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.
Movie Credits
Sakima and the Masked Marvel
1966-01-01
Feature version of the 1943 serial "The Masked Marvel", q.v., edited for television syndication and
Zabriskie Point
1970-03-26
Anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles de
Government Agents vs Phantom Legion
1951-07-04
Two federal agents battle a gang that hijacks trucks carrying materials vital for the security of th
A Man Betrayed
1941-03-07
A bucolic lawyer takes on big-city corruption, setting out to prove that an above-suspicion politici
Trigger, Jr.
1950-06-30
Evil Grant Withers lets a killer horse loose to ruin valuable horses on nearby ranches. He hopes to
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
1948-01-01
Crooks discover a Genghis Khan treasure ship on the Canada-Alaska border but the treasure is hidden
The Milkman
1950-10-17
A dairy owner's son takes a job as milkman with a rival company.
Cattle Queen of Montana
1954-11-18
Sierra Nevada Jones must fight a villainous rancher to regain the land that is rightfully hers.
Brave Warrior
1952-05-31
In Indiana of the early 1800s, conflict once again arises between the United States and Great Britai
Brute Force
1947-07-16
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-trippi
Diamonds Are Forever
1971-12-14
Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smug
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945-04-07
Robert L. Scott has dreamed his whole life of being a fighter pilot, but when war comes he finds him
The Great Race
1965-07-01
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto m
Paratroop Command
1959-02-01
Charlie becomes a paratrooper, but, while serving in North Africa, he mistakenly kills one of his fe
The Silencers
1966-02-18
Matt Helm is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an ato
In Old Amarillo
1951-05-15
A drought is about to end the cattle business. The owner of a canning factory wants to buy all the r
The Wyoming Bandit
1949-07-15
Wyoming Dan (Trevor Bardette) returns home after 20 years evading the law for a crime he didn't comm
Marshal of Reno
1944-07-02
One of two towns will be selected to be the County Seat and Editor Palmer has a gang working to make
Tucson Raiders
1944-05-14
In Elliot's initial appearance as Red Ryder, he finds himself framed for murder. Little Beaver then
The Republic Pictures Story
1991-03-15
A history of Republic Pictures studios, featuring hundreds of clips plus on-camera interviews with s
The Invisible Monster
1950-05-10
Man-woman team of investigators uncover a gang whose mad scientist leader has developed an invisibil
Harper
1966-02-22
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him
Manhunt of Mystery Island
1945-03-17
Claire Forrest seeks her kidnapped scientist father, hidden somewhere on Mystery Island. He is hel
Cripple Creek
1952-06-30
It's 1893 and gold is being smuggled out of the country. Instead of stealing gold bars, the outlaws
Flying Disc Man from Mars
1950-10-25
Mota is a Martian representative, who has come to impose interplanetary law on the Earth (which has
G-Men Never Forget
1948-01-31
An escaped criminal impersonates a Police Commissioner, causing no end of trouble to a determined Fe
Jesse James Rides Again
1947-08-02
Jesse James wants to start a new life in a new location, but quickly finds himself wrapped-up in pro
King of the Forest Rangers
1946-04-25
An Indian rug is the key to the location of a lost treasure. When the rug's owner is murdered, it b
Hidden Valley Outlaws
1944-04-01
Lawyer Leland is using land rights to kick the ranchers off their land. When Wild Bill and Gabby arr
The Prodigal
1955-05-06
A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring
Blazing Saddles
1974-02-07
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab
Radio Patrol
1937-10-03
About a young radio cop and a beautiful girl try to stop an international criminal gang from getting
Dick Tracy's G-Men
1939-09-02
A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in pri
The Phantom Creeps
1939-01-07
A mad scientist attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James
1948-10-30
Jesse James returns to Missouri, and he and brother Frank come to the aid of a young woman who owns
Buck Rogers
1939-04-10
Buck Rogers and Buddy Wade are in the middle of a trans-polar dirigible flight when they are caught
The Oregon Trail
1939-07-04
Jeff Scott is sent to investigate problems with wagon trains attempting to make the journey to Orego
Mandrake the Magician
1939-05-06
Mandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention.
Mysterious Doctor Satan
1940-12-13
A mad scientist named Dr. Satan plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build an ar
Captain Blood
1935-12-26
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
The Red Rider
1934-07-16
"Red" Davison(Buck Jones), the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save his
Spartacus
1960-10-13
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. A
Paradise Express
1937-02-24
A small railroad is being squeezed out of business by the tactics of a trucking company owned by gan
The Crimson Ghost
1946-10-26
A criminal mastermind known as The Crimson Ghost is out to steal a device called the Cyclotrode, whi
Ghost of Zorro
1949-03-24
Although ostensibly the grand-son of the legendary hero, Clayton Moore's Ken Mason is little more th
Sea Raiders
1941-10-13
A bunch of waterfront youths pursue the Sea Raiders, a gang of saboteurs.
Junior G-Men
1940-11-01
A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals, join fo
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940-03-03
A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship
City That Never Sleeps
1953-06-12
Chicago cop Johnny Kelly, dissatisfied with his job and marriage, would like to run away with his st
Freebie and the Bean
1974-12-25
Two San Francisco detectives want to bring down a local hijacking boss. But they'll have to get to h
In Old Monterey
1939-08-14
The U.S. Army takes over a large area of land, over the objection of citizens and corporations who l
Sam Whiskey
1969-04-01
A widow hires an ex-gambler to retrieve gold bars from a sunken river boat in Colorado and discreetl
Citizen Kane
1941-04-17
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich
The Vampire's Ghost
1945-04-13
In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a old man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually a va
Tim Tyler's Luck
1937-12-27
A 12-episode serial in which Tim Tyler goes to Africa in search of his father in gorilla country. He
The Fighting Seabees
1944-01-27
Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work
Desperadoes of the West
1950-08-02
A group of ranchers, led by Colonel Arnold and Ward Gordon, are drilling an oil well but getting fie
Lost Planet Airmen
1951-07-25
Feature version of the 1949 serial, KING OF THE ROCKETMEN: Young member of scientific group uses ne
Six Gun Decision
1953-11-15
A compilation of two episodes from the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series, Border City Election and Pony E
Texas to Bataan
1942-10-16
As war looms in the Pacific, even cowboys are called on to fight the enemy. Horses are desperately n
Code of the Prairie
1944-10-06
Just after the Oklahoma Panhandle was annexed into the united states an ex-lawman turned newspaper m
Silver City Kid
1944-07-20
A landowner tries to drink his neighbor's molybdenum milkshake and winds up having him killed. It's
Zorro's Black Whip
1944-11-16
Pretty Girl Barbara Mededith takes over her murdered brother's crusading newspaper. She also assumes
Jeep-Herders
1945-12-01
A wildcat oil outfit is seeking to take over the ranch belonging to Pop Martin and his son Bob and d
Daughter of Don Q
1946-06-27
When the unscrupulous Carlos Manning discovers that an old Spanish land grant recently unearthed wil
Son of Zorro
1947-01-18
A man returning home after having fought in the Civil War discovers that corrupt politicians have ta
The James Brothers of Missouri
1949-08-31
This 12-part serial concerns the efforts of the infamous James brothers (of which Jesse was a promin
The Denver Kid
1948-09-30
When Border Patrol Lieutenant Roberts is killed, it appears that his brother Tim was the killer. To
Overland Mail
1942-09-22
Two investigators for a stagecoach company are assigned to find out why the company's stages keep be
Man with the Steel Whip
1954-07-19
Saloon owner Barnet wants the Indian reservation land on which he knows there is gold, and organizes
I Stole a Million
1939-08-01
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
Powder Town
1942-06-07
Director Rowland V. Lee's wacky 1942 comedy, about an absent-minded scientist working on a secret fo
The Secret Code
1942-09-04
A superhero known as The Black Commando battles Nazi agents who use explosive gases and artificial l
The Masked Marvel
1943-11-06
A team of two-fisted insurance investigators (one of whom disguises himself as The Masked Marvel) e
Background to Danger
1943-07-03
An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.
Scouts to the Rescue
1939-01-17
Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal's
State Police
1938-03-18
The state police try to break up racketeering in a coal mining town.
King of the Rocket Men
1949-06-08
Prof. Millard pretends to be dead and helps Jeff King ferret out Vulcan, the evil traitor at the sci
Trader Tom of the China Seas
1954-01-06
In this 12 Chapter serial the UN enlists trader Tom Rogers and Vivian Wells, to lead the effort to p
Jungle Drums of Africa
1953-01-21
In Africa, a deceased medical missionary's daughter in Africa carries on her father's work. Before l
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
1953-07-08
A villain named Marlof attempts to set up secret missile bases inside Canada so he can launch missil
Sun Valley Cyclone
1946-05-10
In this western, Red Ryder rounds up a gang of horse thieves who have been stealing cavalry horses.
Thunder Bay
1953-05-21
Shrimpers and oilmen clash when an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oilrig.
Murder at Midnight
1931-09-01
Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun w
The Great Impostor
1960-12-23
Fictionalized account of Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., who stole or created fictional identities and w
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936-02-28
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of Presid
Ben
1972-06-23
A lonely boy becomes good friends with Ben, a rat. This rat is also the leader of a pack of vicious
Flash Gordon
1936-04-06
Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth.