Robert N. Bradbury

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1886-03-23 (63 years old)

Deathday

1949-11-24

Place of Birth

Walla Walla, Washington, USA

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 ...

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

1916

1916

1918

The Woman in the Web

as Baron Kovsky

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

1916

The Girl from Frisco

as multiple roles

1916

A Gutter Magdalene

as Sheriff Barrett

Production

1933

1935

Smokey Smith

as Story

1935

Smokey Smith

as Screenplay

1936

Cavalry

as Story

1934

The Lucky Texan

as Screenplay

1934

The Lucky Texan

as Director

1935

Texas Terror

as Director

1935

Alias John Law

as Screenplay

1935

Alias John Law

as Director

1933

1933

1934

The Trail Beyond

as Director

1934

1934

1928

1935

Westward Ho

as Director

1923

Wolf Tracks

as Director

1937

Sing Cowboy Sing

as Director

1934

1934

1934

1935

Rainbow Valley

as Director

1935

The Dawn Rider

as Director

1935

The Dawn Rider

as Screenplay

1934

Blue Steel

as Director

1935

Lawless Range

as Director

1937

Trouble in Texas

as Director

1936

1941

Forbidden Trails

as Director

1937

1932

Hidden Valley

as Director

1932

Law of the West

as Director

1935

Between Men

as Story

1935

Between Men

as Director

1932

Texas Buddies

as Director

1935

1933

Galloping Romeo

as Director

1935

1935

No Man's Range

as Director

1935

Sundown Saunders

as Director

1932

1937

1936

The Law Rides

as Director

1936

1936

Last of the Warrens

as Screenplay

1936

Cavalry

as Director

1936

The Gun Ranger

as Director

1937

1937

1937

Danger Valley

as Director

1931

1937

1937

1937

1934

The Star Packer

as Director

1934

Happy Landing

as Director

1935

Sundown Saunders

as Screenplay

1937

Danger Valley

as Producer

1937

1937

1924

Behind Two Guns

as Director

1924

1923

1923

1932

1923

The Red Warning

as Director

1931

1935

Tombstone Terror

as Director

1923

1926

1926

The Border Sheriff

as Adaptation

1931

1935

Smokey Smith

as Director

1932

Son of Oklahoma

as Director

1931

1935

Big Calibre

as Screenplay

1928

1935

1935

Trail of Terror

as Adaptation

1928

Lightning Speed

as Screenplay

1928

1928

Lightning Speed

as Director

1927

The Mojave Kid

as Director

1932

Son of Oklahoma

as Adaptation

1934

Western Justice

as Screenplay

1934

Western Justice

as Director

1936

1933

Ranger's Code

as Director

1933

The Gallant Fool

as Director

1936

The Kid Ranger

as Director

1936

1921

The Civet Cat

as Director

1921

1921

Catching a Coon

as Director

1921

1922

Dangerous Trails

as Director

1922

1921

1922

The Opossum

as Director

1925

Just Plain Folks

as Director

1937

1950

West of the Brazos

as Screenplay

1933

The Gallant Fool

as Screenplay

1921

Mother o' Dreams

as Director

1939

1935

Big Calibre

as Director

1923

Desert Rider

as Director

1922

1937

1934

The Star Packer

as Screenplay

1933

1932

1932

Texas Buddies

as Original Story

1932

Texas Buddies

as Screenplay

1935

Kid Courageous

as Screenplay

1935

1935

Kid Courageous

as Director

1934

Claim Jumpers

as Writer

1934

Claim Jumpers

as Director

1934

Blue Steel

as Story

1934

Blue Steel

as Screenplay

1935

Trail of Terror

as Director

1921

1916

The Target

as Writer

1918

1921

1921

1921

1921

Catching a Fox

as Director

1921

The Skunk

as Director

1921

1925

The Danger Zone

as Director

1926

1935

Texas Terror

as Story

1935

Texas Terror

as Screenplay

1924

1918

1934

1921

1921

1928

Red Riders of Canada

as Supervising Producer

1924

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