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Brandon De Wilde

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Andre Brandon deWilde (April 9, 1942 – July 6, 1972) was an American theatre and film actor.He was born into a theatrical family in Brooklyn. Debuting on Broadway at the age of 7, De Wilde became a national phenomenon by the time he completed his 492 performances for The Member of the Wedding[3][4] and was considered a child prodigy. Before the age of 12 he had become the first child actor awarded the Donaldson Award, filmed his role in The Member of the Wedding, starred in his most memorable film role as Joey Starrett in the film Shane (1953), been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, starred in his own sitcom television series Jamie on ABC and became a household name making numerous radio and TV appearances before being featured on the cover of Life magazine on March 10, 1952, for his second Broadway outing Mrs. McThing. Into adulthood, additional plays, movies and TV appearances followed before his death at age 30 in a motor vehicle accident in Colorado, on July 6, 1972. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brandon De Wilde, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Apr 9, 1942 In Brooklyn, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
28
First Appeared:
In the series The Ed Sullivan Show 1948-06-20
Latest Project:
Movie George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey 1985-03-03
Known For
Poster of The Tenderfoot
Poster of The Missouri Traveler
Filmography
Movie George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1985-03-03
Movie Wild in the Sky Josh 1972-03-01
Movie The Deserter Ferguson 1970-12-04
Series Night Gallery Unknown 1970-12-16
Series Hawaii Five-O Unknown 1968-09-20
Series Ironside Unknown 1967-03-28
Movie The Trip Extra (uncredited) 1967-08-23
Movie Those Calloways Bucky Calloway 1965-01-28
Movie In Harm's Way Ens. Jeremiah 'Jere' Torrey 1965-04-06
Movie The Tenderfoot Jim Tevis 1964-11-08
Movie A Gathering of Eagles Bill Fowler Jr (uncredited) 1963-06-21
Movie Hud Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon 1963-05-28
Movie All Fall Down Clinton Willart 1962-04-06
Series The Virginian Unknown 1962-09-19
Series Combat! Unknown 1962-10-02
Series Thriller Unknown 1960-09-13
Movie Blue Denim Arthur Bartley 1959-07-30
Movie The Missouri Traveler Byron Turner 1958-01-21
Movie Night Passage Joey Adams 1957-07-24
Movie Good-bye, My Lady Skeeter Jackson 1956-05-12
Series Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown 1955-10-02
Series Climax! Unknown 1954-10-07
Movie Shane Joey Starrett 1953-04-23
Series The Oscars Unknown 1953-03-19
Series Jamie 1953-10-05
Movie The Member of the Wedding John Henry 1952-12-25
Series The Colgate Comedy Hour Unknown 1950-09-10
Series The Ed Sullivan Show Unknown 1948-06-20