Brandon De Wilde
Acting • Born 1942-04-09 – Died 1972-07-06
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.
Filmography
44 credits
Shane
Movie • 1953
Joey Starrett
Hud
Movie • 1963
Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon
Night Passage
Movie • 1957
Joey Adams
Those Calloways
Movie • 1964
Bucky Calloway
In Harm's Way
Movie • 1965
Ens. Jeremiah 'Jere' Torrey
The Tenderfoot
Movie • 1966
Jim Tevis
The Member of the Wedding
Movie • 1952
John Henry
All Fall Down
Movie • 1962
Clinton Willart
Blue Denim
Movie • 1959
Arthur Bartley
The Missouri Traveler
Movie • 1958
Byron Turner
Wild in the Sky
Movie • 1972
Josh
Good-bye, My Lady
Movie • 1956
Skeeter Jackson
The Deserter
Movie • 1970
Ferguson
A Gathering of Eagles
Movie • 1963
Bill Fowler Jr (uncredited)
The Trip
Movie • 1967
Extra (uncredited)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Arnold Potter
Combat!
TV • 1962
Wilder
Night Gallery
TV • 1970
Johnson
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Ironside
TV • 1967
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Hugo
The Greatest Show on Earth
TV • 1963
Vic Hawkins
The Virginian
TV • 1962
James 'Mike Flynn' Cafferty
Thriller
TV • 1960
Timothy Branner
Journey to the Unknown
TV • 1968
Alec George Worthing
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Rem Garvey
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Walt Bradbury
The Nurses
TV • 1962
Paul Marker
12 O'Clock High
TV • 1964
Cpl. Ross Lawrence
The Young Rebels
TV • 1970
Nathan Hale
Climax!
TV • 1954
Robbie Eunson
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
ABC Stage 67
TV • 1966
Carl Boyer
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1961
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Roger Bailey Jr.
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Jamie
TV • 1953
Jamie McHummer
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Bobby Currier
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Jimmy Devlin
Climax!
TV • 1954
Tip Malone
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Daniel Morgan Benedict III
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Mark Miner
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self