Acting

Don Brodie

Born May 29, 1904 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Died January 8, 2001 · aged 96

Don Brodie was an American stage, screen, and television actor.

Known For

The Great Dictator · 1940

The Great Dictator

★ 8.31940

MovieComedyWar

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

When the gentle woodcarver Geppetto builds a marionette to be his substitute son, a benevolent fairy brings the toy to life. The puppet, named Pinocchio, is not yet a human boy. He must earn the right to be real by proving that he is brave, truthful, and unselfish.

The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

Escape to Witch Mountain · 1975

Escape to Witch Mountain

★ 6.41975

MovieAdventureFantasy

Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian's megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who wants to exploit them. Jason, a cynical widower, helps Tia and Tony escape to witch mountain, while at the same time Tia and Tony help Jason escape the pain of the loss of his wife.

The Comancheros · 1961

The Comancheros

★ 6.71961

MovieWestern

Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.

Ride the High Country · 1962

Ride the High Country

★ 7.11962

MovieWesternDrama

An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.

Bell, Book and Candle · 1958

Bell, Book and Candle

★ 6.61958

MovieComedyFantasy

Gillian Holroyd, a modern-day witch, becomes smitten with her handsome upstairs neighbor, Shep Henderson. Using her magical powers, she casts a love spell on him, only to face unexpected complications when genuine feelings emerge, threatening her supernatural abilities.

The Last Tycoon · 1976

The Last Tycoon

★ 6.31976

MovieDramaRomance

Monroe Stahr, a successful movie producer, pursues a beautiful and elusive young woman — all the while working himself to death.

Filmography

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The Great Dictator · 1940

The Great Dictator

★ 8.31940

MovieComedyWar

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Reporter from International Press (uncredited)

Carnival Barker (voice) (uncredited)

The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.

Conventioneer (uncredited)

Escape to Witch Mountain · 1975

Escape to Witch Mountain

★ 6.41975

MovieAdventureFantasy

Gasoline Attendant

The Comancheros · 1961

The Comancheros

★ 6.71961

MovieWestern

Card Dealer (uncredited)

Ride the High Country · 1962

Ride the High Country

★ 7.11962

MovieWesternDrama

An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.

Spieler (uncredited)

Bell, Book and Candle · 1958

Bell, Book and Candle

★ 6.61958

MovieComedyFantasy

Cab Driver (uncredited)

The Last Tycoon · 1976

The Last Tycoon

★ 6.31976

MovieDramaRomance

Monroe Stahr, a successful movie producer, pursues a beautiful and elusive young woman — all the while working himself to death.

Extra on Set (uncredited)

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.

Photo Layout Man (uncredited)

The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit named Harvey that only he sees (and a few privileged others on occasion also.) After his sister tries to commit him to a mental institution, a comedy of errors ensues. Elwood and Harvey become the catalysts for a family mending its wounds and for romance blossoming in unexpected places.

Mailman (uncredited)

Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased entertainer. Stanley struggles to become a song-and-dance man as the team grooms him to become a star. But as the date of a high-stakes appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show grows near, they begin to fear that the only astonishing thing about Stanley is his utter lack of talent.

Bowler (uncredited)

A tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and prove his innocence.

Old Man

...All the Marbles · 1981

...All the Marbles

★ 6.11981

MovieComedyDrama

A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.

Reno Timekeeper

The Woman in the Window · 1944

The Woman in the Window

★ 7.41944

MovieCrimeDrama

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.

Onlooker at Gallery (uncredited)

You Only Live Once · 1937

You Only Live Once

★ 7.11937

MovieCrimeDrama

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.

Compositor (uncredited)

Scattergood Meets Broadway · 1941

Scattergood Meets Broadway

★ 7.51941

MovieComedy

Scattergood finds out that his neighbor, Elly Drew, is going to sell her home to support her son David, an aspiring playwright, who is in New York City trying to get his play produced. Scattergood decides to loan Elly the money but things are not as David has been telling his Mother...

Waiter (as Donald Brodie)

The Ladies Man · 1961

The Ladies Man

★ 6.31961

MovieComedy

After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with all these females?

Makeup Man (uncredited)

Captains Courageous · 1937

Captains Courageous

★ 7.41937

MovieAdventureDrama

Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.

Reporter (uncredited)

Lonesome Ghosts · 1937

Lonesome Ghosts

★ 6.91937

MovieAnimationComedy

On a dark and stormy night, four bored ghosts decide to have some fun by calling the Ajax Ghost Exterminators.

Ghost (voice) (uncredited)

Make Way for Tomorrow · 1937

Make Way for Tomorrow

★ 7.51937

MovieDramaRomance

An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.

Man at Employment Agency (uncredited)

Hot Lead & Cold Feet · 1978

Hot Lead & Cold Feet

★ 5.91978

MovieActionComedy

Twin brothers -- one rough and tough, the other a city-bred milquetoast -- compete for their father's fortune.

Saloon Man 3

The Proud Ones · 1956

The Proud Ones

★ 6.51956

MovieWestern

Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia Mayo plays his fiancee. As if handling wild cattle drovers isn't enough, a crooked casino operator from Ryan's past comes to town. An early scuffle in the casino leaves Ryan with vision problems that interfere with his duties. Jeffrey Hunter who came to town with a cattle drive encounters Ryan, who killed Hunter's father when Hunter was young. Feelings of animosity soon change as Hunter begins to sense Ryan is telling the truth about his father. What follows is a plot that continues to thicken to the inevitable showdown.

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House · 1948

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

★ 7.01948

MovieComedy

An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the country, only to find the transition fraught with problems.

Charlie (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees · 1942

The Pride of the Yankees

★ 7.31942

MovieDramaFamily

The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

Girl Show Barker (uncredited)

Murder, She Wrote · 1984

Murder, She Wrote

★ 7.51984

SeriesMysteryCrime

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

Neighbor

Bonanza · 1959

Bonanza

★ 7.51959

SeriesWesternAction & Adventure

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

Townsman (uncredited)

Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.

Security Guard

Get Smart · 1965

Get Smart

★ 8.01965

SeriesComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

Maxwell Smart, a hilariously inept and maladroit secret agent for CONTROL, battles the nefarious—though equally incompetent—KAOS.

Costume Man

Lassie · 1954

Lassie

★ 6.31954

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.

Doc Simms

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.

A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons.

Dave Clayburn

The Red Skelton Show · 1951

The Red Skelton Show

★ 7.41951

SeriesComedyTalk

The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.

Muggsy

Petticoat Junction · 1963

Petticoat Junction

★ 5.91963

SeriesComedyFamily

The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.

Mr. Begley

Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawman, and always a larger-than-life hero. CHEYENNE is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Brothers original series produced by William T. Orr.

Clerk

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May 5, 1988 in the timeslot following Dynasty. Based on Arthur Hailey's 1965 novel of the same name, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling and set in the elegant and fictitious St. Gregory Hotel in San Francisco. Establishing shots of the hotel were filmed in front of The Fairmont San Francisco atop the Nob Hill neighborhood. Episodes followed the activities of passing guests, as well as the personal and professional lives of the hotel staff.

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.

Ticket Agent

The Untouchables · 1959

The Untouchables

★ 8.01959

SeriesDramaCrime

Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.

Barker Ouside of Club (uncredited)

Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a special investigator.

Run for Your Life · 1965

Run for Your Life

★ 7.11965

SeriesDrama

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short time to live. It ran on NBC from 1965 to 1968. The series was created by Roy Huggins, who had previously explored the "man on the move" concept with The Fugitive.

The Court Clerk

Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and featuring Henry Mancini music that could tell you the action with your eyes closed, Peter Gunn worked in style. Known as Pete to his friends and simply as Gunn to his enemies, he did his job in a calm cool way.

Wilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his new barn, he finds that the former owner left his horse behind. This horse is no ordinary horse . . . he can talk, but only to Wilbur, which leads to all sorts of misadventures for Wilbur and his trouble-making sidekick Mister Ed.

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show · 1950

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

★ 7.21950

SeriesComedy

Burns and Allen, an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, worked together as a comedy team in vaudeville, films, radio and television and achieved great success over four decades.

Casey

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law · 1971

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Blakely

The Deputy is an American western series that aired on NBC from September 1959, to July 1961. The series stars Henry Fonda as Chief Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona Territory and Allen Case as Deputy Clay McCord, a storekeeper who tried to avoid using a gun.

Jed (uncredited)

Arrest and Trial · 1963

Arrest and Trial

★ 8.21963

SeriesCrimeDrama

Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m. Eastern.

Reporter

Boston Blackie · 1951

Boston Blackie

★ 4.01951

SeriesCrimeDrama

Blackie and gal pal Mary, and their dog Whitey, solve lots of Los Angeles crimes before the cops can do it.

Benny

Yancy Derringer · 1958

Yancy Derringer

★ 6.21958

SeriesWesternAction & Adventure

Yancy Derringer is an American Western series

Ticket Seller

Bracken's World · 1969

Bracken's World

★ 7.51969

SeriesDrama

Behind the scenes at the fictitious Century Studios in Hollywood, headed by the (initially) unseen John Bracken.