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John Bromfield is a Actor American born on 11 june 1922 at South Bend (USA)

John Bromfield

John Bromfield
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Birth name Farron Bromfield
Nationality USA
Birth 11 june 1922 at South Bend (USA)
Death 18 september 2005 (at 83 years) at Palm Desert (USA)

John Bromfield (born Farron Bromfield; June 11, 1922 – September 19, 2005) was an American film and television actor.

Biography

Farron Bromfield was born in South Bend, Indiana. He played football and was a boxing champion in college. He served in the United States Navy in World War II. In 1948, he twice harpooned a whale in the documentary film Harpoon. In 1948, he was cast as a detective in the film Sorry, Wrong Number, starring Burt Lancaster and Barbara Stanwyck for Paramount Pictures. In 1953, Bromfield appeared with Esther Williams in the film Easy to Love. In the middle 1950s, he appeared in westerns, such as NBC's Frontier anthology series in the role of a sheriff in the episode "The Hanging at Thunder Butte Creek". He also starred in horror films, including the 1955 3D production Revenge of the Creature, one of the Creature from the Black Lagoon sequels.

In 1956, Bromfield was cast as law enforcement officer Frank Morgan in the syndicated western-themed crime drama series, Sheriff of Cochise, later retitled by studio boss Desi Arnaz, Sr., as U.S. Marshal. The real sheriff of Cochise County at the time, Jack Howard, visited the set when the program began and made Bromfield an honorary deputy. Bromfield once told The Los Angeles Times: "About 40 million see 'Sheriff of Cochise' or 'U.S. Marshal' every week. I'd have to do about twenty-five pictures, major pictures, over a span of eight or nine years for enough people to see me in the theater who see me in one week on 'U.S. Marshal'. ... The show is seen all over the world. Television is a fabulous medium." The series was actually created by his co-star Stan Jones, who appeared in twenty-four segments as Deputy Harry Olson.

In 1960, Bromfield retired from acting to produce sports shows and work as a commercial fisherman off Newport Beach, California. Bromfield was divorced from actresses Corinne Calvet (1925–2001) and Larri Thomas (1932-2013).

Usually with

Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
(5 films)
W. Lee Wilder
W. Lee Wilder
(2 films)
Warren Low
Warren Low
(4 films)
Larri Thomas
Larri Thomas
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John Bromfield (18 films)

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Actor

Manfish
Manfish (1956)
, 1h16
Directed by W. Lee Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films
Actors John Bromfield, Lon Chaney, Jr., Victor Jory, Barbara Nichols
Roles Brannigan
Rating46% 2.3258652.3258652.3258652.3258652.325865
Inspector Warren of Scotland Yard flies into Jamaica and is taken to the headquarters of the Jamaica Constabulary Force. Exchanging credentials with a Jamaican Inspector, Warren reveals he has come to seek the extradition of a wanted criminal known as "The Professor". Surprised when the Inspector refuses to extradite the Professor, the Jamaican Inspector recounts a story told in flashback.
Curucu, Beast of the Amazon, 1h16
Directed by Curt Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Horror
Actors John Bromfield, Larri Thomas, Tom Payne, Beverly Garland, Tom Payne
Roles Rock Dean
Rating40% 2.035252.035252.035252.035252.03525
Plantation owner Rock Dean travels up the Amazon River to investigate why the workers have left in panic. Dean's guide, Tumpanico warns him of Curucu (a birdlike monster who is said to live up the river where no white man has ever been). Accompanying him is Dr. Andrea Romar, in search of a drug which (in this story) the natives use to shrink heads. She hopes this drug will be effective in reducing cancerous tissue.
Quincannon, Frontier Scout, 1h23
Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Tony Martin, Peggie Castle, John Bromfield, John Smith, Ron Randell, John Doucette
Roles Lt. Burke
Rating54% 2.7175152.7175152.7175152.7175152.717515
This script must be run from the command line
Crime Against Joe, 1h10
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors John Bromfield, Julie London, Henry Calvin, Patricia Blair, John M. Pickard, Rhodes Reason
Roles Joe Manning
Rating58% 2.9051052.9051052.9051052.9051052.905105
A Korean War veteran is accused of the murder of a night club singer, in Tucson Arizona. A high school pin was found on the scene of the crime, and the veteran's pin is missing. However, when the crime was committed the veteran was leading a female somnambulist to her home, but her over-protective father gives a false testimony to the district attorney. "Slacks", a female friend, gives him a false alibi, but the police soon sorts that out. The veteran thinks that one of his fellow high school students from 1945 was the murderer. He has got possible suspects on a list.
Hot Cars
Hot Cars (1956)
, 1h
Directed by Don McDougall
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors John Bromfield, Joi Lansing, George Sawaya, Dabbs Greer, Kurt Katch, Robert Osterloh
Roles Nick Dunn
Rating63% 3.1867453.1867453.1867453.1867453.186745
Nick Dunn, a used car salesman, can't close a deal with customers Karen Winter and Arthur Markel, so he is fired. A sympathetic Markel has a car lot of his own and offers a job to Nick, who quits after discovering Markel's disreputable sales methods.
Three Bad Sisters, 1h16
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Marla English, Kathleen Hughes, Sara Shane, John Bromfield, Jess Barker, Madge Kennedy
Roles Jim Norton
Rating57% 2.852862.852862.852862.852862.85286
This script must be run from the command line
The Big Bluff, 1h10
Directed by W. Lee Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Crime
Actors John Bromfield, Martha Vickers, Robert Hutton, Rosemarie Bowe, Eve Miller, Robert Bice
Roles Ricardo De Villa
Rating56% 2.849392.849392.849392.849392.84939
The suave Don Juan Ricardo 'Rick' De Villa (John Bromfield) and his married lover Fritzi Darvel would like to take off together, but his lack of money prevents them from doing so. A chance encounter introduces Rick to the young, but terminally ill socialite Valerie Bancroft (Martha Vickers), in whom Rick sees the solution to his predicament. Rick sweeps her off her feet and they soon marry, although Valerie's entourage are suspicious of him. Rick then proceeds to try and bring about Valerie's demise so he can inherit her wealth and live the good life with Fritzi.
Revenge of the Creature, 1h22
Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield, Clint Eastwood, Nestor Paiva, Ricou Browning
Roles Joe Hayes
Rating56% 2.8011552.8011552.8011552.8011552.801155
Having previously survived being riddled with bullets, the Gill-man is captured and sent to the Ocean Harbor Oceanarium in Florida, where he is studied by animal psychologist Professor Clete Ferguson (John Agar) and ichthyology student Helen Dobson (Lori Nelson).
Ring of Fear, 1h33
Directed by William A. Wellman, James Edward Grant
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Circus films
Actors Clyde Beatty, Pat O'Brien, Sean McClory, John Bromfield, Pedro Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Emmett Lynn
Roles Armand St. Denis
Rating51% 2.5664352.5664352.5664352.5664352.566435
Dublin O'Malley, un ancien artiste de cirque aigri, revient sur les lieux de son ancien travail afin de se venger de son employeur et d'une femme. Les crimes et les accidents qu'il commet, déguisés en accident, inquiètent le personnel qui commence à croire le cirque hanté. Le directeur, Clyde Beatty, fait alors appel à Mickey Spillane pour résoudre l'énigme. Spillane ne tarde pas à découvrir le véritable auteur de ces méfaits...
The Black Dakotas, 1h5
Directed by Ray Nazarro
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Gary Merrill, Wanda Hendrix, John Bromfield, Noah Beery, Jr, Fay Roope, Jay Silverheels
Roles Mike Daugherty
Rating54% 2.7142052.7142052.7142052.7142052.714205
Over footage from The Man from Colorado, opening titles inform the audience that during the Civil War the Confederate States of America sent agitators to the American West to incite Indian tribes against the Federal Government to draw troops away from battles in the East.
Easy to Love, 1h36
Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films
Actors Esther Williams, Van Johnson, Tony Martin, Carroll Baker, John Bromfield, King Donovan
Roles Hank
Rating61% 3.0987253.0987253.0987253.0987253.098725
Ray Lloyd runs a successful Cypress Gardens water show, but star attraction Julie Hallerton is overworked and underpaid. She fibs about pretending to marry her aquatic partner Hank, but is persuaded by Ray to accompany him to New York instead.
Flat Top
Flat Top (1952)
, 1h23
Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Sterling Hayden, Richard Carlson, Keith Larsen, William Phipps, John Bromfield, William Schallert
Roles Ens. Snakehips McKay
Rating58% 2.9436952.9436952.9436952.9436952.943695
The film begins away from the coast of Korea during the Korean War. Commander Collier (Hayden) is in charge of air operations on a carrier, or 'flat top'. When asked about how he first handled his job, he goes back to the time of World War II, where the film takes place. Told in flashback form, Collier recounts the war in the Pacific, working flight ops on the same carrier with a new second officer, Lt. (j.g.) Joe Rogers (Carlson), and getting a group of pilots ready for the tough fight to come against the Japanese.
Hold That Line, 1h4
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Gorcey, Benny Bartlett, Bernard Gorcey, Mona Knox
Roles Biff Wallace
Rating60% 3.049453.049453.049453.049453.04945
The members of the local university's trust make a wager that anyone can make it through college if just given the chance. Because of this, they enlist the boys to attend the university to prove the theory. While the boys do not become academic scholars, Sach invents a "vitamin" drink that makes him invincible. They all join the football team and Sach becomes the star player, leading them to the big championship game. A local gambler sees an opportunity to make some money by kidnapping Sach and preventing him from playing. However, Slip and the rest of the gang rescue Sach and return him to the game. Unfortunately he does not have any more "vitamins", so Slip plans a ruse on the playing field that distracts the other team and allows him to score the winning touchdown.
The Furies
The Furies (1950)
, 1h49
Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston, Judith Anderson, Gilbert Roland, Thomas Gomez
Roles Clay Jeffords
Rating72% 3.64613.64613.64613.64613.6461
T. C. Jeffords (Walter Huston) is a wealthy cattle baron who feels the Herrera family is squatting illegally on his property, The Furies. T.C.'s beloved daughter, Vance (Barbara Stanwyck), who is as obsessed with wealth and every bit as ruthless as her father, has a close bond with Juan Herrera (Gilbert Roland) in secret. What she wants more is a proper husband who can run the giant ranch with her once T.C. is gone. She falls in love with Rip Darrow (Wendell Corey), who holds a grudge against T.C., believing a portion of The Furies land to be rightfully his. Vance is shocked when Rip accepts a $50,000 bribe from T.C. to permanently get out of her life. Rip opens a bank in town near a saloon he owns called "The Legal Tender".