Brandon De Wilde
ActingAlso Known As
Brandon de Wilde, Brandon deWilde, Брендон Де Уайлд, André Brandon deWilde, براندون دی وایلد
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.
Movies
(15 total)
Shane
as Joey Starrett
Hud
as Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon
In Harm's Way
as Ens. Jeremiah 'Jere' Torrey
The Trip
as Extra (uncredited)
Night Passage
as Joey Adams
Those Calloways
as Bucky Calloway
All Fall Down
as Clinton Willart
The Member of the Wedding
as John Henry
A Gathering of Eagles
as Bill Fowler Jr (uncredited)
Blue Denim
as Arthur Bartley
Good-bye, My Lady
as Skeeter Jackson
The Missouri Traveler
as Byron Turner
The Deserter
as Ferguson
The Tenderfoot
as Jim Tevis
Wild in the Sky
as Josh
TV Shows
(29 total)
Hawaii Five-O
as Arnold Potter
Combat!
as Wilder
Night Gallery
as Johnson
The Oscars
as Self
The Virginian
as James 'Mike Flynn' Cafferty
The Virginian
as Walt Bradbury
The Virginian
as Rem Garvey
Wagon Train
as Mark Miner
Wagon Train
as Daniel Morgan Benedict III
What's My Line?
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
12 O'Clock High
as Cpl. Ross Lawrence
Thriller
as Timothy Branner
Love, American Style
as Jimmy Devlin
The Name of the Game
as Bobby Currier
Climax!
as Robbie Eunson
Climax!
as Tip Malone