Known for Acting
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.
Born
June 12, 1909
Died
October 30, 1990 (age 81)
Filmography
160 films, 15 shows


Tough Guys
1986 · 1h 44m
country: United States
Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released from jail and have to adjust to a new life of freedom. and soon realize that they still have the pizzazz when, picking up their prison checks at a bank, they foil a robbery attempt.


Lovelines
1984 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Greed, lust, dirty tricks and bloody fist fights... All those things that make life worth living. When Piper and Rick, the two hottest properties in the Battle of the Bands want to make it, only one thing stands in their way. They're from opposing High Schools. And Malibu High's 6'6" muscle-bound monster Godzilla is going to do everything and anything stop his sweet little sister getting it on with some jerk from the Coldwater Canyon High. When all else fails, only Lovelines answering service can keep them together.


Scarface
1983 · 2h 50m
country: United States
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.


Alligator
1980 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.


The Champ
1979 · 2h 1m
country: United States
Billy used to be a great boxer, but he's settled into a hardscrabble life that revolves around drinking, training horses, and the one bright spot in his existence — his young son, T.J. Although Billy has had custody of T.J. since his wife, Annie, left the family years ago, her return prompts a new struggle for the former fighter. Determined to hold on to his son, Billy gets back into the ring to try and recapture his past success.


The Cat from Outer Space
1978 · 1h 44m
country: United States
A UFO is stranded on earth and impounded by the US government. Its pilot, a cat with a collar that gives it special powers, including the ability to communicate with humans, has eluded the authorities and seeks the help of a scientist in order to reclaim and repair his ship and get back home.


Freebie and the Bean
1974 · 1h 53m
country: United States
Two San Francisco detectives want to bring down a local hijacking boss. But they'll have to get to him before a hitman does.


The Towering Inferno
1974 · 2h 45m
country: United States
At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.


Earthquake
1974 · 2h 3m
country: United States
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.


The Front Page
1974 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Ruthless Chicago newspaper editor Walter Burns resorts to dubious motives in order to get top reporter Hildy Johnson to cover one more big crime story before retirement.


The Poseidon Adventure
1972 · 1h 57m
country: United States
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.


Ben
1972 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A lonely boy becomes good friends with Ben, a rat. This rat is also the leader of a pack of vicious killer rats, killing lots of people.


Sam Whiskey
1969 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A widow hires an ex-gambler to retrieve gold bars from a sunken river boat in Colorado and discreetly return them to the Federal Mint, from where they had been stolen by her dead husband.


Harper
1966 · 2h 1m
country: United States
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.


The Silencers
1966 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Matt Helm is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an atomic bomb over Alamagordo, NM, and start WW III.


Our Man Flint
1966 · 1h 48m
country: United States
When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.


Cat Ballou
1965 · 1h 37m
country: United States
A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.


McLintock!
1963 · 2h 7m
country: United States
Aging rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking government men and nearby Native Americans. As McLintock tries to juggle his various adversaries, his wife—who left him two years previously—suddenly returns. But she isn't interested in George; she wants custody of their daughter.


It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · 3h 12m
country: United States
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.


The Great Impostor
1960 · 1h 52m
country: United States
Fictionalized account of Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., who stole or created fictional identities and worked in a variety of occupations, most quite successfully.


Showdown at Abilene
1956 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Jim Trask, former sheriff of Abilene, returns to the town after fighting for the Confederacy to find everyone thought he was dead. His old friend Dave Mosely is now engaged to Trask's former sweetheart and is one of the cattlemen increasingly feuding with the original farmers. Trask is persuaded to take up as sheriff again but there is something about the death of Mosely's brother in the Civil War that is haunting him.


Government Agents vs Phantom Legion
1951 · 2h 47m
country: United States
Two federal agents battle a gang that hijacks trucks carrying materials vital for the security of the country and sells them to foreign powers.


The Thing from Another World
1951 · 1h 27m
country: United States
Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.


Flying Disc Man from Mars
1950 · 2h 47m
country: United States
Mota is a Martian representative, who has come to impose interplanetary law on the Earth (which has become too dangerous); opposing his authority is Kent Fowler, who resists the alien plot, without understanding its details.


The Invisible Monster
1950 · 2h 47m
country: United States
Man-woman team of investigators uncover a gang whose mad scientist leader has developed an invisibility chemical and plans to build a mercenary army of invisible men.


Comanche Territory
1950 · 1h 16m
country: United States
White settlers plan to defy the agreement between the government and the Comanche to mine for silver on Comanche lands, while scout Jim Bowie tries to keep the peace in the territory.


Singing Guns
1950 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Notorious stagecoach robber Rhiannon is unintentionally appointed as deputy when he saves the sheriff's life and must wear two hats between his new job that he enjoys and his old occupation that he misses.


Abandoned
1949 · 1h 18m
country: United States
A Los Angeles newspaperman seeks a woman's sister and finds a black-market baby ring.


Jungle Goddess
1948 · 1h 2m
country: United States
When a plane carrying the daughter of a millionaire crashes in an African jungle, two pilots set out to collect the reward. They discover that she has become the goddess of a primitive tribe. An insurgent witch doctor and fierce wild animals make escape from the jungle difficult for the trio.


G-Men Never Forget
1948 · 2h 47m
country: United States
An escaped criminal impersonates a Police Commissioner, causing no end of trouble to a determined Federal Agent.


Jesse James Rides Again
1947 · 3h
country: United States
Jesse James wants to start a new life in a new location, but quickly finds himself wrapped-up in protecting townsfolk from the machinations of evil oilmen.


Daughter of Don Q
1946 · 2h 47m
country: United States
When the unscrupulous Carlos Manning discovers that an old Spanish land grant recently unearthed will leave a huge section of California real estate to the heirs of Don Quantero, he employs Mel Donovan and his killer henchmen to murder them all. That will leave Manning as the sole heir to millions. However, Delores Quantero tumbles to this plot and enlists the aide of two-fisted reporter, Cliff Roberts to save all her relatives


The Phantom Rider
1946 · 2h 47m
country: United States
A new town doctor arrives at the same time as local Indians needprotection from troublemaking looters.


The Scarlet Horseman
1946 · 4h 8m
country: United States
Government agents work to interfere with schemes to trick the Comanches into war with the Texans.


The Purple Monster Strikes
1945 · 3h 21m
country: United States
A Martian invader crashes his spaceship conveniently close to the workshop of a scientist who is developing an interplanetary craft. If the extraterrestrial Purple Monster can complete the rocket ship and return to Mars, he will be able to start a full-scale invasion of Earth. Good thing Craig Foster sets out to thwart the Monster's mission!


Secret Agent X-9
1945 · 4h 6m
country: United States
American, Chinese and Australian agents join forces to stop the Nazis from obtaining the formula for synthetic fuel.


Federal Operator 99
1945 · 2h 49m
country: Unknown
Jerry Blake (aka Federal Operator 99) teams-up with Joyce Kingston to thwart the plans of escaped crime boss Jim Belmont.


The Master Key
1945 · 3h 46m
country: United States
Before the outbreak of WWII, Nazi sympathizers plot to undermine America.


Manhunt of Mystery Island
1945 · 3h 39m
country: United States
Claire Forrest seeks her kidnapped scientist father, hidden somewhere on Mystery Island. He is held and forced to work on diabolical inventions by Captain Mephisto, a costumed villain.


San Fernando Valley
1944 · 1h 14m
country: United States
A ranch owner fires his ranch hands and brings in women to replace them. The owner's daughter wants the male hands back and comes up with a plan to do it.


Bordertown Trail
1944 · 56m
country: United States
The election to determine if Texas will become a state is near and men opposed are running contraband across the border. Sunset and Frog are Border Patrolmen and have an agent that tips them off by carrier pigeon. The Army arrives and the commander is Sunset's brother. When the agent is found out and murdered, his fake replacement then leads the soldiers astray.


Call of the Rockies
1944 · 56m
country: United States
Cowboy Sunset Carson teams up with Frog Millhouse on a routine supply trip to Placer City. Before long, the duo find themselves ambushed by a team of dastardly highwaymen embroiled in an extortion ring. Sunset and Frog must then go undercover to set things right for a mining town under siege. Galloping hooves, spittin' six shooters, and all manner of disreputable behavior ensue.


The Masked Marvel
1943 · 3h 17m
country: United States
A team of two-fisted insurance investigators (one of whom disguises himself as The Masked Marvel) endeavor to discover and thwart the loathsome saboteur Sakima.


G-men vs. the Black Dragon
1943 · 4h 3m
country: United States
Japanese spies attempt to subvert America's war effort; G-Men attempt to thwart their plot.


Call of the Canyon
1942 · 1h 11m
country: United States
A radio saleswoman helps a singing cattleman trap a shady meat buyer with a bogus broadcast.


Spy Smasher
1942 · 3h 35m
country: United States
Prior to the United States' involvement in World War II, the masked vigilante Spy Smasher fights Nazi agents operating within the US, led by the treacherous sabotage leader codenamed The Mask.


Sea Raiders
1941 · 3h 49m
country: United States
A bunch of waterfront youths pursue the Sea Raiders, a gang of saboteurs.


King of the Texas Rangers
1941 · 3h 35m
country: United States
Tom King Jr. seeks to discover who murdered his father, a Texas Ranger; the trail leads to a network of Axis spies.


Sky Raiders
1941 · 3h 47m
country: United States
Captain Bob Dayton and Lieutenant Ed Carey are partners in a company called "Sky Raiders" which seeks US government contracts for its inventions. Enemy spies attempt to steal, sabotage and discredit the inventions and founders of the company.


Wild Horse Range
1940 · 58m
country: United States
Randall and his sidekick Manny (Frank Yaconelli) played horse traders battling a greedy and unscrupulous rival (Tom London). When some of his stock disappears, Jack follows the trail to a ranch belonging to Harriet Morgan (Marin Sais) and her young niece, Ann (Phyllis Ruth). A white stallion is accused of luring the Morgan mares astray but the horses are in reality being rustled by the ever-present London and his henchman (Charles King).


Destry Rides Again
1939 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the crooked Kent.


In Old Monterey
1939 · 1h 12m
country: United States
The U.S. Army takes over a large area of land, over the objection of citizens and corporations who live and work there.


Drifting Westward
1939 · 58m
country: United States
Manuel and Carga are after the hidden map of a gold mine which is somewhere in the hacienda willed to Manuel's brother, Don Careta. Following the third midnight raid on his home, Don Careta is fearful for the safety of his daughter Wanda, and sends for Jack Martin to help him.


The Spider's Web
1938 · 5h
country: United States
Pulp hero "The Spider" seeks to destroy all criminals. In this serialized adventure, he battles The Octopus, who intends to replace the government of the United States.


Red Barry
1938 · 4h 16m
country: United States
A police detective is caught up in a plot to steal two million dollars in bonds.


The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938 · 4h 18m
country: United States
A group of "Phantom Raiders" interfere with a cattle drive from Texas to Abilene; fortunately, U.S. Marshal Wild Bill Hickok is appointed to ensure the success of the mission.


State Police
1938 · 1h 1m
country: United States
The state police try to break up racketeering in a coal mining town.


The Mighty Treve
1937 · 1h 7m
country: United States
Story of a dog that is fanatically devoted to its master.


A Million to One
1936 · 58m
country: United States
The son of a disgraced Olympic decathlete prepares to become a star in his own right. His quest is complicated by a beautiful girl and a bitter rival.


Crash Donovan
1936 · 1h 10m
country: United States
A California Highway Patrolman gets involved with a smuggling ring.


Flash Gordon
1936 · 4h 5m
country: United States
Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth. Luckily, heroic young Flash Gordon is on hand to lead an investigative mission into outer space and onto the speedily approaching planet. There, he and his best girl, Dale, who is along for the ride, learn that Ming, the devious ruler of Mongo, has purposely put the planet on a collision course with Earth, and only Flash can stop him.


The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936 · 1h 33m
country: United States
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth — responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln — Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.


The Red Rider
1934 · 5h 10m
country: United States
"Red" Davison(Buck Jones), the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save his best friend, "Silent" Slade from the hangman's noose, following a framed-up court decision which sentences Slade to hang for the murder of "Scotty McKee (J.P. McGowan). Davidson allows Slade to escape from jail and follows him to aid him in proving his innocence.


Murder at Midnight
1931 · 1h 9m
country: United States
Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun was loaded with real bullets. Luckily, criminologist Phillip Montrose is on hand to help the police. When Kennedy quickly ends up dead as well, the police think it's a tidy murder-suicide, but the family lawyer knows of a letter that voiced Kennedy's suspicions about someone who was out to get him. Soon, the cops are on the trail of a ruthless and clever killer who is one step ahead of even Montrose.