Steve Brodie (actor)

Steve Brodie
Brodie in Only the Valiant (1951)
Born
John Daugherty Stephens[1]

(1919-11-21)November 21, 1919
El Dorado, Kansas, U.S.
DiedJanuary 9, 1992(1992-01-09) (aged 72)
Canoga Park, California, U.S.[2]
OccupationActor
Years active1944–1989
Spouses
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(m. 1946; div. 1948)​
Barbara Ann Savitt
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(m. 1950)​
ChildrenKevin Brodie
Sean Brodie[2]

Steve Brodie (born John Daugherty Stephens; November 21, 1919 – January 9, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor from El Dorado in Butler County in south central Kansas. He reportedly adopted his screen name in memory of Steve Brodie, a daredevil who claimed to have jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge in 1886 and survived.[3]

  1. ^ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," digital copy of original marriage certificate of Steve Brodie and Lois Andrews, October, 14, 1947, Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles County court records. Retrieved via FamilySearch archives, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 22, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Steve Brodie; Actor in 200 Action Films". Los Angeles Times. January 11, 1992. p. SDA22.
  3. ^ Soden, Garrett (2005). Defying Gravity: Land Divers, Roller Coasters, Gravity Bums, and the Human Obsession With Falling, New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-32656-X