John Bromfield
John Bromfield (born Farron Bromfield; June 11, 1922 – September 19, 2005) was an American actor and commercial fisherman.
John Bromfield
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- Name
- John Bromfield
- Birth Name
- Farron Bromfield
- Born
- 11 June 1922
- Birthplace
- South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
- Died
- 19 September 2005
- Place of death
- Palm Desert, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor, commercial fisherman
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- Venice High School
- Languages
- English
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Key facts
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• Name — John Bromfield • Birth Name — Farron Bromfield • Born — 11 June 1922 • Birthplace — South Bend, Indiana, U.S. • Died — 19 September 2005 • Place of death — Palm Desert, California, U.S. • Years Active — 1948–1960 • Resting Place — Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California • Occupation — Actor, commercial fisherman
Documentary record
John Bromfield (11 June 1922 – 18 September 2005) was an actor. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Early years
Early years
Farron Bromfield was born in South Bend, Indiana. He played football and was a boxing champion at Saint Mary's College of California, where he also lettered in football, baseball, track and swimming. In the 1940s, he gained his first acting experience at the La Jolla Playhouse. Bromfield served in the United States Navy in World War II.
Television
Television
In the middle 1950s, Bromfield 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".
Later years
Later years
In 1960, Bromfield retired from acting to produce sports shows and work as a commercial fisherman off Newport Beach, California.
Personal life
Personal life
Bromfield married Grace Landis while in college. They later divorced. He married actress Corinne Calvet in Boulder, Colorado, in 1948. They were divorced March 16, 1954. He also was divorced from actress/dancer Larri Thomas. He and his fourth wife, actress/dancer and author Mary Ellen Bromfield, were married 43 years.
Death
Death
Bromfield died September 18, 2005, at age 83 from renal failure in Palm Desert, California.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1948 — Sorry, Wrong Number — Joe - Detective • Harpoon — Michael Shand • 1949 — Rope of Sand — Thompson • 1950 — Paid in Full — Dr. Clark • The Furies — Clay Jeffords • 1952 — The Cimarron Kid — Tulsa Jack — Uncredited • Hold That Line — Biff Wallace • Flat Top — Ens. Snakehips McKay • Easy to Love — Hank • 1954 — Ring of Fear — Armand St. Dennis • The Black Dakotas — Mike Daugherty • 1955 — Revenge of the Creature — Joe Hayes • The Big Bluff — Ricardo De Villa • The Tender Trap — Actor in 'Easy to Love' - Movie on TV — Uncredited • 1956 — Three Bad Sisters — Jim Norton • Manfish — Captain Brannigan • Crime Against Joe — Joe Manning • Quincannon, Frontier Scout — Lt. Burke • Frontier Gambler — Deputy Marshal Curt Darrow • Hot Cars — Nick Dunn • Curucu, Beast of the Amazon — Rock Dean • 1961 — Morgan keibu to nazô no otoko — (final film role)
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1922
John Bromfield born at South Bend.
2005
John Bromfield died at Palm Desert.
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Palm Desert.
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Film
Bromfield's screen debut came in Harpoon (1948). The same year, he was cast as a detective in Sorry, Wrong Number, starring Burt Lancaster and Barbara Stanwyck for Paramount Pictures. In 1953, Bromfield appeared with Esther Williams, Van Johnson and Tony Martin in Easy to Love. He also starred in horror films, including the 1955 3D production Revenge of the Creature, one of the Creature from the Black Lagoon sequels.
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reference work
- “John Bromfield”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1699419: John Bromfield
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- 1.Room, Adrian. Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. McFarland. 77. 2010. 9780786457632.
- 2.Abbott, Peter. What's New from Coast to Coast. TV Radio Mirror. 47. 2. 5. January 1957.
- 3.Keating, Micheline. The Sheriff Gets a Promotion. Tucson Daily Citizen. 17. February 7, 1959.
- 4.Obituaries: John Bromfield. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 6B. 20 September 2005.
- 5.Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 960.
- 6.The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., September 26, 2005, p. B 4
- 7.Corinne Calvet Divorces Actor John Bromfield. Newport Daily News. Associated Press. 15. March 17, 1954.
- 8.John Bromfield. The Indiana Gazette. Associated Press. 4. November 21, 1985.
- 9.III, Harris M. Lentz. Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2005: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. 46. 2006. 9780786452101.
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