Robert G. Springsteen (September 8, 1904 – December 9, 1989) was an American director of Hollywood

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s and television shows. He was most often credited on screen as R. G. Springsteen.

Biography

Born in

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in 1904, Springsteen started working in Hollywood during the 1920s. He was hired by Fox Studios as a wardrobe assistant. In 1936 he moved to directing and worked as a

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, or assistant, director on numerous low budget B movies. During this time film credits often listed him by the nickname of Bud Springsteen. By 1945 Springsteen became a lead director and established himself as a filmmaker with his first B

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, ''Marshal of Laredo''. From 1945 through 1968, Springsteen was a prolific director of Hollywood B Westerns and television episodes initially with

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and later with

A.C. Lyles Andrew Craddock Lyles Jr. (May 17, 1918 – September 27, 2013) was an American film producer for Paramount Pictures, who is best known for producing a variety of Westerns in the 1950s and '60s. Career Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Lyles bega ...

's series of Westerns for

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. His last directing job came in 1968 with an episode of the television series '' Gentle Ben''. R. G. Springsteen died on December 9, 1989 in

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Partial filmography

*'' Tiger by the Tail'' (1970) *'' Hostile Guns'' (1967) *'' Red Tomahawk'' (1967) *''

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'' (1966) *''

Johnny Reno ''Johnny Reno'' is a 1966 American Western film made by A. C. Lyles Productions and released by Paramount Pictures. It starred Dana Andrews and Jane Russell. It was directed by R. G. Springsteen, produced by A. C. Lyles, with a screenplay by ...

'' (1966) *'' Apache Uprising'' (1966) *'' Black Spurs'' (1965) *''

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'' (1964) *'' Bullet for a Badman'' (1964) *'' He Rides Tall'' (1964) *'' Showdown'' (1963) *'' Operation Eichmann'' (1961) *''

Battle Flame ''Battle Flame'' is a 1959 American war film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Elwood Ullman. The film stars Scott Brady, Elaine Edwards, Robert Blake, Wayne Heffley, Gordon Jones and Ken Miller. The film was released on July 26, 1959 ...

'' (1959) *'' King of the Wild Stallions'' (1959) *'' Revolt in the Big House'' (1958) *'' Cole Younger, Gunfighter'' (1958) *'' Affair in Reno'' (1957) *'' When Gangland Strikes'' (1956) *'' Come Next Spring'' (1956) *'' Secret Venture'' (1955) *'' Cross Channel'' (1955) *''

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'' (1955) *''

Track the Man Down ''Track the Man Down'' is a 1955 British drama film directed by R. G. Springsteen, and starring Kent Taylor, Petula Clark, and George Rose.Martin p. 207 The melodramatic crime caper centers on a robbery at a greyhound racetrack that results ...

'' (1955) *'' I Cover the Underworld'' (1955) *''

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'' (1953) *'' A Perilous Journey'' (1953) *''

Toughest Man in Arizona ''Toughest Man in Arizona'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen, written by John K. Butler, and starring Vaughn Monroe, Joan Leslie, Edgar Buchanan, Victor Jory, Jean Parker and Harry Morgan. It was released on October ...

'' (1952) *'' Tropical Heat Wave'' (1952) *'' Gobs and Gals'' (1952) *''

The Fabulous Senorita ''The Fabulous Senorita'' is a 1952 American musical comedy film directed by R. G. Springsteen and starring Estelita Rodriguez, Robert Clarke and Nestor Paiva. The film came at the tail-end of a cycle of Latin American-themed films, through it did ...

'' (1952) *'' Oklahoma Annie'' (1952) *'' Street Bandits'' (1951) *'' Honeychile'' (1951) *'' Million Dollar Pursuit'' (1951) *'' Frisco Tornado'' (1950) *''

Covered Wagon Raid ''Covered Wagon Raid'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by M. Coates Webster. The film stars Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Alex Gerry, Lyn Thomas, Byron Barr and Dick Curtis. The film was released on June 30, ...

'' (1950) *'' Hills of Oklahoma'' (1950) *'' The Arizona Cowboy'' (1950) *'' Harbor of Missing Men'' (1950) *'' Belle of Old Mexico'' (1950) *'' Singing Guns'' (1950) *''

Navajo Trail Raiders ''Navajo Trail Raiders'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by M. Coates Webster. The film stars Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Robert Emmett Keane, Barbara Bestar, Harold Landon and Dick Curtis. The film was re ...

'' (1949) *'' Flame of Youth'' (1949) *'' The Red Menace'' (1949) *'' Hellfire'' (1949) *''

Death Valley Gunfighter ''Death Valley Gunfighter'' is a 1949 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Robert Creighton Williams. The film stars Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, James Nolan, Gail Davis, William "Bill" Henry, Harry Harvey, Sr. and ...

'' (1949) *'' Sheriff of Wichita'' (1949) *''

Renegades of Sonora ''Renegades of Sonora'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by M. Coates Webster. The film stars Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft, Frank Fenton, Mauritz Hugo and George J. Lewis. The film was release ...

'' (1948) *''

Sundown in Santa Fe ''Sundown in Santa Fe'' is a 1948 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen, written by Norman S. Hall, and starring Allan Lane, Eddy Waller, Roy Barcroft, Trevor Bardette, Jean Dean and Russell Simpson. It was released on Novemb ...

'' (1948) *'' Son of God's Country'' (1948) *'' Out of the Storm'' (1948) *'' Secret Service Investigator'' (1948) *'' Heart of Virginia'' (1948) *'' The Main Street Kid'' (1948) *''

Under Colorado Skies ''Under Colorado Skies'' is a 1947 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen, written by Louise Rousseau, and starring Monte Hale, Lorna Gray, Paul Hurst, William Haade, John Alvin and LeRoy Mason. It was released on December 15, 1947 ...

'' (1947) *''

Along the Oregon Trail ''Along the Oregon Trail'' is a 1947 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Earle Snell. The film stars Monte Hale, Lorna Gray, Clayton Moore, Roy Barcroft, Max Terhune and Will Wright. The film was released on Augu ...

'' (1947) *''

Marshal of Cripple Creek ''Marshal of Cripple Creek'' is a 1947 American Western film in the Red Ryder film series directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Earle Snell. The film stars Allan Lane, Robert Blake, Martha Wentworth, Trevor Bardette, Tom London and ...

'' (1947) *''

Rustlers of Devil's Canyon ''Rustlers of Devil's Canyon'' is a 1947 American Western film in the Red Ryder film series directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Earle Snell. The film stars Allan Lane, Robert Blake, Martha Wentworth, Peggy Stewart, Arthur Space and Em ...

'' (1947) *'' Oregon Trail Scouts'' (1947) *'' Homesteaders of Paradise Valley'' (1947) *'' Vigilantes of Boomtown'' (1947) *'' Stagecoach to Denver'' (1946) *''

Santa Fe Uprising ''Santa Fe Uprising'' is a 1946 American Western film in the Red Ryder film series directed by R. G. Springsteen, written by Earle Snell, and starring Allan Lane, Robert Blake, Martha Wentworth, Barton MacLane, Jack La Rue and Tom London. It wa ...

'' (1946) *'' Conquest of Cheyenne'' (1946) *'' Man from Rainbow Valley'' (1946) *''

Sun Valley Cyclone ''Sun Valley Cyclone'' is a 1946 American Western film in the Red Ryder film series directed by R. G. Springsteen, written by Earle Snell, and starring Wild Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Alice Fleming, Roy Barcroft, Kenne Duncan and Eddy Waller. ...

'' (1946) *''

Home on the Range "Home on the Range" is a classic cowboy song, sometimes called the "unofficial anthem" of the American West. Dr. Brewster M. Higley (also spelled Highley) of Smith County, Kansas, wrote the lyrics as the poem "My Western Home" in 1872 or 1873, ...

'' (1946) *''

Sheriff of Redwood Valley ''Sheriff of Redwood Valley'' is a 1946 American Western film in the Red Ryder film series directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Earle Snell. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, Robert Blake, Bob Steele, Alice Fleming, Peggy Stewart and ...

'' (1946) *'' California Gold Rush'' (1946) *'' Wagon Wheels Westward'' (1945) *'' Colorado Pioneers'' (1945) *''

Marshal of Laredo ''Marshal of Laredo'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by R.G. Springsteen in his first feature film starring Wild Bill Elliott in the role of Red Ryder and costarring as Little Beaver, actor ''(Bobby)'' Robert Blake. It was the elevent ...

'' (1945)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Springsteen, R. G. 1904 births 1989 deaths American male film actors Artists from Tacoma, Washington 20th-century American male actors Film directors from Washington (state)