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Steve Brodie (actor)

Steve Brodie
Steve Brodie (screenshot from "The Admiral Was a Lady", 1950).jpg
Steve Brodie in The Admiral Was a Lady
Born John Stevenson
(1919-11-21)November 21, 1919
El Dorado, Butler County
Kansas, U.S.
Died January 9, 1992(1992-01-09) (aged 72)
West Hills, California, U.S.
Cause of death Cancer
Occupation Actor
Years active 1944–1989
Spouse(s) Lois Andrews (1946-1968, her death)
Children Kevin Brodie

Steve Brodie (born John Stevenson; November 21, 1919 – January 9, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor from El Dorado in Butler County in south central Kansas. Born John Stevenson, he took his screen name from Steve Brodie, a daredevil who claimed to have jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886 and survived.

Brodie appeared in more than two hundred films, mostly from the mid-1940s to the early 1950s. He worked at various studios, including MGM, RKO and Republic Pictures, appearing mostly in westerns and B-movies. He played supporting roles in the majority of his films, including the 1947 film noir classic Out of the Past and 1950's Armored Car Robbery. An exception was 1947's Desperate, where he had a starring role. Later appearances included roles in two Elvis Presley films: 1961's Blue Hawaii and 1964's Roustabout.

Beginning in the mid-1950s, he appeared mostly on television, with guest- starring roles in such series as Stories of the Century (as the outlaw Harry Tracy), Crossroads, Sugarfoot, Colt .45, Stagecoach West, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, The Public Defender, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Alaskans, Pony Express, The Brothers Brannagan, Going My Way, The Asphalt Jungle, Wanted: Dead or Alive, and The Dakotas. Brodie made three guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of murderer and title character Ben Wallace in the 1959 episode, "The Case of the Garrulous Gambler."


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