Rand Brooks
Known for Acting · 116 credits
- Born
- 1918-09-21
- Died
- 2003-09-01
- Place of birth
- Wright City, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- Arlington Rand Brooks Jr.
Biography
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."
Known For
TV Shows (42)
Perry Mason
1957
as Trainer / Ted Richert
Columbo
1971
as Jerry - Wine Lab Assistant (uncredited)
Lassie
1954
as Bulldozer Operator
Bonanza
1959
as Cowboy
My Three Sons
1960
as Frank Walker / Ed Henson
Wagon Train
1957
as Thomas Pope
Peter Gunn
1958
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Ernest Belden
Maverick
1957
as Second at Duel (uncredited) / Jack Blair
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Dick Larrabee / Deputy Jim Tyler / Private Phillips / Marshal Roy Bell / Private Jack Carey / Al Sommers / Express Rider / Lieutenant Tipton / Ben
Adam-12
1968
as Mr. Edwards / Bus Driver / Mr. Marshall
The Virginian
1962
as Henry
The Real McCoys
1957
as Mr. Foster
Gunsmoke
1955
as Rand / Man
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Sheriff Del Mathey
Bat Masterson
1958
as Willard Wynant
Highway Patrol
1955
as Bill Rinker
12 O'Clock High
1964
as Finance Officer
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Banker Wilson
Combat!
1962
as G.I. Lieutenant
The Millionaire
1955
as Allan Carter
The Munsters
1964
as The Man
Hawaiian Eye
1959
as Agent
Studio 57
1954
Tombstone Territory
1957
as Ed
The Cisco Kid
1950
as Clint Riley
The Gene Autry Show
1950
as Young Deputy / Jeff Elwood
M Squad
1957
as Purser
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
City Detective
1953
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Uncle George
The Roy Rogers Show
1951
The Green Hornet
1966
as Conway
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Baseball Coach (uncredited)
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
Boston Blackie
1951
as Hutch
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
as Capt. Loomis / Ed Chandler / Bob Purdy / Ben Webb / Ob Wilkins
Tightrope
1959
as Young Man
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
as Cpl. Boone / Cpl. Boone (uncredited)
The Man Called X
1956
Jefferson Drum
1958
as Ray Comstock
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Movies (74)
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Charles Hamilton
Double Date
1941
as Jerry Baldwin
Stump Run
1960
Joan of Arc
1948
as Jean d'Arc, Joan's older brother
The Last Hurrah
1958
as Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
The Harvey Girls
1946
as Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
The Cimarron Kid
1952
as Emmett Dalton (uncredited)
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940
as Hans Mirbach
Babes in Arms
1939
as Jeff Steele
In Like Flint
1967
as Missle Control Officer (uncredited)
Riding High
1950
as Henry Early
The Great Morgan
1945
as Film Character (uncredited)
Northwest Passage
1940
as Eben Towne
Comanche Station
1960
as Station Man
Kilroy Was Here
1947
as Rodney Meadows
Heart of the Rockies
1951
as Jim Corley
Fingers at the Window
1942
as Young Reporter (uncredited)
Air Force
1943
as Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Balalaika
1939
as Crying Soldier (uncredited)
The Old Maid
1939
as Jim
The Vanishing Westerner
1950
as Sanderson's First Victim
Thunder Afloat
1939
as Listener (uncredited)
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938
as Young Man on Bandstand (uncredited)
Dramatic School
1938
as Pasquel Jr.
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock
1962
as Quint Rucker
Jennie
1940
as Karl Schermer
Lady Scarface
1941
as James 'Jimmy' Powell
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
1944
as Pilot
The Sex Symbol
1974
as Edward Kelly (voice)
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
as Steve (uncredited)
Lady in the Dark
1944
as Ben (uncredited)
Ditch and Live
1944
as T / Sgt. Ryan
Requiem for a Gunfighter
1965
as Abe Gentry
Crash of Moons
1954
as Andrews
The Marauders
1947
as Lucky Jenkins
Dangerous Venture
1947
as Lucky Jenkins
Man from the Black Hills
1952
as Fake Jimmy Fallon
Born to the Saddle
1953
as John Grant
Sinister Journey
1948
as Lucky Jenkins
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
Ladies of the Chorus
1948
as Randy Carroll
Montana Incident
1952
as Dave Connors
Black Midnight
1949
as Daniel Jordan
Unexpected Guest
1947
as Lucky Jenkins
Sundown in Santa Fe
1948
as Tom Wyatt
Bunco Squad
1950
as Robert (uncredited)
The Devil's Playground
1946
as Lucky Jenkins
The Wyoming Bandit
1949
as Jimmy Howard
The Dead Don't Dream
1948
as Lucky Jenkins
And One Was Beautiful
1940
as Joe Havens
Florian
1940
as Victor
Borrowed Trouble
1948
as Lucky Jenkins
Behind Southern Lines
1952
as Captain Loomis
Fool's Gold
1946
as Lucky Jenkins
Strange Gamble
1948
as Lucky Jenkins
Life with Henry
1941
as Daniel Gordon (uncredited)
Niagara Falls
1941
as Honeymooner
The Maverick
1952
as Trooper Barnham
High Explosive
1943
as Jimmy Baker
False Paradise
1948
as Lucky Jenkins
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
1991
as Cpl. Boone
Silver Needle in the Sky
1954
as Ranger Andrews
Hoppy's Holiday
1947
as Lucky Jenkins
Waco
1952
as Al
Yukon Manhunt
1951
as Len Kaufman
The Steel Fist
1952
as Captain Giorg Nicholoff
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
1958
The Gunman
1952
as Jud Calvert
Silent Conflict
1948
as Lucky Jenkins
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
1940
as Mechanic (uncredited)
The Sombrero Kid
1942
as Philip Martin
Cowboy Serenade
1942
as Jim Agnew
The Girl from Avenue A
1940
as Steve
Laddie
1940
as Peter Dover
About Rand Brooks
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 wa… With 116 credits spanning from 1938 to 1991, Rand Brooks has appeared in 74 films and 42 TV shows.
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Most Popular Rand Brooks Movies
- Gone with the Wind (1939) — as Charles Hamilton
- Double Date (1941) — as Jerry Baldwin
- Stump Run (1960)
- Joan of Arc (1948) — as Jean d'Arc, Joan's older brother
- The Last Hurrah (1958) — as Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
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