Steve Brodie

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Steve Brodie November 21 1919 January 9 1992 was an American movie and television actor Born as John Stevenson in El Dorado Kansas he reportedly selected his screen name in tribute to Steve Brodie who jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886 and survived Most of his acting work was from the mid 1940s to the early 1950s working at MGM RKO and Republic Pictures appearing mostly in westerns and Bmovies He mainly played supporting roles in films such as the film noir classic Out of the Past 1947 and the classic crime film Armored Car Robbery 1950 although he did have the starring role in Desperate 1947 He later appeared with Elvis Presley in Blue Hawaii 1961 and Roustabout 1964 Beginning in the mid1950s he appeared largely on television including for instance The Public Defender three episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and in the episode Vendetta of the syndicated western series Pony Express He and Sterling Holloway appeared in the 1960 episode Love Me Love My Dog of the syndicated crime drama The Brothers Brannagan Description above from the Wikipedia articleSteve Brodie actor licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia