Raised in Cincinnati’s Avondale neighborhood and educated at Hughes High School and the University of Cincinnati, Brodie began his professional life at Procter & Gamble before launching a stage career that included a 1924 co-starring role in Lord Dunsany’s Fame and the Poet and a nine-year stint with the Civic Repertory Theater. After signing with Universal Pictures in 1931, he appeared in the two… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Pinocchio 1940 The Great Dictator 1940 Harvey 1950 Murder, She Wrote 1984 ★ 8.3 The Great Dictator 1940
Reporter from International Press (uncredited) Series ★ 8 Get Smart 1965
Costume Man Series ★ 8 The Untouchables 1959
Barker Ouside of Club (uncredited) Series ★ 7.9 The Wonderful World of Disney 1954
Gasoline Station Attendant Series ★ 7.9 I Love Lucy 1951
Ticket Agent ★ 7.7 Harvey 1950
Mailman (uncredited) Series ★ 7.5 Murder, She Wrote 1984
Neighbor ★ 7.5 Make Way for Tomorrow 1937
Man at Employment Agency (uncredited) ★ 7.4 The Woman in the Window 1944
Onlooker at Gallery (uncredited) ★ 7.4 Captains Courageous 1937
Reporter (uncredited) Series ★ 7.3 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show 1950
Casey ★ 7.3 The Pride of the Yankees 1942
Girl Show Barker (uncredited) Series ★ 7.2 McCloud 1970
★ 7.2 Detour 1945
Used Car Salesman (uncredited) ★ 7.2 Mr. Lucky 1943
Gaffer (uncredited) ★ 7.2 Hellzapoppin' 1941
Theatre Manager (uncredited) ★ 7.2 Easy Living 1937
Automobile Salesman (uncredited) Series ★ 7.1 Adam-12 1968
Security Guard ★ 7.1 The Chase 1966
Conventioneer (uncredited) ★ 7.1 Ride the High Country 1962
Spieler (uncredited) ★ 7.1 Pinocchio 1940
Carnival Barker (voice) (uncredited) ★ 7.1 Kid Galahad 1937
Reporter in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) ★ 7.1 You Only Live Once 1937
Compositor (uncredited) ★ 7 On the Town 1949
Photo Layout Man (uncredited) ★ 7 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1948
Charlie (uncredited) ★ 7 The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939
Stage Manager (uncredited) ★ 7 Manhattan Melodrama 1934
Reporter (uncredited) ★ 6.9 Lonesome Ghosts 1937
Ghost (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.9 Picture Snatcher 1933
Hood (uncredited) Series ★ 6.8 Hotel 1982
Series ★ 6.8 Mister Ed 1961
★ 6.8 Broadway Melody of 1940 1940
Barker (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Charlie Chan at the Olympics 1937
Radio Announcer ★ 6.8 Midnight Mary 1933
Court Photographer (uncredited) ★ 6.7 The Comancheros 1961
Card Dealer (uncredited) ★ 6.7 Champion 1949
Newspaper Reporter (uncredited) Series ★ 6.6 My Three Sons 1960
Dave Clayburn ★ 6.6 Bell, Book and Candle 1958
Cab Driver (uncredited) Series ★ 6.6 Peter Gunn 1958
★ 6.6 Theodora Goes Wild 1936
Photographer at Governor's Reception (uncredited) ★ 6.5 The Proud Ones 1956
Hotel Clerk (uncredited) ★ 6.5 My Dream Is Yours 1949
★ 6.5 Golden Boy 1939
★ 6.5 Bombshell 1933
Photographer (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Jewel Robbery 1932
Robber (uncredited) ★ 6.4 Escape to Witch Mountain 1975
Gasoline Attendant ★ 6.4 Road to Singapore 1940
Fred (uncredited) ★ 6.4 Mr. Moto's Gamble 1938
Ticket Seller ★ 6.4 Flash Gordon 1936
Radio Scientist ★ 6.3 The Last Tycoon 1976
Extra on Set (uncredited) ★ 6.3 The Ladies Man 1961
Makeup Man (uncredited) Series ★ 6.3 Lassie 1954
Doc Simms ★ 6.3 Donald's Better Self 1938
Donald's Devil (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.3 Big Brown Eyes 1936
Customer (Uncredited) ★ 6.2 The Patsy 1964
Bowler (uncredited) Series ★ 6.2 Cheyenne 1955
Clerk ★ 6.2 Donovan's Brain 1953
Detective Who Follows Dr. Cory from Hotel (uncredited) ★ 6.1 Murphy's Law 1986
Old Man ★ 6.1 ...All the Marbles 1981
Reno Timekeeper ★ 6.1 Diary of a Madman 1963
Marcel ★ 6.1 The Luck of the Irish 1948
Reporter (uncredited) ★ 6.1 The Kennel Murder Case 1933
Police Photographer (uncredited) ★ 6 Johnny Angel 1945
Harbor Master's Aide on the 'Putnam' (uncredited) ★ 5.9 Hot Lead & Cold Feet 1978
Saloon Man 3 Series ★ 5.9 Petticoat Junction 1963
Mr. Begley ★ 5.9 Mickey's Kangaroo 1935
Pluto (voice) (uncredited) ★ 5.8 Second Chorus 1941
Clerk ★ 5.6 Heart Beat 1980
Dispatcher ★ 4.5 The Phantom Creeps 1939
Thug ★ 3.2 Blackenstein 1973
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