Robert N. Bradbury

Born: 1886-03-23

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


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Colorado

as Col. Kincaid (as Ronald Bradbury)
Released: 1915-11-15

Private Frank Austin, imprisoned for striking Colonel Kincaid, who was abusing a lame newsboy,...

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The Target

as Jack Taylor (as Ronald Bradbury)
Released: 1916-03-06

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To Have and to Hold

as Jeremy Sparrow
Released: 1916-03-05

Lady Jocelyn, a favorite in the court of England's King James, escapes a forced marriage to the...

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The Girl from Frisco

as multiple roles
Released: 1916-08-09

A series of 25 2-reel Western thrillers in which a cowgirl aids the cause of justice and...

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The Fighting Heiress

as Jim Bliss
Released: 1916-08-09

Impending trouble with the sheep herders, who are encroaching on his range, causes Ace Brent,...

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The Woman in the Web

as Baron Kovsky
Released: 1918-04-08

An adventure serial released in 1918

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The Man from Tia Juana

as Williams from Tia Juana
Released: 1917-07-30

Jack Hoxie and Marin Sais star in this 'American Girl' short. A courageous young woman must...

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The Turquoise Mine Conspiracy

as Jim Bliss
Released: 1916-08-16

"Sidewinder Steve" returns to civilization to find that his ore specimens show he has discovered...

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A Bathtub Bandit

as uncredited
Released: 1917-11-02

Bathtub movers on the job.

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North of Nome

as Bruce McLaren
Released: 1925-08-30

North of Nome 1925

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The Wild Strain

as Col. Bull
Released: 1918-01-14

Although the prominent Hollywood family prides itself on its illustrious family tree, young...

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Cavanaugh of the Forest Rangers

as Sam Gregg
Released: 1918-02-25

Ed Wetherford becomes an outlaw and, to escape imprisonment, abandons his wife Eliza and...

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