Robert N. Bradbury

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

Known For

A Bathtub Bandit

as Jimmy the Monkey Wrench / Bath Tub Bandit

Colorado

as Col. Kincaid (as Ronald Bradbury)

North of Nome

as Bruce McLaren

To Have and to Hold

as Jeremy Sparrow

The Turquoise Mine Conspiracy

as Jim Bliss

The Fighting Heiress

as Jim Bliss

The Gun Runners

as Arenzo

The Poisoned Dart

as Ripley

The Woman in the Web

as Baron Kovsky

The Wild Strain

as Col. Bull