Brandon De Wilde
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 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.
Known For
Credits
- 1985 · George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1972 · Wild in the Sky as Josh
- 1970 · Night Gallery as Johnson
- 1970 · The Deserter as Ferguson
- 1970 · The Young Rebels as Nathan Hale
- 1969 · Love, American Style as Jimmy Devlin
- 1968 · Journey to the Unknown as Alec George Worthing
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Arnold Potter
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Bobby Currier
- 1967 · The Trip as Extra (uncredited)
- 1967 · Ironside as
- 1966 · ABC Stage 67 as Carl Boyer
- 1965 · In Harm's Way as Ens. Jeremiah 'Jere' Torrey
- 1965 · Those Calloways as Bucky Calloway
- 1964 · The Tenderfoot as Jim Tevis
- 1964 · 12 O'Clock High as Cpl. Ross Lawrence
- 1963 · The Greatest Show on Earth as Vic Hawkins
- 1963 · A Gathering of Eagles as Bill Fowler Jr (uncredited)
- 1963 · Hud as Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon
- 1962 · Combat! as Wilder
- 1962 · The Nurses as Paul Marker
- 1962 · The Virginian as James 'Mike Flynn' Cafferty
- 1962 · The Virginian as Rem Garvey
- 1962 · The Virginian as Walt Bradbury
- 1962 · All Fall Down as Clinton Willart
- 1961 · The Wonderful World of Disney as
- 1961 · The Defenders as Roger Bailey Jr.
- 1960 · Insight as Weissberg
- 1960 · Thriller as Timothy Branner
- 1959 · Blue Denim as Arthur Bartley
- 1958 · The Missouri Traveler as Byron Turner
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Daniel Morgan Benedict III
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Mark Miner
- 1957 · Night Passage as Joey Adams
- 1956 · Good-bye, My Lady as Skeeter Jackson
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Hugo
- 1954 · Climax! as Robbie Eunson
- 1954 · Climax! as Tip Malone
- 1953 · Jamie as Jamie McHummer
- 1953 · Shane as Joey Starrett
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · The Member of the Wedding as John Henry
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self