Tom Steele
Biography
Date of Birth 12 June 1909, Scotland, UK Date of Death 30 October 1990, Los Angeles, California, USA Birth Name Thomas Skeoch Height 6' 1½" (1.87 m) Trivia Was in the Republic serial The Masked Marvel (1943), playing the lead. He doubled three other characters and played a bit part as a heavy. Because of an error, he never received any billing. Stuntmen are often selected because of their resemblance to the star they are doubling for. In contrast to this, many of Republic Pictures' western stars in the 1940s and early 1950s, such as Allan Lane, Bill Elliot, Rex Allen and Monte Hale, were selected in part due to their resemblance to Steele, who would do their stunts. Doubled for Roy Rogers, Rod Cameron, Clayton Moore and George Montgomery. He doubled for James Arness in The Thing from Another World (1951), playing the creature when it was set on fire. His trick for keeping his hat on in fight scenes (so the audience couldn't tell it wasn't the star) was to put rubber surgical tubing in the sweatband to make it fit tight. Worked in the steel mills and played polo competitively in his younger days prior to becoming a stuntman. Personal Quotes The job, the people, the organization Republic ... It was a great life. I enjoyed it all.
Cattle Queen of Montana
(uncredited)
Daughter of Don Q
Norton
Bates
Bandit King of Texas
Henchman (uncredited)
Henchman
Coral Strand Crewman / Whaler Crewman
Bill Cracks Down
Mill Worker at Party (uncredited)
Marshal of Reno
Stagecoach Robber
Vigilantes of Boomtown
Fighter at Governor's Meeting (uncredited)
Rose of Cimarron
Hollister's Riding Double
Freebie and the Bean
Old Man in Bed (uncredited)
Blazing Saddles
Townsman Who Falls from Chair (uncredited)
The Poseidon Adventure
Extra (uncredited)
Ben
Fireman Covered with Rats (uncredited)
Diamonds Are Forever
W Technologies Gate Guard (uncredited)
Zabriskie Point
Tom - Security Guard (uncredited)
More Dead Than Alive
Outlaw at Prison (uncredited)
The Silencers
Guard (uncredited)
Quick, Before It Melts
Man in Club Fight (uncredited)
The Spiral Road
Planter (uncredited)
Ein charmanter Hochstapler
Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited)
Spartacus
Gladiator (uncredited)
These Thousand Hills
Cowhand (uncredited)
Paratroop Command
German #4 (uncredited)
Satan's Satellites
Truck Driver / Robot (archive footage)
The Restless Breed
Henchman (uncredited)
Schüsse peitschen durch die Nacht
Roughneck (uncredited)
The Rawhide Years
Minor Role (unconfirmed)
The Prodigal
Slave (uncredited)
Panther Girl of the Kongo
Man (uncredited)
Cattle Queen of Montana
(uncredited)
Thunder Bay
Fisherman (uncredited)
Law and Order
2nd Gunman Shooting Up Barroom (uncredited)
Zombies of the Stratosphere
Walker [Ch. 3] / Truck Driver [Ch. 8]
Cripple Creek
Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
La Levée des Tomahawks
Demming's Henchman / Cannon Man (uncredited)
Rose of Cimarron
Hollister's Riding Double
Radar Men From the Moon
Zerg
Trigger, Jr.
Range Patrolman (uncredited)
The Fighting Kentuckian
Brawler (uncredited)
Bandit King of Texas
Henchman (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
Policeman (uncredited)
Arson, Inc.
Policeman (uncredited)
King of the Rocket Men
Henchman Knox [Chs. 1, 3-4, 7] / Taxi Driver [Chs. 10-11]
Bates
Brute Force
Tom - Tower Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Vigilantes of Boomtown
Fighter at Governor's Meeting (uncredited)
The Crimson Ghost
Henchman Stricker [Chs. 4, 7, 9]
Daughter of Don Q
Norton
Her Highness and the Bellboy
Brawler (uncredited)
The Vampire's Ghost
Sailor with Barrat (uncredited)
Dios es Mi Copiloto
American Pilot (uncredited)
Zorro's Black Whip, Vol. 2
Henchman Ed [Chs. 1, 9, 12] / Rancher [Ch. 7]
Song of Nevada
Ferguson Henchman (uncredited)
Marshal of Reno
Stagecoach Robber
Captain America The Serial
Thug at Lyman's [Ch. 1] (uncredited)
The Fighting Seabees
Seabee (uncredited)
War of the Wildcats
Man on Train (uncredited)
Pittsburgh
Brawler (uncredited)
El Rayo Exterminador
Truck Driver, a Henchman (uncredited)
Spy Smasher
Clayworks Thug [Ch. 10] (uncredited)
Gang Busters: Serial - Vol 1: (Chapters 1-6)
Policeman [Ch. 3] (uncredited) (archive footage)
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Thug at Newspaper Office (uncredited)
Coral Strand Crewman / Whaler Crewman
Citizen Kane
Reporter (uncredited)
Mysterious Doctor Satan
Truck Henchman (uncredited)
Junior G-Men
Bakery Truck Driver [Ch. 1] / Police Driver [Ch. 4] (uncredited)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Ming Pilot [Ch. 11] (uncredited)
I Dream of Jeanie
Saloon Brawl Participant (uncredited)
Henchman
Mandrake the Magician
Powerhouse Henchman [Chs. 5-6] (uncredited)
Buck Rogers
Kane Pilot / Hidden City Tech / Balcony Guard (uncredited)
The Phantom Creeps
Train Conductor [Ch. 10] / Radio Truck Driver [Ch. 11] (uncredited)
El Renegado
Fighter in Saloon (uncredited)
Flash Gordon: Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
Martian soldier (uncredited)
Outlaws of the West
Bert (uncredited)
Tim Tyler's Luck
Ivory Patrolman (uncredited)
Bill Cracks Down
Mill Worker at Party (uncredited)
Riders of the Whistling Skull
Indian (uncredited)
Undersea Kingdom -- Serial
Khan's Guardsman [Chs. 9-12] (uncredited)
Prisoner of Shark Island, The
Trooper (uncredited)
Captain Blood
Pirate (uncredited)
The Red Rider
Rider (uncredited)
Murder at Midnight
Party Guest (uncredited)
