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John Bromfield‌

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John Bromfield

South Bend, Indiana, USA

John Bromfield

South Bend, Indiana, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1922-06-11

Popularity

star2.2

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   John Bromfield (né Farron Bromfield) (June 11, 1922 - September 19, 2005) was an American film and television actor. 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 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 Columbia Pictures. In 1953, Bromfield appeared with Esther Williams in the film Easy to Love set in bathing suit attire in Cypress Gardens, Florida. 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 (1914–1963), who appeared in twenty-four segments as Deputy Harry Olson. Sheriff of Cochise featured numerous young actors who later became well-known in the industry: Mike Connors, Gavin MacLeod, David Janssen, Michael Landon, Stacy Keach, Charles Bronson, Jack Lord, Doug McClure, Ross Martin, and Martin Milner. 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 (born 1933). He died at the age of eighty-three of renal failure in Palm Desert, California, having been survived by his third wife of forty-three years, Mary Bromfield. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Bromfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Sorry, Wrong Number

Sorry, Wrong Number‌
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calendar 1948

The Furies

The Furies‌
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calendar 1950

Revenge of the Creature

Revenge of the Creature‌
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calendar 1955

Crime Against Joe

Crime Against Joe‌
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calendar 1956

Curucu, Beast of the Amazon

Curucu, Beast of the Amazon‌
star3.8
calendar 1956

Easy to Love

Easy to Love‌
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calendar 1953

Rope of Sand

Rope of Sand‌
star5.6
calendar 1949

Hot Cars

Hot Cars‌
star5.7
calendar 1956

Paid in Full

Paid in Full‌
star6.6
calendar 1950

Flat Top

Flat Top‌
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calendar 1952

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion‌
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calendar 1979

The Big Bluff

The Big Bluff‌
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calendar 1955

Three Bad Sisters

Three Bad Sisters‌
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calendar 1956

Quincannon, Frontier Scout

Quincannon, Frontier Scout‌
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calendar 1956

Manfish

Manfish‌
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calendar 1956

Hold That Line

Hold That Line‌
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calendar 1952

The Black Dakotas

The Black Dakotas‌
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calendar 1954

Frontier Gambler

Frontier Gambler‌
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calendar 1956

Ring of Fear

Ring of Fear‌
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calendar 1954

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery

Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery‌
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calendar 1961

Tv Credits

Racket Squad

Racket Squad‌
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calendar 1951

Frontier

Frontier‌
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calendar 1955

U.S. Marshal

U.S. Marshal‌
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calendar 1958

U.S. Marshall

U.S. Marshall‌
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calendar 1956