John Bromfield
Biography
John Bromfield was an American actor who began at the La Jolla Playhouse in the 1940s. He was born in South Bend, Indiana, and at Saint Mary's College of California he played football, won a boxing championship, and lettered in baseball, track and swimming. He made his screen debut in Harpoon in 1948, and that same year he played a detective in Sorry, Wrong Number (1948), a Paramount Pictures release with Burt Lancaster and Barbara Stanwyck. In 1953, his credits included Easy to Love, where he shared scenes with Esther Williams, Van Johnson and Tony Martin. Horror work followed, notably Revenge of the Creature (1955), a 3D sequel in the Creature from the Black Lagoon series. During the mid-1950s he took western parts, including a sheriff in an episode of the NBC anthology Frontier. In 1960 he gave up acting, producing sports programming and fishing commercially out of Newport Beach, California.
83years old at death
- Born South Bend
- Died Palm Desert
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 8 years1948 to 1956
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A change of course
In 1960, Bromfield left acting behind. He turned to producing sports shows and became a commercial fisherman working the waters off Newport Beach, California.
John Bromfield movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Sorry, Wrong Number1948 Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thrilleras Joe - Detective
IMDb rating 7.314K votes
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Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Burt Lancaster's page
Barbara Stanwyck's page
Leif Erickson's page
Wendell Corey's page
Brett Halsey's page
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.