Brandon deWilde
American stage and film actor (1942-1972) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 30
Andre Brandon deWilde was an American actor, who had a successful career as both a child actor and in adulthood, on both stage and screen.
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A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
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John Wayne Produced Good-bye, My Lady (1956)Walt Disney Produced Those Calloways (1965)
Patricia Neal Also in Hud and In Harm's Way
Fred Zinnemann Directed The Member of the Wedding (1952)Walter Brennan Also in Good-bye, My Lady and Those Calloways
Otto Preminger Directed In Harm's Way (1965)
George Stevens Directed Shane (1953)
Dino De Laurentiis Produced The Deserter (1971)
John Houseman Produced All Fall Down (1962)John Frankenheimer Directed All Fall Down (1962)
William A. Wellman Directed Good-bye, My Lady (1956)Ellen Corby Also in Shane and Night Passage
Martin Ritt Directed Hud (1963)- Alex North Wrote The Member of the Wedding (1952)
Slim Pickens Also in In Harm's Way and The Deserter
Burt Kennedy Directed The Deserter (1971)
Charles Brackett Produced Blue Denim (1959)
Philip Dunne Directed Blue Denim (1959)- Winston Hibler Produced Those Calloways (1965)
James Neilson Directed Night Passage (1957)
Jerry Hopper Directed The Missouri Traveler (1958)- Norman Tokar Directed Those Calloways (1965)
Aaron Rosenberg Produced Night Passage (1957)
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Produced The Missouri Traveler (1958)
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About this person
Born into a theatrical family in Brooklyn, he debuted on Broadway at the age of seven and became a national phenomenon by the time he completed his 492 performances for The Member of the Wedding. He won a Donaldson Award for his performance, becoming the youngest actor to win one, and starred in the subsequent film adaptation, for which he won a Golden Globe Award.
