Tom Steele

Born: 1909-06-12

Tom Steele (born Thomas Skeoch, 12 June 1909 – 30 October 1990) was a stunt man and actor, best remembered for appearing in serials, especially those produced by Republic Pictures, in both capacities.


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as Gladiator (uncredited)
Released: 1960-10-13

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer...

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as Townsman Who Falls from Chair (uncredited)
Released: 1974-02-07

A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to...

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as W Technologies Gate Guard (uncredited)
Released: 1971-12-14

Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a...

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Citizen Kane

as Reporter (uncredited)
Released: 1941-04-17

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a...

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The Great Race

as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Released: 1965-07-01

Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century...

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Brute Force

as Tom - Tower Guard (uncredited)
Released: 1947-07-16

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic,...

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Harper

as Eddie Rossiter (uncredited)
Released: 1966-02-22

Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring...

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Captain Blood

as Pirate (uncredited)
Released: 1935-12-26

Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.

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Zabriskie Point

as Tom - Security Guard (uncredited)
Released: 1970-03-26

Anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los...

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The Silencers

as Guard (uncredited)
Released: 1966-02-18

Matt Helm is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an...

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Freebie and the Bean

as Old Man in Bed (uncredited)
Released: 1974-12-25

Two San Francisco detectives want to bring down a local hijacking boss. But they'll have to get...

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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

as Ming's Pilot (uncredited)
Released: 1940-03-03

A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his...

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City That Never Sleeps

as uncredited
Released: 1953-06-12

Chicago cop Johnny Kelly, dissatisfied with his job and marriage, would like to run away with...

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Sam Whiskey

as Denver Buggy Driver (uncredited)
Released: 1969-04-01

A widow hires an ex-gambler to retrieve gold bars from a sunken river boat in Colorado and...

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The Fighting Seabees

as Seabee (uncredited)
Released: 1944-01-27

Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the...

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The Masked Marvel

as The Masked Marvel
Released: 1943-11-06

A team of two-fisted insurance investigators (one of whom disguises himself as The Masked...

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God Is My Co-Pilot

as American Pilot (uncredited)
Released: 1945-04-07

Robert L. Scott has dreamed his whole life of being a fighter pilot, but when war comes he finds...

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Zorro's Black Whip

as Ed / Rancher
Released: 1944-11-16

Pretty Girl Barbara Mededith takes over her murdered brother's crusading newspaper. She also...

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The Prodigal

as Slave (uncredited)
Released: 1955-05-06

A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an...

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Cattle Queen of Montana

as Indian (uncredited)
Released: 1954-11-18

Sierra Nevada Jones must fight a villainous rancher to regain the land that is rightfully hers.

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A Man Betrayed

as Hood at Fifth Voting Precinct (uncredited)
Released: 1941-03-07

Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove...

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Comanche Territory

as uncredited
Released: 1950-05-01

Silver has been found on comanche territory and the government accomplished a peaceful agreement...

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Cripple Creek

as uncredited
Released: 1952-06-30

It's 1893 and gold is being smuggled out of the country. Instead of stealing gold bars, the...

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Man with the Steel Whip

as Tom - Henchman at Cascade Rocks, Ch. 4 / Henchman Gage - Ch. 8
Released: 1954-07-19

Saloon owner Barnet wants the Indian reservation land on which he knows there is gold, and...

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The Oregon Trail

as Deputy
Released: 1939-07-04

Jeff Scott is sent to investigate problems with wagon trains attempting to make the journey to...

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Trigger, Jr.

as uncredited
Released: 1950-06-30

Evil Grant Withers lets a killer horse loose to ruin valuable horses on nearby ranches. He hopes...

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The Secret Code

as Federal Agent
Released: 1942-09-04

A superhero known as The Black Commando battles Nazi agents who use explosive gases and...

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Dangers of the Canadian Mounted

as Fagan / Carter / Truck Driver / Lou / Sloane / Spike
Released: 1948-01-01

Crooks discover a Genghis Khan treasure ship on the Canada-Alaska border but the treasure is...

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Scouts to the Rescue

as Runaway Surrey Driver
Released: 1939-01-17

Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is...

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Texas to Bataan

as Lemac-Truck Driver
Released: 1942-10-16

As war looms in the Pacific, even cowboys are called on to fight the enemy. Horses are...

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Background to Danger

as Thug at Newspaper Office
Released: 1943-07-03

An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

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King of the Rocket Men

as Knox/Taxi Driver
Released: 1949-06-08

Prof. Millard pretends to be dead and helps Jeff King ferret out Vulcan, the evil traitor at the...

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The Crimson Ghost

as Henchman Stricker [Chs. 4, 7, 9]
Released: 1946-10-26

A criminal mastermind known as The Crimson Ghost is out to steal a device called the Cyclotrode,...

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Paradise Express

as Henchman (uncredited)
Released: 1937-02-24

A small railroad is being squeezed out of business by the tactics of a trucking company owned by...

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Daughter of Don Q

as Kidnapper Norton / Streetsweeper Blake / MineThug Dow / BombThug Lyons [Chs. 2, 5, 7, 10]
Released: 1946-06-27

When the unscrupulous Carlos Manning discovers that an old Spanish land grant recently unearthed...

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Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders

as Mac
Released: 1953-07-08

A villain named Marlof attempts to set up secret missile bases inside Canada so he can launch...

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The Wyoming Bandit

as uncredited
Released: 1949-07-15

Wyoming Dan (Trevor Bardette) returns home after 20 years evading the law for a crime he didn't...

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The Vampire's Ghost

as Sailor with Barrat
Released: 1945-04-13

In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a old man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually...

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The Milkman

as Man (uncredited)
Released: 1950-10-17

A dairy owner's son takes a job as milkman with a rival company.

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The James Brothers of Missouri

as Slim, Lanky Royer Employee [Ch.1] / Drake, Lanky Henchman Guarding Simpson [Ch.4] / Henchman Guarding Wagon [Ch.11]
Released: 1949-08-31

This 12-part serial concerns the efforts of the infamous James brothers (of which Jesse was a...

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Paratroop Command

as German (uncredited)
Released: 1959-02-01

Charlie becomes a paratrooper, but, while serving in North Africa, he mistakenly kills one of...

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The Phantom Creeps

as Train Conductor / Radio Truck Driver
Released: 1939-01-07

A mad scientist attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.

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Son of Zorro

as Henchman Leach [Chs. 5-6, 9]
Released: 1947-01-18

A man returning home after having fought in the Civil War discovers that corrupt politicians...

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I Stole a Million

as Cop (uncredited)
Released: 1939-08-01

A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.

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Ghost of Zorro

as Brace
Released: 1949-03-24

Although ostensibly the grand-son of the legendary hero, Clayton Moore's Ken Mason is little...

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Marshal of Reno

as Stagecoach Robber
Released: 1944-07-02

One of two towns will be selected to be the County Seat and Editor Palmer has a gang working to...

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King of the Forest Rangers

as Martin / Al / Baker / Wade
Released: 1946-04-25

An Indian rug is the key to the location of a lost treasure. When the rug's owner is murdered,...

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Mandrake the Magician

as Powerhouse Henchman
Released: 1939-05-06

Mandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention.

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Hidden Valley Outlaws

as Torrence (uncredited)
Released: 1944-04-01

Lawyer Leland is using land rights to kick the ranchers off their land. When Wild Bill and Gabby...

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Manhunt of Mystery Island

as Lyons / Bailey
Released: 1945-03-17

Claire Forrest seeks her kidnapped scientist father, hidden somewhere on Mystery Island. He is...

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Brave Warrior

as Soldier (uncredited)
Released: 1952-05-31

In Indiana of the early 1800s, conflict once again arises between the United States and Great...

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The Denver Kid

as Jeff
Released: 1948-09-30

When Border Patrol Lieutenant Roberts is killed, it appears that his brother Tim was the killer....

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G-Men Never Forget

as John Parker
Released: 1948-01-31

An escaped criminal impersonates a Police Commissioner, causing no end of trouble to a...

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State Police

as State Trooper Recruit
Released: 1938-03-18

The state police try to break up racketeering in a coal mining town.

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Buck Rogers

as Kane Pilot / Hidden City Tech / Balcony Guard
Released: 1939-04-10

Buck Rogers and Buddy Wade are in the middle of a trans-polar dirigible flight when they are...

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In Old Monterey

as Henchman
Released: 1939-08-14

The U.S. Army takes over a large area of land, over the objection of citizens and corporations...

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Dick Tracy's G-Men

as Lighthouse and House Thug
Released: 1939-09-02

A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in...

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Mysterious Doctor Satan

as Truck Henchman
Released: 1940-12-13

A mad scientist named Dr. Satan plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build...

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Radio Patrol

as Police Car 27 Driver
Released: 1937-10-03

About a young radio cop and a beautiful girl try to stop an international criminal gang from...

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In Old Amarillo

as Henchman Saboteur (uncredited)
Released: 1951-05-15

A drought is about to end the cattle business. The owner of a canning factory wants to buy all...

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Jesse James Rides Again

as Bates
Released: 1947-08-02

Jesse James wants to start a new life in a new location, but quickly finds himself wrapped-up in...

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Code of the Prairie

as Henchman Burley
Released: 1944-10-06

Just after the Oklahoma Panhandle was annexed into the united states an ex-lawman turned...

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The Republic Pictures Story

as Self
Released: 1991-03-15

A history of Republic Pictures studios, featuring hundreds of clips plus on-camera interviews...

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Overland Mail

as Pony Express Rider
Released: 1942-09-22

Two investigators for a stagecoach company are assigned to find out why the company's stages...

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Sea Raiders

as Coral Strand Crewman / Whaler Crewman
Released: 1941-10-13

A bunch of waterfront youths pursue the Sea Raiders, a gang of saboteurs.

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Tucson Raiders

as Deputy
Released: 1944-05-14

In Elliot's initial appearance as Red Ryder, he finds himself framed for murder. Little Beaver...

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Government Agents vs Phantom Legion

as Brandt
Released: 1951-07-04

Two federal agents battle a gang that hijacks trucks carrying materials vital for the security...

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Flying Disc Man from Mars

as Taylor
Released: 1950-10-25

Mota is a Martian representative, who has come to impose interplanetary law on the Earth (which...

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Lost Planet Airmen

as Henchman
Released: 1951-07-25

Feature version of the 1949 serial, KING OF THE ROCKETMEN: Young member of scientific group...

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Powder Town

as Truck Driver / Henchman (uncredited)
Released: 1942-06-07

Director Rowland V. Lee's wacky 1942 comedy, about an absent-minded scientist working on a...

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Tim Tyler's Luck

as Ivory Patrolman
Released: 1937-12-27

A 12-episode serial in which Tim Tyler goes to Africa in search of his father in gorilla...

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Adventures of Frank and Jesse James

as Mike Steele [Chs. 1-2, 11] / Water Tower Henchman [Ch. 12] / Henchman Gus
Released: 1948-10-30

Jesse James returns to Missouri, and he and brother Frank come to the aid of a young woman who...

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The Red Rider

as Rider
Released: 1934-07-16

"Red" Davison(Buck Jones), the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save...

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Junior G-Men

as Bakery Truck Driver / Police Driver (uncredited)
Released: 1940-11-01

A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals,...

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Sun Valley Cyclone

as Henchman (uncredited)
Released: 1946-05-10

In this western, Red Ryder rounds up a gang of horse thieves who have been stealing cavalry horses.

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Jungle Drums of Africa

as Third Constable
Released: 1953-01-21

In Africa, a deceased medical missionary's daughter in Africa carries on her father's work....

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The Invisible Monster

as Henchman Bill 'Mack' Haines [Chapters 5, 10]
Released: 1950-05-10

Man-woman team of investigators uncover a gang whose mad scientist leader has developed an...

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Trader Tom of the China Seas

as Gursan
Released: 1954-01-06

In this 12 Chapter serial the UN enlists trader Tom Rogers and Vivian Wells, to lead the effort...

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Six Gun Decision

as Barton
Released: 1953-11-15

A compilation of two episodes from the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series, Border City Election and...

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Silver City Kid

as Henchman Utah
Released: 1944-07-20

A landowner tries to drink his neighbor's molybdenum milkshake and winds up having him killed....

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Desperadoes of the West

as Gregg
Released: 1950-08-02

A group of ranchers, led by Colonel Arnold and Ward Gordon, are drilling an oil well but getting...

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Jeep-Herders

as Cpl. "Smitty" Smith
Released: 1945-12-01

A wildcat oil outfit is seeking to take over the ranch belonging to Pop Martin and his son Bob...

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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Cowhand (uncredited)
First aired: 1955-09-06

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...

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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Cowboy (uncredited)
First aired: 1955-09-06

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...

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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Mr. Hailey - Beaten Gambler (uncredited)
First aired: 1955-09-06

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...

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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Drunk in Bar
First aired: 1955-09-06

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...

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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Muleskinner (uncredited)
First aired: 1955-09-06

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...

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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
First aired: 1955-09-06

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...

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Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Member of Phil's Gang (uncredited)
First aired: 1958-09-06

Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the...

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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

as Falk
First aired: 1951-04-15

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight...

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Trackdown

as Bank Robber (uncredited)
First aired: 1957-10-04

Trackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS...

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Mr. Lucky

as Gunman
First aired: 1959-10-24

Mr. Lucky is a CBS adventure/drama television series that aired from October 24, 1959, to June...

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The Mod Squad

as Caretaker (uncredited)
First aired: 1968-09-24

The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran...

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Annie Oakley

as Bob Fitzsimmons
First aired: 1954-01-09

Annie Oakley was an American Western television series that fictionalized the life of famous...

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