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Brandon De Wilde
Actor, Additional Credits
Died July 6, 1972 (30 years)
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.
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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.
Filmography
| 2008 | How the West Was Lost · as Joey Starrett |
| 1976 | America at the Movies · as Joey Starrett |
| 1972 | Black Jack · as Josh |
| 1970 | The Devil's Backbone · as Ferguson |
| 1970 | The Young Rebels (TV Series) · as Nathan Hale |
| 1969 | Night Gallery (TV Series) · as Johnson |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Jimmy Devlin |
| 1968 | Journey to the Unknown (TV Series) · as Alec George Worthing |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Bobby Currier |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Arnold Potter |
| 1967 | The Trip · as Extra (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 (TV Series) · as Carl Boyer |
| 1965 | In Harm's Way · as Ens. Jeremiah 'jere' Torrey |
| 1965 | Those Calloways · as Bucky Calloway |
| 1964 | Twelve O'Clock High (TV Series) · as Cpl. Ross Lawrence |
| 1963 | The Greatest Show on Earth (TV Series) · as Vic Hawkins |
| 1963 | A Gathering of Eagles · as Bill Fowler Jr (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Hud · as Lon 'lonnie' Bannon |
| 1962 | Combat! (TV Series) · as Wilder |
| 1962 | The Doctors and the Nurses (TV Series) · as Paul Marker |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Walt Bradbury |
| 1962 | All Fall Down · as Clinton Willart |
| 1961 | The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Roger Bailey Jr. |
| 1960 | Insight (TV Series) · as Weissberg |
| 1960 | Thriller (TV Series) · as Timothy Branner |
| 1959 | Blue Denim · as Arthur Bartley |
| 1958 | The Missouri Traveler · as Byron Turner |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) · as George Adams |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Daniel Morgan Benedict Iii |
| 1957 | Night Passage · as Joey Adams |
| 1956 | Good-bye, My Lady · as Skeeter Jackson |
| 1955 | Screen Directors Playhouse (TV Series) · as Terry Johnson |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Hugo |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Jim Tevis |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Tip Malone |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as David |
| 1953 | Shane · as Joey Starrett |
| 1952 | The Member of the Wedding · as John Henry |
| 1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) · as (segment "the Man In The Cool, Cool Moon") |
| 1950 | The Web (1950) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (TV Series) · as Hugo |