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WESTERN HERO BORN IN PORTLAND

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Bob Steele - [1907-1988] His main career progressed in 1927, when he was  hired by FBO to star in a series of W… | Cowboy films, Old western movies,  Western movies

COWBOY BORN IN PORTLAND, OREGON | PDX RETRO
Bob Steele (Robert Adrian Bradbury)
(January 23, 1907 – December 21, 1988)

Steele was born in Portland, Oregon, into a vaudeville family.

His parents were Robert North Bradbury and the former Nieta
Quinn. He
had a
twin brother, Bill, also an actor.

After years of touring, the family settled in Hollywood in the
late 1910s, where his father soon found work in the movies,
first as an actor, later as a director.

Steele’s career began to take off in 1927, when he was hired
by production company
Film Booking Offices of America to
star in a series of
Westerns. Renamed Bob Steele, he soon
made a name for himself, and in the late 1920s, 1930s and
1940s starred in
B-Westerns for almost every minor film
studio,

Steele is said to have been the inspiration for the character
"Cowboy Bob" in the Dennis The Menace comic strip.

BILLY THE KID'S FIGHTING PALS (1941) by Sam Newfield, Cinefania
  1941

Hidden Valley (1932) - Watch on Tubi or Streaming Online | Reelgood
1936

Bob Steele Western #3
(1950-1952) Fawcett comic books.


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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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Elvis Presley swears in to the U.S. Army, March 24, 1958. (Associated Press photo/Public Domain)

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A HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISH TO THE CAPTAIN

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William Shatner in The Twilight Zone episode: Nightmare At
20,000 Feet. (1963)    

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Shatner is best known for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk
of the
USS Enterprise (above) in the Star Trek franchise; from the
second pilot in 1965 to his final appearance as Kirk in the 1994 
Star Trek Generations



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Actor William Shatner is 91 years young today.


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ANOTHER GREAT TV WESTERN

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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
is a
Western television series
that ran for eight seasons from April 15, 1951, through September
24, 1958. The
Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran
on
CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC
from 1957 through 1958. The
Kellogg’s cereal company was the
show’s national sponsor.

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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok starred Guy Madison
(right) as the legendary
Old West lawman (in real life,
also a
gunfighter
) U.S. Marshal James Butler "Wild
Bill" Hickok, and Andy Devine (left) as his comedy
sidekick, Jingles P. Jones. Devine opened each episode
by shouting “Wiiiiiild Biiiiilll Hickok.” He also delivered
the opening commercial for Kellogg’s Sugar Corn Pops.



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Guy Madison (Robert Ozell Moseley)
(January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996)

Following his retirement, Madison built a large ranch home
in
Morongo Valley, California. He died of emphysema at the
Desert Hospital Hospice in Palm Springs at the age of 74.

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ACTOR WILLIAM HURT HAS DIED AT AGE 71

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William McChord Hurt (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022)

It was announced in May 2018 that Hurt had terminal prostate
cancer
that had already metastasized to the bones.

Hurt died from complications of the disease at his home in
Portland, Oregon.

William Hurt, was one of the 1980s’ foremost leading men in
movies such as "Broadcast News," "Body Heat" and "The Big
Chill,"

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