Brandon De Wilde

Known for ActingBorn 1942-04-09Died 1972-07-06Brooklyn, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Jamie

Wild in the Sky

The Wonderful World of Disney

Night Gallery

Combat!

Good-bye, My Lady

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Greatest Show on Earth

12 O'Clock High

Shane

Hawaii Five-O

Hud

Journey to the Unknown

The Name of the Game

What's My Line?

The Oscars

Ironside

ABC Stage 67

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Missouri Traveler

Thriller

In Harm's Way

The Deserter

Wagon Train

The Virginian

The Philco Television Playhouse

Night Passage

Those Calloways

The Defenders

The Member of the Wedding

Love, American Style

All Fall Down

A Gathering of Eagles

The Nurses

The Trip

The Young Rebels

Blue Denim

Climax!

The Tenderfoot

The Tenderfoot