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.

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• 2022The Lost City of X — Lt. George (archival footage)
• 2000The Many Faces of Dracula — Professor Lazlo (archive footage)
• 1992Dracula in the Movies — (archive footage)
• 1991Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook — Professor Lazlo (archive footage)
• 1950Guilty Bystander — Varkas
• 1949I Shot Jesse James — Harry Kane
• 1948A Song Is Born — Dr. Elfini
• 1948Arch of Triumph — Verdun Hotel Manager
• 1947Queen of the Amazons — Gabby
• 1946Cloak and Dagger — Trenk
• 1946Tangier — Alec Rocco
• 1946The Walls Came Tumbling Down — Ernst Helms
• 1945Easy to Look At — Gustav
• 1945Pillow of Death — Julian Julian
• 1945Salome, Where She Danced — Professor Max
• 1945The Missing Corpse — Henry Kruger
• 1944Chip Off the Old Block — Blaney Wright
• 1944Voice in the Wind — Dr. Hoffman
• 1943Lady of Burlesque — S.B. Foss
• 1943Son of Dracula — Professor Lazlo
• 1943Привид опери — Amiot
• 1942Half Way to Shanghai — Maj. U. Vinpore
• 1942Invisible Agent — Karl Heiser
• 1942Life Begins at Eight-Thirty — Sid Gordon
• 1942Reunion in France — Durand
• 1942Tennessee Johnson — Coke
• 1941Dance Hall — Max Brandon
• 1941Devil Pays Off — Arnold DeBrock
• 1941Hurricane Smith — 'Eggs' Bonelli
• 1941Pacific Blackout — Pickpocket
• 1940Strange Cargo — Flaubert
• 1940The Mark of Zorro — Don Luis B. Quintero
• 1940The Return of Frank James — George Runyan
• 1939Hollywood Cavalcade — Dave Spingold
• 1939Jesse James — George Runyan
• 1939Three Sons — Abe Ullman
• 1939Wife, Husband and Friend — Rossi
• 1938Four Men and a Prayer — General Torres
• 1938I'll Give a Million — Editor
• 1938Mr. Moto Takes a Chance — Raja Ali
• 1938One Wild Night — Norman
• 1938Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm — Dr. Hill
• 1938Sally, Irene and Mary — Pawnbroker
• 1938Suez — Prince Said
• 1938The Baroness and the Butler — Zorda
• 1937Charlie Chan on Broadway — Murdock, Editor New York Bulletin
• 1937Fair Warning — Matthew Jericho
• 1937Second Honeymoon — Herbie
• 1937Seventh Heaven — Aristide the Astrologer
• 1937That I May Live — Tex Shapiro
• 1936Girls' Dormitory — Dr. Spindler
• 1936Reunion — Charles Renard
• 1936Sins of Man — Anton Engel
• 1936Star for a Night — Doctor Spelimeyer
• 1936Stowaway — Judge Booth
• 1936The Crime of Dr. Forbes — Dr. Eric Godfrey

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