Steve Brodie (born John Daugherty Stephens; November 21, 1919 – January 9, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor.
Early Life and Name
Brodie was born in El Dorado, Kansas. He reportedly adopted his screen name in memory of Steve Brodie, a 19th-century daredevil who claimed to have jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886 and survived.
Career
Brodie appeared in 79 feature films from 1944 to 1988, along with numerous appearances on episodic television. He worked at various studios including MGM, RKO, and Republic Pictures, appearing mostly in Westerns and B-movies. He played supporting roles in the majority of his films, including the 1947 film noir classic Out of the Past (as Fisher) and 1950's Armored Car Robbery (as Al Mapes). An exception was 1947's Desperate, in which he had a starring role. Later appearances included roles in two Elvis Presley films: Blue Hawaii (1961) and Roustabout (1964).
Beginning in the mid-1950s, he appeared mostly on television, with guest-starring roles in series such as Stories of the Century, Crossroads, Sugarfoot, Colt .45, Cheyenne, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Wanted: Dead or Alive, The Dakotas, and Gunsmoke. He made three guest appearances on Perry Mason. Brodie and Lash La Rue appeared multiple times as Sheriff Johnny Behan in the ABC Western series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.
He also appeared on stage in the 1950s as Maryk in a national company production of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, co-starring with Paul Douglas and Wendell Corey.
Personal Life and Death
Brodie was married to actress Lois Andrews from 1946 to 1948. He married Barbara Ann Savitt in 1950. Their son, Kevin Brodie, was a child actor who later became a film producer, director, and screenwriter.
Brodie died of cancer on January 9, 1992, at age 72, in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California.
