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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1918-09-21
- event Death Date 2003-09-01
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 4.2
- info Birth Place Wright City, Missouri, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Rand Brooks
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Gone with the Wind
1939-12-15
6
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942-03-27
6.1
In Like Flint
1967-03-15
6
Joan of Arc
1948-12-22
6.6
Ladies of the Chorus
1948-12-30
0
Fool's Gold
1946-10-09
0
Dangerous Venture
1947-05-23
7
The Devil's Playground
1946-11-15
7.2
Borrowed Trouble
1948-07-23
6
Sinister Journey
1948-06-11
6
False Paradise
1948-09-10
0
Unexpected Guest
1947-03-28
0
The Marauders
1947-07-01
0
Strange Gamble
1948-10-08
0
Silent Conflict
1948-03-19
0
Hoppy's Holiday
1947-07-18
0
The Dead Don't Dream
1948-04-30
7.3
Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
1991-04-11
5.1
Lady Scarface
1941-09-26
4.7
Lady in the Dark
1944-02-10
5.8
Riding High
1950-04-12
6.2
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
1944-08-01
3.8
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock
1962-10-01
6.2
And One Was Beautiful
1940-04-05
6.2
Dramatic School
1938-12-09
0
Sundown in Santa Fe
1948-11-05
4.5
Silver Needle in the Sky
1954-05-29
1
Florian
1940-06-05
5
Life with Henry
1941-01-23
3
The Sex Symbol
1974-09-17
0
Behind Southern Lines
1952-11-02
6
Laddie
1940-01-18
6.1
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938-07-22
7.1
The Old Maid
1939-08-16
5.9
Thunder Afloat
1939-09-15
6.4
Babes in Arms
1939-10-10
6.2
Dancing Co-Ed
1939-09-29
1.5
The Gunman
1952-01-01
4.2
Balalaika
1939-12-15
5
Born to the Saddle
1953-03-15
5
The Steel Fist
1952-01-06
0
Stump Run
1959-12-12
7.1
The Last Hurrah
1958-12-31
0
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
1940-01-01
6.4
Air Force
1943-03-20
6
Heart of the Rockies
1951-03-29
0
Montana Incident
1952-08-10
3.2
Crash of Moons
1954-07-10
6.3
Northwest Passage
1940-02-23
6.2
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940-12-05
4
The Wyoming Bandit
1949-07-15
3
Yukon Manhunt
1951-07-12
0
Man from the Black Hills
1952-03-29
0
The Maverick
1952-12-14
5
Cowboy Serenade
1942-01-30
3
The Sombrero Kid
1942-07-31
0
Waco
1952-02-24
6
Black Midnight
1949-10-01
2
The Vanishing Westerner
1950-03-31
10
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
1958-08-01
6.6
Comanche Station
1960-03-01
6.7
Niagara Falls
1941-10-17
5.5
The Great Morgan
1945-01-01
5
Kilroy Was Here
1947-07-19
0
Ditch and Live
1944-01-01
5.9
Bunco Squad
1950-09-01
5.4
Fingers at the Window
1942-04-22
5.7
High Explosive
1943-03-27
0
The Girl from Avenue A
1940-08-09
6.8
Maverick
1957-09-22
6.5
My Three Sons
1960-09-29
8
The Munsters
1964-09-24
5.9
Petticoat Junction
1963-09-24
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
7.7
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
7.7
Combat!
1962-10-02
5.2
Hawaiian Eye
1959-10-07
6.2
Lassie
1954-09-12
6.8
The Lone Ranger
1949-09-15
5
The Millionaire
1955-01-19
6.5
Peter Gunn
1958-09-22
5.7
The Real McCoys
1957-10-03
5.2
M Squad
1957-09-20
6.9
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954-10-15
4.5
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951-04-15
6.3
Bat Masterson
1958-10-08
6
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955-09-29
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05
6.4
The Roy Rogers Show
1951-12-30
0
City Detective
1953-09-07
5.3
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951-08-11
0
The Man Called X
1956-01-27
4.5
Jefferson Drum
1958-04-25
7.3
The Green Hornet
1966-09-09
4.8
The Gene Autry Show
1950-07-23
4.8
The Gene Autry Show
1950-07-23
6.8
The Lone Ranger
1949-09-15
6.4
Wagon Train
1957-09-18
6.8
Maverick
1957-09-22
6.4
The Cisco Kid
1950-09-05
6.7
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955-09-06
6
Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02
7.5
Bonanza
1959-09-12
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
7.1
Adam-12
1968-09-21
7.1
Adam-12
1968-09-21
7.1
Adam-12
1968-09-21
6.9
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954-10-15
5.5
Tightrope
1959-09-08
6.8
The Lone Ranger
1949-09-15
6.8
The Lone Ranger
1949-09-15
6.4
The Virginian
1962-09-19
8.1
Columbo
1971-09-15
0
Studio 57
1954-09-21
6.8
The Lone Ranger
1949-09-15
7.6
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27
6.3
Tombstone Territory
1957-10-16
6.8
The Lone Ranger
1949-09-15
