
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.
Directing (74 movies)

Tiger by the Tail
1970

Affair in Reno
1957

Out of the Storm
1948

Double Jeopardy
1955

Million Dollar Pursuit
1951

The Red Menace
1949

Secret Venture
1955

When Gangland Strikes
1956

Revolt in the Big House
1958

Johnny Reno
1966

Waco
1966

Red Tomahawk
1967

Come Next Spring
1956

Bullet for a Badman
1964

A Perilous Journey
1953

Marshal of Cripple Creek
1947

Singing Guns
1950

Cole Younger, Gunfighter
1958

Taggart
1965

The Arizona Cowboy
1950

Hills of Oklahoma
1950

Secret Service Investigator
1948

Harbor of Missing Men
1950

Death Valley Gunfighter
1949

Frisco Tornado
1950

Track the Man Down
1955

Apache Uprising
1965

Hostile Guns
1967

He Rides Tall
1964

Sundown in Santa Fe
1948

Covered Wagon Raid
1950

Sheriff of Wichita
1949

Sheriff of Redwood Valley
1946

Under Colorado Skies
1947

Navajo Trail Raiders
1949

Black Spurs
1965

Toughest Man in Arizona
1952

Showdown
1963

The Fabulous Senorita
1952

Gobs and Gals
1952

Oklahoma Annie
1952

Renegades of Sonora
1948

King of the Wild Stallions
1959

Santa Fe Uprising
1946

Vigilantes of Boomtown
1947

Homesteaders of Paradise Valley
1947

Oregon Trail Scouts
1947

Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
1947

Belle of Old Mexico
1950

Hellfire
1949

Operation Eichmann
1961

Flame of Youth
1949

I Cover the Underworld
1955

Home on the Range
1946

Son of God’s Country
1948

Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon
1961

The Main Street Kid
1948

Tropical Heat Wave
1952

Marshal of Laredo
1945

Colorado Pioneers
1945

Conquest of Cheyenne
1946

California Gold Rush
1946

Sun Valley Cyclone
1946

Wagon Wheels Westward
1945

Stagecoach to Denver
1946

Man from Rainbow Valley
1946

Along the Oregon Trail
1947

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
1957

Heart of Virginia
1948

Battle Flame
1959

Honeychile
1951

Geraldine
1953

Cross Channel
1955
Street Bandits
1951
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