Brandon De Wilde
Actor
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.
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Filmography
Hud
as Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon 1963
In Harm's Way
as Ens. Jeremiah 'Jere' Torrey 1965
The Trip
as Extra (uncredited) 1967
Night Passage
as Joey Adams 1957
Those Calloways
as Bucky Calloway 1964
All Fall Down
as Clinton Willart 1962
The Member of the Wedding
as John Henry 1952
A Gathering of Eagles
as Bill Fowler Jr (uncredited) 1963
Blue Denim
as Arthur Bartley 1959
Good-bye, My Lady
as Skeeter Jackson 1956
The Missouri Traveler
as Byron Turner 1958
The Deserter
as Ferguson 1970
The Tenderfoot
as Jim Tevis 1966