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

Acting

1915

Colorado

as

Col. Kincaid (as Ronald Bradbury)

1925

North of Nome

as

Bruce McLaren

1916

To Have and to Hold

as

Jeremy Sparrow

1916

The Turquoise Mine Conspiracy

as

Jim Bliss

1916

The Fighting Heiress

as

Jim Bliss

1916

The Gun Runners

as

Arenzo

1916

The Poisoned Dart

as

Ripley

1918

The Woman in the Web

as

Baron Kovsky

1918

Cavanaugh of the Forest Rangers

as

Sam Gregg

1918

The Wild Strain

as

Col. Bull

1917

The Man from Tia Juana

as

Williams from Tia Juana

1917

A Bathtub Bandit

as

Jimmy the Monkey Wrench / Bath Tub Bandit

1916

The Target

as

Jack Taylor (as Ronald Bradbury)

1916

Tennessee's Pardner

as

Bill Kent

1916

The Girl from Frisco

as

multiple roles

1916

A Gutter Magdalene

as

Sheriff Barrett

Production

1937

Riders of the Dawn

as

1937

Stars Over Arizona

as

1937

God's Country and the Man

as

1937

Danger Valley

as

1937

Romance of the Rockies

as

1937

Where Trails Divide

as

1928

Red Riders of Canada

as

1927

Cyclone of the Range

as

Crew

Directing

1935

Texas Terror

as

1934

The Lucky Texan

as

1935

Alias John Law

as

1933

Riders of Destiny

as

1934

The Trail Beyond

as

1934

West of the Divide

as

1935

Westward Ho

as

1923

Wolf Tracks

as

1937

Sing Cowboy Sing

as

1934

The Lawless Frontier

as

1934

The Man from Utah

as

1935

Rainbow Valley

as

1934

Blue Steel

as

1935

The Dawn Rider

as

1935

Lawless Range

as

1937

Trouble in Texas

as

1936

Brand of the Outlaws

as

1941

Forbidden Trails

as

1937

Hittin' the Trail

as

1932

Hidden Valley

as

1932

Law of the West

as

1932

Texas Buddies

as

1935

Between Men

as

1935

The Courageous Avenger

as

1927

With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre

as

1933

Galloping Romeo

as

1935

The Rider of the Law

as

1935

Sundown Saunders

as

1935

No Man's Range

as

1932

Riders of the Desert

as

1937

Riders of the Rockies

as

1936

Last of the Warrens

as

1936

The Law Rides

as

1936

Cavalry

as

1936

The Gun Ranger

as

1937

The Trusted Outlaw

as

1932

The Man from Hell's Edges

as

1937

Where Trails Divide

as

1937

Danger Valley

as

1937

Stars Over Arizona

as

1934

The Star Packer

as

1936

Headin' for the Rio Grande

as

1934

Happy Landing

as

1937

Romance of the Rockies

as

1924

Behind Two Guns

as

1923

The Forbidden Trail

as

1923

The Red Warning

as

1935

Tombstone Terror

as

1926

The Border Sheriff

as

1931

Dugan of the Badlands

as

1919

Perils of Thunder Mountain

as

1935

Smokey Smith

as

1931

A Son of the Plains

as

1932

Son of Oklahoma

as

1928

Headin' for Danger

as

1928

Lightning Speed

as

1927

The Mojave Kid

as

1934

Western Justice

as

1936

Valley of the Lawless

as

1933

Ranger's Code

as

1933

The Gallant Fool

as

1936

The Kid Ranger

as

1920

The Adventures of Bob and Bill

as

1921

Trapping the Wildcat

as

1921

Catching a Coon

as

1921

The American Badger

as

1921

The Civet Cat

as

1921

Trailing the Coyote

as

1922

The Opossum

as

1926

With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness

as

1922

Dangerous Trails

as

1925

Just Plain Folks

as

1922

Mysterious Tracks

as

1937

Riders of the Dawn

as

1921

Mother o' Dreams

as

1935

Big Calibre

as

1923

Desert Rider

as

1922

Riders of the Law

as

1933

Breed of the Border

as

1935

Kid Courageous

as

1934

Claim Jumpers

as

1935

Trail of Terror

as

1921

The Heart of Doreon

as

1921

Catching a Fox

as

1921

A Day in the Wilds

as

1921

Trapping the Coyote

as

1921

Catching a Koala Bear

as

1921

Trapping The Bob Cat

as

1921

Trapping the Mountain Lion

as

1921

The Skunk

as

1921

Capturing a Canadian Lynx

as

1925

The Danger Zone

as

1926

Looking for Trouble

as

1924

The Phantom Horseman

as

1926

With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo

as

1921

The Spirit of the Lake

as

1921

The Honor of Rameriz

as

1937

God's Country and the Man

as

1924

The Man from Wyoming

as

1934

Rodeo Rocketeers

as

1934

The Shadow Gang

as

1934

Next Of Kin

as

1934

Klondike Gold

as

1935

Avenging Angel

as

1934

Vengence is Mine

as

1934

Bandits of the Badlands

as

1924

The Galloping Ace

as

1925

Hidden Loot

as

1919

The Last of His People

as

Western von gestern

as