John Bromfield
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 11, 1922, South Bend, Indiana, USA
- Died
- September 18, 2005
- Movies
- 22
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John Bromfield (né Farron Bromfield) (June 11, 1922 - September 19, 2005) was an American film and television actor.
Bromfield was born in South Bend, Indiana. He played football and was a boxing champion in college. He served in the United States Navy. In 1948, he twice harpooned a whale in the documentary film Harpoon. In 1948, he was cast as a detective in the film Sorry, Wrong Number, starring Burt Lancaster and Barbara Stanwyck for Columbia Pictures. In 1953, Bromfield appeared with Esther Williams in the film Easy to Love set in bathing suit attire in Cypress Gardens, Florida. In the middle 1950s, he appeared in westerns, such as NBC's Frontier anthology series in the role of a sheriff in the episode "The Hanging at Thunder Butte Creek". He also starred in horror films, including the 1955 3D production, Revenge of the Creature, one of the Creature from the Black Lagoon sequels.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1979 | When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion | Self |
| 1961 | Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery | Officer Morgan |
| 1956 | Curucu, Beast of the Amazon | Rock Dean |
| 1956 | Hot Cars | Nick Dunn |
| 1956 | Frontier Gambler | Curt Darrow |
| 1956 | Quincannon, Frontier Scout | Lt. Burke |
| 1956 | Crime Against Joe | Joe Manning |
| 1956 | Three Bad Sisters | Jim Norton |
| 1956 | Manfish | Brannigan |
| 1955 | The Big Bluff | Ricardo De Villa |
| 1955 | Revenge of the Creature | Joe Hayes |
| 1954 | The Black Dakotas | Mike Daugherty |
| 1954 | Ring of Fear | Armand St. Denis |
| 1953 | Easy to Love | Hank |
| 1952 | Flat Top | Ens. Snakehips McKay |
| 1952 | Hold That Line | Biff Wallace |
| 1952 | The Cimarron Kid | John Bromfield Tulsa Jack (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Furies | Clay Jeffords |
| 1950 | Paid in Full | Dr. Clark |
| 1949 | Rope of Sand | Thompson (guard) |
| 1948 | Harpoon | Michael Shand |
| 1948 | Sorry, Wrong Number | Joe (Detective) |
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