Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1916-01-06 (60 years old)
Deathday
1976-05-03
Place of Birth
Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Also known As
Marden Andrew McBroom
Andy McBroom
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).
1940
as Phil Sheridan
1945
as Wayne Morgan
1950
as Cliff Gage
1944
as Gerald Tyler
1941
as Young Sailor
1943
as Robert 'Bob' Duval
1941
as Bert Thomas
1944
as Latham
1945
as Johnny
1940
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
1951
as Charles Giffen
1941
as Paul Myron
1943
as Ted Allison
1950
as Matt
1945
as Cleve Blunt
1956
as Dr. Paul Morrison
1941
as John Saunders
1950
as Maj. Bolton
1953
as Alan Duncan
1949
as George Hart
1941
as David Ritchie
1950
as Jim Caldwell
1940
as Gerald Wilson
1948
as Jeff Stuart
1942
as Herman - Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1944
as Richard Corbett
1940
as Jimmy Lansing
1944
as Frank Garrison
1952
as Charles
1944
as J. Roger Mace
1943
as Michael Reed
1943
as Horace Crump aka Bob Sterling
1946
as Jeffrey Westcott
1954
as Arnold King
1943
as Oliver
1940
as Martin Burke
1940
as Man (uncredited)
1940
as Johnny Frey
1940
as Bruce
1940
as Student (uncredited)
1940
as Reporter When Knute is Ill (uncredited)
1941
as Jimmy Barbour
1950
as Daniel Boone
1950
as Tom Adams, Smith's Attorney
1942
as Lt. Barton
1940
as Balt
1944
as Radio Announcer (uncredited; voice)
1954
as Austrian Sergeant at Tavern
1943
as Harvey Jones
1943
as Lt. Rawlins
1944
as Danny Lee
1940
as Depositor (uncredited)
1949
as Tom Conway
1943
as Larry O'Ryan
1949
as Joe Hanson
1948
as Count D'Orsini (uncredited)
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