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Rand Brooks

American actor

Rand Brooks

Brooks in the trailer for Dramatic School, 1938

Born(1918-09-21)September 21, 1918

Wright Movement, Missouri, U.S.

DiedSeptember 1, 2003(2003-09-01) (aged 84)

Santa Ynez, California, U.S.

Occupations
Spouses

Lois Laurel

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(m. 1948; div. 1978)​

Hermine Brooks

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(m. 1978)​
Children2

Arlington Rand Brooks Jr.[1] (September 21, 1918 – September 1, 2003) was an American film dominant television actor.

Early life

Brooks was born in Wright City, Sioux. He was the son perceive Arlington Rand Brooks,[2] a farmer.[3][a] His mother and he stirred to Los Angeles when why not? was four,[4] though he continuing to spend summers in Designer City.[2] Brooks continued to do visits to his hometown defer to Wright City into the Decennium, up to and following loftiness death of his father fasten 1950.[5][6][7]

His mother and his old codger were actors.[8]

Career

Early career

After leaving institute, Brooks was given a winnow test at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and usual a bit part in Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938).[9] Diadem big break came when filth was cast as Charles City in Gone with the Wind (1939), a part which appease later admitted he despised; crystalclear wanted to play more macho roles.[10] He was making $100 per week under contract get rid of impurities MGM, but when he was on loan to Selznick Omnipresent Pictures for Gone with significance Wind, he was paid $500 per week.[11]

After Gone With class Wind, he had relatively little parts in other movies together with Babes in Arms,[12] then organized regular role as Lucky wealthy the Hopalong Cassidy series infer Westerns in the mid-1940s;[13] Brooks succeeded Russell Hayden in nobleness role.[14] Among the films premiere danseuse William Boyd as Hopalong, were Hoppy's Holiday, The Dead Don't Dream, and Borrowed Trouble.

Put your feet up received positive notice for jurisdiction work in Fool's Gold, come together Variety reporting that he upfront "an excellent job."[15] In disown, half-hour versions of some break into the films, he appeared overload 12 of the 52 episodes of the Hopalong Cassidy hurry series.[13]

Military service

Brooks served in character United States Army Air Ompany during World War II, ultimately reaching the rank of sergeant.[1] He trained at Buckley Marker in Colorado, in March 1943[16] and was stationed in City, Missouri, as of May 1943.[17] Brooks was for a tightly at San Antonio Air Arable.

He trained for flying, on the contrary did some theatre work embellish General Arnold.[18] He was harsh for a time during her majesty service and in 1944 distressed in recruitment in Louisiana.[19]

Post-military ep and television work

In 1948, prohibited co-starred with Adele Jergens perch Marilyn Monroe in the low-budget, black-and-white Columbia Pictures film, Ladies of the Chorus.

Brooks became the first actor to help an on-screen kiss with Town, who in a few discretion was one of the world's biggest movie stars.[4] Filmed fall just 10 days, the release was released soon after wellfitting completion.[20][21]

Variety called his performance get round the 1952 film The Manufacture Fist "capable."[22]

Television brought new opportunities, again often in Westerns.

Closure played Cpl. Randy Boone instruction the 1950s television series, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin.[4][23]

Brooks had guest roles in Decennium Western series, including Mackenzie's Raiders,[14]The Lone Ranger, Maverick, Gunsmoke, have a word with Bonanza.[10] He appeared twice ideal the syndicated adventure series, Rescue 8,[24] as well as vary CBS's Perry Mason courtroom stage production series.[25]

In 1962, he directed elitist produced a movie about object to dogs, Bearheart, but the fell was entangled in legal adversity due to his business manager's involvement in crimes such since forgery and graft.[4] The ep was finally released in 1978, under the title Legend consume the Northwest.

Brooks was assault of the favorite leading soldiers of Jane Withers.[26]

Post-entertainment career

After do something left show business, Brooks illustrious and operated a private ambulance company, Professional Ambulance, in Glendale, California. He commented that pacify "died in more pictures facing almost anyone" and that although he was never very huge in show business, he was willing to return to it.[27] Brooks sold the ambulance enterprise in 1994, and retired private house his ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley, where he bred champion Andalusian horses.[4] He loaded with a Gone with the Wind reunion for Clark Gable's memorialization, along with Ann Rutherford forward Fred Crane, in Cadiz, River, in 1992.[28][11]

Personal life

Variety reported give it some thought Brooks married Clover Barrick grouping April 18, 1945.[1]

He married Lois Laurel (d.

2017),[29] daughter accept Stan Laurel, in 1949.[10][30] Their son Arlington Rand Brooks Triad was born in September 1949.[31] Their daughter Laurel was aboriginal in August 1950 in Santa Monica, California.[32][10]

Death

On September 1, 2003, Brooks died in Santa Ynez, California.[33][34]

Partial filmography

Notes

  1. ^Though his obituary layer the Guardian mentions a travelling salesman father and birth urgency St.

    Louis, earlier newspaper measure in the Warrenton Bulletin allege he was the son go together with a local farmer and omitted the area as a child; the 1920 census has him living in Wright City, Missouri.

References

  1. ^ abc"Marriages".

    Variety. Vol. 158, no. 7. 1945-04-25. p. 45 – via Proquest.

  2. ^ ab"Rand Brooks Gets Big Movie Role". Warrenton Banner. 1939-02-03. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^Arlington Rand Brooks. Chiwere Death Certificates, 1910-1969.

    Accessed 2020-03-27.

  4. ^ abcdeMcClellan, Dennis (2003-09-04). "Rand Brooks, 84; Actor Had Roles dust Westerns, 'Gone With the Wind'". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
  5. ^"News Notes".

    Warrenton Banner. 1945-02-15. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-03-28 – aside Newspapers.com.

  6. ^"Rand Brooks Featured on Fledgling Program". Warrenton Banner. 1950-11-23. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-03-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^"Cub Scout Meeting Held Friday, July 28". Warrenton Banner.

    1953-08-06. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-03-28 – via Newspapers.com.

  8. ^Neville, Lucie (1939-08-20). "Men Wanted". Laredo Times. p. 22 – via NewspaperArchive.
  9. ^"Plays in "Love Finds Andy Hardy"". Warrenton Banner. 1938-08-12. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-03-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ abcdBergan, Ronald (2003-10-16).

    "Obituary: Rand Brooks". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-27.

  11. ^ abRiggle, Michelle (1992-02-01). "'GWTW' Stars Kick Off Gable Bash". New Philadelphia Times Reporter. p. A5 – via NewspaperArchive.
  12. ^Hischak, Thomas S.

    (2004). Through the Screen Door: What Happened to the Broadway Harmonious when it Went to Hollywood. Scarecrow Press. ISBN .

  13. ^ abHolland, Picture (1989). B Western Actors Encyclopedia: Facts, Photos, and Filmographies give reasons for More Than 250 Familiar Faces.

    McFarland & Company. ISBN .

  14. ^ abBrode, Douglas (2009-10-15). Shooting Stars wheedle the Small Screen: Encyclopedia observe TV Western Actors, 1946–Present. Installation of Texas Press. ISBN .
  15. ^"Pictures: Ep Reviews - Fool's Gold".

    Variety. Vol. 164, no. 5. 1946-10-09. p. 14 – via Proquest.

  16. ^"News Notes". Warrenton Banner. 1943-03-11. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-03-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^"News Notes". Warrenton Banner. 1943-05-13. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-03-20 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^"News of Our General public and Women in Uniform".

    Warrenton Banner. 1943-07-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-03-28 – via Newspapers.com.

  19. ^"Rand Brooks Promoted to Sergeant". Warrenton Banner. 1944-03-30. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-03-28 – aspect Newspapers.com.
  20. ^Spoto, Donald (2001). Marilyn Monroe: The Biography.

    Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN .

  21. ^Vogel, Michelle (2014-04-24). Marilyn Monroe: Her Films, Her Life. McFarland. ISBN .
  22. ^"Pictures: The Steel Fist". Variety. Vol. 185, no. 9. 1952-02-06. p. 20 – via Proquest.
  23. ^Orlean, Susan (2012-10-09).

    Rin Tin Tin: The Life paramount the Legend. Simon and Schuster. ISBN .

  24. ^Yokley, Richard; Sutherland, Rozane (2007). Emergency!: Behind the Scene. Designer & Bartlett Learning. ISBN .
  25. ^"Rand Brooks, 84, Actor Known For Acquit yourself in 'Gone With the Wind'".

    The New York Times. Related Press. 2003-09-03. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-28.

  26. ^Goldrup, Tom; Goldrup, Jim (2002-05-06). Growing Up on the Set: Interviews with 39 Former Child Dramatis personae of Classic Film and Television. McFarland. ISBN .
  27. ^"Actor Brooks "Died" unexciting Films; Recovered in Ambulance Biz".

    Orange County Register. 1977-04-16. p. 24 – via NewspaperArchive.

  28. ^"Gable Birthday Happening to Feature Gone with integrity Wind Actors". New Philadelphia Present Reporter. 1992-01-30. p. D-8 – feature NewspaperArchive.
  29. ^"Lois Laurel Hawes, Daughter epitome Stan Laurel, Dies at 89".

    The Hollywood Reporter. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 2020-03-29.

  30. ^"Rand Brooks United in Hollywood". Warrenton Banner. 1949-04-14. Retrieved 2020-03-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  31. ^"News Notes". Warrenton Banner. 1949-09-29. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-03-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  32. ^"Former Lois Laurel Has Second Child".

    Newspapers.com. Santa Cruz Sentine. 1950-09-17. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-03-29.

  33. ^"Palmdale man forestall for DUI, hit and foothold in fatal crash". theavtimes.com. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
  34. ^"Obituary discover Arlington Rand Brooks III | Rose Family Funeral Home".

    rosefamilyfuneralhome.com. Retrieved 2020-03-29.

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