
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.

The Hardy Boys

Oklahoma Annie

Rawhide

Daniel Boone

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Tarzan

Gunsmoke

Gentle Ben

Wagon Train

Out of the Storm

Johnny Reno

Waco

Red Tomahawk

Trackdown

Laredo

Hellfire

Bullet for a Badman

Revolt in the Big House

Cole Younger, Gunfighter

Apache Uprising

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Riverboat

Lassie

黒い拍車

Singing Guns

Secret Service Investigator

Death Valley Gunfighter

Frisco Tornado

The Fabulous Senorita

King of the Wild Stallions

Operation Eichmann

I Cover the Underworld

California Gold Rush

Wagon Wheels Westward

Battle Flame

Honeychile

Showdown

Million Dollar Pursuit

Track the Man Down

Covered Wagon Raid

Stagecoach to Denver

The Monroes

Johnny Ringo

Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon

Come Next Spring

Harbor of Missing Men

Taggart

Whirlybirds

Hostile Guns

Tiger by the Tail

Double Jeopardy

Sun Valley Cyclone

Geraldine

Cross Channel

The Millionaire

He Rides Tall

Affair in Reno

Homesteaders of Paradise Valley

Wichita Town

The Red Menace

Sheriff of Redwood Valley

A Perilous Journey

Vigilantes of Boomtown

Secret Venture

When Gangland Strikes

Marshal of Cripple Creek

The Arizona Cowboy

Hills of Oklahoma

Sundown in Santa Fe

Sheriff of Wichita

Under Colorado Skies

Navajo Trail Raiders

Toughest Man in Arizona

Gobs and Gals

Renegades of Sonora

Santa Fe Uprising

Oregon Trail Scouts

Rustlers of Devil's Canyon

Belle of Old Mexico

Flame of Youth

Home on the Range

Son of God’s Country

The Main Street Kid

Tropical Heat Wave

Marshal of Laredo

Conquest of Cheyenne

Colorado Pioneers

Man from Rainbow Valley

Along the Oregon Trail

The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm

Heart of Virginia