R.G. Springsteen
Directing · Born Sep 8, 1904 · Died Dec 9, 1989 (85) · Tacoma, Washington, USA
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
Directed
Tiger by the Tail
19705.3
Gentle Ben
19676.6
Hostile Guns
19675.6
Red Tomahawk
19676.8
Tarzan
19666.9
The Monroes
19666.8
Waco
19666.7
Johnny Reno
19666.5
Apache Uprising
19656.4
Laredo
19656.4
Black Spurs
19656.3
Taggart
19655.5
Daniel Boone
19647.0
Bullet for a Badman
19646.3
He Rides Tall
19645.1
Showdown
19636.1
Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
19615.8
Operation Eichmann
19616.8
Johnny Ringo
19595.9
Wichita Town
19594.9
Riverboat
19596.5
Battle Flame
19597.0
King of the Wild Stallions
19596.8
Rawhide
19597.3
Revolt in the Big House
19586.3
Wanted: Dead or Alive
19587.1
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
19586.6
Trackdown
19576.9
Wagon Train
19576.6
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
19579.0
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
19576.8
Affair in Reno
19575.0
Whirlybirds
19576.0
The Hardy Boys
19568.8
When Gangland Strikes
19566.0
Come Next Spring
19565.9
Secret Venture
19556.5
Cross Channel
19556.0
Gunsmoke
19556.7
Double Jeopardy
19555.2
Track the Man Down
19556.1
I Cover the Underworld
19556.5
The Millionaire
19555.8
Lassie
19546.3
Geraldine
19536.0
A Perilous Journey
19534.5
Toughest Man in Arizona
19527.0
Tropical Heat Wave
195210.0
Gobs and Gals
19527.0
The Fabulous Senorita
19526.5
Oklahoma Annie
19528.7
Street Bandits
195110.0
Honeychile
19517.5
Million Dollar Pursuit
19516.5
Frisco Tornado
19507.5
Covered Wagon Raid
19507.2
Hills of Oklahoma
19507.0
The Arizona Cowboy
195010.0
Harbor of Missing Men
19506.3
Belle of Old Mexico
19509.0
Singing Guns
19506.4
Navajo Trail Raiders
19498.0
Flame of Youth
194910.0
The Red Menace
19494.5
Hellfire
19496.4
Death Valley Gunfighter
19498.0
Sheriff of Wichita
19498.0
Renegades of Sonora
19488.0
Sundown in Santa Fe
194810.0
Son of God’s Country
19489.0
Out of the Storm
19487.3
Secret Service Investigator
19487.5
Heart of Virginia
19487.0
The Main Street Kid
194810.0
Under Colorado Skies
19477.0
Along the Oregon Trail
19479.0
Marshal of Cripple Creek
19477.0
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
194710.0
Oregon Trail Scouts
19479.0
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley
19475.2
Vigilantes of Boomtown
19474.3
Stagecoach to Denver
19466.0
Santa Fe Uprising
19467.0
Conquest of Cheyenne
19467.0
Man from Rainbow Valley
19469.0
Sun Valley Cyclone
19467.0
Home on the Range
194610.0
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
19466.5
California Gold Rush
19467.5
Wagon Wheels Westward
19457.5
Colorado Pioneers
19457.0
Marshal of Laredo
19458.0