R.G. Springsteen

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.

Directed

1. Gunsmoke (1955) — Director
2. Lassie (1954) — Director
3. Rawhide (1959) — Director
4. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) — Director
5. Daniel Boone (1964) — Director
6. Wagon Train (1957) — Director
7. Tarzan (1966) — Director
8. Bullet for a Badman (1964) — Director
9. Johnny Reno (1966) — Director
10. Showdown (1963) — Director
11. Taggart (1965) — Director
12. Black Spurs (1965) — Director
13. Gentle Ben (1967) — Director
14. Hellfire (1949) — Director
15. The Red Menace (1949) — Director
16. Apache Uprising (1965) — Director
17. Laredo (1965) — Director
18. Double Jeopardy (1955) — Director
19. Singing Guns (1950) — Director
20. Revolt in the Big House (1958) — Director
21. Waco (1966) — Director
22. Red Tomahawk (1967) — Director
23. Come Next Spring (1956) — Director
24. Track the Man Down (1955) — Director
25. Hostile Guns (1967) — Director
26. Trackdown (1957) — Director
27. Johnny Ringo (1959) — Director
28. Tiger by the Tail (1970) — Director
29. Affair in Reno (1957) — Director
30. Cole Younger, Gunfighter (1958) — Director
31. He Rides Tall (1964) — Director
32. Whirlybirds (1957) — Director
33. Million Dollar Pursuit (1951) — Director
34. A Perilous Journey (1953) — Director
35. Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon (1961) — Director
36. Riverboat (1959) — Director
37. Homesteaders of Paradise Valley (1947) — Director
38. Stagecoach to Denver (1946) — Director
39. Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957) — Director
40. King of the Wild Stallions (1959) — Director