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Tom Steele

Tom Steele

Tom Steele

1909-06-12

ACTING

Biography

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.

Best known for:

Scarface

Citizen Kane

Spartacus

Diamonds Are Forever

Blazing Saddles

Bullitt

The Towering Inferno

The Poseidon Adventure

The Thing from Another World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Zabriskie Point

The Front Page

Alligator

The Great Race

Earthquake

Cat Ballou

McLintock!

Captain Blood

The Champ

Brute Force

Harper

Destry Rides Again

The Cat from Outer Space

Tough Guys

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Filmography:

Murder at Midnight (1931)
APPEREAD AS:
Party Guest (uncredited)
WORK AS:
Stunts
The Red Rider (1934)
APPEREAD AS:
Rider
WORK AS:
Stunts
Captain Blood (1935)
5.9
APPEREAD AS:
Pirate (uncredited)
Flash Gordon (1936)
5
APPEREAD AS:
Plane Passenger
WORK AS:
Stunts
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
5.6
APPEREAD AS:
Trooper
A Million to One (1936)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Crash Donovan (1936)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Paradise Express (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Henchman (uncredited)

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Radio Patrol (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Police Car 27 Driver
Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)
APPEREAD AS:
Ivory Patrolman
The Mighty Treve (1937)
WORK AS:
Stunts
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Red Barry (1938)
WORK AS:
Stunts
The Spider's Web (1938)
WORK AS:
Stunts
State Police (1938)
APPEREAD AS:
State Trooper Recruit
WORK AS:
Stunts
Destry Rides Again (1939)
5.9
WORK AS:
Stunts

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The Phantom Creeps (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Train Conductor / Radio Truck Driver
I Stole a Million (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Cop (uncredited)
The Oregon Trail (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Deputy
Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Lighthouse and House Thug
Buck Rogers (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Kane Pilot / Hidden City Tech / Balcony Guard
In Old Monterey (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Henchman
WORK AS:
Stunts
Mandrake the Magician (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Powerhouse Henchman
Scouts to the Rescue (1939)
APPEREAD AS:
Runaway Surrey Driver
Drifting Westward (1939)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
Truck Henchman
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
Ming's Pilot (uncredited)
Junior G-Men (1940)
APPEREAD AS:
Bakery Truck Driver / Police Driver (uncredited)
Wild Horse Range (1940)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Citizen Kane (1941)
7.8
APPEREAD AS:
Reporter (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed (1941)
APPEREAD AS:
Hood at Fifth Voting Precinct (uncredited)
Jungle Girl (1941)
WORK AS:
Stunt Double
Sky Raiders (1941)
WORK AS:
Stunts
King of the Texas Rangers (1941)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Sea Raiders (1941)
APPEREAD AS:
Coral Strand Crewman / Whaler Crewman
WORK AS:
Stunts
Powder Town (1942)
APPEREAD AS:
Truck Driver / Henchman (uncredited)
Call of the Canyon (1942)
WORK AS:
Stunts
The Secret Code (1942)
APPEREAD AS:
Federal Agent
Texas to Bataan (1942)
APPEREAD AS:
Lemac
Spy Smasher (1942)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Overland Mail (1942)
APPEREAD AS:
Pony Express Rider
Background to Danger (1943)
APPEREAD AS:
Thug at Newspaper Office
The Masked Marvel (1943)
APPEREAD AS:
The Masked Marvel
WORK AS:
Stunts
G-men vs. the Black Dragon (1943)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Secret Service In Darkest Africa (1943)
WORK AS:
Stunt Double
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
4.8
APPEREAD AS:
Seabee (uncredited)
Zorro's Black Whip (1944)
APPEREAD AS:
Ed / Rancher
Call of the Rockies (1944)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Code of the Prairie (1944)
APPEREAD AS:
Henchman Burley
Hidden Valley Outlaws (1944)
APPEREAD AS:
Torrence (uncredited)
San Fernando Valley (1944)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Marshal of Reno (1944)
APPEREAD AS:
Stagecoach Robber
Tucson Raiders (1944)
APPEREAD AS:
Deputy
Silver City Kid (1944)
APPEREAD AS:
Henchman Utah
Bordertown Trail (1944)
WORK AS:
Stunts
The Vampire's Ghost (1945)
APPEREAD AS:
Sailor with Barrat
God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
APPEREAD AS:
American Pilot (uncredited)
Secret Agent X-9 (1945)
WORK AS:
Stunts
The Purple Monster Strikes (1945)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945)
APPEREAD AS:
Lyons / Bailey
WORK AS:
Stunts
Federal Operator 99 (1945)
WORK AS:
Stunts
The Master Key (1945)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Jeep-Herders (1945)
APPEREAD AS:
Cpl. "Smitty" Smith
The Crimson Ghost (1946)
APPEREAD AS:
Henchman Stricker [Chs. 4, 7, 9]
The Scarlet Horseman (1946)
WORK AS:
Stunts
King of the Forest Rangers (1946)
APPEREAD AS:
Martin / Al / Baker / Wade
The Phantom Rider (1946)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Sun Valley Cyclone (1946)
APPEREAD AS:
Henchman (uncredited)
Daughter of Don Q (1946)
APPEREAD AS:
Kidnapper Norton / Streetsweeper Blake / MineThug Dow / BombThug Lyons [Chs. 2, 5, 7, 10]
WORK AS:
Stunts
Brute Force (1947)
6
APPEREAD AS:
Tom - Tower Guard (uncredited)
Son of Zorro (1947)
APPEREAD AS:
Henchman Leach [Chs. 5-6, 9]
Jesse James Rides Again (1947)
APPEREAD AS:
Bates
WORK AS:
Stunts
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted (1948)
APPEREAD AS:
Fagan / Carter / Truck Driver / Lou / Sloane / Spike
Jungle Goddess (1948)
WORK AS:
Stunts
The Denver Kid (1948)
APPEREAD AS:
Jeff
G-Men Never Forget (1948)
APPEREAD AS:
John Parker
WORK AS:
Stunts
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James (1948)
APPEREAD AS:
Mike Steele [Chs. 1-2, 11] / Water Tower Henchman [Ch. 12] / Henchman Gus
Abandoned (1949)
WORK AS:
Stunts
King of the Rocket Men (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
Knox/Taxi Driver
Ghost of Zorro (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
Brace
The James Brothers of Missouri (1949)
APPEREAD AS:
Slim, Lanky Royer Employee [Ch.1] / Drake, Lanky Henchman Guarding Simpson [Ch.4] / Henchman Guarding Wagon [Ch.11]
Comanche Territory (1950)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Singing Guns (1950)
WORK AS:
Stunts
The Milkman (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Man (uncredited)
Desperadoes of the West (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Gregg
The Invisible Monster (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Henchman Bill 'Mack' Haines [Chapters 5, 10]
WORK AS:
Stunts
Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950)
APPEREAD AS:
Taylor
WORK AS:
Stunts
The Thing from Another World (1951)
5.4
WORK AS:
Stunts
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
APPEREAD AS:
Falk
Government Agents vs Phantom Legion (1951)
APPEREAD AS:
Brandt
WORK AS:
Stunts
Lost Planet Airmen (1951)
APPEREAD AS:
Henchman
In Old Amarillo (1951)
APPEREAD AS:
Henchman Saboteur (uncredited)
Brave Warrior (1952)
APPEREAD AS:
Soldier (uncredited)
Rose of Cimarron (1952)
WORK AS:
Stunt Double
Thunder Bay (1953)
APPEREAD AS:
Fisherman (uncredited)
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders (1953)
APPEREAD AS:
Mac
Six Gun Decision (1953)
APPEREAD AS:
Barton
Jungle Drums of Africa (1953)
APPEREAD AS:
Third Constable
WORK AS:
Stunt Double
Annie Oakley (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Bob Fitzsimmons
Stories of the Century (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Henchman (uncredited)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Indian (uncredited)
Man with the Steel Whip (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Tom - Henchman at Cascade Rocks, Ch. 4 / Henchman Gage - Ch. 8
Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954)
APPEREAD AS:
Gursan
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
APPEREAD AS:
Cowboy (uncredited), Cowhand (uncredited), Mr. Hailey - Beaten Gambler (uncredited), Drunk in Bar, Muleskinner (uncredited), Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
The Prodigal (1955)
APPEREAD AS:
Slave (uncredited)
Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955)
WORK AS:
Stunt Double
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
APPEREAD AS:
Ward
Showdown at Abilene (1956)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Trackdown (1957)
APPEREAD AS:
Bank Robber (uncredited), Townsman (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
6.2
APPEREAD AS:
Gunman (uncredited)
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Member of Phil's Gang (uncredited)
Bat Masterson (1958)
APPEREAD AS:
Tall, Slender Henchman (uncredited)
Mr. Lucky (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
Gunman
Paratroop Command (1959)
APPEREAD AS:
German (uncredited)
Spartacus (1960)
6.5
APPEREAD AS:
Gladiator (uncredited)
The Great Impostor (1960)
APPEREAD AS:
Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited)
WORK AS:
Stunts
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
5.7
WORK AS:
Stunts
McLintock! (1963)
5.3
WORK AS:
Stunts
The Great Race (1965)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
Cat Ballou (1965)
5
WORK AS:
Stunts
Star Trek
Star Trek (1966)
7
APPEREAD AS:
Slave #2 (uncredited)
The Silencers (1966)
4.7
APPEREAD AS:
Guard (uncredited)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Our Man Flint (1966)
5.1
WORK AS:
Stunts
Harper (1966)
5.4
APPEREAD AS:
Eddie Rossiter (uncredited)
WORK AS:
Stunts
The Claw Monsters (1966)
WORK AS:
Stunt Double
Bullitt (1968)
6.1
WORK AS:
Stunt Driver
The Mod Squad (1968)
APPEREAD AS:
Caretaker (uncredited)
Sam Whiskey (1969)
APPEREAD AS:
Denver Buggy Driver (uncredited)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Zabriskie Point (1970)
5.8
APPEREAD AS:
Tom - Security Guard (uncredited)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
5.2
APPEREAD AS:
W Technologies Gate Guard (uncredited)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
5.8
WORK AS:
Stunts
Ben (1972)
4.6
APPEREAD AS:
Fireman Covered with Rats (uncredited)
WORK AS:
Stunts
The Front Page (1974)
6
WORK AS:
Stunts
The Towering Inferno (1974)
5.7
WORK AS:
Stunts
Blazing Saddles (1974)
6.2
APPEREAD AS:
Townsman Who Falls from Chair (uncredited)
Earthquake (1974)
4.7
WORK AS:
Stunts
Freebie and the Bean (1974)
4.8
APPEREAD AS:
Old Man in Bed (uncredited)
WORK AS:
Stunts
The Cat from Outer Space (1978)
4.5
WORK AS:
Stunts
The Champ (1979)
5.8
WORK AS:
Stunts
Alligator (1980)
4.7
WORK AS:
Stunts
Scarface (1983)
8
WORK AS:
Stunts
Lovelines (1984)
WORK AS:
Stunts
Tough Guys (1986)
4.6
WORK AS:
Stunts