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{{Short description|Actor and commercial fisherman (1922–2005)}}
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|9|19|1922|6|11|mf=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|9|19|1922|6|11|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Palm Desert, California]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Palm Desert, California]], U.S.
| yearsactive = 1948-1960
| yearsactive = 1948–1960
| death_cause = Renal failure
| resting_place = [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California]]
| resting_place = [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California]]
| occupation = Actor and commercial [[fisherman]]
| occupation = Actor, commercial fisherman
| spouse = {{plainlist|
| spouse = [[Corinne Calvet]] (1948-54; divorced)<br>[[Larri Thomas]] (1955-59; divorced)<br>[[Mary Ellen Bromfield]] (1962-2005; his death)}}
* {{marriage|Grace Landis|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Corinne Calvet]]|1948|1954|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Larri Thomas]]|1955|1959|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Mary Ellen Bromfield]]|1962|2005}}
}}
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'''John Bromfield''' (born '''Farron Bromfield''';<ref>{{cite book|last1=Room|first1=Adrian|title=Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed.|date=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786457632|page=77|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSIhzKnNUf4C&pg=PA77&dq=%22John+Bromfield%22+actor&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_zPns1MLRAhXqs1QKHXgqDJ8Q6AEINjAE#v=onepage&q=%22John%20Bromfield%22%20actor&f=false|accessdate=14 January 2017|language=en}}</ref> June 11, 1922 – September 19, 2005) was an American film and television actor.
'''John Bromfield''' (born '''Farron Bromfield''';<ref>{{cite book |last1=Room |first1=Adrian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSIhzKnNUf4C&q=%22John+Bromfield%22+actor&pg=PA77 |title=Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. |date=2010 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786457632 |page=77 |language=en |access-date=14 January 2017 }}</ref> June 11, 1922 – September 19, 2005) was an American actor and commercial fisherman.


==Early years==
==Early years==
Farron Bromfield was born in [[South Bend, Indiana]]. He played [[American football|football]] and was a [[boxing]] champion<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Abbott|first1=Peter|title=What's New from Coast to Coast|journal=TV Radio Mirror|date=January 1957|volume=47|issue=2|page=5|url=https://archive.org/stream/radiotvmirr00mac#page/n10/mode/1up|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref> at [[Saint Mary's College of California]], where he also lettered in football, baseball, track and swimming.<ref name="tdc">{{cite news|last1=Keating|first1=Micheline|title=The Sheriff Gets a Promotion|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8358310/tucson_daily_citizen/|work=Tucson Daily Citizen|date=February 7, 1959|location=Arizona, Tucson|page=17|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = January 14, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref> In the 1940s, he gained his first acting experience at the [[La Jolla Playhouse]].<ref name=opa/>
Farron Bromfield was born in [[South Bend, Indiana]]. He played [[American football|football]] and was a [[boxing]] champion<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Abbott|first1=Peter|title=What's New from Coast to Coast|journal=TV Radio Mirror|date=January 1957|volume=47|issue=2|page=5|url=https://archive.org/stream/radiotvmirr00mac#page/n10/mode/1up|access-date=22 December 2014}}</ref> at [[Saint Mary's College of California]], where he also lettered in football, baseball, track and swimming.<ref name="tdc">{{cite news|last1=Keating|first1=Micheline|title=The Sheriff Gets a Promotion|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8358310/tucson_daily_citizen/|work=Tucson Daily Citizen|date=February 7, 1959|location=Arizona, Tucson|page=17|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = January 14, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref> In the 1940s, he gained his first acting experience at the [[La Jolla Playhouse]].<ref name=opa/>


== Military service ==
== Military service ==
Bromfield served in the [[United States Navy]] in World War II.
Bromfield served in the [[United States Navy]] in World War II.


== Film ==
== Film ==
Bromfield's screen debut came in ''[[Harpoon (1948 film)|Harpoon]]'' (1948).<ref name=opa/> 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 (American singer)|Tony Martin]] in ''[[Easy to Love (1953 film)|Easy to Love]]''.
Bromfield's screen debut came in ''[[Harpoon (1948 film)|Harpoon]]'' (1948).<ref name=opa/> 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 (American singer)|Tony Martin]] in ''[[Easy to Love (1953 film)|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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8UMgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z4YEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1726%2C7245734|title=Obituaries: John Bromfield|date=20 September 2005|work=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]]|page=6B|accessdate=13 March 2016}}</ref>
He also starred in horror films, including the 1955 3D production ''[[Revenge of the Creature]]'', one of the ''[[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]'' sequels.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8UMgAAAAIBAJ&pg=1726%2C7245734|title=Obituaries: John Bromfield|date=20 September 2005|work=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]]|page=6B|access-date=13 March 2016}}</ref>


== Television ==
== Television ==
In the middle 1950s, Bromfield appeared in westerns, such as [[NBC]]'s ''[[Frontier (1955 TV series)|Frontier]]'' [[anthology series]] in the role of a [[sheriff]] in the episode "The Hanging at Thunder Butte Creek".
In the middle 1950s, Bromfield appeared in westerns, such as [[NBC]]'s ''[[Frontier (1955 TV series)|Frontier]]'' [[anthology series]] in the role of a [[sheriff]] in the episode "The Hanging at Thunder Butte Creek".<ref name=etvs>Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010''. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-6477-7}}. P. 960.</ref><ref name="obit">''[[The Washington Post]]'', Washington, D.C., September 26, 2005, p. B 4</ref>

In 1956, Bromfield was cast as law enforcement officer Frank Morgan in the [[Television syndication|syndicated]] [[Western (genre)|western]]-themed [[crime drama]] series ''[[Sheriff of Cochise]]'',<ref name=etvs>Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010''. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7. P. 960.</ref> and in its spinoff, ''U.S. Marshal''.{{r|etvs|page1=1134}} 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."<ref name="obit">''[[The Washington Post]]'', Washington, D.C., September 26, 2005, p. B 4</ref> The series was actually created by his co-star [[Stan Jones (songwriter)|Stan Jones]], who appeared in twenty-four segments as Deputy Harry Olson.<ref name="obit" />


== Later years ==
== Later years ==
In 1960, Bromfield retired from acting to produce sports shows and work as a commercial [[fisherman]] off [[Newport Beach, California]].
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 actress [[Corinne Calvet]] in Boulder, Colorado, in 1948. They were divorced March 16, 1954.<ref>{{cite news|title=Corinne Calvet Divorces Actor John Bromfield|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8358548/newport_daily_news/|work=Newport Daily News|agency=Associated Press|date=March 17, 1954|location=Rhode Island, Newport|page=15|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = January 14, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref> He also was divorced from actress/dancer [[Larri Thomas]]. He and his third wife, Mary, were married 43 years.<ref>{{cite news|title=John Bromfield|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8358788/indiana_gazette/|work=The Indiana Gazette|agency=Associated Press|date=November 21, 1985|location=Pennsylvania, Indiana|page=4|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = January 14, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Corinne Calvet Divorces Actor John Bromfield|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8358548/newport_daily_news/|work=Newport Daily News|agency=Associated Press|date=March 17, 1954|location=Rhode Island, Newport|page=15|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = January 14, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=John Bromfield|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8358788/indiana_gazette/|work=The Indiana Gazette|agency=Associated Press|date=November 21, 1985|location=Pennsylvania, Indiana|page=4|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = January 14, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==
Bromfield died September 18, 2005, at age 83 from [[renal failure]] in [[Palm Desert, California]],<ref name="opa">{{cite book|last1=III|first1=Harris M. Lentz|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2005: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture|date=2006|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786452101|page=46|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_nvGCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA46&dq=%22John+Bromfield%22+actor&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_zPns1MLRAhXqs1QKHXgqDJ8Q6AEIPDAF#v=onepage&q=%22John%20Bromfield%22%20actor&f=false|accessdate=14 January 2017|language=en}}</ref> being survived by his third wife, Mary Bromfield.<ref>{{IMDb name|id=0111311|name=John Bromfield}}</ref>
Bromfield died September 18, 2005, at age 83 from [[renal failure]] in [[Palm Desert, California]].<ref name="opa">{{cite book|last1=III|first1=Harris M. Lentz|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2005: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture|date=2006|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786452101|page=46|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_nvGCwAAQBAJ&q=%22John+Bromfield%22+actor&pg=PA46|access-date=14 January 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Firearms==
*[http://theautry.org/the-colt-revolver-in-the-american-west/speed-versus-accuracy?artifact=87.79.7.1 The Colt Revolver in the American West—John Bromfield's Official Police Model]


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
* ''[[Harpoon (1948 film)|Harpoon]]'' (1948)
|-
* ''[[Sorry, Wrong Number]]'' (1948)
! Year
* ''[[Rope of Sand]]'' (1949)
! Title
* ''[[Paid in Full (1950 film)|Paid in Full]]'' (1950)
! Role
* ''[[The Furies (1950 film)|The Furies]]'' (1950)
! Notes
* ''[[Hold That Line]]'' (1952)
|-
* ''[[Flat Top (film)|Flat Top]]'' (1952)
|rowspan=2 | 1948|| ''[[Sorry, Wrong Number]]'' || Joe - Detective ||
* ''[[Easy to Love (1953 film)|Easy to Love]]'' (1953)
|-
* ''[[Ring of Fear (film)|Ring of Fear]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Revenge of the Creature]]'' (1955)
| ''[[Harpoon (1948 film)|Harpoon]]'' || Michael Shand ||
|-
* ''[[The Big Bluff]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Three Bad Sisters]]'' (1956)
|1949|| ''[[Rope of Sand]]'' || Thompson ||
|-
* ''[[Manfish]]'' (1956)
|rowspan=2 | 1950|| ''[[Paid in Full (1950 film)|Paid in Full]]'' || Dr. Clark ||
* ''[[Crime Against Joe]]'' (1956)
|-
* ''[[Hot Cars]]'' (1956)
| ''[[The Furies (1950 film)|The Furies]]'' || Clay Jeffords ||
|-
|rowspan=4 | 1952|| ''[[The Cimarron Kid]]'' || Tulsa Jack || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Hold That Line]]'' || Biff Wallace ||
|-
| ''[[Flat Top (film)|Flat Top]]'' || Ens. Snakehips McKay ||
|-
| ''[[Easy to Love (1953 film)|Easy to Love]]'' || Hank ||
|-
|rowspan=2 | 1954|| ''[[Ring of Fear (film)|Ring of Fear]]'' || Armand St. Dennis ||
|-
| ''[[The Black Dakotas]]'' || Mike Daugherty ||
|-
|rowspan=3 | 1955|| ''[[Revenge of the Creature]]'' || Joe Hayes ||
|-
| ''[[The Big Bluff (1955 film)|The Big Bluff]]'' || Ricardo De Villa ||
|-
| ''[[The Tender Trap (film)|The Tender Trap]]'' || Actor in 'Easy to Love' - Movie on TV || Uncredited
|-
|rowspan=7 | 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)
|}


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|Indiana|California|Film|Television|United States Navy}}
{{Portal|Biography|Indiana|California|Film|Television}}
* [[Horror films]]
* [[Horror films]]


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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0111311|John Bromfield}}
*{{Amg name|8663}}
*[http://www.johnbromfield.com John Bromfield website], johnbromfield.com; accessed May 15, 2015
*[http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/johnbromfield.html John Bromfield profile], BriansDriveinTheater.com; accessed May 15, 2015


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* {{Amg name|8663}}
* [http://www.johnbromfield.com John Bromfield website], johnbromfield.com; accessed May 15, 2015
* [http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/johnbromfield.html John Bromfield profile], BriansDriveinTheater.com; accessed May 15, 2015
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120129213957/http://theautry.org/the-colt-revolver-in-the-american-west/speed-versus-accuracy?artifact=87.79.7.1 The Colt Revolver in the American West—John Bromfield's Official Police Model]
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Latest revision as of 21:39, 24 June 2024

John Bromfield
Bromfield as Frank Morgan.
Born
Farron Bromfield

(1922-06-11)June 11, 1922
DiedSeptember 19, 2005(2005-09-19) (aged 83)
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
Occupation(s)Actor, commercial fisherman
Years active1948–1960
Spouses
Grace Landis
(divorced)
(m. 1948; div. 1954)
(m. 1955; div. 1959)
(m. 1962⁠–⁠2005)

John Bromfield (born Farron Bromfield;[1] June 11, 1922 – September 19, 2005) was an American actor and commercial fisherman.

Early years

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Farron Bromfield was born in South Bend, Indiana. He played football and was a boxing champion[2] at Saint Mary's College of California, where he also lettered in football, baseball, track and swimming.[3] In the 1940s, he gained his first acting experience at the La Jolla Playhouse.[4]

Military service

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Bromfield served in the United States Navy in World War II.

Film

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Bromfield's screen debut came in Harpoon (1948).[4] 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.[5]

Television

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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".[6][7]

Later years

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In 1960, Bromfield retired from acting to produce sports shows and work as a commercial fisherman off Newport Beach, California.

Personal life

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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.[8] 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.[9]

Death

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Bromfield died September 18, 2005, at age 83 from renal failure in Palm Desert, California.[4]

Filmography

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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)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Room, Adrian (2010). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. McFarland. p. 77. ISBN 9780786457632. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  2. ^ Abbott, Peter (January 1957). "What's New from Coast to Coast". TV Radio Mirror. 47 (2): 5. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  3. ^ Keating, Micheline (February 7, 1959). "The Sheriff Gets a Promotion". Tucson Daily Citizen. Arizona, Tucson. p. 17. Retrieved January 14, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ a b c III, Harris M. Lentz (2006). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2005: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. p. 46. ISBN 9780786452101. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Obituaries: John Bromfield". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. 20 September 2005. p. 6B. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  6. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7. P. 960.
  7. ^ The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., September 26, 2005, p. B 4
  8. ^ "Corinne Calvet Divorces Actor John Bromfield". Newport Daily News. Rhode Island, Newport. Associated Press. March 17, 1954. p. 15. Retrieved January 14, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ^ "John Bromfield". The Indiana Gazette. Pennsylvania, Indiana. Associated Press. November 21, 1985. p. 4. Retrieved January 14, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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