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Rand Brooks

Born 21/09/1918 in Wright City, Missouri, USA

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.

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Filmography (Movies)

Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West

Character:Cpl. Boone

Release Date:11/04/1991

The Sex Symbol

Character:Edward Kelly (voice)

Release Date:17/09/1974

In Like Flint

Character:Missle Control Officer (uncredited)

Release Date:15/03/1967

Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock

Character:Quint Rucker

Release Date:01/10/1962

Comanche Station

Character:Station Man

Release Date:31/01/1960

Stump Run

Character:

Release Date:01/01/1960

The Last Hurrah

Character:Votes Tallyman (uncredited)

Release Date:31/12/1958

The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

Character:

Release Date:01/08/1958

Crash of Moons

Character:Andrews

Release Date:10/07/1954

Silver Needle in the Sky

Character:Ranger Andrews

Release Date:29/05/1954

Born to the Saddle

Character:John Grant

Release Date:15/03/1953

The Maverick

Character:Trooper Barnham

Release Date:14/12/1952

Behind Southern Lines

Character:Captain Loomis

Release Date:02/11/1952

Montana Incident

Character:Dave Connors

Release Date:10/08/1952

Man from the Black Hills

Character:Fake Jimmy Fallon

Release Date:30/03/1952

Waco

Character:Al

Release Date:24/02/1952

The Steel Fist

Character:Captain Giorg Nicholoff

Release Date:06/01/1952

The Gunman

Character:Jud Calvert

Release Date:01/01/1952

Yukon Manhunt

Character:Len Kaufman

Release Date:12/07/1951

Heart of the Rockies

Character:Jim Corley

Release Date:29/03/1951

Bunco Squad

Character:Robert (uncredited)

Release Date:01/09/1950

Riding High

Character:Henry Early

Release Date:12/04/1950

The Vanishing Westerner

Character:Sanderson's First Victim

Release Date:31/03/1950

Black Midnight

Character:Daniel Jordan

Release Date:01/10/1949

The Wyoming Bandit

Character:Jimmy Howard

Release Date:15/07/1949

Ladies of the Chorus

Character:Randy Carroll

Release Date:30/12/1948

Joan of Arc

Character:Jean d'Arc, Joan's older brother

Release Date:22/12/1948

Sundown in Santa Fe

Character:Tom Wyatt

Release Date:05/11/1948

Strange Gamble

Character:Lucky Jenkins

Release Date:08/10/1948

False Paradise

Character:Lucky Jenkins

Release Date:10/09/1948

Borrowed Trouble

Character:Lucky Jenkins

Release Date:23/07/1948

Sinister Journey

Character:Lucky Jenkins

Release Date:11/06/1948

The Dead Don't Dream

Character:Lucky Jenkins

Release Date:30/04/1948

Silent Conflict

Character:Lucky Jenkins

Release Date:19/03/1948

Kilroy Was Here

Character:Rodney Meadows

Release Date:19/07/1947

Hoppy's Holiday

Character:Lucky Jenkins

Release Date:18/07/1947

The Marauders

Character:Lucky Jenkins

Release Date:01/07/1947

Dangerous Venture

Character:Lucky Jenkins

Release Date:23/05/1947

Unexpected Guest

Character:Lucky Jenkins

Release Date:28/03/1947

The Devil's Playground

Character:Lucky Jenkins

Release Date:15/11/1946

Fool's Gold

Character:Lucky Jenkins

Release Date:09/10/1946

The Harvey Girls

Character:Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)

Release Date:18/01/1946

The Great Morgan

Character:Film Character (uncredited)

Release Date:01/01/1945

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

Character:Pilot

Release Date:01/08/1944

Lady in the Dark

Character:Ben (uncredited)

Release Date:10/02/1944

Ditch and Live

Character:T / Sgt. Ryan

Release Date:01/01/1944

High Explosive

Character:Jimmy Baker

Release Date:27/03/1943

Air Force

Character:Co-Pilot (uncredited)

Release Date:20/03/1943

The Sombrero Kid

Character:Philip Martin

Release Date:31/07/1942

Fingers at the Window

Character:Young Reporter (uncredited)

Release Date:22/04/1942

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

Character:

Release Date:27/03/1942

Cowboy Serenade

Character:Jim Agnew

Release Date:30/01/1942

Niagara Falls

Character:Honeymooner

Release Date:17/10/1941

Lady Scarface

Character:James 'Jimmy' Powell

Release Date:26/09/1941

Life with Henry

Character:Daniel Gordon (uncredited)

Release Date:23/01/1941

The Son of Monte Cristo

Character:Hans Mirbach

Release Date:05/12/1940

The Girl from Avenue A

Character:Steve

Release Date:09/08/1940

Florian

Character:Victor

Release Date:05/06/1940

And One Was Beautiful

Character:Joe Havens

Release Date:05/04/1940

Northwest Passage

Character:Eben Towne

Release Date:23/02/1940

Laddie

Character:Peter Dover

Release Date:18/01/1940

Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things

Character:Mechanic (uncredited)

Release Date:01/01/1940

Gone with the Wind

Character:Charles Hamilton

Release Date:15/12/1939

Balalaika

Character:Crying Soldier (uncredited)

Release Date:15/12/1939

Babes in Arms

Character:Jeff Steele

Release Date:10/10/1939

Dancing Co-Ed

Character:Steve (uncredited)

Release Date:29/09/1939

Thunder Afloat

Character:Listener (uncredited)

Release Date:15/09/1939

The Old Maid

Character:Jim

Release Date:16/08/1939

Dramatic School

Character:Pasquel Jr.

Release Date:09/12/1938

Love Finds Andy Hardy

Character:Young Man on Bandstand (uncredited)

Release Date:22/07/1938

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Television Appearances

Columbo

Character:Jerry - Wine Lab Assistant (uncredited)

Adam-12

Character:Mr. Edwards

Adam-12

Character:Bus Driver

Adam-12

Character:Mr. Marshall

The Green Hornet

Character:Conway

The Munsters

Character:The Man

12 O'Clock High

Character:Finance Officer

Petticoat Junction

Character:Ernest Belden

Combat!

Character:G.I. Lieutenant

The Virginian

Character:Henry

My Three Sons

Character:Frank Walker

My Three Sons

Character:Ed Henson

Hawaiian Eye

Character:Agent

Bonanza

Character:Cowboy

Tightrope

Character:Young Man

Bat Masterson

Character:Willard Wynant

Peter Gunn

Character:

Jefferson Drum

Character:Ray Comstock

Tombstone Territory

Character:Ed

The Real McCoys

Character:Mr. Foster

Maverick

Character:Second at Duel (uncredited)

Maverick

Character:Jack Blair

Perry Mason

Character:Trainer

Perry Mason

Character:Ted Richert

M Squad

Character:Purser

Wagon Train

Character:Thomas Pope

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Character:Banker Wilson

The Man Called X

Character:

Highway Patrol

Character:Bill Rinker

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

Character:

Gunsmoke

Character:Rand

Gunsmoke

Character:Man

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Character:Sheriff Del Mathey

The Millionaire

Character:Allan Carter

The Wonderful World of Disney

Character:Baseball Coach (uncredited)

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

Character:Cpl. Boone

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

Character:Cpl. Boone (uncredited)

Studio 57

Character:

Lassie

Character:Bulldozer Operator

City Detective

Character:

The Roy Rogers Show

Character:

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Character:

Boston Blackie

Character:Hutch