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David Bruce

Acting

  • Born
  • January 6, 1916
  • Died
  • May 3, 1976
  • 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).

As actor 62

The Cisco Kid poster
The Cisco Kid
1950
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok poster
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
The Beulah Show
1950
Hopalong Cassidy poster
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
Salome, Where She Danced poster
Salome, Where She Danced
1945
Sergeant York poster
Sergeant York
1941
Santa Fe Trail poster
Santa Fe Trail
1940
The Letter poster
The Letter
1940
The Sea Wolf poster
The Sea Wolf
1941
The Sea Hawk poster
The Sea Hawk
1940
General Electric Theater poster
General Electric Theater
1953
Flight from Destiny poster
Flight from Destiny
1941
Allergic to Love
1944
Hi-Jacked poster
Hi-Jacked
1950
The Mummy's Ghost poster
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
Money and the Woman poster
Money and the Woman
1940
Gung Ho! poster
Gung Ho!
1943
Flying Tigers poster
Flying Tigers
1942
Highways by Night poster
Highways by Night
1942
Cannibal Attack poster
Cannibal Attack
1954
Lady on a Train poster
Lady on a Train
1945
Knute Rockne All American poster
Knute Rockne All American
1940
East of the River poster
East of the River
1940
Pygmy Island poster
Pygmy Island
1950
Adventures of Don Juan poster
Adventures of Don Juan
1948
Christmas Holiday poster
Christmas Holiday
1944
Timber Fury poster
Timber Fury
1950
Jungle Hell poster
Jungle Hell
1956
Calling Dr. Death poster
Calling Dr. Death
1943
Revenue Agent poster
Revenue Agent
1950
Can't Help Singing poster
Can't Help Singing
1944
Ladies Courageous poster
Ladies Courageous
1944
Singapore Woman poster
Singapore Woman
1941
A Dispatch from Reuters poster
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
South of Dixie poster
South of Dixie
1944
Corvette K-225 poster
Corvette K-225
1943
March On, Marines poster
March On, Marines
1940
Alice in Movieland poster
Alice in Movieland
1940
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill poster
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
1950
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight poster
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
1949
Pier 23 poster
Pier 23
1951
The Mad Ghoul poster
The Mad Ghoul
1943
Moon Over Las Vegas poster
Moon Over Las Vegas
1944
Young Daniel Boone poster
Young Daniel Boone
1950
Susie Steps Out poster
Susie Steps Out
1946
Honeymoon Lodge poster
Honeymoon Lodge
1943
That Night with You poster
That Night with You
1945
The Sickle or the Cross poster
The Sickle or the Cross
1949
Pony Express Days poster
Pony Express Days
1940
The Smiling Ghost poster
The Smiling Ghost
1941
The Great Plane Robbery
1950
She's for Me poster
She's for Me
1943
The Body Disappears poster
The Body Disappears
1941
The Man Who Talked Too Much poster
The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940
The Iron Glove poster
The Iron Glove
1954
How's About It poster
How's About It
1943
Prejudice poster
Prejudice
1949
River's End poster
River's End
1940
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith poster
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
1943
The Yellow Haired Kid poster
The Yellow Haired Kid
1952
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd poster
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
1953
Racing Luck poster
Racing Luck
1948