Robert N. Bradbury

Born: 1886-03-23 in Walla Walla, Washington, USA

Died: 1949-11-24

Known For: Directing

Biography

Robert N. Bradbury (March 23, 1886 – November 24, 1949) was an American film director and screenwriter who directed 125 movies between 1918 and 1941. He is most famous for directing early western films starring John Wayne in the 1930s, including Riders of Destiny (1933; an early singing cowboy movie), The Lucky Texan (1934), West of the Divide (1934), Blue Steel (1934), The Man From Utah (1934), The Star Packer (1934), The Trail Beyond (1934; co-starring Noah Beery, Sr. and Noah Beery, Jr.), The Lawless Frontier (1934), Texas Terror (1935), Rainbow Valley (1935), The Dawn Rider (1935), Westward Ho (1935), and Lawless Range (1935). These were inexpensively shot "Poverty Row" movies; many were also written by Bradbury and almost all of them featured character actor George "Gabby" Hayes. Bradbury also shot numerous similar films during this period starring his son Bob Steele or Johnny Mack Brown. Bradbury occasionally billed himself as "Robert North Bradbury", "R.N. Bradbury", or "Robert Bradbury". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

1935

Westward Ho ... (Director)
The Dawn Rider ... (Director)
Texas Terror ... (Director)
Tombstone Terror ... (Director)
Rainbow Valley ... (Director)
Lawless Range ... (Director)
Kid Courageous ... (Screenplay)
The Rider of the Law ... (Director)
Big Calibre ... (Screenplay)
Alias John Law ... (Screenplay)
The Courageous Avenger ... (Director)
Smokey Smith ... (Story)
Between Men ... (Story)
Sundown Saunders ... (Director)
No Man's Range ... (Director)
Trail of Terror ... (Story)
Avenging Angel ... (Director)

1934

Blue Steel ... (Director)
The Star Packer ... (Director)
The Trail Beyond ... (Director)
The Man from Utah ... (Director)
The Lawless Frontier ... (Screenplay)
West of the Divide ... (Writer)
The Lucky Texan ... (Screenplay)
The Shadow Gang ... (Director)
Happy Landing ... (Director)
Bandits of the Badlands ... (Director)
Western Justice ... (Screenplay)
Claim Jumpers ... (Writer)
Rodeo Rocketeers ... (Director)
Next Of Kin ... (Director)
Klondike Gold ... (Director)
Vengence is Mine ... (Director)

1933

Riders of Destiny ... (Writer)
Galloping Romeo ... (Story)
The Gallant Fool ... (Director)
Ranger's Code ... (Director)
Breed of the Border ... (Director)

1932

Riders of the Desert ... (Director)
Law of the West ... (Director)
Son of Oklahoma ... (Director)
Hidden Valley ... (Director)
The Man from Hell's Edges ... (Story)
Texas Buddies ... (Director)

1931

Dugan of the Badlands ... (Story)
A Son of the Plains ... (Writer)

1928

Headin' for Danger ... (Director)
Lightning Speed ... (Screenplay)
The Bantam Cowboy ... (Story)
Driftin' Sands ... (Supervising Producer)
Red Riders of Canada ... (Supervising Producer)

1927

Cyclone of the Range ... (Supervising Producer)
With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre ... (Director)
The Mojave Kid ... (Director)

1926

The Border Sheriff ... (Director)
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo ... (Director)
Looking for Trouble ... (Director)
With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness ... (Director)

1925

North of Nome as Bruce McLaren
Hidden Loot ... (Director)
Riders of Mystery ... (Director)
The Danger Zone ... (Director)
Just Plain Folks ... (Director)

1924

The Phantom Horseman ... (Director)
The Galloping Ace ... (Director)
Behind Two Guns ... (Director)
The Man from Wyoming ... (Director)

1923

Desert Rider ... (Director)
The Red Warning ... (Director)
The Forbidden Trail ... (Director)
Wolf Tracks ... (Director)

1922

Dangerous Trails ... (Director)
The Opossum ... (Director)
Mysterious Tracks ... (Director)
Riders of the Law ... (Director)

1921

Catching a Fox ... (Director)
The Spirit of the Lake ... (Director)
The Skunk ... (Director)
A Day in the Wilds ... (Director)
The Honor of Rameriz ... (Director)
Trapping The Bob Cat ... (Director)
The American Badger ... (Director)
The Civet Cat ... (Director)
Trapping the Mountain Lion ... (Director)
Capturing a Canadian Lynx ... (Director)
The Heart of Doreon ... (Director)
Catching a Koala Bear ... (Director)
Trapping the Coyote ... (Director)
Trapping the Wildcat ... (Director)
Mother o' Dreams ... (Director)
Trailing the Coyote ... (Director)
Catching a Coon ... (Director)

1920

The Courage of Marge O'Doone ... (Writer)
The Adventures of Bob and Bill ... (Director)

1919

Perils of Thunder Mountain ... (Director)
Jacques of the Silver North ... (Writer)
The Last of His People ... (Director)

1918

The Woman in the Web as Baron Kovsky
The Wild Strain as Col. Bull
Nobody's Wife ... (Story)
The Fighting Grin ... (Story)
Cavanaugh of the Forest Rangers as Sam Gregg

1917

The Man from Tia Juana as Williams from Tia Juana
A Bathtub Bandit as Jimmy the Monkey Wrench / Bath Tub Bandit

1916

The Girl from Frisco as multiple roles
The Target as Jack Taylor (as Ronald Bradbury)
Tennessee's Pardner as Bill Kent
A Gutter Magdalene as Sheriff Barrett
The Gun Runners as Arenzo
The Turquoise Mine Conspiracy as Jim Bliss
To Have and to Hold as Jeremy Sparrow
The Poisoned Dart as Ripley
The Fighting Heiress as Jim Bliss

1915

Colorado as Col. Kincaid (as Ronald Bradbury)