Bob Steele
Born: January 23, 1907, Portland, Oregon
Died: December 21, 1988 (aged 81), Burbank,
California
 Bob
Steele 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".
What do you know about Bob Steele? Try this Western
Stars Quick Quiz.
1. What was Bob Steele’s height?
2. During high school he attended Glendale (CA) High
School. What film star was a high school buddy?
- Rex Allen
- John Wayne
- Buck Jones
3. In The Mojave Kid (1927) he used the name
Bob Steele. Who directed the movie?
- Robert N. Bradbury
- Oliver Drake
- Kim Carnes
4. Steele plays Curley in Of Mice and Men
(1939). The movie is based on a novel. Who wrote the
novel?
- Zane Grey
- John Steinbeck
- Eugene Solow
5. He played in 20 “Three Mesquiteers” trio series
for Republic Pictures. What was his character’s name?
- Tom Logan
- Curley Duffy
- Tucson Smith
6. In 1946, he played Lash Canino in The Big Sleep.
Who was the star of the movie?
- John Wayne
- Tex Ritter
- Humphrey Bogart
7. He played Jenkins, member of a hanging party. What
was this 1968 film?
- Ride the High Country
- Hang ‘em High
- Rio Bravo
8. Appeared in six movies with John Wayne between
1953 and 1970.
9. He appears as a regular in this TV Western. What
was the Western?
- “Gunsmoke”
- “Bonanza”
- “F Troop”
10. Bob Steele died on December 21, 1988 from
emphysema after a long sickness.
11. Where is Bob Steele buried?
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los
Angeles, California
- Snead Family Cemetery, Hot Springs, Virginia
- Hollywood Forever, Hollywood, California
Bob Steele Answers
- 5’ 5”
- John Wayne
- Robert N. Bradbury
- John Steinbeck
- Tucson Smith
- Humphrey Bogart
- Hang 'em High
- True
- “F Troop”
- True
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los
Angeles, California
Plot: Courts of Remembrance, Columbarium of
Providence, Niche 64689
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