Job Actor
Years active 1950-72
Top Roles Joey Starrett, Lon 'Lonnie' Bannon, Skeeter, John Henry, Ens. Jeremiah 'Jere' Torrey
Top GenresDrama, Film Adaptation, Western, Animation, War, Family
Top TopicsBook-Based, Ranchers, Coming of Age
Top Collaborators (Director), (Director), ,
Shares birthday with Ward Bond, Paul Robeson, Jean-Paul Belmondo  see more..

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Shane

Shane

Fan rating: 9.00
Hud

Hud

Fan rating: 9.00
All Fall Down

All Fall Down

Fan rating: 8.00

Brandon De Wilde Overview:

Actor, Brandon De Wilde, was born Andre Brandon De Wilde on Apr 9, 1942 in Brooklyn, NY. De Wilde died at the age of 30 on Jul 6, 1972 in Denver, CO and was laid to rest in Pinedale Memorial Park Cemetery in Farmingdale, Suffolk County, NY.

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Although De Wilde was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1953Best Supporting ActorShane (1953)Joey StarrettNominated
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Brandon De Wilde Quotes:

Clinton Willart: You really do hate life, don't you, Berry-Berry? You know, when you told me that before, I went along with you. Because I wanted to be just like you in every way I could. But I LIKE life, Berry-Berry. So long, Berry-Berry.

Joey: Shane! Come back!

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Best Supporting Actor Oscar 1953
WINNER
Frank Sinatra
(as Angelo Maggio)
in From Here to Eternity
Nominee
Eddie Albert
(as Irving Radovich)
in Roman Holiday
Nominee

(as Joey Starrett)
in Shane
Nominee
Jack Palance
(as Wilson)
in Shane
Nominee
Robert Strauss
(as Stosh/'Animal)
in Stalag 17
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Brandon De Wilde Facts
His son's name is Jesse.
Close friend (and sometimes singing partner) country-western legend Gram Parsons immortalized De Wilde's tragic death in Parsons' and Emmylou Harris's song "In My Hour of Darkness"; Once I knew a young man went driving through the night. Miles and miles without a word, with just his high-beam lights. Who'd have ever thought they'd build such a deadly Denver bend. To be so strong, to take as long as it would till the end.
He was killed as the result of a traffic accident that occurred in the Denver suburb of Lakewood on the evening of July 6, 1972 at about 3:25 PM. He had been en route to visit his wife at a Denver hospital. He was driving a camper van, lost control and crashed into a parked construction truck on the side of the road, causing his camper to roll onto its side, pinning him in the wreckage of his vehicle for a while before being taken to St. Anthony Hospital where he died at 7:20 PM of multiple injuries including a broken back, neck, and leg. He was not wearing a seat belt. De Wilde had been in the Denver area to co-star in the Elitch Theatre production of Butterflies Are Free, which ended July 1.
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