Bob Steele (born Robert Adrian Bradbury, January 23, 1907 â€" December
21, 1988) was an American actor. He also was billed as Bob Bradbury
Jr..Steele was born in Portland, Oregon, into a vaudeville family. His
parents were Robert North Bradbury and the former Nieta Quinn. He had
a twin brother, Bill, also an actor.After years of touring, the family
settled in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in the late 1910s,
where his father soon found work in the movies, first as an actor,
later as a director. By 1920, Robert Bradbury hired his son Bob and
Bob's twin brother, Bill (1907â€"1971), as juvenile leads for a series
of adventure movies titled The Adventures of Bill and Bob. Steele
attended Glendale High School but left before graduating.Steele'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. Renamed Bob Steele at FBO, he 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, as in the adaptation of John
Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men in 1939.
21, 1988) was an American actor. He also was billed as Bob Bradbury
Jr..Steele was born in Portland, Oregon, into a vaudeville family. His
parents were Robert North Bradbury and the former Nieta Quinn. He had
a twin brother, Bill, also an actor.After years of touring, the family
settled in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in the late 1910s,
where his father soon found work in the movies, first as an actor,
later as a director. By 1920, Robert Bradbury hired his son Bob and
Bob's twin brother, Bill (1907â€"1971), as juvenile leads for a series
of adventure movies titled The Adventures of Bill and Bob. Steele
attended Glendale High School but left before graduating.Steele'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. Renamed Bob Steele at FBO, he 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, as in the adaptation of John
Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men in 1939.
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