Place of Birth:
London, England, UK
Date of Birth:
11/30/1866
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Brandon Hurst (November 30, 1866 – July 15, 1947) was an English stage and film actor. Hurst studied philology in his youth and began performing in theater in the 1880s. He worked in Broadway shows from 1900 until his entry into motion pictures. His most notable stage appearance was Two Women in 1910. He was nearly fifty by the time of his 1915 film debut in Via Wireless. He appeared in 129 other films before his death in 1947. He became well known in the 1920s for many distinguished roles portraying the antagonist. Some of these films, such as 1920's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in which he played the taunting Sir George Carewe, 1923's The Hunchback of Notre Dame in which he played evil Jehan Frollo, 1927's Love in which he portrayed cuckold Alexei Karenin opposite Greta Garbo, and 1928's The Man Who Laughs in which he portrayed jester Balkiphedro, are regarded as some of the best films of the time. His roles in talkies during the 1920s and 1930s were often small. One of his more important roles was sinister Merlin the Magician in Fox's A Connecticut Yankee (1931). Hurst worked as an actor until his death. His final film was Two Guys from Texas, released in 1948.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Ghost of Frankenstein
The Princess and the Pirate
The Man Who Laughs
White Zombie
Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Thief of Bagdad
The Eyes of the World
The Little Minister
The Lover of Camille
Volcano
The Lost Patrol
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Lady of the Harem
Down To Earth
Mrs. Parkington
The Remarkable Andrew
The Moon's Our Home
The Firefly
A Connecticut Yankee
Interference
The Lady
The Midnight Lady
The Shamrock Handicap
Secret Orders
The World's Applause
Love
Via Wireless
Red Morning
High Society Blues
Made for Love
Lightnin'
A Dark Lantern
Dixie
Tell No Tales
While the Patient Slept
East Side of Heaven
The Sun Never Sets
Stanley and Livingstone
Gasoloons
Professor Beware
Murder at Midnight
House of Frankenstein
Cavalcade
Kidnapped
Sister Kenny
The Blue Bird
Maid of Salem
The Woman in Red
Scarface
Annie Laurie
The Plough and the Stars
The Howards of Virginia
Rhythm on the River
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Bombay Mail
The Silent Watcher
Road to Happiness
Sign of the Wolf
Bonnie Scotland
The Leopard Man
Rasputin and the Empress
Young as You Feel
The Right of Way
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Suez
The Amateur Gentleman
The Mad Martindales
Bright Eyes
Sherlock Holmes
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
Four Men and a Prayer
The Great Impersonation
Jane Eyre
The Constant Nymph
The Wolf of Wall Street
If I Were King
Wee Willie Winkie
The Rainmaker
Road to Morocco
Road to Utopia
My Favorite Brunette
7th Heaven
Her Private Life
The Man in Half Moon Street
The Corn Is Green
House of Mystery
He Who Gets Slapped
Cytherea
The Greene Murder Case
The Enchanted Hill
If I Had My Way
High School Hero
The House of Rothschild