Biography
William Anton Gittinger (March 28, 1888 β February 13, 1966), best known as William Steele, was an American actor of small roles in Westerns, particularly those of John Ford. Although his screen credits and many records indicate a wide variety of names and spellings, Steele's own signatures on his military documents indicate that he was born William Anton Gittinger on March 28, 1888 (not 1889, as some sources have it) in San Antonio, Texas. Little is known of his life prior to his arrival in Los Angeles around 1910. As the film industry in Hollywood was just blossoming, and as he apparently had great experience with horses, Steele easily obtained work in quickie Westerns. He fought in Europe in World War I, then returned to Hollywood. While he was extremely inconsistent in the names he used, he worked consistently in Westerns throughout the silent era and up until the 1950s. His final appearance was as the wounded posse member Nesby in Ford's The Searchers in 1956, his tenth film for Ford. He died ten years later, not quite 78 years old. He was survived by his wife Josephine, an actress. He is buried under his birth name at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.
Filmography
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Movies 84
Springfield Rifle (1952)
The Showdown (1950)
The Gunfighter (1950)
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
San Antonio (1945)
The Outlaw (1943)
The Westerner (1940)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
For the Service (1936)
The Red Rider (1934)
Laughing Boy (1934)
Gordon of Ghost City (1933)
King of the Arena (1933)
The California Trail (1933)
Doughboys (1930)
The Lone Star Ranger (1930)
The Black Ace (1928)
Thunder Riders (1928)
The Call of the Heart (1928)
The Valley of Hell (1928)
The Fearless Rider (1928)
Whispering Sage (1927)
Loco Luck (1927)
Rough and Ready (1927)
The Runaway Express (1926)
The Riding Rascal (1926)
The Flaming Frontier (1926)
The Wild Horse Stampede (1926)
The Fighting Peacemaker (1926)
A Six Shootin' Romance (1926)
Under Western Skies (1926)
Don Dare Devil (1925)
Let 'er Buck (1925)
The Saddle Hawk (1925)
The Hurricane Kid (1925)
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River (1924)
The Last Man on Earth (1924)
The Sunset Trail (1924)
Hit and Run (1924)
Virginian Outcast (1924)
Shootin' for Love (1923)
Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande (1923)
Dead Game (1923)
Single Handed (1923)
Bells of San Juan (1922)
The Fast Mail (1922)
Pardon My Nerve! (1922)
Riding with Death (1921)
The Wallop (1921)
The Phantom Riders (1918)
Bucking Broadway (1917)
A Marked Man (1917)
The Secret Man (1917)
Straight Shooting (1917)
Cheyenne's Pal (1917)
The Soul Herder (1917)
Six-Shooter Justice (1917)
The Wrong Man (1917)
The Golden Bullet (1917)
The Mysterious Outlaw (1917)
A 44-Calibre Mystery (1917)
Hair-Trigger Burke (1917)
The Fighting Gringo (1917)
Goin' Straight (1917)
The Outlaw and the Lady (1917)
The Bad Man of Cheyenne (1917)
Blood Money (1917)
The Night Riders (1916)
A Knight of the Range (1916)
The Ring of Destiny (1915)
The White Wolf (1914)
Universal Ike Junior Nearly Gets Married (1914)
Universal Ike Junior in Me, Him, and I (1914)
Universal Ike Junior and the Vampire (1914)
'Cross the Mexican Line (1914)
Passing of the Beast (1914)
The Man Within (1914)
A Gypsy Romance (1914)
The Voice of the Viola (1914)
An Indian Outcast (1912)
Her Spoiled Boy (1911)
The Immortal Alamo (1911)
The 'Schoolmarm' of Coyote County (1911)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1888-03-28
Deathday1966-02-13 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceSan Antonio, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsBill Gettinger, William Anton Gittinger
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