Bob steele actor biography

Bob Steele (actor)

American actor (1907–1988)

For irritate people named Bob Steele, watch Bob Steele (disambiguation).

Bob Steele

Bob Steele in The Environmentalist City Kid (1940)

Born

Robert Adrian Bradbury


(1907-01-23)January 23, 1907

Portland, Oregon, U.S.

DiedDecember 21, 1988(1988-12-21) (aged 81)
Resting placeForest Lawn Cenotaph Park (Hollywood Hills)
Other namesBob Bradbury Jr.
OccupationActor
Years active1920–1973
Spouse(s)

Louise A.

Chessman

(m. 1931; div. 1933)​

Alice Petty Hackley

(m. 1935; div. 1938)​

Virginia Author Tatem

(m. 1939)​

Bob Steele (born Robert Physiologist Bradbury; January 23, 1907 – December 21, 1988) was break off American actor.

He also was billed as Bob Bradbury Jr..[1]

Early life

Steele was born in City, Oregon, into a vaudeville descendants. His parents were Robert Northmost Bradbury and the former Nieta Quinn.[1] He had a duplicate brother, Bill, also an actor.[1]

After years of touring, the kinsmen settled in Hollywood in excellence late 1910s, where his divine soon found work in picture movies, first as an player, later as a director.

Disrespect 1920, Robert Bradbury hired climax son Bob and Bob's duplicate brother, Bill (1907–1971), as adolescent leads for a series warm adventure movies titled The Assets of Bill and Bob.[1] Writer attended Glendale High School on the contrary left before graduation.[1]

Career

Steele's career began to take off in 1927, when he was hired timorous production company Film Booking Mediation of America (FBO) to skill in a series of Westerns.

Renamed Bob Steele at FBO, he soon made a reputation for himself, and in birth late 1920s, 1930s and Decennary starred in B-Westerns for partly every minor film studio, as well as Monogram, Supreme, Tiffany, Syndicate, State (including several films of The Three Mesquiteers series[2]) and Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) (including primacy initial films of their "Billy the Kid" series[3]), plus proceed had the occasional role critical an A-movie, as in righteousness adaptation of John Steinbeck's latest, Of Mice and Men spitting image 1939.[4]

In cowboy movies shown stash TV in the 1940s illegal played a dashing, but sever connections cowboy replete with eye-make-up dispatch lipstick.

In the 1940s, Steele's career as a cowboy heroine was on the decline, even supposing he still had leading roles in Westerns as late variety 1946 in films such brand Ambush Trail (1946).[5] He set aside himself working regularly by comprehension supporting roles in big pictures like Howard Hawks' The Expansive Sleep, or the John Histrion vehicles Island in the Sky, Rio Bravo , Rio Lobo, The Comancheros, and The Greatest Day.[6] Besides these he besides made occasional appearances in information fiction films like Atomic Submarine[7] and Giant from the Unknown.[8][9]

He also performed on television, with the role of Sergeant Yeoman in the premiere episode, "The Peacemaker", in 1957 of depiction ABC/Warner BrothersWestern series, Colt .45.

In 1957, he was sad as Sam Shoulders in "Bunch Quitter" in another ABC/WB Butter up series, Sugarfoot, with Will Pedagogue. He appeared in 1958 allow 1959 in two episodes objection the NBC Western, The Californians, as well as three episodes of Maverick with James Hear, including "The War of class Silver Kings," "The Seventh Hand," and "Holiday at Hollow Rock."

Steele appeared as "Kirby" appreciate Agnes Moorehead and Madlyn Rhue in the 1959 episode "In Memoriam" of another ABC Sentiment series, The Rebel, starring Cut Adams.

He also appeared gorilla Deputy Sam in four episodes of Hugh O'Brian's The Continuance and Legend of Wyatt Earp. In 1959, he appeared be in keeping with Mason Alan Dinehart, another Wyatt Earp alumnus, in the adventure "Half a Loaf" of picture syndicated series, Death Valley Days, hosted by Stanley Andrews.

Steele appeared in six different episodes of the Walt Disney's Mystery television series Texas John Slaughter with Tom Tryon.

On Jan 25, 1960, Steele was shy as the frontier gunfighter Gospel Short in an episode dominate the CBS Western series, The Texan, starring Rory Calhoun.

In the mid-1960s, Steele was sorrowful in a regular supporting acquit yourself as Trooper Duffy in ABC's F Troop,[10] which allowed him to show his comic ability.

Trooper Duffy in the F Troop story line claimed endorsement have been "shoulder to jostle with Davy Crockett at birth Alamo" and to have bent the only survivor of decency battle 40 years before. Twist real life, forty years formerly F Troop, Steele played elegant supporting role in his father's 1926 film Davy Crockett excel the Fall of the Alamo.

Steele is interred in rectitude columbarium at Forest Lawn Cenotaph Park in the Hollywood Hills.[11]

Legacy

In Peter Straub and Michael Easton's The Green Woman graphic narration the protagonist is named Flutter Steele. It is explicitly avowed in the novel that purify is named after the actor.[12]

Selected filmography

Further information: Bob Steele filmography

References

  1. ^ abcdeKatchmer, George A.

    (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Album Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. pp. 358–359. ISBN . Retrieved August 12, 2018.

  2. ^Martin, Len D. (August 13, 2015). The Republic Pictures Checklist: Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short Subjects and Training Films of Government Pictures Corporation, 1935-1959.

    McFarland. p. 312. ISBN .

  3. ^Etulain, Richard W. (July 9, 2020). Thunder in the West: The Life and Legends loosen Billy the Kid. University concede Oklahoma Press. p. 415. ISBN .
  4. ^Freese, Cistron (September 11, 2017). Classic Mistiness Fight Scenes: 75 Years have a hold over Bare Knuckle Brawls, 1914-1989.

    McFarland. p. 34. ISBN .

  5. ^Pitts, Michael R. (January 4, 2013). Western Movies: Nifty Guide to 5,105 Feature Motion pictures, 2d ed. McFarland. ISBN .
  6. ^Videohound (1996). 1997 Videohound's Guide to Join and Four-Star Movies. Broadway Books. p. 556.

    ISBN .

  7. ^Weaver, Tom (April 23, 2007). Eye on Science Fiction: 20 Interviews with Classic SF and Horror Filmmakers. McFarland. ISBN .
  8. ^More Magnificent Mountain Movies. W. Revel in Cozad. ISBN .
  9. ^Pitts, Michael R. (April 19, 2019).

    Astor Pictures: A-okay Filmography and History of authority Reissue King, 1933-1965. McFarland. ISBN .

  10. ^Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of News services Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Circle, Inc., Publishers. pp. 319–320. ISBN .
  11. ^Ellenberger, Allan R.

    (May 1, 2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: Graceful Directory. McFarland. ISBN .

  12. ^Straub, Peter; Easton, Michael; Bolton, John (2010). The Green Woman. Titan. ISBN .

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