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30 Nov 1866

London, England, UK

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Brandon Hurst

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.

Scarface

9 April 1932

White Zombie

28 July 1932

The Man Who Laughs

27 April 1928

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

12 August 1941

House of Frankenstein

1 December 1944

The Thief of Bagdad

18 March 1924

The Ghost of Frankenstein

13 March 1942

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

18 March 1920

Jane Eyre

24 December 1943

Murders in the Rue Morgue

27 January 1932