Rugged leading man of B Westerns and supporting player in numerous films who worked with some of Hollywood's most celebrated genre directors--Anthony Mann, Samuel Fuller, Mark Robson, and Jacques Tourneur. Brodie also appeared in several social problem pictures such as "Crossfire" (1947) and "Home of the Brave" (1949).
Began his film career in B Westerns during the late 1930s
1944
Appeared in "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo", a popular WWII film written by Dalton Trumbo and directed by Mervyn LeRoy
1945
Appeared in "A Walk in the Sun", a humanistic WWII film with a screenplay by Robert Rossen and directed by Lewis Milestone
1947
Featured in "Crossfire", the groundbreaking noir social problem picture dealing with anti-Semetism directed by Edward Dmytryk
1947
Appeared in "Out of the Past", the classic film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur