American writer/director of low-budget "Poverty Row" westerns, including 13 of
John Wayne's early films. He also often starred his son, the western actor
Bob Steele, in his films. Bradbury began in the industry in 1918. He made the majority of his films under the banner of
Paul Malvern's Lone Star Productions, which released through Monogram Pictures, and later for Monogram Pictures itself.