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Brandon Hurst

{{Short description|English actor (1866–1947)}}

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| caption = Hurst in the 1910s

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1866|11|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = London, UK

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|07|15|1866|08|30|df=y}}

| death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S.

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1915–1947

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File: A scene from "The Stronger Sex" (SAYRE 12800).jpg in The Stronger Sex, 1907]]

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Brandon Hurst (30 November 1866 – 15 July 1947) was an English stage and film actor.Silent Film Necrology, p.258 2nd Edition c.2001 by Eugene Michael Vazzana {{ISBN|0-7864-1059-0}}Who Was Who on Screen, p.229 2ndEdition c.1977 Evelyn Mack Truitt {{ISBN|0-8352-0914-8}}

Early life

Born in London, England,{{cite book |last1=Ellenberger |first1=Allan R. |title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory |date=2001 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-0983-9 |page=204 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bOJCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Brandon+Hurst%22+actor&pg=PA204 |accessdate=February 23, 2020 |language=en}} Hurst studied philology in his youth and began performing in theater in the 1880s.[http://www.allmovie.com/artist/brandon-hurst-p34086 Brandon Hurst] at Allmovie

Before he began acting professionally, Hurst served seven years in the English army, including five years with the King's Dragoon Guards in India.{{cite news |title=Brandon Hurst Plays Opposite Biggest Stars |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87051254/brandon-hurst/ |access-date=October 14, 2021 |work=News-Journal |date=September 30, 1925 |location=Ohio, Mansfield |page=19|via = Newspapers.com}}

Career

He worked in Broadway shows from 1900 until his entry into motion pictures. His most notable stage appearance was Two Women in 1910, costarring Mrs. Leslie Carter and Robert Warwick.Pictorial History of the American Theatre: 1860-1970 p.118 c.1969 by Daniel Blum {{ISBN|0-517-01095X}}

He was nearly fifty before his film debut in Via Wireless (1915) as Edward Pinckney. He appeared in 129 other films. He became well known in the 1920s for portraying the antagonist and anti-heroes. Those roles include Sir George Carew in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Jehan Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), Alexei Karenin opposite Greta Garbo in Love (1927), and Barkilphedro in The Man Who Laughs (1928).

His roles in sound films during the 1920s and 1930s were often small. One of his more important roles was the sinister Merlin the Magician in Fox's A Connecticut Yankee (1931).{{Citation needed |date=July 2021}} Hurst worked as an actor until his death, his last film was Two Guys from Texas (1948).

Filmography

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  • [http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/sayre/id/12800 Still from The Stronger Sex (1907)] with Maude Fealy

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Category:English male film actors

Category:English male silent film actors

Category:English male stage actors

Category:Male actors from London

Category:19th-century English male actors

Category:20th-century English male actors

Category:1866 births

Category:1947 deaths