David Bruce
David Bruce (born Marden Andrew McBroom; January 6, 1914 – May 3, 1976) was an American film actor, known for his chilling performance as Ted Allison in The Mad Ghoul. He was a company member of Peninsula Players Theatre in Fish Creek, Wisconsin in 1939.
Born in Kankakee, Illinois, he signed a movie contract with Warner Brothers in 1940. The Northwestern University graduate appeared in many movies from the 1940s until 1955 when Bruce decided to give up acting. The 6' 1" (1.85 m) actor appeared in over 60 movies including Flying Tigers (1942), Christmas Holiday (1944) and Lady on a Train (1945).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 10.943 |
| Birthday | 1916-01-06 |
| Place of Birth | Kankakee, Illinois, USA |
| Also Known As | Marden Andrew McBroom, Andy McBroom, |
1940
Santa Fe Trail
5.6/45
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assign...
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Santa Fe Trail
1945
Lady on a Train
6.543/47
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one t...
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Lady on a Train
1944
Christmas Holiday
6.4/29
Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life. Told in flashback, the story begins as Abigail Martin ma...
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Christmas Holiday
1941
The Sea Wolf
7.1/53
Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
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The Sea Wolf
1943
Calling Dr. Death
6.5/32
Losing his memories of the last few days, neurologist Dr. Steele is told that his wife has been brutally murdered. Steele, aware of his conniving wife...
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Calling Dr. Death
1941
Sergeant York
7.218/197
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep rel...
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Sergeant York
1944
Can't Help Singing
5.1/7
With the California Gold Rush beginning, Senator Frost's singing daughter Caroline loves a young army officer; the Senator can't stand him, and has hi...
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Can't Help Singing
1945
That Night with You
0/0
In this musical comedy, a young singer becomes so desperate to appear on Broadway that she goes to a prominent producer and tells him that she is the...
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That Night with You
1951
Pier 23
5.2/8
Pier 23 was one of three hour-long mysteries produced by Lippert Productions for both TV and theatrical release. Each of the three films was evenly di...
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Pier 23
1941
The Smiling Ghost
6.5/7
Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hires Lucky Downing to become engaged to her for a mo...
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The Smiling Ghost
1943
The Mad Ghoul
6.033/30
A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul as pa...
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The Mad Ghoul
1950
Hi-Jacked
4.8/6
A parolee, working for a trucking line, struggles to clear his name after being accused of involvement with hijackers.
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Hi-Jacked
1945
Salome, Where She Danced
3.667/6
During the Austrian-Prussian war, Anna Marie is a dancer who is forced to flee her country after she is accused of being a spy. She ends up in a lawle...
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Salome, Where She Danced
1956
Jungle Hell
5/2
Jungle natives are treated by a physician who goes against the wishes of a witch doctor to provide burn healing methods caused by radioactive rocks di...
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Jungle Hell
1941
Flight from Destiny
5.2/5
After his doctor informs him he will die in six months, Professor Henry Todhunter decides to spend his last days killing someone who contributes nothi...
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Flight from Destiny
1950
Pygmy Island
4/3
Jungle Jim searches for a female Army captain who's gone missing.
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Pygmy Island
1953
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
4/3
Two British officers are assigned to collect information to convict Captain Kidd of piracy.
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The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
1944
Moon Over Las Vegas
0/0
A beautiful woman goes to Las Vegas in a scheme to make her husbnd jealous, but once she gets there she becomes involved with another man.
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Moon Over Las Vegas
1941
Singapore Woman
6.75/4
A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.
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Singapore Woman
1952
The Yellow Haired Kid
0/0
Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok", The Yellow Haired Kid and Johnny Deuce, edited together and released as a feature.
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The Yellow Haired Kid
1940
March On, Marines
2.5/2
Marine Sergeant Bob Lansing has just completed a tour of duty in the Pacific and is off to study at the Officer's Academy in Annapolis if he passes th...
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March On, Marines
1944
Ladies Courageous
3.5/2
Loretta Young stars in this drama about female pilots during WWII.
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Ladies Courageous
1944
Allergic to Love
0/0
Newlywed bliss surround O'Driscoll and Beery until they get on board the ship for their honeymoon in South America. Then she starts sneezing, and hay...
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Allergic to Love
1943
She's for Me
0/0
Two lawyers fall for their beautiful client.
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She's for Me
1943
Honeymoon Lodge
0/0
Honeymoon Lodge is a musical variation on the old Awful Truth plotline. Divorce-bound Bob and Carol Sterling (David Bruce, June Vincent) make a last-d...
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Honeymoon Lodge
1954
Cannibal Attack
5.5/5
Jungle Jim fights enemy agents who are trying to steal cobalt while disguised as crocodiles.
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Cannibal Attack
1943
How's About It
3.5/2
A song publisher gets sued for stealing lyrics.
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How's About It
1940
The Sea Hawk
7.143/122
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.
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The Sea Hawk
1940
The Letter
7.278/207
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
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The Letter
1940
Pony Express Days
6/1
In this short, a youthful Buffalo Bill Cody joins the newly-formed Pony Express as a station hand and replaces the regular rider when he is shot.
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Pony Express Days
1940
A Dispatch from Reuters
5.7/11
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
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A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
East of the River
5.7/7
Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college but both are in-love with the same girl.
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East of the River
1940
Knute Rockne All American
5.9/21
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
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Knute Rockne All American
1941
The Body Disappears
5.2/5
Wealthy scion Peter DeHaven, about to marry socialite Christine Lunceford, wakes up after bachelor party revelry to find he's been turned invisible by...
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The Body Disappears
1942
Flying Tigers
6.223/47
Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America's entry into Wor...
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Flying Tigers
1950
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
0/0
An elderly man leaves Wyoming to visit his daughter in a small Massachusetts town because, even though she didn't say so, he believes she needs his he...
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Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
1950
Young Daniel Boone
0/0
Frontier scout Daniel Boone is sent out to locate the only two survivors of General Braddock's men that are believed two have lived through an Indian...
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Young Daniel Boone
1940
River's End
6/4
An escaped criminal pretends to be a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in order to prove his innocence of murder. Star Dennis Morgan plays t...
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River's End
1944
The Mummy's Ghost
5.735/66
An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning th...
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The Mummy's Ghost
1954
The Iron Glove
4/2
Irishman Charles Wogan wields his sword in the cause of James Stuart who seeks to replace George I on the throne of England.
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The Iron Glove
1943
You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
3.5/2
A young woman marries a soldier to fulfill the conditions of a will. However, when she gets ready to divorce him, she realizes that she actually loves...
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You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith
1943
Corvette K-225
6.2/11
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
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Corvette K-225
1944
South of Dixie
0/0
To save their music publishing firm from bankruptcy, Bill "Brains' Watson creates a colorful life-story about his partner, Danny Lee, representing him...
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South of Dixie
1940
Money and the Woman
4.3/3
An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.
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Money and the Woman
1949
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
6/1
Gangsters frame Joe on a drunk charge and a murder rap so they can put their own fighter into a big event. Joe investigates in an attempt to prove his...
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Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
1943
Gung Ho!
5.3/20
A true-life epic that revolves around an exclusive bataillon of the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II, "Carlson's Raiders," whose assignment is to...
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Gung Ho!
1949
Prejudice
0/0
Joe Hanson, who believes himself to be tolerant of other races and religions, gradually comes to realize that he is prejudiced against many of them.
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Prejudice
1950
Revenue Agent
1/1
Accountant Augustis King discovers that his wife, Marfhe, is having an affair with his boss Sam Bellows. He telephones Internal Revenue Bureau that he...
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Revenue Agent
1940
Alice in Movieland
6.3/7
In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the...
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Alice in Movieland
1949
The Sickle or the Cross
6/1
Reverend John Burnside, American missionary in the Far East, prepares to return home after twenty years to take up the fight against Communism. The Re...
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The Sickle or the Cross
1940
The Man Who Talked Too Much
6/4
A young law graduate joins his older brother's legal practice, only to discover the firm's clients are mostly mobsters. Director Vincent Sherman's 194...
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The Man Who Talked Too Much
1942
Highways by Night
6/2
A young millionaire (Richard Carlson) joins the real world and meets a maid (Jane Randolph) and mobsters.
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Highways by Night
1948
Racing Luck
0/0
Brother and sister "Boots" Warren and Phyllis Warren inherit two race horses. One of the horses is claimed by a rival horse-owner, Jeff Stuart, when i...
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Racing Luck
1950
Timber Fury
0/0
Phyllis Wilson (Laura Lee) returns to the lumber camp owned by her father, Henry Wilson (Sam Flint)), and finds him in a struggle to keep his holdings...
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Timber Fury
1946
Susie Steps Out
0/0
No Overview
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