Robert N Bradbury March 23 1886 November 24 1949 was an American film director and screenwriter who directed 125 movies between 1918 and 1941 He is most famous for directing early western films starring John Wayne in the 1930s including Riders of Destiny 1933 an early singing cowboy movie The Lucky Texan 1934 West of the Divide 1934 Blue Steel 1934 The Man From Utah 1934 The Star Packer 1934 The Trail Beyond 1934 costarring Noah Beery Sr and Noah Beery Jr The Lawless Frontier 1934 Texas Terror 1935 Rainbow Valley 1935 The Dawn Rider 1935 Westward Ho 1935 and Lawless Range 1935 These were inexpensively shot Poverty Row movies many were also written by Bradbury and almost all of them featured character actor George Gabby Hayes Bradbury also shot numerous similar films during this period starring his son Bob Steele or Johnny Mack Brown Bradbury occasionally billed himself as Robert North Bradbury RN Bradbury or Robert Bradbury From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia