Joseph Edward Bromberg wasborn
Josef Bromberger, December 25, to a Jewish family in Temeschburg (Temesvár),
Austria-Hungary (now Timișoara, Romania)
Bromberg made his screen debut in
1936 under contract to Twentieth Century-Fox who dropped him in 1941. After
that he bounced around Hollywood picking work where he could. His last film, a
walk on part, was in 1949.
In September 1950, Red Channels
wrote, correctly, that Bromberg was a member of the American Communist Party.
Elia Kazan later named him as a fellow traveler in the party. He was subpoenaed
to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in June 1951
but refused to answer any questions. Later that year, he went to England, but
died shortly after his arrival of a heart attack. He was working in theater on
the day he died.