Peter Brocco, Actor. This is
another suspicious claim of blacklisting. Prior to 1940, y all of his work was
on stage. He had no screen credits. From 1942 through 1949 he made 23 screen
appearances. He was uncredited in 9 of those films and one was a film short.
Almost all of them were in 1948 and 1949.
From 1950 through 1959, he made
55 movies and 91 appearances on television. He was uncredited in 18 appearances
from 1950 through 1959.
Brocco was not a leading man and
prior to the 196os, working mostly as an extra. Yet, his Wikipedia page reads;
“Brocco lived for some 40 years
in Laurel Canyon, in a 1920s Spanish style home on Laurel Canyon Blvd. near the
Country Store. He had his ceramics studio in the ground floor, a source of
income when he was blacklisted for a while during the red scare of the early
1950s.”
1959
Five Fingers (TV Series)
- Thin Ice (1959)
Mackenzie's Raiders (TV Series)
- Terror in Chuma Valley
Peter Gunn (TV Series)
- Terror on the Campus (1959)
- Let's Kill Timothy (1959)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV Series)
- The Client (1959)
Rescue 8 (TV Series)
- Fools Gold (1959)
- A Handful of Vengeance
State Trooper (TV Series)
The Choker (1959) (uncredited)
Compulsion
(uncredited)
Perry Mason (TV Series)
- The Case of the Fraudulent Foto
1958
Tales of Frankenstein (TV Short)
Trackdown (TV Series)
- Three-Legged Fox
Goodyear Theatre (TV Series)
- Taps for Jeffrey (1958)
The Court of Last Resort (TV
Series)
- The Joe Credo Case
Zorro (TV Series)
- Death Stacks the Deck (uncredited)
- Zorro Fights His Father
Sally (TV Series)
- Operation Intrigue (1958)
1957
1957Casey Jones (TV Series)
- Girl in the Cab
1956-1957
1956-1957Telephone Time (TV Series)
- Alice's Wedding Gown
- Escape
- The Golden Junkman (1956)
1954-1957
The Loretta Young Show (TV Series)
- The Defense (1957)
- Across the Plaza (1955)
- You're Driving Me Crazy (1954)
- The Judgment (1954)
- Nobody's Boy (1954)
Boots and Saddles (TV Series)
- The Paymaster
M Squad (TV Series)
- The Golden Look
Black Patch (Film)
The O. Henry Playhouse (TV
Series)
- The Fool Killer
Climax! (TV Series)
- The Disappearance of Amanda
Hale
1956-1957I Love Lucy (TV Series)
- Lucy Raises Tulips (1957)
- Visitor from Italy (1956)
Playhouse 90 (TV Series)
- The Hostess with the Mostes'
The Sheriff of Cochise (TV
Series)
- Vapor Lock (1957)
1955-1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV
Series)
- Vice Squad (1957)
- The Quick and the Dead (1956)
- Miss Susie Slagle's (1955)
The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV
Series)
- End of a Gun (1957) ... 1st
Bartender
1956
The Count of Monte Cristo (TV Series)
- The Dubarry Affair (1956)
Dragnet (TV Series)
- The Big Net
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV
Series)
- Trapline
He Laughed Last (Film)
(uncredited)
1952-1956 Adventures of Superman
(TV Series)
The Spectre
- The Phantom Ring
- The Clown Who Cried (1954)
- The Secret of Superman (1952)
1953-1956 You Are There (TV Series)
- The Recovery of the Mona Lisa
(December 10, 1913)
- Dr. Pinel Unchains the Insane
(May 24, 1793) (1956)
- Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton
Gin (May 27, 1793) (1955)
- The Triumph of Louis Braille
(May 25, 1847) (1955)
- Napoleon's Return from Elba
(March 7, 1815) (1955)
8 more episodes
Stranger at My Door (Film)
(uncredited)
Hot Blood (folm)
(uncredited)
The George Burns and Gracie Allen
Show (TV Series)
- George Needs Glasses (1956)
- Gracie Pawns Her Ring (1955)
- Company for Christmas (1955)
- Ronnie's Elopement (1955)
- George Becomes a Dictator
(1955)
8 more episodes
It's a Great Life (TV Series)
- The Lady and the Painting
(1956)
Diane (film)
(uncredited)
Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series)
- Hot Cargo (1956)
Highway Patrol (TV Series)
- Resort (1956) (uncredited)
1955
1955Passport to Danger (TV
Series)
- Prague
I'll Cry Tomorrow (Film)
(uncredited)
Four Star Playhouse (TV Series)
- The Devil to Pay
- The Executioner (uncredited)
Cavalcade of America (TV Series)
- A Chain of Hearts (1955)
(uncredited)
Reader's Digest (TV Series)
- Old Master Detective
- The Baron and His Uranium
Killing
- France's Greatest Detective
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (TV
Series)
- Atomic Peril
- Enemies of the Universe
The Man Behind the Badge (TV Series)
- The Case of the Pot of Gold
(1955) ... Ben
- The Case of the Unknown Man
(1955) ... August Paoli
Stage 7 (TV Series)
- Yesterday's Pawnshop
1950-1955 Fireside Theatre (TV
Series)
- The 99th Day (1955)
- Mission to Algiers (1953)
- The Co-Signer (1952)
- Neutral Corner (1951) ... Bones
- Operation Mona Lisa (1950)
6 more episodes
Wyoming Renegades (film)
(uncredited)
The Racers (Film)
(uncredited)
Stories of the Century (TV Series)
1954
1954-1955 Captain Midnight (TV Series)
- The Mark of Death (1955)
- Murder by Radiation (1954)
The Silver Chalice (Film)
(uncredited)
The Atomic Kid (film)
(uncredited)
Rogue Cop (film)
Adventures of the Falcon (TV
Series)
- Rocky's Asylum
Tobor the Great (Film)
(uncredited)
The Lone Wolf (TV Series)
- Skid Row
The Ford Television Theatre (TV
Series)
- Night Visitor
Duffy of San Quentin
(uncredited)
1953
El Alaméin (film)
The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series)
- Freddie Becomes a Star-Gazer
The Desert Song (film)
(uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (film)
Invaders from Mars (film)
Brainard - Wilson's Aide
(uncredited)
The Story of Three Loves TV
(uncredited)
Bandits of Corsica (film)
Your Favorite Story (TV Series)
Boston Blackie (TV Series)
- Revenge (1953)
1952
Dangerous Assignment (TV Series)
- The Manger Story
- The Death in the Morgue Story
Woman in the Dark (film)
The Prisoner of Zenda (film)
The Unexpected (TV Series)
The Ring (film)
Big Jim McLain (Film)
(uncredited)
Holiday for Sinners (Film)
(uncredited)
Cripple Creek (Film)
(uncredited)
Actors and Sin
(segment "Actor's Blood")
Young Man with Ideas (film)
(uncredited)
The Narrow Margin
(uncredited)
Chevron Theatre (TV Series)
- The Other Woman
Mutiny (film)
Harem Girl (film)
Radar Men from the Moon (film)
1951
The Big Truth (Short)
Gruen Guild Theater (TV Series)
Joe Santa Claus
- Hit and Run
Too Young to Kiss (Film)
(uncredited)
Drums in the Deep South (film)
The Whip Hand (film)
Roadblock (film)
(uncredited)
Chain of Circumstance (film)
(uncredited)
The Tall Target (film)
(uncredited)
His Kind of Woman (film)
(uncredited)
Sirocco (film)
(uncredited)
Hollywood Story (film)
(uncredited)
The Great Caruso (film)
(uncredited)
The Fat Man (film)
(uncredited)
Francis Goes to the Races (film)
(uncredited)
Flame of Stamboul (film)
(uncredited)
Belle Le Grand (film)
(uncredited)
The Killer That Stalked New York (film)
(uncredited)
1950
The Breaking Point (film)
(uncredited)
Three Secrets (film)
(uncredited)
Peggy (film)
The Gunfighter (film)
(uncredited)
Champagne for Caesar (film)
House by the River (film)
Black Hand (film)
Guilty of Treason (film)
(uncredited)
Gunmen of Abilene (film)
Key to the City
(uncredited)
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1949
Tension
(uncredited)
The Reckless Moment
(uncredited)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
(uncredited)
Post Office Investigator
Jolson Sings Again
(uncredited)
Flaming Fury
The Lady Gambles
(uncredited)
Susanna Pass
(uncredited)
he Undercover Man
(uncredited)
Search for Danger
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
(uncredited)
1948
The Countess of Monte Cristo
(uncredited)
Appointment with Murder
The Boy with Green Hair
(uncredited)
The Gallant Blade
The Saxon Charm
(uncredited)
The Vicious Circle
The Argyle Secrets
The Swordsman
(uncredited)
1947
Leben des Galilei (Short)
The Lone Wolf in Mexico
1946
Alias Mr. Twilight
The Return of Monte Cristo
(uncredited)
1942
Stand By All Networks
(uncredited)
Just because someone’s name
appeared in Red Channels, that doesn’t mean they were blacklisted. It just
means there name appeared in Red Channels.
Just because a person said they
were blacklisted doesn’t mean they were. Many people in Hollywood have lied about
being blacklisted over the years.
If a person was actually blacklisted…and not
many were actually blacklisted….it was the studios and TV sponsors who
blacklisted them. Not the United States federal government.
If a person claims the blacklist
ruined their career, they should be able to prove they had a career before the
blacklist.