Brandon De Wilde

Brandon De Wilde

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: Acting

Born: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, 1942-04-09

Died: 1972-07-06

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	The Member of the Wedding	John Henry	62
2	1953	Shane	Joey Starrett	74
3	1956	Good-bye, My Lady	Skeeter Jackson	77
4	1957	Night Passage	Joey Adams	64
5	1958	The Missouri Traveler	Byron Turner	64
6	1959	Blue Denim	Arthur Bartley	52
7	1962	All Fall Down	Clinton Willart	62
8	1963	Hud	Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon	73
9	1963	A Gathering of Eagles	Bill Fowler Jr (uncredited)	54
10	1964	The Tenderfoot	Jim Tevis	0
11	1964	Those Calloways	Bucky Calloway	62
12	1965	In Harm's Way	Ens. Jeremiah 'Jere' Torrey	66
13	1967	The Trip	Extra (uncredited)	57
14	1970	The Deserter	Ferguson	60
15	1972	Wild in the Sky	Josh	0
16	1985	George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	56

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse		63
3	1950	What's My Line?	Self - Mystery Guest	69
4	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	68
5	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
6	1953	Jamie	Jamie McHummer	0
7	1954	Climax!	Robbie Eunson	33
8	1954	Climax!	Tip Malone	33
9	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Hugo	77
10	1957	Wagon Train	Mark Miner	63
11	1957	Wagon Train	Daniel Morgan Benedict III	63
12	1960	Thriller	Timothy Branner	64
13	1960	Insight	Weissberg	60
14	1961	The Defenders	Roger Bailey Jr.	62
15	1961	The Wonderful World of Disney		80
16	1962	The Virginian	James 'Mike Flynn' Cafferty	65
17	1962	The Virginian	Walt Bradbury	65
18	1962	The Virginian	Rem Garvey	65
19	1962	The Nurses	Paul Marker	50
20	1962	Combat!	Wilder	77
21	1963	The Greatest Show on Earth	Vic Hawkins	50
22	1964	12 O'Clock High	Cpl. Ross Lawrence	73
23	1966	ABC Stage 67	Carl Boyer	62
24	1967	Ironside		68
25	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Arnold Potter	71
26	1968	The Name of the Game	Bobby Currier	68
27	1968	Journey to the Unknown	Alec George Worthing	63
28	1969	Love, American Style	Jimmy Devlin	61
29	1970	The Young Rebels	Nathan Hale	45
30	1970	Night Gallery	Johnson	78

No.

Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1948