Brandon De Wilde

Brandon De Wilde was born on Apr 09, 1942 in USA. Brandon De Wilde's big-screen debut came with The Member of the Wedding directed by Fred Zinnemann in 1952, strarring John Henry (as Brandon de Wilde). Brandon De Wilde is known for The Young Rebels directed by George McCowan, Richard Ely stars as Jeremy Larkin and Louis Gossett Jr. as Isak Poole. Brandon De Wilde has got 1 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Brandon De Wilde achieved is Golden Globes, USA. The upcoming new movie Brandon De Wilde plays is The Devil's Backbone which will be released on Mar 25, 1971.

Born into a theatrical family, he made a much-acclaimed Broadway debut a "The Member of the Wedding," when he was 9 years old. He was the first child actor to win the Donaldson Award, and went on to repeat his role in the film version (directed by Fred Zinnemann in 1952). As the blond-haired, blue-eyed Joey who idolizes the strange gunman (played by Alan Ladd) in the film L'Homme des vallées perdues (1953), he stole the picture, and received an Oscar nomination for his work in it. During 1953-54, Brandon starred in his own television series Jamie (1953), and made his mark as a screen adolescent during the 1960s, playing a younger brother in L'Ange de la violence (1962) and nephew in Le plus sauvage d'entre tous (1963) starring Paul Newman. Brandon managed to keep his career building, into early adulthood, when his career was tragically ended. While en route to visit his wife at a hospital where she had recently undergone surgery, he was killed in an accident as the camper van he was driving struck a parked truck. He was only 30 years old.