R.G. Springsteen
DirectingRobert G. Springsteen (September 8, 1904 – December 9, 1989) was an American director of Hollywood B movies and television shows. He was most often credited on screen as R. G. Springsteen. Born in Tacoma, Washington, 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 Second unit, 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 Western, Marshal of Laredo. From 1945 through 1968, Springsteen was a prolific director of Hollywood B Westerns and television episodes initially with Republic Pictures and later with A.C. Lyles's series of Westerns for Paramount Pictures. His last directing job came in 1968 with an episode of the television series Gentle Ben.
Filmography — Crew
Apache Uprising
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Hellfire
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Taggart
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The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
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Hostile Guns
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Waco
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Bullet for a Badman
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Black Spurs
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Double Jeopardy
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Stagecoach to Denver
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Oregon Trail Scouts
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Singing Guns
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Johnny Reno
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Showdown
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Red Tomahawk
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Out of the Storm
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Revolt in the Big House
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Oklahoma Annie
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I Cover the Underworld
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King of the Wild Stallions
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He Rides Tall
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Sun Valley Cyclone
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Tiger by the Tail
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Battle Flame
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Along the Oregon Trail
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Cole Younger, Gunfighter
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Flame of Youth
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Marshal of Laredo
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Toughest Man in Arizona
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Conquest of Cheyenne
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Operation Eichmann
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Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
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Man from Rainbow Valley
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Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
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California Gold Rush
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Under Colorado Skies
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The Main Street Kid
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Come Next Spring
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Death Valley Gunfighter
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Harbor of Missing Men
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Sundown in Santa Fe
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Vigilantes of Boomtown
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Track the Man Down
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Sheriff of Redwood Valley
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Covered Wagon Raid
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Marshal of Cripple Creek
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When Gangland Strikes
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Homesteaders of Paradise Valley
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The Red Menace
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Wagon Wheels Westward
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Hills of Oklahoma
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Million Dollar Pursuit
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Secret Venture
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Cross Channel
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Affair in Reno
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Gobs and Gals
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Santa Fe Uprising
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Frisco Tornado
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Son of God’s Country
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Geraldine
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Honeychile
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Secret Service Investigator
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Renegades of Sonora
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Heart of Virginia
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A Perilous Journey
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Sheriff of Wichita
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Tropical Heat Wave
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The Fabulous Senorita
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Home on the Range
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Belle of Old Mexico
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Street Bandits
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Colorado Pioneers
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Navajo Trail Raiders
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The Arizona Cowboy
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