J. Edward Bromberg

Joseph Edward Bromberg (born Josef Bromberger, December 25, 1903 – December 6, 1951) was a Hungarian-born American character actor in motion picture and stage productions dating mostly from the 1930s and 1940s.

Professionally, Bromberg's most outstanding attribute was his facility with sensitive character roles; in his motion pictures he could take a standard, undistinguished supporting part and make it unforgettably sympathetic. In ''Hollywood Cavalcade'' he portrays Don Ameche's friend who knows he will never get the girl; in ''Three Sons'' he is the lowly business associate who longs to be given a partnership; in ''Easy to Look At'' he is the once-great couturier now reduced to night watchman.

In private life, shortly before his death, Bromberg made a defiant appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Bromberg is considered a victim of red-baiting and a casualty of the Hollywood Blacklist. His was one of the "names" named by director Elia Kazan in the director's second appearance before HUAC. Provided by Wikipedia