Brandon De Wilde
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 9, 1942
- Died
- July 6, 1972 (aged 30)
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Wild in the Sky
Movie · as Josh
The Deserter
Movie · as Ferguson
Night Gallery
TV · as Johnson · 1 ep
The Young Rebels
TV · as Nathan Hale · 1 ep
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Arnold Potter · 1 ep
Love, American Style
TV · as Jimmy Devlin · 1 ep
Journey to the Unknown
TV · as Alec George Worthing · 1 ep
The Name of the Game
TV · as Bobby Currier · 1 ep
The Trip
Movie · as Extra (uncredited)
Ironside
TV · 1 ep
The Tenderfoot
Movie · as Jim Tevis
ABC Stage 67
TV · as Carl Boyer · 1 ep
In Harm's Way
Movie · as Ens. Jeremiah 'Jere' Torrey
Those Calloways
Movie · as Bucky Calloway
12 O'Clock High
TV · as Cpl. Ross Lawrence · 1 ep
The Tenderfoot
TV · as Jim Tevis · 3 eps
Hud
Movie · as Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon
A Gathering of Eagles
Movie · as Bill Fowler Jr (uncredited)
The Greatest Show on Earth
TV · as Vic Hawkins · 1 ep
All Fall Down
Movie · as Clinton Willart
Combat!
TV · as Wilder · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as James 'Mike Flynn' Cafferty, Rem Garvey, Walt Bradbury · 1 ep
The Nurses
TV · as Paul Marker · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · 3 eps
The Defenders
TV · as Roger Bailey Jr. · 1 ep
Thriller
TV · as Timothy Branner · 1 ep
Blue Denim
Movie · as Arthur Bartley
The Missouri Traveler
Movie · as Byron Turner
Night Passage
Movie · as Joey Adams
Wagon Train
TV · as Daniel Morgan Benedict III, Mark Miner · 1 ep
Good-bye, My Lady
Movie · as Skeeter Jackson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Hugo · 1 ep
Climax!
TV · as Robbie Eunson, Tip Malone · 1 ep
Shane
Movie · as Joey Starrett
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jamie
TV · as Jamie McHummer · 23 eps
The Member of the Wedding
Movie · as John Henry
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · 2 eps