Bob Steele

MINI BIO:

Dark-haired American cowboy star of slight stature but whirlwind acting style. His smile turned so readily to a distinctive scowl that he was soon seen in the occasional double-shaded role, after starting as a teenager in films directed by his father, Robert North Bradbury, a western specialist, and developing into a two-fisted star of "B" westerns and minor action films. As the 1930s ebbed, he won some interesting character roles, such as Curley in Of Mice and Men and Canino in the 1946 version of The Big Sleep, and went over to character acting altogether in post-war years. In some ways, his career pattern was similar to that of Tim Holt, another small-scale cowboy hero, although Steele's role grew very minor as his career drew towards its close. Still thought by some western buffs to have had the fastest draw of all B-movie cowboys.