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Brandon De Wilde

Brandon De Wilde

Known for: Acting

Born 09/04/1942
Died 1972-07-06
Place of birth 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, 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.

Filmography

Ironside Series ★ 6,9

Ironside

1967

Wagon Train Series ★ 6,6

Wagon Train

Daniel Morgan Benedict III

1957

Wagon Train Series ★ 6,6

Wagon Train

Mark Miner

1957

Hawaii Five-O Series ★ 7,2

Hawaii Five-O

Arnold Potter

1968

Love, American Style Series ★ 6,2

Love, American Style

Jimmy Devlin

1969

The Virginian Series ★ 6,5

The Virginian

James 'Mike Flynn' Cafferty

1962

The Virginian Series ★ 6,5

The Virginian

Rem Garvey

1962

The Virginian Series ★ 6,5

The Virginian

Walt Bradbury

1962

What's My Line? Series ★ 7,0

What's My Line?

Self

1950

Climax! Series ★ 3,8

Climax!

Robbie Eunson

1954

Climax! Series ★ 3,8

Climax!

Tip Malone

1954

The Philco Television Playhouse Series ★ 6,6

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

Thriller Series ★ 6,7

Thriller

Timothy Branner

1960

Combat! Series ★ 7,8

Combat!

Wilder

1962

The Defenders Series ★ 6,3

The Defenders

Roger Bailey Jr.

1961

Night Gallery Series ★ 7,8

Night Gallery

Johnson

1970

The Colgate Comedy Hour Series ★ 6,9

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

1950

The Oscars Series ★ 7,0

The Oscars

Self

1953

The Name of the Game Series ★ 7,0

The Name of the Game

Bobby Currier

1968

The Ed Sullivan Show Series ★ 6,8

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

1948

Alfred Hitchcock Presents Series ★ 7,8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Hugo

1955

12 O'Clock High Series ★ 7,2

12 O'Clock High

Cpl. Ross Lawrence

1964

The Nurses Series ★ 5,8

The Nurses

Paul Marker

1962

ABC Stage 67 Series ★ 6,8

ABC Stage 67

Carl Boyer

1966

The Wonderful World of Disney Series ★ 8,0

The Wonderful World of Disney

1961

Series ★ 7,5

The Greatest Show on Earth

Vic Hawkins

1963

Journey to the Unknown Series ★ 7,0

Journey to the Unknown

Alec George Worthing

1968

Shane Film ★ 7,3

Shane

Joey Starrett

1953

In Harm's Way Film ★ 6,6

In Harm's Way

Ens. Jeremiah 'Jere' Torrey

1965

Hud Film ★ 7,3

Hud

Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon

1963

The Young Rebels Series ★ 5,7

The Young Rebels

Nathan Hale

1970

Series ★ 10,0

Jamie

Jamie McHummer

1953

Those Calloways Film ★ 6,4

Those Calloways

Bucky Calloway

1964

Night Passage Film ★ 6,5

Night Passage

Joey Adams

1957

The Trip Film ★ 5,8

The Trip

Extra (uncredited)

1967

The Deserter Film ★ 6,5

The Deserter

Ferguson

1970

The Tenderfoot Series

The Tenderfoot

Jim Tevis

1964

A Gathering of Eagles Film ★ 5,9

A Gathering of Eagles

Bill Fowler Jr (uncredited)

1963

Good-bye, My Lady Film ★ 7,8

Good-bye, My Lady

Skeeter Jackson

1956

All Fall Down Film ★ 6,0

All Fall Down

Clinton Willart

1962

Blue Denim Film ★ 5,3

Blue Denim

Arthur Bartley

1959

Wild in the Sky Film ★ 8,0

Wild in the Sky

Josh

1972

The Member of the Wedding Film ★ 6,3

The Member of the Wedding

John Henry

1952

The Missouri Traveler Film ★ 6,7

The Missouri Traveler

Byron Turner

1958

The Tenderfoot Film

The Tenderfoot

Jim Tevis

1966