R.G. Springsteen
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 8, 1904
- Place of birth
- Tacoma, Washington, USA
- Died
- December 9, 1989
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.
Movies directed by R.G. Springsteen
- Johnny Reno 1966 · ★ 6.5
- Bullet for a Badman 1964 · ★ 6.3
- Showdown 1963 · ★ 6.1
- Taggart 1965 · ★ 5.5
- Black Spurs 1965 · ★ 6.3
- Hellfire 1949 · ★ 6.4
- The Red Menace 1949 · ★ 4.5
- Apache Uprising 1965 · ★ 6.4
- Double Jeopardy 1955 · ★ 5.2
- Singing Guns 1950 · ★ 6.4
- Revolt in the Big House 1958 · ★ 6.3
- Waco 1966 · ★ 6.7
- Red Tomahawk 1967 · ★ 6.8
- Come Next Spring 1956 · ★ 5.9
- Track the Man Down 1955 · ★ 6.1
- Hostile Guns 1967 · ★ 5.6
- Tiger by the Tail 1970 · ★ 5.3
- Affair in Reno 1957 · ★ 5.0
- Cole Younger, Gunfighter 1958 · ★ 6.6
- He Rides Tall 1964 · ★ 5.1
- Million Dollar Pursuit 1951 · ★ 6.5
- A Perilous Journey 1953 · ★ 4.5
- Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon 1961 · ★ 5.8
- Homesteaders of Paradise Valley 1947 · ★ 5.2
- Stagecoach to Denver 1946 · ★ 6.0
- King of the Wild Stallions 1959 · ★ 6.8
- Operation Eichmann 1961 · ★ 6.8
- Geraldine 1953 · ★ 6.0
- Out of the Storm 1948 · ★ 7.3
- Harbor of Missing Men 1950 · ★ 6.3
- Covered Wagon Raid 1950 · ★ 7.2
- Oklahoma Annie 1952 · ★ 8.7
- Vigilantes of Boomtown 1947 · ★ 4.3
- Secret Venture 1955 · ★ 6.5
- When Gangland Strikes 1956 · ★ 6.0
- Secret Service Investigator 1948 · ★ 7.5
- Frisco Tornado 1950 · ★ 7.5
- Death Valley Gunfighter 1949 · ★ 8.0
- Sheriff of Redwood Valley 1946 · ★ 6.5
- The Fabulous Senorita 1952 · ★ 6.5