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Tom Steele was a stunt man and actor, best remembered for appearing in serials, especially those produced by Republic Pictures, in both capacities.
Birth Name
Thomas Skeoch
Born
Saturday, 12 June 1909
Died
Tuesday, 30 October 1990
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Republic Pictures Story | Self | 1991 |
| Action Heroes of Movies & T.V. | The Masked Marvel | 1989 |
| Buck Rogers | Kane Pilot, Patrol Ship 74 | 1977 |
| The Apple Dumpling Gang | Townsman | 1975 |
| Freebie and the Bean | Old Man in Bed | 1974 |
| Blazing Saddles | Townsman Who Falls from Chair | 1974 |
| The Poseidon Adventure | Passenger Who Helps Catch Susan | 1972 |
| Ben | Fireman Covered with Rats | 1972 |
| Diamonds Are Forever | W Technologies Gate Guard | 1971 |
| Zabriskie Point | Tom - Security Guard | 1970 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Republic Pictures Story | Self | 1991 |
| Action Heroes of Movies & T.V. | The Masked Marvel | 1989 |
| Buck Rogers | Kane Pilot, Patrol Ship 74 | 1977 |
| The Apple Dumpling Gang | Townsman | 1975 |
| Freebie and the Bean | Old Man in Bed | 1974 |
| Blazing Saddles | Townsman Who Falls from Chair | 1974 |
| The Poseidon Adventure | Passenger Who Helps Catch Susan | 1972 |
| Ben | Fireman Covered with Rats | 1972 |
| Diamonds Are Forever | W Technologies Gate Guard | 1971 |
| Zabriskie Point | Tom - Security Guard | 1970 |
| Sam Whiskey | Denver Buggy Driver | 1969 |
| More Dead Than Alive | Outlaw at Prison | 1969 |
| Mod Squad | Caretaker | 1968 |
| Hondo | Indian Tracker / Hudson | 1967 |
| Iron Horse | Miner #1 | 1966 |
| Star Trek | Slave #2 | 1966 |
| Cyclotrode 'X' | Stricker | 1966 |
| The Silencers | Guard | 1966 |
| Harper | Eddie Fraley | 1966 |
| D-Day on Mars | Fritz Benham | 1966 |
| Sombra, the Spider Woman | Bard | 1966 |
| Target: Sea of China | Gursan | 1966 |
| Code 645 | Parker | 1966 |
| Black Dragon of Manzanar | Garage Thug | 1966 |
| Sakima and the Masked Marvel | The Masked Marvel / The Masked Marvel in Costume - Cobb - Estate Henchman | 1966 |
| U-238 and the Witch Doctor | Third Constable | 1966 |
| The Great Race | Saloon Brawler | 1965 |
| Requiem for a Gunfighter | 1965 | |
| Branded | Sheriff Dave Baker | 1965 |
| Quick, Before It Melts | Man in Club Fight | 1964 |
| The Virginian | Rurlale | 1962 |
| The Spiral Road | Planter | 1962 |
| The Great Impostor | Highway Patrol Officer | 1960 |
| Spartacus | Gladiator | 1960 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | 1st Character | 1960 |
| The Westerner | Top | 1960 |
| Tate | Towey Rider | 1960 |
| Overland Trail | Slender Miner | 1960 |
| Mr. Lucky | Gunman | 1959 |
| Laramie | 1st Man / Sheriff Ted Linke | 1959 |
| These Thousand Hills | Cowhand | 1959 |
| Paratroop Command | German #4 | 1959 |
| Bat Masterson | Tall, Slender Henchman / Slender Henchman | 1958 |
| Yancy Derringer | Henchman | 1958 |
| Peter Gunn | Hood / Ross Baxter | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Saloon Brawler / Member of Phil's Gang | 1958 |
| Missile Monsters | Taylor | 1958 |
| Satan's Satellites | Truck Driver / Robot | 1958 |
| Zorro | Bandito | 1957 |
| Trackdown | Bank Robber / Cowhand / Townsman | 1957 |
| The Californians | Brawler / Settler / Henchman / Gang Member | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Brawler | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Bailey / Cowboy / Gunman | 1957 |
| The Restless Breed | Henchman | 1957 |
| The Wings of Eagles | Officer in Brawl | 1957 |
| Kelly and Me | Cab Driver | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Ward | 1956 |
| Tension at Table Rock | Saloon Brawler | 1956 |
| Showdown at Abilene | Roughneck | 1956 |
| Flesh and the Spur | Saloon Heavy | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Henchman | 1956 |
| The Rawhide Years | Henchman | 1956 |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Saloon Brawler / Brawler / Cowboy / Cowhand / Drunk in Bar / Mr. Hailey | 1955 |
| King of the Carnival | Matt Winston, Acrobat [Ch.7] | 1955 |
| The Prodigal | Slave | 1955 |
| Soldiers of Fortune | Undertaker | 1955 |
| Panther Girl of the Kongo | Man | 1955 |
| Cattle Queen of Montana | Indian | 1954 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Shop Worker | 1954 |
| Man with the Steel Whip | Gage / Henchman Gage - Ch. 8 / Tom - Henchman at Cascade Rocks, Ch. 4 | 1954 |
| Stories of the Century | Henchman | 1954 |
| Annie Oakley | Bob Fitzsimmons | 1954 |
| Trader Tom of the China Seas | Gursan | 1954 |
| Law and Order | Second Gunman Shooting Up Barroom | 1953 |
| Six Gun Decision | Barton | 1953 |
| The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Robot | 1953 |
| Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders | Mac [Ch.8] / Mac | 1953 |
| City That Never Sleeps | Policeman | 1953 |
| Thunder Bay | Fisherman | 1953 |
| Savage Frontier | Henchman | 1953 |
| Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe | Mercurian Guard / Ghost Town Arsonist | 1953 |
| Jungle Drums of Africa | Third Constable [Ch.12] / Third Constable | 1953 |
| Planet Outlaws | Patrol Ship 74 Pilot | 1953 |
| Zombies of the Stratosphere | Walker [Ch. 3] / Truck Driver [Ch. 8] | 1952 |
| Cripple Creek | Saloon Brawler | 1952 |
| I Dream of Jeanie | Saloon Brawl Participant | 1952 |
| Brave Warrior | Demming's Henchman / Cannon Man | 1952 |
| Rose of Cimarron | Hollister's Riding Double | 1952 |
| Radar Men from the Moon | Zerg | 1952 |
| Retik, the Moon Menace | Zerg | 1952 |
| The Adventures of Kit Carson | Henchman | 1951 |
| Lost Planet Airmen | Henchman / Knox, a thug | 1951 |
| Government Agents vs Phantom Legion | Warehouse Thug [Ch. 3] / Brandt [Ch. 1] / Brandt | 1951 |
| Secrets of Monte Carlo | Henri - the Chauffeur | 1951 |
| In Old Amarillo | Henchman Saboteur | 1951 |
| I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. | Communist Goon | 1951 |
| Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Slim / Henchman Hank / Henchman Carl / Falk | 1951 |
| Don Daredevil Rides Again | Black [Ch. 12] | 1951 |
| Silver City Bonanza | Henchman | 1951 |
| Night Riders of Montana | Henchman | 1951 |
| Flying Disc Man from Mars | Taylor | 1950 |
| The Milkman | Man | 1950 |
| Desperadoes of the West | Henchman Gregg [Chs. 5, 9] / Gregg | 1950 |
| The Old Frontier | Henchman | 1950 |
| Trigger, Jr. | Range Patrolman | 1950 |
| The Invisible Monster | Bill 'Mack' Haines [Chs. 5,10] / Henchman Bill 'Mack' Haines [Chapters 5, 10] | 1950 |
| Comanche Territory | Saloon Brawler | 1950 |
| Gunmen of Abilene | Jake | 1950 |
| Radar Patrol vs. Spy King | Henchman Ames [Chs. 1, 3, 10] / Henchman Gorman [Ch. 6] | 1949 |
| Ranger of Cherokee Strip | Henchman | 1949 |
| The Fighting Kentuckian | Brawler | 1949 |
| The James Brothers of Missouri | Henchman Guarding Wagon [Ch.11] / Slim, Lanky Royer Employee [Ch.1] / Drake, Lanky Henchman Guarding Simpson [Ch.4] | 1949 |
| Bandit King of Texas | Henchman | 1949 |
| Mighty Joe Young | Cop | 1949 |
| The Wyoming Bandit | Henchman | 1949 |
| Arson, Inc. | Policeman | 1949 |
| Outcasts of the Trail | Henchman | 1949 |
| King of the Rocket Men | Knox - Henchman [Chs. 1, 3-4, 7] / Taxi Driver [Chs. 10-11] / Knox/Taxi Driver | 1949 |
| Frontier Investigator | Garnett man | 1949 |
| Ghost of Zorro | Brace | 1949 |
| Federal Agents vs. Underworld, Inc. | Grey - Henchman [Chs. 1-3] / Haskell - Pilot [Chs. 4-5] / Larkin - Henchman [Chs. 7-8] / Native #1[Ch. 11-12] | 1949 |
| Adventures of Frank and Jesse James | Gus - Henchman / Mike Steele [Chs. 1-2, 11] / Water Tower Henchman [Ch. 12] / Henchman Gus | 1948 |
| The Denver Kid | Jeff | 1948 |
| Dangers of the Canadian Mounted | Fagan / Carter / Truck Driver / Lou / Sloane / Spike | 1948 |
| G-Men Never Forget | John Parker (Lanky Thug) [Chs. 2, 6] / Gifford [Ch. 7] / Jack [Ch. 11] / John Parker | 1948 |
| The Black Widow | Bard [Ch. 1] / Jack [Ch. 8] / Blair [Ch. 12] | 1947 |
| Jesse James Rides Again | Goff [Ch 1] / Bates | 1947 |
| Brute Force | Tom - Tower Guard | 1947 |
| Hit Parade of 1947 | Serial Player | 1947 |
| Vigilantes of Boomtown | Fighter at Governor's Meeting | 1947 |
| Son of Zorro | Leach - Henchman [Chs. 5-6, 9] / Henchman Leach [Chs. 5-6, 9] | 1947 |
| The Crimson Ghost | Henchman Stricker [Chs. 4, 7, 9] | 1946 |
| Daughter of Don Q | BombThug Lyons [Chs. 2, 5, 7, 10] / Norton - Kidnapper / Blake - Streetsweeper / MineThug Dow / Lyons - Bomb Thug [Chs. 2, 5, 7, 10] / Kidnapper Norton / Streetsweeper Blake | 1946 |
| Sun Valley Cyclone | Henchman | 1946 |
| King of the Forest Rangers | Wade / Martin / Al / Baker | 1946 |
| The Phantom Rider | Clay | 1946 |
| Frontier Days | Barfly | 1945 |
| Her Highness and the Bellboy | Brawler | 1945 |
| The Purple Monster Strikes | Lab Thug / Fritz Benham / Meers | 1945 |
| Secret Agent X-9 | Nazi Sailor on 'Lorelei' | 1945 |
| Federal Operator 99 | Johnny Daniels / Mr. Snyder / Thug Guard / Agent Posing as Trucker / Dorgan / Gorman | 1945 |
| The Vampire's Ghost | Sailor with Barrat | 1945 |
| The Master Key | Policeman / Henchman | 1945 |
| God Is My Co-Pilot | American Pilot | 1945 |
| Manhunt of Mystery Island | Bailey [Chs. 3-4, 10, 13] / Lyons - Thug / Lyons / Bailey | 1945 |
| Jeep-Herders | Cpl. 'Smitty' Smith | 1945 |
| The Big Bonanza | Tom, Slender Barroom Brawler | 1944 |
| Zorro's Black Whip | Ed / Rancher | 1944 |
| Mystery of the River Boat | Police Patrolman | 1944 |
| Code of the Prairie | Henchman Burley | 1944 |
| Cheyenne Wildcat | Sniper | 1944 |
| Haunted Harbor | Constable #1 [Chs. 1, 7] / Store Thug [Ch. 2] / Radio Bomb Thug [Ch. 10] / Henchman Bert Mead [Chs. 14-15] | 1944 |
| The San Antonio Kid | Gunman | 1944 |
| Song of Nevada | Ferguson Henchman | 1944 |
| Silver City Kid | Henchman Utah | 1944 |
| Marshal of Reno | Stagecoach Robber | 1944 |
| The Tiger Woman | Tunnel Thug [Chs. 3-4] / Roadblock Thug [Ch. 7] / Ambusher [Ch. 12] | 1944 |
| Tucson Raiders | Deputy Logan / Deputy | 1944 |
| Wyoming Hurricane | Barroom Brawler | 1944 |
| Hidden Valley Outlaws | Vigilante Torrence | 1944 |
| Beneath Western Skies | Henchman | 1944 |
| Captain America | Thug at Lyman's [Ch. 1] | 1944 |
| The Fighting Seabees | Seabee | 1944 |
| California Joe | Rider | 1943 |
| In Old Oklahoma | Man on Train | 1943 |
| Canyon City | Henchman | 1943 |
| Overland Mail Robbery | Henchman | 1943 |
| Wagon Tracks West | Rider | 1943 |
| The Masked Marvel | The Masked Marvel / Estate Thug / Hospital Thug | 1943 |
| Secret Service in Darkest Africa | Cafe Heavy 1 [Ch. 10] | 1943 |
| Background to Danger | Thug at Newspaper Office | 1943 |
| Daredevils of the West | Marker / Cave Heavy | 1943 |
| G-Men vs. The Black Dragon | Garage Thug / Ambulance Intern | 1943 |
| Pittsburgh | Brawler | 1942 |
| Outlaws of Pine Ridge | Stage Guard | 1942 |
| King of the Mounties | Jack / Spike (Ch. 11) | 1942 |
| Texas to Bataan | Lemac-Truck Driver / Lemac | 1942 |
| Overland Mail | Pony Express Rider [Ch. 2] / Pony Express Rider | 1942 |
| The Secret Code | Federal Agent | 1942 |
| Perils of Nyoka | Arab Warrior [Chs. 3, 11-12, 14] / Tuareg Guard [Chs. 6, 8-9, 12] | 1942 |
| Powder Town | Truck Driver, a Henchman | 1942 |
| Remember Pearl Harbor | Bar Brawler | 1942 |
| The Wife Takes a Flyer | German SS Man | 1942 |
| Spy Smasher | Clayworks Thug [Ch. 10] | 1942 |
| Gang Busters | Policeman [Ch. 3] | 1942 |
| The Mad Doctor of Market Street | Policeman Driving Patrol Car | 1942 |
| Captain Midnight | Henchman | 1942 |
| Don Winslow of the Navy | Diving Boat Raider [Chs. 10-11] | 1942 |
| South of Tahiti | Brawling Sailor | 1941 |
| Sea Raiders | Coral Strand Crewman / Whaler Crewman / Coral Strand Crewman [Ch. 6] / Whaler Crewman [Chs. 8-9] | 1941 |
| Citizen Kane | Reporter | 1941 |
| Sky Raiders | Car 524 Driver [Chs. 8-9] | 1941 |
| A Man Betrayed | Hood at Fifth Voting Precinct | 1941 |
| Give Us Wings | Fish Fry Brawler | 1940 |
| Mysterious Doctor Satan | Truck Henchman | 1940 |
| Junior G-Men | Bakery Truck Driver / Police Driver / Bakery Truck Driver [Ch. 1] / Police Driver [Ch. 4] | 1940 |
| Enemy Agent | Police Car 57 Driver | 1940 |
| Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe | Ming's Pilot / Ming's Pilot [Ch. 11] | 1940 |
| Dick Tracy's G-Men | Lighthouse and House Thug | 1939 |
| In Old Monterey | Henchman | 1939 |
| I Stole a Million | Cop | 1939 |
| The Oregon Trail | Deputy | 1939 |
| Inside Information | Casey's Patrol Car Driver | 1939 |
| Missing Daughters | Waiter | 1939 |
| Mandrake, the Magician | Powerhouse Henchman | 1939 |
| Buck Rogers | Kane Pilot / Hidden City Tech / Balcony Guard / Kane's Pilot | 1939 |
| Mexicali Rose | Valdez Rider | 1939 |
| Flying G-Men | Hall (Arriving at the Airport) | 1939 |
| Scouts to the Rescue | Runaway Surrey Driver / Runaway Surrey Driver [Ch. 1] | 1939 |
| The Phantom Creeps | Train Conductor / Radio Truck Driver | 1939 |
| The Storm | Sailor | 1938 |
| The Spider's Web | Bank Gunman | 1938 |
| Red Barry | Henchman Gray | 1938 |
| The Renegade Ranger | Fighter in Saloon | 1938 |
| Dick Tracy Returns | Tracy Agent | 1938 |
| Flaming Frontiers | Townsman [Ch. 7] / Henchman [Ch. 12] | 1938 |
| The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Texas Trail Driver | 1938 |
| The Fighting Devil Dogs | Sentry at Warfield Home | 1938 |
| Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars | Martian Soldier | 1938 |
| State Police | State Trooper Recruit | 1938 |
| Call the Mesquiteers | Bert | 1938 |
| Tim Tyler's Luck | Ivory Patrolman | 1937 |
| Radio Patrol | Police Car 27 Driver | 1937 |
| West Bound Limited | Brakeman | 1937 |
| Secret Agent X-9 | Policeman [Chs. 1-2] / Marine Guard [Ch. 1] / Henchman [Chs. 2, 5, 10] / FBI Agent [Chs. 7-8, 11] / 'Jolly Roger' Sailor [Chs. 9, 11-12] | 1937 |
| Bill Cracks Down | Mill Worker at Party | 1937 |
| Paradise Express | Henchman | 1937 |
| Riders of the Whistling Skull | Indian | 1937 |
| Ace Drummond | Henchman | 1936 |
| The Glory Trail | Johnson | 1936 |
| Nobody's Fool | Gangster | 1936 |
| Undersea Kingdom | Khan's Guardsman | 1936 |
| Flash Gordon | Plane Passenger | 1936 |
| The Prisoner of Shark Island | Trooper | 1936 |
| Captain Blood | Pirate | 1935 |
| The Red Rider | Rider | 1934 |
| The Whirlwind | Wrestling Match Bell-Ringer | 1933 |
| Murder at Midnight | Party Guest | 1931 |
| The Lone Star Ranger | Man at Dance | 1930 |
