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 as juvenile leads for a series of adventure movies entitled "The Adventures of Bob and Bill".

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  • 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 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 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 like the John Steinbeck adaptation Of Mice and Men from 1939. In the 1940s, Bob's career as a cowboy hero was on the decline, but he kept himself working by accepting supporting roles in many big movies like Howard Hawks' The Big Sleep, or the John Wayne vehicles Island in the Sky, Rio Bravo and Rio Lobo. Besides these he also made occasional appearances in science fiction films like Atomic Submarine and Giant from the Unknown and did lots of television work, culminating in a regular supporting role in the army comedy F Troop (1965 - 1967), which allowed him to show his comic talent. Steele played the character of Trooper Duffy who claimed to have been "shoulder to shoulder with Davy Crockett at the Alamo"; in fact Steele played in With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo in 1926. Bob Steele died on December 21, 1988 from emphysema after a long sickness.
  • Bob Steele, né Robert Adrian Bradbury le 23 janvier 1907 et mort le 21 décembre 1988, est un acteur américain. Il est né à Portland dans une famille du music-hall. Après des années de nomadisme, la famille s'installe à Hollywood à la fin des années 1910, où son père, Robert N. Bradbury, trouve du travail dans le cinéma, d'abord comme acteur puis comme réalisateur. En 1920, il engage Bob et son frère jumeau Bill comme jeunes premiers rôles pour une série de films d'aventures : The Adventures of Bob and Bill. La carrière de Bob prend pour de bon son envol en 1927, lorsqu'il est engagé par le studio de production Film Booking Offices of America pour être la vedette d'une série de westerns. Bob – qui est rebaptisé Bob Steele à la FBO – se fait vite un nom, et dans les années 1930 et 1940 il joue dans des westerns B pour quasiment tous les studios à petits budgets tels que Monogram Pictures, Supreme, Tiffany, Syndicate, Republic Pictures (dont plusieurs films de la série The Three Mesquiteers) et Producers Releasing Corporation (dont les premiers films de leur série sur Billy the Kid). Il a parfois eu un rôle dans un film de série A comme Des souris et des hommes (1939) adapté du roman de John Steinbeck. Dans les années 1940, la carrière de Bob comme héros cow-boy est sur le déclin, mais il continue à travailler en acceptant des rôles mineurs dans beaucoup de gros films comme Le Grand Sommeil (1946) d'Howard Hawks ou les succès de John Wayne Aventure dans le Grand Nord (1953), Rio Bravo (1959) et Rio Lobo (1970). D'autre part il est aussi apparu occasionnellement dans des films de science-fiction comme The Atomic Submarine (1959) et Giant From the Unknown (1958) et il a fait beaucoup de télévision, notamment un second rôle régulier dans la comédie militaire F Troop (1965 – 1967), qui lui a permis de montrer ses talents comiques. Steele jouait le personnage de Trooper Duffy qui prétend avoir été « côte à côte avec Davy Crockett à Alamo »; en fait Steele avait joué dans Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo (1926). Bob Steele est mort le 21 décembre 1988 d'un emphysème après une longue maladie.
  • Bob Steele, cujo verdadeiro nome era Robert Adrian Bradbury, Jr. foi um ator estadunidense, conhecido pelos seus papéis de cowboy em inúmeros filmes do gênero faroeste, desde a época do cinema mudo.
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  • 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 as juvenile leads for a series of adventure movies entitled "The Adventures of Bob and Bill".
  • Bob Steele, né Robert Adrian Bradbury le 23 janvier 1907 et mort le 21 décembre 1988, est un acteur américain. Il est né à Portland dans une famille du music-hall. Après des années de nomadisme, la famille s'installe à Hollywood à la fin des années 1910, où son père, Robert N. Bradbury, trouve du travail dans le cinéma, d'abord comme acteur puis comme réalisateur.
  • Bob Steele, cujo verdadeiro nome era Robert Adrian Bradbury, Jr. foi um ator estadunidense, conhecido pelos seus papéis de cowboy em inúmeros filmes do gênero faroeste, desde a época do cinema mudo.
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