Leading Men John Bromfield
U. S Marshal (TV) as Marshal Frank Morgan
Flat Top/ Ensign Snakehips McKay
Manfish/ Captain Brannigan
Revenge Of The Creature/ Joe Hayes
John Bromfield was an American leading actor who appeared in films and on television.
His career lasted from 1948 until 1960 with 28 credits in the mediums of film and television.
He was born as Farron McClain Bromfield in 1922 at South Bend, Indiana where he played football and was a boxing champion in college.
Bromfield served in the United States Navy during World War Two,
He began his acting career in 1948 with his film debut in the film Sorry, Wrong Number.
His roles were mainly in westerns and horror films.
Bromfield best known as Frank Morgan, first as a sheriff in the Sheriff Of Cochise TV series and latterly as a marshal in U. S. Marshall. The two series ran from 1958 to 1960.
The film roles of John Bromfield were:
Sorry, Wrong Number (1949) as Joe, A Detective
Harpoon (1948) as Michael Shand
Rope Of Sand (1949) as Thompson
Paid In Full (1950) as Dr. Clark
The Furies (1950) as Clay Jeffords
The Cimarron Kid ( 1952) as Tulsa Jack
Hold That Line (1952) as Biff Wallace
Flat Top (1952) as Ensign Snakehips McKay
Easy To Love (1953) as Hank
Ring Of Fear (1954) as Armand St. Dennis
The Black Dakotas (1954) as Mike Daugherty
Revenge Of The Creature (1955) as Joe Hayes
The Big Bluff (1955) as Riccardo De Villa
Three Bad Sisters (1956) as Jim Norton
Manfish (1956) as Captain Brannigan
Crime Against Joe (1956) as Jim Manning
Quincannon, Frontier Scout (1956) as Lt. Burke
Frontier Gambler (1956) as Deputy Marshal Curt Darrow
Hot Cars (1956) as Nick Dunn
Curucu, Beast Of The Amazon (1956) as Rock Dean
In addition to Sheriff Of Cochise and U. S. Marshal TV series, Mr Bromfield appeared also in the following television programs: The Files Of Jeffrey Jones, Fireside Theater, Racket Squad, The Ford Television Theater, Damon Runyon Theater and Frontier.
Mr. Bromfield was married three times. His last wife was Mary Bromfield . The marriage lasted from 1962 until Mr. Bromfield's death.
John Bromfield passed away in September, 2005 at age 83 from renal failure.
I enjoyed John Bromfield in both of his TV series U. S. Marshal and Sheriff Of Cochise as well as the films Flat Top, Revenge Of The Creature, Manfish, Hold That Line and The Furies.
Louie The Movie Buff