Portrait of Bob Steele

Acting

Bob Steele

Career

Active from 1920 to 1965, busiest in 1921 with 13 main titles.

Leading roles
144
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 58 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Bob Steele Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.1, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    4.0, average 5.5
  • Uncanny
    1.2, average 2.5
  • Cringe Humor
    0.9, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Western 33
  • Good vs Evil 12
  • Historical Setting 11
  • Action-Packed 8
  • Good vs. Evil 7
  • Nostalgic 6
  • Frontier Justice 5
  • Early Cinema 4
  • B-Movie 4
  • Simple Morality 4
  • Black and White 4
  • Outlaw Justice 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

228
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

7 titles ยท average score 56
The Shootist
The Shootist (1976)
GoodWatch score 77

as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)

as (archive footage)

Nightmare Honeymoon
Nightmare Honeymoon (1974)
GoodWatch score 33

as Charlie

Charley Varrick
Charley Varrick (1973)
GoodWatch score 68

as Bank Guard (uncredited)

Something Big
Something Big (1971)
GoodWatch score 33

as Teamster #3

Skin Game
Skin Game (1971)
GoodWatch score 61

as Bidder (uncredited)

Rio Lobo
Rio Lobo (1970)
GoodWatch score 64

as Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)

1960s

21 titles ยท average score 57
Then Came Bronson
Then Came Bronson (1969)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Clay Turner

Hang 'em High
Hang 'em High (1968)
GoodWatch score 73

as Jenkins

Family Affair
Family Affair (1966)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show

F Troop
F Troop (1965)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show ยท as Trooper Duffy

Shenandoah
Shenandoah (1965)
GoodWatch score 74

as Union Train Guard

Taggart
Taggart (1965)
GoodWatch score 56

as Earl (uncredited)

Bullet for a Badman
Bullet for a Badman (1964)
GoodWatch score 62

as Sheriff (uncredited)

McLintock!
McLintock! (1963)
GoodWatch score 56

as Train Engineer

4 for Texas
4 for Texas (1963)
GoodWatch score 29

as Bank Board Member

Six Black Horses
Six Black Horses (1962)
GoodWatch score 62

as Puncher

The Comancheros
The Comancheros (1961)
GoodWatch score 66

as Pa Schofield (uncredited)

National Velvet
National Velvet (1960)

TV show ยท as Clive

1950s

43 titles ยท average score 64
Pork Chop Hill
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
GoodWatch score 78

as Col. Kern

The Atomic Submarine
The Atomic Submarine (1959)
GoodWatch score 44

as "Grif" Griffin

Rawhide
Rawhide (1959)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Deputy Art Gray

Giant from the Unknown
Giant from the Unknown (1958)
GoodWatch score 35

as Sheriff Parker

Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Jockey

Maverick
Maverick (1957)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Wells / Walter Jackson

Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke (1955)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Sam Gordon / Coe

Cheyenne
Cheyenne (1955)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Dugan

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Deputy Marshal Sam (uncredited) / Deputy Marshal Sam

The Lion and the Horse
The Lion and the Horse (1952)

as Matt Jennings

Cattle Drive
Cattle Drive (1951)
GoodWatch score 53

as Charlie "Careless" Morgan

The Savage Horde
The Savage Horde (1950)

as Dancer

1940s

55 titles ยท average score 62
Thunder Town
Thunder Town (1946)

as Jim Brandon

Six Gun Man
Six Gun Man (1946)

as Stormy Storm

Sonora Stagecoach
Sonora Stagecoach (1944)

as Bob Steele

Arizona Whirlwind
Arizona Whirlwind (1944)

as Bob Steele

Death Valley Rangers
Death Valley Rangers (1943)

as Bob Steele

Santa Fe Scouts
Santa Fe Scouts (1943)

as Tucson Smith

Valley of Hunted Men
Valley of Hunted Men (1942)

as Tucson Smith

Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals (1941)

as Billy the Kid

Pals of the Pecos
Pals of the Pecos (1941)

as Tucson Smith

The Great Train Robbery
The Great Train Robbery (1941)

as Tom Logan

The Carson City Kid
The Carson City Kid (1940)
GoodWatch score 61

as Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds

Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940)

as Billy the Kid

1930s

67 titles ยท average score 85
Desert Patrol
Desert Patrol (1938)

as Dave Austin

Lightnin' Crandall
Lightnin' Crandall (1937)

as Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall

Colorado Kid
Colorado Kid (1937)

as Colorado Kid

Last of the Warrens
Last of the Warrens (1936)

as Ted Warren

The Rider of the Law
The Rider of the Law (1935)

as Bob Marlow

No Man's Range
No Man's Range (1935)

as Jim Hale

Trail of Terror
Trail of Terror (1935)

as Spike Manning

Trailing North
Trailing North (1933)

as Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid

Texas Buddies
Texas Buddies (1932)

as Ted Garner

Young Blood
Young Blood (1932)

as Nick aka The Kid

Riders of the Desert
Riders of the Desert (1932)

as Bob Houston

Headin' North
Headin' North (1930)

as Jim Curtis

1920s

35 titles
Laughing at Death
Laughing at Death (1929)

as Bob Thornton

A Texas Cowboy
A Texas Cowboy (1929)

as Dick Carlysle

Lightning Speed
Lightning Speed (1928)

as Jack Pemberton

With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre (1927)

as Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)

The College Boob
The College Boob (1926)

as Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)

Dangerous Trails
Dangerous Trails (1922)

as Bob

Catching a Coon
Catching a Coon (1921)

as Bob

Trailing the Coyote
Trailing the Coyote (1921)

as Bob

A Day in the Wilds
A Day in the Wilds (1921)

as Bob

The Skunk
The Skunk (1921)

as Bob

The American Badger
The American Badger (1921)

as Bob

The Adventures of Bob and Bill
The Adventures of Bob and Bill (1920)

as Bob