Rand Brooks
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
Film • 1991
jako Cpl. Boone
The Sex Symbol
Film • 1974
jako Edward Kelly (voice)
Columbo
Serial • 1971
jako Jerry - Wine Lab Assistant (uncredited)
Adam-12
Serial • 1968
jako Mr. Edwards
In Like Flint
Film • 1967
jako Missle Control Officer (uncredited)
The Green Hornet
Serial • 1966
jako Conway
Requiem for a Gunfighter
Film • 1965
jako Abe Gentry
The Munsters
Serial • 1964
jako The Man
12 O'Clock High
Serial • 1964
jako Finance Officer
Petticoat Junction
Serial • 1963
jako Ernest Belden
Combat!
Serial • 1962
jako G.I. Lieutenant
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock
Film • 1962
jako Quint Rucker
The Virginian
Serial • 1962
jako Henry
My Three Sons
Serial • 1960
jako Frank Walker
Porwana przez Komanczów
Film • 1960
jako Station Man
Stump Run
Film • 1960
Hawaiian Eye
Serial • 1959
jako Agent
Bonanza
Serial • 1959
jako Cowboy
Tightrope
Serial • 1959
jako Young Man
The Last Hurrah
Film • 1958
jako Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
Bat Masterson
Serial • 1958
jako Willard Wynant
Peter Gunn
Serial • 1958
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
Film • 1958
Jefferson Drum
Serial • 1958
jako Ray Comstock
Tombstone Territory
Serial • 1957
jako Ed
The Real McCoys
Serial • 1957
jako Mr. Foster
Maverick
Serial • 1957
jako Second at Duel (uncredited)
Perry Mason
Serial • 1957
jako Trainer
M Squad
Serial • 1957
jako Purser
Wagon Train
Serial • 1957
jako Thomas Pope
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Serial • 1956
jako Banker Wilson
The Man Called X
Serial • 1956
Highway Patrol
Serial • 1955
jako Bill Rinker
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Serial • 1955
Gunsmoke
Serial • 1955
jako Rand
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Serial • 1955
jako Sheriff Del Mathey
The Millionaire
Serial • 1955
jako Allan Carter
The Wonderful World of Disney
Serial • 1954
jako Baseball Coach (uncredited)
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Serial • 1954
jako Cpl. Boone
Studio 57
Serial • 1954
Lassie
Serial • 1954
jako Bulldozer Operator
Crash of Moons
Film • 1954
jako Andrews
Silver Needle in the Sky
Film • 1954
jako Ranger Andrews
City Detective
Serial • 1953
Born to the Saddle
Film • 1953
jako John Grant
The Maverick
Film • 1952
jako Trooper Barnham
Behind Southern Lines
Film • 1952
jako Captain Loomis
Montana Incident
Film • 1952
jako Dave Connors
Man from the Black Hills
Film • 1952
jako Fake Jimmy Fallon
Waco
Film • 1952
jako Al
The Cimarron Kid
Film • 1952
jako Emmett Dalton (uncredited)
The Steel Fist
Film • 1952
jako Captain Giorg Nicholoff
The Gunman
Film • 1952
jako Jud Calvert
The Roy Rogers Show
Serial • 1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Serial • 1951
Boston Blackie
Serial • 1951
jako Hutch
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Serial • 1951
Yukon Manhunt
Film • 1951
jako Len Kaufman
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Serial • 1951
jako Capt. Loomis
Heart of the Rockies
Film • 1951
jako Jim Corley
Lux Video Theatre
Serial • 1950
jako Uncle George
The Cisco Kid
Serial • 1950
jako Clint Riley
Bunco Squad
Film • 1950
jako Robert (uncredited)
The Gene Autry Show
Serial • 1950
jako Young Deputy
Riding High
Film • 1950
jako Henry Early
The Vanishing Westerner
Film • 1950
jako Sanderson's First Victim
Black Midnight
Film • 1949
jako Daniel Jordan
The Lone Ranger
Serial • 1949
jako Dick Larrabee
The Wyoming Bandit
Film • 1949
jako Jimmy Howard
Dziewczęta z chóru
Film • 1948
jako Randy Carroll
Joanna d'Arc
Film • 1948
jako Jean d'Arc, Joan's older brother
Sundown in Santa Fe
Film • 1948
jako Tom Wyatt
Strange Gamble
Film • 1948
jako Lucky Jenkins
False Paradise
Film • 1948
jako Lucky Jenkins
Borrowed Trouble
Film • 1948
jako Lucky Jenkins
Sinister Journey
Film • 1948
jako Lucky Jenkins
The Dead Don't Dream
Film • 1948
jako Lucky Jenkins
Silent Conflict
Film • 1948
jako Lucky Jenkins
Kilroy Was Here
Film • 1947
jako Rodney Meadows
Hoppy's Holiday
Film • 1947
jako Lucky Jenkins
The Marauders
Film • 1947
jako Lucky Jenkins
Dangerous Venture
Film • 1947
jako Lucky Jenkins
Unexpected Guest
Film • 1947
jako Lucky Jenkins
The Devil's Playground
Film • 1946
jako Lucky Jenkins
Fool's Gold
Film • 1946
jako Lucky Jenkins
The Harvey Girls
Film • 1946
jako Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
The Great Morgan
Film • 1945
jako Film Character (uncredited)
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Film • 1944
jako Pilot
Lady in the Dark
Film • 1944
jako Ben (uncredited)
Ditch and Live
Film • 1944
jako T / Sgt. Ryan
High Explosive
Film • 1943
jako Jimmy Baker
Air Force
Film • 1943
jako Co-Pilot (uncredited)
The Sombrero Kid
Film • 1942
jako Philip Martin
Fingers at the Window
Film • 1942
jako Young Reporter (uncredited)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Film • 1942
Cowboy Serenade
Film • 1942
jako Jim Agnew
Niagara Falls
Film • 1941
jako Honeymooner
Lady Scarface
Film • 1941
jako James 'Jimmy' Powell
Double Date
Film • 1941
jako Jerry Baldwin
Life with Henry
Film • 1941
jako Daniel Gordon (uncredited)
Jennie
Film • 1940
jako Karl Schermer
The Son of Monte Cristo
Film • 1940
jako Hans Mirbach
The Girl from Avenue A
Film • 1940
jako Steve
Florian
Film • 1940
jako Victor
And One Was Beautiful
Film • 1940
jako Joe Havens
Północno-Zachodnie Przejście
Film • 1940
jako Eben Towne
Laddie
Film • 1940
jako Peter Dover
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Film • 1940
jako Mechanic (uncredited)
Przeminęło z wiatrem
Film • 1939
jako Charles Hamilton
Balalaika
Film • 1939
jako Crying Soldier (uncredited)
Babes in Arms
Film • 1939
jako Jeff Steele
Dancing Co-Ed
Film • 1939
jako Steve (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat
Film • 1939
jako Listener (uncredited)
The Old Maid
Film • 1939
jako Jim
Dramatic School
Film • 1938
jako Pasquel Jr.
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Film • 1938
jako Young Man on Bandstand (uncredited)