Head to headJohn Wayne against Bob Steele Both careers by TMDB ratingJohn WayneBob Steele
Tale of the tape as an actor
John Wayne vs Bob Steele
Bob Steele averages 6.61 across 22 rated films as an actor, ahead of John Wayne at 6.17.
- 149 (96 rated)
- Films acted
- 46 (22 rated)
- 6.17
- Average
- 6.61▶
- 6.32
- Weighted
- 6.70▶
- ◀The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 7.8
- Best film
- Rio Bravo 7.8
- ◀7.17, 1961 to 1962
- Peak five
- 6.86, 1939 to 1951
- 2 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 2 films
- 6.34 (+0.17)
- Current form
- 6.86 (+0.25)▶
- ◀21.1K
- TMDB votes
- 5.88K
- 1926 to 1976
- Career
- 1939 to 1974
- ◀1 win, 3 noms
- Oscars
- None
- ◀$390M
- Box office
- $64.5M
Rows won
5 to 3
John Wayne ahead
Films together
6
averaging 6.80
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
 Island in the Sky | 1953 | 6.2 | Producer, as Captain Dooley | as Wilson |
 Rio Bravo | 1959 | 7.8 | as Sheriff John T. Chance | as Matt Harris (uncredited) |
 The Comancheros | 1961 | 6.6 | as Jake Cutter | as Pa Schofield (uncredited) |
 McLintock! | 1963 | 6.6 | as George Washington McLintock | as Train Engineer |
 Rio Lobo | 1970 | 6.5 | as Col. Cord McNally | as Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited) |
 The Shootist | 1976 | 7.1 | as J.B. Books | as Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited) |