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J. Edward Bromberg
Acting

J. Edward Bromberg
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1903-12-25,Temesvár, Austria-Hungary [now Timisoara, Timis, Romania]
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Edward Bromberg (born Josef Bromberger, December 25, 1903 – December 6, 1951) was a Romanian-born American character actor in motion picture and stage productions dating mostly from the 1930s and 1940s. By virtue of his physique, the short, somewhat rotund actor was destined to play secondary roles. Bromberg made his stage debut at the Greenwich Village Playhouse and in 1926 made his first appearance in a Broadway play, Princess Turandot. The following year, Bromberg married Goldie Doberman, with whom he had three children. Occasionally credited as J.E. Bromberg' and Joseph Bromberg, he performed secondary roles in 35 Broadway productions and 53 motion pictures until 1951. For two decades, Bromberg was highly regarded in the New York theatrical world and was a founding member of the Civic Repertory Theatre (1928–1930) and of the Group Theatre (1931–1940). Bromberg made his screen debut in 1936 under contract to Twentieth Century-Fox. The versatile actor played a wide variety of roles ranging from a ruthless New York newspaper editor (in Charlie Chan on Broadway) to a despotic Arabian sheik (in Mr. Moto Takes a Chance). Although he spoke with no trace of an accent, he was often called upon to play humble immigrants of various nationalities. When Warner Oland, the actor who played Charlie Chan, died in 1938, Fox considered Bromberg as a suitable replacement, but the role ultimately went to Sidney Toler. Fox began loaning Bromberg to other studios in 1939 and finally dropped him from the roster in 1941. He kept working for various producers, including a stint at Universal Pictures in the mid-1940s. Bromberg's most outstanding attribute was his facility with sensitive character roles; he could take a standard, undistinguished supporting part and make it unforgettably sympathetic. In Hollywood Cavalcade he portrays Don Ameche's friend who knows he will never get the girl; in Three Sons he is the lowly business associate who longs to be given a partnership; in Easy to Look At he is the once-great couturier now reduced to night watchman. In September 1950, the anti-communist magazine Red Channels accused Bromberg of being a member of the American Communist Party. Subpoenaed to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in June 1951, Bromberg refused to answer any questions in accordance with his Fifth Amendment rights.

Filmography

Queen of the Amazons

3.25

Queen of the Amazons
1947-01-15

5.827

Son of Dracula
1943-10-20

6.7

Stowaway
1936-12-25

Invisible Agent

5.806

Invisible Agent
1942-07-31

Arch of Triumph

6

Arch of Triumph
1948-02-17

I Shot Jesse James

6.3

I Shot Jesse James
1949-02-26

Voice in the Wind

5.542

Voice in the Wind
1944-03-03

Guilty Bystander

5.371

Guilty Bystander
1950-04-20

Phantom of the Opera

6.2

Phantom of the Opera
1943-08-12

The Return of Frank James

6.294

The Return of Frank James
1940-08-10

6.527

Jesse James
1939-01-14

Cloak and Dagger

6.5

Cloak and Dagger
1946-09-28

Charlie Chan on Broadway

7.104

Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937-09-22

Pillow of Death

6.7

Pillow of Death
1945-12-14

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

6.854

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938-03-18

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance

5.816

Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
1938-06-11

Lady of Burlesque

5.402

Lady of Burlesque
1943-05-01

Tennessee Johnson

6.389

Tennessee Johnson
1942-12-01

7.018

Strange Cargo
1940-03-01

Hollywood Cavalcade

6.214

Hollywood Cavalcade
1939-10-13

The Baroness and the Butler

5.281

The Baroness and the Butler
1938-02-18

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

6.222

The Walls Came Tumbling Down
1946-06-07

5.5

Suez
1938-10-28

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

9.5

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991-01-01

The Many Faces of Dracula

3.5

The Many Faces of Dracula
2000-01-01

Half Way to Shanghai

6

Half Way to Shanghai
1942-09-18

2.5

Three Sons
1939-10-13

That I May Live

7.333

That I May Live
1937-09-13

4.1

Devil Pays Off
1941-11-10

Girls' Dormitory

6.583

Girls' Dormitory
1936-08-08

Second Honeymoon

6.375

Second Honeymoon
1937-11-13

6.412

Seventh Heaven
1937-03-25

6.5

Tangier
1946-06-06

The Missing Corpse

5.1

The Missing Corpse
1945-06-01

Pacific Blackout

6.5

Pacific Blackout
1941-12-31

Sally, Irene and Mary

6.75

Sally, Irene and Mary
1938-03-04

The Lost City of X

0

The Lost City of X
2022-07-08

8

Dance Hall
1941-07-18

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

6.8

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
1942-12-09

I'll Give a Million

6.143

I'll Give a Million
1938-07-27

Chip Off the Old Block

7

Chip Off the Old Block
1944-02-01

7

Reunion
1936-11-20

Four Men and a Prayer

6.538

Four Men and a Prayer
1938-04-29

Wife, Husband and Friend

6.5

Wife, Husband and Friend
1939-03-03

The Mark of Zorro

7.1

The Mark of Zorro
1940-11-08

7.75

One Wild Night
1938-06-02

Hurricane Smith

4.75

Hurricane Smith
1941-07-20

9

Sins of Man
1936-06-19

The Crime of Dr. Forbes

10

The Crime of Dr. Forbes
1936-07-05

7.333

Fair Warning
1937-03-05

Salome, Where She Danced

4.143

Salome, Where She Danced
1945-04-17

Star for a Night

7

Star for a Night
1936-08-28

6.4

A Song Is Born
1948-10-19

Easy to Look At

7

Easy to Look At
1945-06-01

Reunion in France

6.405

Reunion in France
1942-12-25

Dracula in the Movies

10

Dracula in the Movies
1992-01-01