Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 09, 1942
Died
Jul 06, 1972
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
41 titles
Brandon De Wilde
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.
Known For
Filmography
Wild in the Sky
Josh
Night Gallery
Johnson
The Deserter
Ferguson
The Young Rebels
Nathan Hale
Love, American Style
Jimmy Devlin
Journey to the Unknown
Alec George Worthing
Hawaii Five-O
Arnold Potter
The Name of the Game
Bobby Currier
The Trip
Extra (uncredited)
Ironside
ABC Stage 67
Carl Boyer
The Tenderfoot
Jim Tevis
In Harm's Way
Ens. Jeremiah 'Jere' Torrey
Those Calloways
Bucky Calloway
The Tenderfoot
Jim Tevis
12 O'Clock High
Cpl. Ross Lawrence
The Greatest Show on Earth
Vic Hawkins
A Gathering of Eagles
Bill Fowler Jr (uncredited)
Hud
Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon
Combat!
Wilder
The Nurses
Paul Marker
The Virginian
James 'Mike Flynn' Cafferty
All Fall Down
Clinton Willart
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Defenders
Roger Bailey Jr.
Thriller
Timothy Branner
Blue Denim
Arthur Bartley
The Missouri Traveler
Byron Turner
Wagon Train
Mark Miner
Night Passage
Joey Adams
Good-bye, My Lady
Skeeter Jackson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Hugo
Climax!
Robbie Eunson
Jamie
Jamie McHummer
Shane
Joey Starrett
The Oscars
Self
The Member of the Wedding
John Henry
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
What's My Line?
Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self