Steve Brodie (November 21, 1919 – January 9, 1992) was an American movie and television actor, born John Stevenson in El Dorado, Kansas. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) El Dorado is a City situated along the Walnut River in the central part of Butler County, located in south-central Kansas, in the Central
He chose the screen name of Steve Brodie (a man who allegedly jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge in the 1880s). Steve Brodie (1863–1901 was an American Bookmaker from Brooklyn who claimed to have jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and survived on July 23 The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest Suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 5989 feet (1825 m over the East River connecting the Brodie survived the jump and " taking a Brodie" entered the lexicon for bridge jumpers.
Most of his film work was from the mid 1940s to the early 1950s working at MGM, RKO and Republic Pictures appearing mostly in westerns and B-movies. Republic Pictures (also known as Republic Entertainment Inc) is an independent film television and video distribution company that was originally a movie production-distribution The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. A B movie is a motion picture made on a low or modest budget Originally the term was used for films intended for distribution as the less-publicized second half of a Double He mainly played supporting roles in films such as the film noir Out of the Past (1947) and the classic crime film Armored Car Robbery (1950), although he did have the starring role in Desperate (1947). Desperate is a 1947 suspense film directed by Anthony Mann. Plot Steve Randall (Brodie is an independent trucker who is hired by an old friend He later appeared with Elvis Presley in Blue Hawaii (1961) and Roustabout (1964). Blue Hawaii is a 1961 Musical film set in the state of Hawaii and starring Elvis Presley. This article is about the Elvis Presley film For information about the Elvis Presley album based upon the film see Roustabout (album. Starting from the mid 1950s he mostly appeared on television, including three episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an Anthology Television series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock.
He was married to actress Lois Andrews in 1946. Lois Andrews ( March 24[[ 924]] &ndash April 5, 1968) was an American actress.
He died of cancer in West Hills, California in 1992. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled West Hills is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles California.
Selected films
- Out of the Past (1947)
- Crossfire (1947)
- Desperate (1947)
- Armored Car Robbery (1950)
- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
- Winchester '73 (1950)
- M (1951)
- The Steel Helmet (1951)
- Donovan's Brain (1953)
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Out of the Past (originally released in Britain as Build My Gallows High) ( 1947) is a Film noir directed by Jacques Crossfire ( 1947) is a Film noir Drama film which deals with the theme of anti-Semitism, as did that year's Academy Award for Desperate is a 1947 suspense film directed by Anthony Mann. Plot Steve Randall (Brodie is an independent trucker who is hired by an old friend Armored Car Robbery ( 1950) is an American Film noir shot in a semi- Documentary style and directed by Richard Fleischer Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950 is a Film noir directed by Gordon Douglas based on the novel by Horace McCoy. Winchester '73 is an American Western movie released by Universal Pictures in 1950. M is a 1951 Remake of Fritz Lang 's film of the same name, shifting the action from Berlin to Los Angeles The Steel Helmet ( 1951) is a war film directed by Samuel Fuller and produced by Lippert Studios during the Korean War. Donovan's Brain is a 1953 film starring future First Lady of the United States Nancy Reagan (then Nancy Davis based on the 1942 horror novel Donovan'sDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic