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Aliases: Brandon de Wilde , Brandon deWilde , Брендон Де Уайлд , André Brandon deWilde , براندون دی وایلد

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 14

TV Involvements: 25


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Wagon Train
Average
6

Wagon Train

(1957) Mark Miner
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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8
Combat!
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8

Combat!

(1962) Wilder
The Virginian
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6

The Virginian

(1962) Walt Bradbury
Night Gallery
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8

Night Gallery

(1970) Johnson
Hawaii Five-O
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7

Hawaii Five-O

(1968) Arnold Potter
What's My Line?
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7

What's My Line?

(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
The Defenders
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6

The Defenders

(1961) Roger Bailey Jr.

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1985 N/A
1972 Josh
1970 Johnson
Ferguson
Nathan Hale
1969 Jimmy Devlin
1968 Alec George Worthing
Arnold Potter
Bobby Currier
1967 Extra (uncredited)
N/A
1966 Carl Boyer
1965 Ens. Jeremiah 'Jere' Torrey
Bucky Calloway
1964 Jim Tevis
Cpl. Ross Lawrence
1963 Vic Hawkins
Bill Fowler Jr (uncredited)
Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon
1962 Wilder
Paul Marker
James 'Mike Flynn' Cafferty
Rem Garvey
Walt Bradbury
Clinton Willart
1961 N/A
Roger Bailey Jr.
1960 Weissberg
Timothy Branner
1959 Arthur Bartley
1958 Byron Turner
1957 Daniel Morgan Benedict III
Mark Miner
Joey Adams
1956 Skeeter Jackson
1955 Hugo
1954 Robbie Eunson
Tip Malone
1953 Jamie McHummer
Joey Starrett
Self
1952 John Henry
1950 Self
Self - Mystery Guest
1948 N/A
Self
Hugo
Year Character Movie/Tv

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