Name
David Bruce
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1916-01-06
Deathday
1976-05-03 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Kankakee, Illinois, USA
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 in over 60 movies including Flying Tigers (1942), Christmas Holiday (1944) and Lady on a Train (1945).
Known For
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Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist....
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As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B....
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After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions....
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Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind....
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Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in l...
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An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princ...
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Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which ...
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The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne....
- 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)
- 1950 The Great Plane Robbery as Carter
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Stratton
- 1951 The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok ( 1 episode )
- 1950 The Cisco Kid ( 1 episode ) as Henchman Montana
- 1952 Hopalong Cassidy ( 1 episode )
- 1950 The Beulah Show ( 2 episodes ) as Harry Henderson
