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

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

1928

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

1927

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

1926

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

1925

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

1924

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

1923

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

1922

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

1921

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

1920

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

1919

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

1918

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

1917

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

1916

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

1915

Colorado as Col. Kincaid (as Ronald Bradbury)