Brandon Hurst
Brandon Hurst | |
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Hurst in the early 1910s | |
Born |
London, UK | 30 August 1866
Died |
15 July 1947 80) Hollywood, California, U.S. | (aged
Resting place | Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park |
Years active | 1915–1947 |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Brandon Hurst (August 30, 1866 – July 15, 1947) was an English stage and film actor.
Early life
Hurst studied philology in his youth and began performing in theater in the 1880s.[1]
Career
He worked in Broadway shows from 1900 until his entry into motion pictures. His most notable stage appearance was Two Women in 1910, costarring Mrs. Leslie Carter and Robert Warwick.
He was nearly fifty before his film debut in 1915. This was in the film Via Wireless as the character Edward Pinckney. He appeared in 129 other films before his death in 1947. He became well known in the 1920s for many distinguished roles portraying the antagonist. Some of these films such as the taunting Sir George Carewe in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), the evil Jehan Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), the cuckold Alexei Karenin opposite Greta Garbo in Love (1927) which was based on Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and the jester Balkiphedro in The Man Who Laughs (1928) are regarded as some of the best films of the time.
His roles in talkies during the 1920s and 1930s were often small. One of his more important roles was the sinister Merlin the Magician in Fox's A Connecticut Yankee (1931).[2] Hurst worked as an actor until his death, his last film was Two Guys from Texas (1948).
Partial filmography
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) as Sir George Carewe
- A Dark Lantern (1920)
- The World's Applause (1923)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
- He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
- The Lover of Camille (1924)
- The Silent Watcher (1924)
- The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
- Lightnin' (1925)
- Made for Love (1926)
- The Enchanted Hill (1926)
- Paris at Midnight (1926)
- The Shamrock Handicap (1926)
- Volcano! (1926)
- The Amateur Gentleman (1926)
- Annie Laurie (1927)
- The High School Hero (1927)
- Love (1927)
- The Man Who Laughs (1928)
- News Parade (1928)
- The Greene Murder Case (1929)
- Her Private Life (1929)
- High Society Blues (1930)
- The Eyes of the World (1930)
- The Right of Way (1931)
- A Connecticut Yankee (1931)
- Murder at Midnight (1931)
- Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
- White Zombie (1932)
- Down to Earth (1932)
- The Lost Patrol (1934)
- Red Morning (1934)
- Bright Eyes (1934)
- The Woman in Red (1935)
- While the Patient Slept (1935)
- The Great Impersonation (1935)
- Mary of Scotland (1936)
- The Plough and the Stars (1936)
- Maid of Salem (1937)
- Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
- Kidnapped (1938)
- Suez (1938)
- Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
- The Sun Never Sets (1939)
- The Blue Bird (1940)
- The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
- The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
- Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
- House of Frankenstein (1944)
- The Green Years (1946) (uncredited)
- Two Guys from Texas (1948)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brandon Hurst. |
References
- ↑ Brandon Hurst at Allmovie
- ↑ Brandon Hurst on IMDb