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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

1928

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

1927

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

1926

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

1925

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

1924

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

1923

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

1922

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

1921

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

1918

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

1917

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

1916

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

1915

Colorado as Col. Kincaid (as Ronald Bradbury)