J. Edward Bromberg

J. Edward Bromberg

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1903-12-25
Place of Birth: Temesvár, Austria-Hungary [now Timisoara, Timis, Romania]
Also Known As: Edward Bromberg, Joseph Edward Bromberg, Josef Bromberger

Movies List of J. Edward Bromberg

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Queen of the Amazons

1947 Movie
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Son of Dracula

1943 Movie
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Stowaway

1936 Movie
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Invisible Agent

1942 Movie
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Arch of Triumph

1948 Movie
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I Shot Jesse James

1949 Movie
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Voice in the Wind

1944 Movie
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Guilty Bystander

1950 Movie
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Phantom of the Opera

1943 Movie
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Jesse James

1939 Movie
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Cloak and Dagger

1946 Movie
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Pillow of Death

1945 Movie
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Lady of Burlesque

1943 Movie
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Tennessee Johnson

1942 Movie
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Strange Cargo

1940 Movie
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Hollywood Cavalcade

1939 Movie
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Suez

1938 Movie
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Half Way to Shanghai

1942 Movie
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Three Sons

1939 Movie
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That I May Live

1937 Movie
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Devil Pays Off

1941 Movie
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Girls Dormitory

1936 Movie
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Second Honeymoon

1937 Movie
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Seventh Heaven

1937 Movie
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Tangier

1946 Movie
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The Missing Corpse

1945 Movie
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Pacific Blackout

1941 Movie
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Sally, Irene and Mary

1938 Movie
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The Lost City of X

2022 Movie
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Dance Hall

1941 Movie
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I'll Give a Million

1938 Movie
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Reunion

1936 Movie
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Four Men and a Prayer

1938 Movie
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The Mark of Zorro

1940 Movie
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One Wild Night

1938 Movie
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Hurricane Smith

1941 Movie
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Sins of Man

1936 Movie
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Fair Warning

1937 Movie
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Star for a Night

1936 Movie
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A Song Is Born

1948 Movie
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Easy to Look At

1945 Movie
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Reunion in France

1942 Movie