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Rand Brooks

Actor | * 09/21/1918 († 84, 09/01/2003) | St. Louis (United States of America (USA))
Arlington Rand Brooks Jr. (September 21, 1918 – September 1, 2003) was an American film and television actor. ()

Arlington Rand Brooks Jr. (September 21, 1918 – September 1, 2003) was an American film and television actor.Brooks was born in Wright City, Missouri. He was the son of Arlington Rand Brooks, a farmer. His mother and he moved to Los Angeles when he was four, though he continued to spend summers in Wright City. Brooks continued to make visits to his hometown of Wright City into the 1950s, up to and following the death of his father in 1950. His mother and his grandfather were actors.After leaving school, Brooks got a screen test at MGM and was given a bit part in Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938). His big fame came with his part as Charles Hamilton in Gone with the Wind (1939), a role which he later admitted he despised; he wanted to play more macho parts. He made $100 per week under contract at MGM, but when he was on loan to Selznick International Pictures for Gone with the Wind, he made $500 per week.After Gone with the Wind, he had relatively small parts in other movies including Babes in Arms, then a regular role as Lucky in the Hopalong Cassidy series of Westerns in the mid-1940s; Brooks succeeded Russell Hayden in the role. Among the films, which starred William Boyd as Hopalong, were Hoppy's Holiday, The Dead Don't Dream, and Borrowed Trouble. He received positive notice for his work in Fool's Gold, with Variety reporting that he did "an excellent job." In edited, half-hour versions of some of the films, he appeared in 12 of the 52 episodes of the Hopalong Cassidy television series.In 1948, he co-starred with Adele Jergens and Marilyn Monroe in the low-budget, black-and-white Columbia Pictures film, Ladies of the Chorus. Brooks became the first actor to share an on-screen kiss with Monroe, who in a few years was one of the world's biggest movie stars. Filmed in just 10 days, the film was released soon after its completion. Variety called his performance in the 1952 film The Steel Fist "capable."Television brought new opportunities, again often in Westerns. He played Cpl. Randy Boone in the 1950s television series, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin. Brooks had guest roles in 1950s Western series, including Mackenzie's Raiders, The Lone Ranger, Maverick, Gunsmoke, and Bonanza. He appeared twice on the syndicated adventure series, Rescue 8, as well as on CBS's Perry Mason courtroom drama series.In 1962, he directed and produced a movie about brave dogs, Bearheart, but the film was entangled in legal troubles due to his business manager's involvement in crimes such as forgery and graft. The film was finally released in 1978, under the title Legend of the Northwest.After he left show business, Brooks ran a private ambulance company in Glendale, California. He commented that he "died in more pictures than almost anyone" and that though he was never very big in show business, he was willing to return to it. Brooks sold the ambulance company in 1994, and retired to his ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley, where he bred champion Andalusian horses. He attended a Gone with the Wind reunion for Clark Gable's birthday, along with Ann Rutherford and Fred Crane, in Cadiz, Ohio, in 1992.On September 1, 2003, Brooks died in Santa Ynez, California.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Western | Drama | Comedies

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Movies with Rand Brooks as Actor(69)

as Edward Kelly (voice)1974 The Sex Symbol
as Missle Control Officer1967 In Like Flint
as Quint Rucker1962 Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock
as Station Man1960 Comanche Station
as Votes Tallyman (uncredited)1958 The Last Hurrah
as Andrews1954 Crash of Moons
as Ranger Andrews1954 Silver Needle in the Sky
as John Grant1953 Born to the Saddle
as Fake Jimmy Fallon1952 Man from the Black Hills
as Captain Loomis1952 Behind Southern Lines
as Trooper Barnham1952 The Maverick
as Al1952 Waco
as Jud Calvert1952 The Gunman
as Dave Connors1952 Montana Incident
as Captain Giorg Nicholoff1952 The Steel Fist
as Len Kaufman1951 Yukon Manhunt
as Jim Corley1951 Heart of the Rockies
as Henry Early1950 Riding High
as Sanderson's First Victim1950 The Vanishing Westerner
as Robert (uncredited)1950 Bunco Squad
as Jimmy Howard1949 The Wyoming Bandit
as Daniel Jordan1949 Black Midnight
as Randy Carroll1948 Ladies of the Chorus
as Tom Wyatt1948 Sundown in Santa Fe
as Jean d'Arc, Joan's older brother1948 Joan of Arc
as Lucky Jenkins1948 Silent Conflict
as Lucky Jenkins1948 The Dead Don't Dream
as Lucky Jenkins1948 Sinister Journey
as Lucky Jenkins1948 Borrowed Trouble
as Lucky Jenkins1948 False Paradise
as Lucky Jenkins1948 Strange Gamble
as Rodney Meadows1947 Kilroy Was Here
as Lucky Jenkins1947 Unexpected Guest
as Lucky Jenkins1947 Dangerous Venture
as Lucky Jenkins1947 The Marauders
as Lucky Jenkins1947 Hoppy's Holiday
as Lucky Jenkins1946 The Devil's Playground
as Lucky Jenkins1946 Fool's Gold
as Film Character (uncredited)1945 The Great Morgan
as Ben1944 Lady in the Dark
as T / Sgt. Ryan1944 Ditch and Live
as Jimmy Baker1943 High Explosive
as Co-Pilot (uncredited)1943 Air Force
as Jim Agnew1942 Cowboy Serenade
as Young Reporter (uncredited)1942 Fingers at the Window
as Philip Martin1942 The Sombrero Kid
as Honeymooner1941 Niagara Falls
as Daniel Gordon1941 Life with Henry
as James 'Jimmy' Powell1941 Lady Scarface
as Victor1940 Florian
as Peter Dover1940 Laddie
as Hans Mirbach1940 The Son of Monte Cristo
as Joe Havens1940 And One Was Beautiful
as Eben Towne1940 Northwest Passage
as Charles Hamilton1939 Gone with the Wind
as Jim1939 The Old Maid
as Steve (uncredited)1939 Dancing Co-Ed
as Listener (uncredited)1939 Thunder Afloat
as Crying Soldier (uncredited)1939 Balalaika
as Jeff Steele1939 Babes in Arms
as Pasquel Jr.1938 Dramatic School
as Young Man on Bandstand (uncredited)1938 Love Finds Andy Hardy

TV Shows/Series with Rand Brooks as Actor(25)

as The Man1964 The Munsters
as G.I. Lieutenant1962 Combat!
as Willard Wynant1958 Bat Masterson
as Trainer1957 Perry Mason
as Second at Duel (uncredited)1957 Maverick
as Purser1957 M Squad
as Banker Wilson1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Allan Carter1955 The Millionaire
as Rand1955 Gunsmoke
as Man1955 Gunsmoke
1954 Lassie
as Dick Larrabee1949 The Lone Ranger

Movies with Rand Brooks as Crew(2)

Directing/Director1978 Legend of the Northwest
Crew/Dialogue Coach1967 The King's Pirate

Full Name: Rand Brooks
Born: Saturday, 09/21 1918 (September) in St. Louis (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 09/01 2003 (September) in Santa Ynez (aged: 84)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Rand Brooks frequently works together with these people:
Harry Harvey (40x, Actor)
Denver Pyle (37x, Actor)
Lane Bradford (33x, Actor)
Harry Lauter (28x, Actor)
Bill Erwin (27x, Actor)
John Pickard (26x, Actor)
John Dehner (24x, Actor)
H.M. Wynant (24x, Actor)
William Fawcett (24x, Actor)
Anthony Caruso (23x, Actor)
John Anderson (22x, Actor)
Lewis J. Rachmil (13x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:201038, Added: 07/21/2018, Last updated: 09/22/2024