David Bruce
Birthday
1916/01/06
Day of death
1976/05/03 (60 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Also know as
Marden Andrew McBroom, Andy McBroom
Biography
David Bruce (born Marden Andrew McBroom; January 6, 1914 – May 3, 1976) was an American film actor, known for his chilling performance as Ted Allison in The Mad Ghoul. He was a company member of Peninsula Players Theatre in Fish Creek, Wisconsin in 1939. Born in Kankakee, Illinois, he signed a movie contract with Warner Brothers in 1940. The Northwestern University graduate appeared in many movies from the 1940s until 1955 when Bruce decided to give up acting. The 6' 1" (1.85 m) actor appeared ...Read more
Acting
(1940) Santa Fe Trail
as Phil Sheridan
(1945) Lady on a Train
as Wayne Morgan
(1950) Revenue Agent
as Cliff Gage
(1944) Christmas Holiday
as Gerald Tyler
(1941) The Sea Wolf
as Young Sailor
(1943) Calling Dr. Death
as Robert 'Bob' Duval
(1941) Sergeant York
as Bert Thomas
(1944) Can't Help Singing
as Latham
(1945) That Night with You
as Johnny
(1940) Alice in Movieland
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
(1951) Pier 23
as Charles Giffen
(1941) The Smiling Ghost
as Paul Myron
(1943) The Mad Ghoul
as Ted Allison
(1950) Hi-Jacked
as Matt
(1945) Salome, Where She Danced
as Cleve Blunt
(1956) Jungle Hell
as Dr. Paul Morrison
(1941) Flight from Destiny
as John Saunders
(1950) Pygmy Island
as Maj. Bolton
(1953) The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
as Alan Duncan
(1949) The Sickle or the Cross
as George Hart
(1941) Singapore Woman
as David Ritchie
(1950) Timber Fury
as Jim Caldwell
(1940) The Man Who Talked Too Much
as Gerald Wilson
(1942) Highways by Night
as Herman - Desk Clerk (uncredited)
(1948) Racing Luck
as Jeff Stuart
(1944) Moon Over Las Vegas
as Richard Corbett
(1940) March On, Marines
as Jimmy Lansing
(1944) Ladies Courageous
as Frank Garrison
(1952) The Yellow Haired Kid
as Charles
(1944) Allergic to Love
as J. Roger Mace
(1943) She's for Me
as Michael Reed
(1943) Honeymoon Lodge
as Horace Crump aka Bob Sterling
(1946) Susie Steps Out
as Jeffrey Westcott
(1954) Cannibal Attack
as Arnold King
(1943) How's About It
as Oliver
(1940) The Sea Hawk
as Martin Burke
(1940) The Letter
as Man (uncredited)
(1940) Pony Express Days
as Johnny Frey
(1940) A Dispatch from Reuters
as Bruce
(1940) East of the River
as Student (uncredited)
(1940) Knute Rockne All American
as Reporter When Knute is Ill (uncredited)
(1941) The Body Disappears
as Jimmy Barbour
(1950) Young Daniel Boone
as Daniel Boone
(1950) Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
as Tom Adams, Smith's Attorney
(1942) Flying Tigers
as Lt. Barton
(1940) River's End
as Balt
(1944) The Mummy's Ghost
as Radio Announcer (uncredited; voice)
(1954) The Iron Glove
as Austrian Sergeant at Tavern
(1943) You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
as Harvey Jones
(1943) Corvette K-225
as Lt. Rawlins
(1944) South of Dixie
as Danny Lee
(1940) Money and the Woman
as Depositor (uncredited)
(1949) Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
as Tom Conway
(1943) Gung Ho!
as Larry O'Ryan
(1949) Prejudice
as Joe Hanson
(1948) Adventures of Don Juan
as Count D'Orsini (uncredited)
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Stratton
(1951) The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as ---
(1950) The Cisco Kid
as Henchman Montana
(1952) Hopalong Cassidy
as ---
(1950) The Beulah Show
as Harry Henderson