Personal Info
Birth date
1904-05-29 (121 Years)
Day of death
2001-01-08
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also known as
Donald Lee Brodie
Donald L. Brodie
Donald Brodie
Don L. Brodie
Don Brody
Donald Ellis Brodie
Don Brodie
Biography
Don Brodie was an American stage, screen, and television actor.
Filmography
Lassie
6.1
Overview:
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.The Red Skelton Show
7.375
Overview:
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.Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Overview:
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.My Three Sons
6.5
Overview:
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.I Love Lucy
7.916
Overview:
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.The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
6.941
Overview:
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.Petticoat Junction
5.8
Overview:
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.Climax!
3.273
Overview:
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.Peter Gunn
6.5
Overview:
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.Get Smart
7.922
Overview:
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, and Edward Platt. Henry said they created the show by request of Daniel Melnick, who was a partner, along with Leonard Stern and David Susskind, of the show's production company, Talent Associates, to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today"—James Bond and Inspector Clouseau. Brooks said: "It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy." This is the only Mel Brooks production to feature a laugh track. The success of the show eventually spawned the follow-up films The Nude Bomb and Get Smart, Again!, as well as a 1995 revival series and a 2008 film remake. In 2010, TV Guide ranked Get Smart's opening title sequence at No. 2 on its list of TV's Top 10 Credits Sequences, as selected by readers.Cheyenne
5.8
Overview:
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.The Untouchables
7.9
Overview:
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.Run for Your Life
7.2
Overview:
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 Deputy
6.2
Overview:
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.Adam-12
7
Overview:
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.Mister Ed
6.8
Overview:
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.Hotel
6.8
Overview:
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.Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
6.3
Overview:
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law is an American legal drama, jointly created by David Victor and former law professor Jerry McNeely, that starred actor Arthur Hill. The series was broadcast on ABC from 1971 to 1974. A two-hour pilot movie had aired as a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week entry prior to the series run.McCloud
7.1
Overview:
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.I Led Three Lives
NYR
Overview:
I Led Three Lives is an American drama series which was syndicated by Ziv Television Programs from October 1, 1953 to January 1, 1956. The series stars Richard Carlson. The show was a companion piece of sorts to the radio drama I Was a Communist for the FBI, which dealt with a similar subject and was also syndicated by Ziv from 1952 to 1954.Dick Tracy
6
Overview:
Dick Tracy is an American TV series based on the detective comic strip Dick Tracy. The show aired on ABC from September 11, 1950 to April 7, 1951.Bracken's World
5
Overview:
Behind the scenes at the fictitious Century Studios in Hollywood, headed by the (initially) unseen John Bracken.The Great Dictator
8.296
Overview:
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.The Kennel Murder Case
6.1
Overview:
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.Harvey
7.672
Overview:
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.Acting
1989Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn as Projectionist
1986Murphy's Law as Old Man
1984Murder, She Wrote (1 Episode) as Neighbor
1982Hotel (1 Episode) as Unknown
1981...All the Marbles as Reno Timekeeper
1981Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood as Gateman
1980The Secret of Lost Valley as Camper
1978Hot Lead & Cold Feet as Saloon Man 3
1978Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell as Director
1976The Last Tycoon as Extra on Set (uncredited)
1975Escape to Witch Mountain as Gasoline Attendant
1971Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1 Episode) as Blakely
1970McCloud (1 Episode) as Unknown
1969Bracken's World (1 Episode) as Unknown
1968Adam-12 (1 Episode) as Security Guard
1967The Busy Body as Board Member
1966The Chase as Conventioneer (uncredited)
1965Get Smart (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Costume Man
1965Run for Your Life (1 Episode) as The Court Clerk
1964The Patsy as Bowler (uncredited)
1963Petticoat Junction (1 Episode) as Mr. Begley
1963Diary of a Madman as Marcel
1962Ride the High Country as Spieler (uncredited)
1961The Comancheros as Card Dealer (uncredited)
1961The Ladies Man as Makeup Man (uncredited)
1961Mister Ed (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1960My Three Sons (1 Episode) as Dave Clayburn
1959The Untouchables (1 Episode) as Barker Ouside of Club (uncredited)
1959The Deputy (1 Episode) as Jed (uncredited)
1958Bell, Book and Candle as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1958Yancy Derringer (1 Episode) as Ticket Seller
1958Peter Gunn (1 Episode) as Unknown
1956The Proud Ones as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1955Cheyenne (1 Episode) as Clerk
1954Hell's Outpost as Miner (uncredited)
1954Climax! (1 Episode) as Unknown
1954Lassie (1 Episode) as Doc Simms
1953Donovan's Brain as Detective Who Follows Dr. Cory from Hotel (uncredited)
1953I Led Three Lives (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1951I Love Lucy (1 Episode) as Ticket Agent
1951The Red Skelton Show (1 Episode) as Muggsy - a Hobo
1951The Adventures of Boston Blackie (1 Episode) as Benny
1950Harvey as Mailman (uncredited)
1950The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1 Episode) as Casey
1950Dick Tracy (2, 1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Wheels, Z. V. Wheels
1950Did'ja Know? as Radiator Repairman (uncredited)
1949On the Town as Photo Layout Man (uncredited)
1949My Dream Is Yours as Unknown
1949Champion as Newspaper Reporter (uncredited)
1949The Ghost Talks as Tom the Tailor (uncredited)
1948Street Corner as Arnold Marsh
1948The Luck of the Irish as Reporter (uncredited)
1948Just Suppose as Men's Hat Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
1948Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House as Charlie - Painter (uncredited)
1945Detour as Used Car Salesman (uncredited)
1945Johnny Angel as Harbor Master's Aide on the 'Putnam' (uncredited)
1945Incendiary Blonde as Machine Gun Henchman (uncredited)
1945Her Favorite Patient as Mr. Walton (uncredited)
1945The Man Who Walked Alone as Desk Sergeant #1
1944The Woman in the Window as Onlooker at Gallery (uncredited)
1944Summer Storm as Bit Player (uncredited)
1943Hi Diddle Diddle as George Bronson (uncredited)
1943Mr. Lucky as Gaffer - Henchman (uncredited)
1942The Pride of the Yankees as Girl Show Barker (uncredited)
1942Night in New Orleans as Gambler (Uncredited)
1942Dr. Broadway as Customer
1941Hellzapoppin' as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
1941Two Latins from Manhattan as Advertising Man
1941Scattergood Meets Broadway as Waiter (as Donald Brodie)
1941Desperate Cargo as Anderson - Co-Pilot (uncredited)
1941I'll Never Heil Again as King Herman (uncredited)
1941A Man Betrayed as 5th Precinct Worker (uncredited)
1941Second Chorus as Clerk
1940Michael Shayne: Private Detective as Reporter (uncredited)
1940American Spoken Here as Fast Talker (uncredited)
1940The Great Dictator as Reporter from International Press (uncredited)
1940Rhythm on the River as Mr. Schwartz's Stooge #1
1940Sky Bandits as Radio Operator
1940Road to Singapore as Fred (uncredited)
1940Pinocchio as Carnival Barker (voice) (uncredited)
1940Broadway Melody of 1940 as Barker (uncredited)
1940Danger Ahead as Constable
1940Music in My Heart as Taxi Driver
1939Nick Carter, Master Detective as Engel - X-49 Workman
1939Golden Boy as Unknown
1939Way Down South as Slave Buyer
1939The Gracie Allen Murder Case as Reporter #1
1939Exile Express as Mullins
1939Baby Daze as Joe
1939The Rookie Cop as Frank 'Frankie' Dixon
1939Broadway Serenade as Reporter (uncredited)
1939The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Stage Manager (uncredited)
1939Fast and Loose as Detective Jackson (uncredited)
1939The Phantom Creeps as Thug
1938While New York Sleeps as Reporter
1938The Last Express as Spud Savage, Private Detective
1938Sue My Lawyer as Anita's Boyfriend
1938Danger on the Air as Reporter (Uncredited)
1938Hollywood Handicap as Auctioneer
1938The Lady in the Morgue as Taxi Driver
1938Mr. Moto's Gamble as Ticket Seller
1938Donald's Better Self as Donald's Devil (voice) (uncredited)
1938Start Cheering as Dean's Secretary
1938Night Spot as Gangster
1938My Old Kentucky Home as (uncredited)
1938Love Is a Headache as First Reporter (uncredited)
1938Crashing Hollywood as The Hawk Auditioner (uncredited)
1937Lonesome Ghosts as Ghost (voice) (uncredited)
1937High Flyers as Accomplice on Boat
1937The Westland Case as Taxi Driver
1937Partners in Crime as Reporter
1937It Happened in Hollywood as Don - Sound Man Don
1937Easy Living as Automobile Salesman (uncredited)
1937Captains Courageous as Reporter (uncredited)
1937The Girl from Scotland Yard as Joe
1937Kid Galahad as Reporter in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
1937Charlie Chan at the Olympics as Radio Announcer
1937Make Way for Tomorrow as Man at Employment Agency (uncredited)
1937The Super Snooper as Unknown
1937Time Out for Romance as Reporter
1937Man Of The People as Pool Player (uncredited)
1937You Only Live Once as Compositor (uncredited)
1936Sinner Take All as Parking Station Attendant (uncredited)
1936Theodora Goes Wild as Photographer at Governor's Reception (uncredited)
1936The Big Game as Henchman with Blackie
1936Alibi for Murder as Taxi Driver (Uncredited)
1936The Devil Is a Sissy as Hilda's Chauffeur
1936Sworn Enemy as Emerald's Messenger (uncredited)
1936Missing Girls as Chuck Martin
1936Postal Inspector as Reporter (uncredited)
1936Spendthrift as Reporter
1936And Sudden Death as Newspaperman
1936Wholesailing Along as Unknown
1936Fatal Lady as French Waiter (uncredited)
1936Speed as Track Official Telling Terry He Qualified
1936Big Brown Eyes as Customer (Uncredited)
1936The Little Red Schoolhouse as Edward 'Ed', Pete's Henchman
1936Murder at Glen Athol as Henchman (uncredited)
1936The Garden Murder Case as Messenger (Uncredited)
1936The Bridge of Sighs as Court Clerk (uncredited)
1936You May Be Next! as Radio Signalman (uncredited)
1936Strike Me Pink as Mr. Marsh
1936Exclusive Story as Bettor (uncredited)
1935Forced Landing as Airline Agent (uncredited)
1935Music Is Magic as Reporter (uncredited)
1935The Rainmakers as Townsman
1935The Timid Young Man as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1935Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery as Three Point Radio Operator
1935It's in the Air as Reporter (uncredited)
1935The Girl Who Came Back as Henchman Jason
1935Page Miss Glory as News Photographer (uncredited)
1935Woman Wanted as Reporter (uncredited)
1935Reckless as Reporter (uncredited)
1935The Call of the Savage as Dr. Carl Neff
1935Mickey's Kangaroo as Pluto (voice) (uncredited)
1935Circumstantial Evidence as The Bailiff (uncredited)
1935One More Spring as Unknown
1935The Winning Ticket as Pool Hall Patron
1934The Dancing Millionaire as Dancing Academy Customer
1934The Case of the Howling Dog as Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)
1934Girl in Danger as Reporter (uncredited)
1934The Defense Rests as Reporter
1934Manhattan Melodrama as Reporter (uncredited)
1933Perils of Pauline as Airline Official
1933The Kennel Murder Case as Police Photographer (uncredited)
1933Meet the Baron as Mayor's 'Yes' Man (uncredited)
1933Bombshell as Photographer (uncredited)
1933Saturday's Millions as Reporter
1933Midnight Mary as Court Photographer (uncredited)
1933Made on Broadway as Don Brodie
1933Lilly Turner as Man in Carnival Audience (uncredited)
1933Elmer, the Great as Casino Employee (uncredited)
1933The Working Man as Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)
1933King of the Jungle as Reporter (uncredited)
1933Hard to Handle as Sound Man (uncredited)
1932You Said a Mouthful as Judge's Assistant (uncredited)
1932Jewel Robbery as Robber (uncredited)
1932The Wet Parade as Would-Be Bootlegger (uncredited)
Crew
1953Combat Squad ... Dialogue Coach
Writing
1950Curious Contests ... Writer
Directing
1944A Fig Leaf for Eve ... Director