R.G. Springsteen
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 8, 1904
- Died
- December 9, 1989 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Tacoma, Washington, USA
Biography
Robert 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.
Known For
Filmography
Tiger by the Tail
Movie · Director
Red Tomahawk
Movie · Director
Hostile Guns
Movie · Director
Gentle Ben
TV · Director · 9 eps
Johnny Reno
Movie · Director
Waco
Movie · Director
The Monroes
TV · Director · 1 ep
Tarzan
TV · Director · 1 ep
Taggart
Movie · Director
Apache Uprising
Movie · Director
Black Spurs
Movie · Director
Laredo
TV · Director · 5 eps
Bullet for a Badman
Movie · Director
He Rides Tall
Movie · Director
Daniel Boone
TV · Director · 4 eps
Showdown
Movie · Director
Operation Eichmann
Movie · Director
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
Movie · Director
King of the Wild Stallions
Movie · Director
Battle Flame
Movie · Director
Rawhide
TV · Director · 7 eps
Wichita Town
TV · Director · 2 eps
Riverboat
TV · Director · 1 ep
Johnny Ringo
TV · Director · 1 ep
Revolt in the Big House
Movie · Director
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
Movie · Director
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · Director · 5 eps
Affair in Reno
Movie · Director
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
Movie · Director
Trackdown
TV · Director · 7 eps
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV · Director · 1 ep
Whirlybirds
TV · Director · 1 ep
Wagon Train
TV · Director · 1 ep
When Gangland Strikes
Movie · Director
Come Next Spring
Movie · Director
The Hardy Boys
TV · Director · 15 eps
Double Jeopardy
Movie · Director
Secret Venture
Movie · Director
Track the Man Down
Movie · Director
I Cover the Underworld
Movie · Director
Cross Channel
Movie · Director
Gunsmoke
TV · Director · 2 eps
The Millionaire
TV · Director · 2 eps
Lassie
TV · Director · 2 eps
A Perilous Journey
Movie · Director
Geraldine
Movie · Director
Toughest Man in Arizona
Movie · Director
The Fabulous Senorita
Movie · Director
Gobs and Gals
Movie · Director
Oklahoma Annie
Movie · Director
Tropical Heat Wave
Movie · Director
Million Dollar Pursuit
Movie · Director
Honeychile
Movie · Director
Street Bandits
Movie · Director
Singing Guns
Movie · Director
The Arizona Cowboy
Movie · Director
Hills of Oklahoma
Movie · Director
Harbor of Missing Men
Movie · Director
Frisco Tornado
Movie · Director
Covered Wagon Raid
Movie · Director
Belle of Old Mexico
Movie · Director
The Red Menace
Movie · Director
Death Valley Gunfighter
Movie · Director
Sheriff of Wichita
Movie · Director
Navajo Trail Raiders
Movie · Director
Hellfire
Movie · Director
Flame of Youth
Movie · Director
Out of the Storm
Movie · Director
Secret Service Investigator
Movie · Director
Sundown in Santa Fe
Movie · Director
Renegades of Sonora
Movie · Director
Son of God’s Country
Movie · Director
The Main Street Kid
Movie · Director
Heart of Virginia
Movie · Director
Marshal of Cripple Creek
Movie · Director
Under Colorado Skies
Movie · Director
Vigilantes of Boomtown
Movie · Director
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley
Movie · Director
Oregon Trail Scouts
Movie · Director
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
Movie · Director
Along the Oregon Trail
Movie · Director
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
Movie · Director
Santa Fe Uprising
Movie · Director
Home on the Range
Movie · Director
California Gold Rush
Movie · Director
Sun Valley Cyclone
Movie · Director
Conquest of Cheyenne
Movie · Director
Stagecoach to Denver
Movie · Director
Man from Rainbow Valley
Movie · Director
Marshal of Laredo
Movie · Director
Wagon Wheels Westward
Movie · Director
Colorado Pioneers
Movie · Director
The Lady and the Monster
Movie · Assistant Director
Pinto Rustlers
Movie · Assistant Director
Fast Bullets
Movie · Assistant Director
Caryl of the Mountains
Movie · Assistant Director
Step on It
Movie · Assistant Director