William Steele
Acting
Biography
No biography available for William Steele.
Born: March 28, 1888
Place of Birth: San Antonio, Texas, USA
Known For
Destry Rides Again
Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the crooked Kent.
The Westerner
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the judge is obsessed, even though he has never met her. Tensions rise when Harden comes to the defense of a group of struggling homesteaders who Judge Bean is trying to drive away.
The California Trail
Santa Fe Stuart, leading a relief train bringing food to the peasants, gets caught up in the Commandante and his brother the Mayor's effort to starve out the peasants. Thrown in jail and about to be hung, he escapes and joins the peasants in their fight against the brothers and their troops...
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.
Fort Worth
Ex-gunfighter Ned Britt returns to Fort Worth after the civil war to help run a newspaper which is against ambitious men and their schemes for control.
The Bounty Hunter
A year after a violent train robbery the Pinkerton detective agency hires a bounty hunter to find the three remaining killers. He tracks them to Twin Forks but has no clue to their identity. Tensions surface as just his presence in town acts as a catalyst.
Marie Antoinette
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.
Tall in the Saddle
When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwart the scheming to take the ranch from its rightful owner.
Springfield Rifle
Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union war effort. Falling in with the gang of jayhawkers and Confederate soldiers who have been conducting the raids, he gradually gains their trust and is put in a position where he can discover who has been giving them secret information revealing the routes of the horse shipments.
Colt .45
Gun salesman Steve Farrell gets two of his new Colt .45 pistols stolen from him by ruthless killer Jason Brett but vows to recover them.
Filmography
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Stage Passenger (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Trooper (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Terry
as Henchman (uncredited)
as Officer (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Deputy (uncredited)
as Tex Cole (uncredited)
as Cowboy (uncredited)
as Footman (uncredited)
as Henchman (uncredited)
as Townsman
as Guide
as Bob
as Pedro (as Robert Steele)
as Lt. Randolph
as First Deputy
as Dave Crenshaw (as William A. Steele)
as James Brady
as Dr. Lucifer Blade
as Tom Kildare
as Frank Lambert (as William A. Steele)
as Morris Manning (as William A. Steele)
as Blackie McPherson
as Penfield
as Charlie Champion
as Currier King
as Fleming
as Jim Heath
as Benito Menocal
as Kent Crosby
as Steve Kern
as Lafe Baxter
as 'Lightnin' Bill Smith
as Hattie's Father (prologue)
as Brand Williams (as William A. Steele)
as The Gopher
as Dan Hobson
as Bill Barton (as William A. Steele)
as Sam Antone
as Windy Smith
as Kid Rickard
as Pierre La Fitte
as Nebraska Jones
as Chick Dillon
as Christopher Foy (as William Gettinger)
as Don Carlos Martinez
as Dave Bland
as Buck Hoover
as Sheriff
as Foreman
as Sheriff Connors
as Cowboy (as Bill Gettinger)
as Bill Young (as William Gettinger)
as Crazy Creek Sheriff
as Deputy Sheriff Horton
as Jim
as The Sheriff
as The Breed
as Burk
as Big Bill