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