
Acting
David Bruce
Born 1916-01-06 · Kankakee, Illinois, USA
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).
Acting credits
7.2Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
The Sea Wolf
1941
7.2Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
Sergeant York
1941
5.8As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
Santa Fe Trail
1940
7.3After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
The Letter
1940
7.2Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.
The Sea Hawk
1940
6.8Spanish Lothario Don Juan, the legendary lover and adventurer returns to Spain following a scandal and comes to the aid of his queen, who is under threat from sinister forces.
Adventures of Don Juan
1948
8.0Joe Hanson, who believes himself to be tolerant of other races and religions, gradually comes to realize that he is prejudiced against many of them.
Prejudice
1949
6.2The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Knute Rockne All American
1940
7.0Reverend John Burnside, American missionary in the Far East, prepares to return home after twenty years to take up the fight against Communism. The Reds imprison him and send in his place a spy who is his double, but who is instructed to come out for Communism. The spy is accepted in Burnside's home town, and he reports to local Communist headquarters, where James John, prominent local businessman but in reality a Red agent, has instructions to assist him in all details of his mission. He does a series of personal appearances and radio interviews and talk shows, using an anti-Communist approach.
The Sickle or the Cross
1949
6.3Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America's entry into World War II. Gordon must send his outnumbered band of fighter pilots out against overwhelming odds while juggling the disparate personalities and problems of his fellow flyers.
Flying Tigers
1942
5.4A 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 take control of a South Pacific island once possessed by the United States but now under Japanese command.
Gung Ho!
1943
4.1During 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 lawless western town in Arizona, where she uses her charms and dancing skills to transform herself into "Salome" during her dance routines.
Salome, Where She Danced
1945
10.0To save their music publishing firm from bankruptcy, Bill "Brains' Watson creates a colorful life-story about his partner, Danny Lee, representing him as a descendant of Louisiana's famous Josh Lee family and rightful poet laureate of Dixieland.
South of Dixie
1944
8.0Phyllis 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. Wilson's foreman, McCabe (George Slocum), is employed by Wilson's enemy to destroy his company. Jim Caldwell (David Bruce), an engineer, is hired by Wilson and falls in love with Phyllis. McCabe kills Wilson and Sheriff Williams (Lee Phelps) thinks Caldwell is the killer.
Timber Fury
1950
5.4A parolee, working for a trucking line, struggles to clear his name after being accused of involvement with hijackers.
Hi-Jacked
1950
5.6An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning that Ananka's spirit has been reincarnated into another body, he kidnaps a young woman of Egyptian descent with a mysterious resemblance to the princess. However, the high priest's greedy desires cause him to lose control of the mummy...
The Mummy's Ghost
1944
6.2The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
Corvette K-225
1943
7.2A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.
Singapore Woman
1941
5.7Jungle natives are treated by a physician who goes against the wishes of a witch doctor to provide burn healing methods caused by radioactive rocks discovered when the elephants were felling trees.
Jungle Hell
1956
6.5A young femme fatale realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.
Christmas Holiday
1944
5.3Loretta Young stars in this drama about female pilots during WWII.
Ladies Courageous
1944
6.7While 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 too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.
Lady on a Train
1945
6.2Jungle Jim fights enemy agents who are trying to steal cobalt while disguised as crocodiles.
Cannibal Attack
1954
6.4Alice wins a free trip to Hollywood and dreams about her arrival.
Alice in Movieland
1940