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'''Robert G. Springsteen''' (September 8, 1904 &ndash; December 9, 1989) was an American director of Hollywood [[B movie]]s and television shows. He was most often credited on screen as R. G. Springsteen.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
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Born in [[Tacoma, Washington]], in 1904, Springsteen started working in Hollywood during the 1920s. He was hired by [[Fox Film|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 (film)|director]] and established himself as a filmmaker with his first B [[Western (genre)|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]]''.<br />
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R. G. Springsteen died on December 9, 1989, in [[Los Angeles, California]].<br />
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==Partial filmography==<br />
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*''[[Tiger by the Tail (1970 film)|Tiger by the Tail]]'' (1970)<br />
*''[[Hostile Guns]]'' (1967)<br />
*''[[Red Tomahawk]]'' (1967)<br />
*''[[Waco (1966 film)|Waco]]'' (1966)<br />
*''[[Johnny Reno]]'' (1966)<br />
*''[[Apache Uprising]]'' (1966)<br />
*''[[Black Spurs]]'' (1965)<br />
*''[[Taggart (film)|Taggart]]'' (1964)<br />
*''[[Bullet for a Badman]]'' (1964)<br />
*''[[He Rides Tall]]'' (1964)<br />
*''[[Showdown (1963 film)|Showdown]]'' (1963)<br />
*''[[Operation Eichmann (film)|Operation Eichmann]]'' (1961)<br />
*''[[Battle Flame]]'' (1959)<br />
*''[[King of the Wild Stallions]]'' (1959)<br />
*''[[Revolt in the Big House]]'' (1958)<br />
*''[[Cole Younger, Gunfighter]]'' (1958)<br />
*''[[Affair in Reno]]'' (1957)<br />
*''[[When Gangland Strikes]]'' (1956)<br />
*''[[Come Next Spring]]'' (1956)<br />
*''[[Secret Venture]]'' (1955)<br />
*''[[Cross Channel (film)|Cross Channel]]'' (1955)<br />
*''[[Double Jeopardy (1955 film)|Double Jeopardy]]'' (1955)<br />
*''[[Track the Man Down]]'' (1955)<br />
*''[[I Cover the Underworld]]'' (1955)<br />
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*''[[Geraldine (1953 film)|Geraldine]]'' (1953)<br />
*''[[A Perilous Journey]]'' (1953)<br />
*''[[Toughest Man in Arizona]]'' (1952)<br />
*''[[Tropical Heat Wave]]'' (1952)<br />
*''[[Gobs and Gals]]'' (1952)<br />
*''[[The Fabulous Senorita]]'' (1952)<br />
*''[[Oklahoma Annie]]'' (1952)<br />
*''[[Street Bandits]]'' (1951)<br />
*''[[Honeychile]]'' (1951)<br />
*''[[Million Dollar Pursuit]]'' (1951)<br />
*''[[Frisco Tornado]]'' (1950)<br />
*''[[Covered Wagon Raid]]'' (1950)<br />
*''[[Hills of Oklahoma]]'' (1950)<br />
*''[[The Arizona Cowboy]]'' (1950)<br />
*''[[Harbor of Missing Men]]'' (1950)<br />
*''[[Belle of Old Mexico]]'' (1950)<br />
*''[[Singing Guns]]'' (1950)<br />
*''[[Navajo Trail Raiders]]'' (1949)<br />
*''[[Flame of Youth (1949 film)|Flame of Youth]]'' (1949)<br />
*''[[The Red Menace (film)|The Red Menace]]'' (1949)<br />
*''[[Hellfire (1949 film)|Hellfire]]'' (1949)<br />
*''[[Death Valley Gunfighter]]'' (1949)<br />
*''[[Sheriff of Wichita]]'' (1949)<br />
*''[[Renegades of Sonora]]'' (1948)<br />
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*''[[Sundown in Santa Fe]]'' (1948)<br />
*''[[Son of God's Country]]'' (1948)<br />
*''[[Out of the Storm (1948 film)|Out of the Storm]]'' (1948)<br />
*''[[Secret Service Investigator]]'' (1948)<br />
*''[[Heart of Virginia]]'' (1948)<br />
*''[[The Main Street Kid]]'' (1948)<br />
*''[[Under Colorado Skies]]'' (1947)<br />
*''[[Along the Oregon Trail]]'' (1947)<br />
*''[[Marshal of Cripple Creek]]'' (1947)<br />
*''[[Rustlers of Devil's Canyon]]'' (1947)<br />
*''[[Oregon Trail Scouts]]'' (1947)<br />
*''[[Homesteaders of Paradise Valley]]'' (1947)<br />
*''[[Vigilantes of Boomtown]]'' (1947)<br />
*''[[Stagecoach to Denver]]'' (1946)<br />
*''[[Santa Fe Uprising]]'' (1946)<br />
*''[[Conquest of Cheyenne]]'' (1946)<br />
*''[[Man from Rainbow Valley]]'' (1946)<br />
*''[[Sun Valley Cyclone]]'' (1946)<br />
*''[[Home on the Range (1946 film)|Home on the Range]]'' (1946)<br />
*''[[Sheriff of Redwood Valley]]'' (1946)<br />
*''[[California Gold Rush (film)|California Gold Rush]]'' (1946)<br />
*''[[Wagon Wheels Westward]]'' (1945)<br />
*''[[Colorado Pioneers]]'' (1945)<br />
*''[[Marshal of Laredo]]'' (1945)<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0819806}}<br />
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