pictures |
| The Mystery Squadron | 1933 | Fred Cromwell | Mascot Pictures |
| A Demon for Trouble | 1934 | Bob Worth | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| The Brand of Hate | 1934 | Rod Camp | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Western Justice | 1935 | Jim, alias Ace | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Kid Courageous | 1935 | Bob Bannister | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Big Calibre | 1935 | Bob Neal | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Smokey Smith | 1935 | Smokey Smith | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Tombstone Terror | 1935 | Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| No Man's Range | 1935 | Jim Hale | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Powdersmoke Range | 1935 | Guadalupe Kid | RKO Pictures |
| The Rider of the Law | 1935 | Bob Marlow | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Alias John Law | 1935 | Everett Tarkington "John" Clark | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Trail of Terror | 1935 | Jim Wilson, posing as Spike Manning | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| The Kid Ranger | 1935 | Ray Burton | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Sundown Saunders | 1936 | Jim Sundown Saunders | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Last of the Warrens | 1936 | Ted Warren | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| The Law Rides | 1936 | Bruce Conway | Reliable Pictures |
| Brand of the Outlaws | 1936 | | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Cavalry | 1936 | Captain Ted Thorne | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| The Gun Ranger | 1936 | Dan Larson | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Lightnin' Crandall | 1937 | Bob Crandall, a.k.a. Lightnin' Crandall | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| The Trusted Outlaw | 1937 | Dan Ward | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin | 1937 | Dan Stockton | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Border Phantom | 1937 | Larry O'Day | Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Doomed at Sundown | 1937 | Dave Austin | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| The Red Rope | 1937 | Tom Shaw | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Ridin' the Lone Trail | 1937 | Bob McArthur | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Arizona Gunfighter | 1937 | Colt Ferron ("The Arizona Gunfighter") | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| The Colorado Kid | 1937 | Colorado Kid | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Paroled - To Die | 1938 | Doug Redfern | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Thunder in the Desert | 1938 | Bob Radford | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| The Feud Maker | 1938 | Texas Ryan a.k.a. Wind River Kid | Republic Pictures |
| Desert Patrol | 1938 | Dave Austin | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Durango Valley Raiders | 1938 | Keene Cordner | Supreme Pictures Corp. |
| Feud of the Range | 1939 | Bob Gray | Metropolitan Pictures Corp. |
| Smoky Trails | 1939 | Bob Archer | Metropolitan Pictures Corp. |
| Mesquite Buckaroo | 1939 | Bob Allen | Metropolitan Pictures Corp. |
| Riders of the Sage | 1939 | Bob Burke | Metropolitan Pictures Corp. |
| The Pal from Texas | 1939 | Bob Barton | Metropolitan Pictures Corp. |
| El Diablo Rides | 1939 | Bob | Metropolitan Pictures Corp. |
| Of Mice and Men | 1939 | Curley Jackson | Hal Roach Studios |
| Wild Horse Valley | 1940 | Bob Evans | Metropolitan Pictures Corp. |
| Pinto Canyon | 1940 | Sheriff Bob Hall | Metropolitan Pictures |
| The Carson City Kid | 1940 | Lee Jessup / Morgan Reynolds | Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Billy the Kid Outlawed | 1940 | Billy the Kid | Sigmund Neufeld Productions |
| Under Texas Skies | 1940 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Billy the Kid in Texas | 1940 | Billy the Kid | Producers Releasing Corporation |
| The Trail Blazers | 1940 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Lone Star Raiders | 1940 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Billy the Kid's Gun Justice | 1940 | Billy the Kid | Sigmund Neufeld Productions |
| Billy the Kid's Range War | 1941 | Billy the Kid | a.k.a. Texas Trouble Producers Releasing Corporation |
| Prairie Pioneers | 1941 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| The Great Train Robbery | 1941 | Tom Logan | Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Pals of the Pecos | 1941 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals | 1941 | Billy the Kid | Producers Releasing Corporation |
| Saddlemates | 1941 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Gangs of Sonora | 1941 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Billy the Kid in Santa Fe | 1941 | Billy the Kid | Producers Releasing Corporation |
| Outlaws of Cherokee Trail | 1941 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Gauchos of El Dorado | 1941 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| West of Cimarron | 1941 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Code of the Outlaw | 1942 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Raiders of the Range | 1942 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Westward Ho | 1942 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| The Phantom Plainsmen | 1942 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Shadows on the Sage | 1942 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Valley of Hunted Men | 1942 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Thundering Trails | 1943 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| The Blocked Trail | 1943 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Santa Fe Scouts | 1943 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Riders of the Rio Grande | 1943 | Tucson Smith | The Three Mesquiteers series Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Revenge of the Zombies | 1943 | United States Agent | Monogram Pictures |
| Death Valley Rangers | 1943 | Himself | Monogram Pictures |
| Westward Bound | 1944 | Himself | Monogram Pictures |
| Arizona Whirlwind | 1944 | Himself | Monogram Pictures |
| Outlaw Trail | 1944 | Himself | Monogram Pictures |
| Sonora Stagecoach | 1944 | Himself | Monogram Pictures |
| Marked Trails | 1944 | Bob Stevens aka Cheyenne | Monogram Pictures |
| The Utah Kid | 1944 | Bob Roberts | Monogram Pictures |
| Trigger Law | 1944 | Himself | Monogram Pictures |
| Wildfire | 1945 | Happy Hay | Action Pictures |
| Navajo Kid | 1945 | Tom Kirk a.k.a. The Navajo Kid | Alexander-Stern Productions |
| Northwest Trail | 1945 | Trooper Matt O'Brien | Action Pictures |
| Six Gun Man | 1946 | Bob "Stormy" Storm | Producers Releasing Corporation |
| Ambush Trail | 1946 | Curley Thompson | Producers Releasing Corporation |
| Sheriff of Redwood Valley | 1946 | The Reno Kid | Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Thunder Town | 1946 | Jim Brandon | Producers Releasing Corporation |
| The Big Sleep | 1946 | Lash Canino | Warner Bros. Preserved at the UCLA Film & Television Archive |
| Rio Grande Raiders | 1946 | Jeff Carson | Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Twilight on the Rio Grande | 1947 | Dusty Morgan | Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Cheyenne | 1947 | Bucky | Warner Bros. |
| Exposed | 1947 | Chicago | Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Killer McCoy | 1947 | Sailor Graves | MGM |
| Bandits of Dark Canyon | 1947 | Ed Archer | Republic Pictures Corp. |
| South of St. Louis | 1949 | Slim Hansen | United States Pictures |
| The Savage Horde | 1950 | Dancer (Proctor's hired gunman) | Republic Pictures Corp. |
| The Enforcer | 1951 | Herman | United States Pictures |
| Silver Canyon | 1951 | Walt Middler | Gene Autry Productions |
| Fort Worth | 1951 | Shorty | Warner Bros. |
| Cattle Drive | 1951 | Charlie Morgan a.k.a. Careless | Universal Pictures |
| Rose of Cimarron | 1952 | Rio | Alco Pictures Corp. |
| Bugles in the Afternoon | 1952 | Horseman (uncredited) | Cagney Productions, Inc. |
| The Lion and the Horse | 1952 | Matt Jennings | Warner Bros. |
| San Antone | 1953 | Bob Coolidge | Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Savage Frontier | 1953 | Sam Webb | Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Column South | 1953 | Sgt. "Mac" McAfee | Universal Pictures |
| Island in the Sky | 1953 | Wilson, Moon's radioman | Wayne-Fellows Productions, Inc. |
| Drums Across the River | 1954 | Billy Costa | Universal Pictures |
| The Outcast | 1954 | Dude Rankin | Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Last of the Desperados | 1955 | Charlie Bowdre | Sigmund Neufeld Productions, Inc. |
| The Fighting Chance | 1955 | Curly, a Jockey | Republic Pictures Corp. |
| The Spoilers | 1955 | Miner | Universal Pictures |
| The Steel Jungle | 1956 | Dan Bucci | Warner Bros. |
| Pardners | 1956 | Shorty | |
| Duel at Apache Wells | 1957 | Joe Dunn | Republic Pictures Corp. |
| Gun for a Coward | 1957 | Durkee | Universal Pictures |
| Band of Angels | 1957 | Union Private (uncredited) | Warner Bros. |
| The Parson and the Outlaw | 1957 | Ace Jardine | R. G. Productions |
| Decision at Sundown | 1957 | Irv, Deputy Sheriff (uncredited) | Producer-Actor Corporation Scott-Brown Productions |
| Giant from the Unknown | 1958 | Sheriff Parker | |
| The Bonnie Parker Story | 1958 | Armored Truck Guard (uncredited) | |
| Once Upon a Horse... | 1958 | Himself | Universal Pictures |
| Ride a Crooked Trail | 1958 | Jud Blunt, Bearded man (uncredited) being questioned by Judge Kyle | |
| No Name on the Bullet | 1959 | Poker Player (uncredited) | Universal Pictures |
| Rio Bravo | 1959 | Matt Harris, Burdette Gunman | |
| Pork Chop Hill | 1959 | Col. Kern | Sy Bartlett |
| The Atomic Submarine | 1959 | Chief Petty Officer "Grif" Griffin | Gorham Productions, Inc |
| Hell Bent for Leather | 1960 | Jared | Universal Pictures |
| The Comancheros | 1961 | Pa Schofield (uncredited) | 20th Century Fox |
| Six Black Horses | 1962 | Puncher | Universal Pictures |
| The Wild Westerners | 1962 | Deputy Marshal Casey Banner | Four Leaf Productions |
| The Longest Day | 1962 | Paratrooper (uncredited) | |
| Showdown | 1963 | Poker Player (uncredited) | |
| Wall of Noise | 1963 | Trainer (uncredited) | |
| McLintock! | 1963 | Train Engineer | |
| 4 for Texas | 1963 | Bank board member | |
| Bullet for a Badman | 1964 | Sheriff (uncredited) | Universal Pictures |
| Taggart | 1964 | Earl, Cook (uncredited) | Universal Pictures |
| Shenandoah | 1965 | Union Train Guard (uncredited) | |
| Requiem for a Gunfighter | 1965 | Max Smith | Premiere Productions |
| Town Tamer | 1965 | Ken, Vigilante | A.C. Lyles Productions |
| The Bounty Killer | 1965 | Red, Henchman | |
| Hang 'Em High | 1968 | Jenkins, Cooper Hanging Party | United Artists |
| The Great Bank Robbery | 1969 | Duffy (bank guard no. 1 | Warner Bros. |
| Rio Lobo | 1970 | Rio Lobo Deputy | Batjac Productions |
| Skin Game | 1971 | Uncredited | Warner Bros. |
| Something Big | 1971 | Teamster no. 3 | National General Pictures |
| Charley Varrick | 1973 | Brindle | Universal Pictures |
| Nightmare Honeymoon | 1974 | Charlie | MGM |

## Television

Television credits of Bob Steele :
| Program | Air date | Role | Notes |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | 1955 | Deputy Dodd | Arroyo, 26 October 1955 |
| F Troop | 1965–1967 | Trooper Duffy | TV series |
| Doc | 1969 | Toby | TV movie |