Henry Brandon's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Tallahassee 7000 Otto

Main Movie Roles 1989 - Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II 1983 - To Be or Not to Be 1977 - Buck Rogers 1976 - Assault on Precinct 13 1961 - Two Rode Together 1958 - The Buccaneer 1958 - Auntie Mame 1956 - The Searchers 1956 - The Ten Commandments 1954 - Vera Cruz 1953 - The War of the Worlds 1953 - The Caddy 1953 - Pony Express 1953 - Scared Stiff 1953 - Planet Outlaws 1948 - Joan of Arc 1948 - The Paleface 1948 - Hollow Triumph 1943 - Drums of Fu Manchu 1941 - Bad Man of Deadwood 1941 - The Shepherd of the Hills 1941 - The Corsican Brothers 1940 - Drums of Fu Manchu 1940 - Doomed to Die 1939 - Beau Geste 1937 - Conquest 1937 - Black Legion

BIOGRAPHY:

German-born Henry Brandon was a character actor in American films, most often seen in villainous roles. His parents emigrated to the US shortly after his birth. His early interest in acting led him to study at the acclaimed Pasadena Community Playhouse. He landed the lead villain role in the Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy film Babes in Toyland (1934), and rapidly became a familiar and reliable heavy in pictures both large and small. In 1936 he adopted the stage name Henry Brandon after several years of being billed as either Henry or Harry Kleinbach. He captivated thriller audiences as the sinister Dr. Fu Manchu in Drums of Fu Manchu (1943), yet balanced things by playing a sizable number of sympathetic roles as well, such as the skilled foreman Joe Dombrowski in Black Legion (1937). He continued to work on stage throughout his film career, playing the villain for many years in the record-length run of the melodrama "The Drunkard". His sharp features led him rather incongruously to be cast as Indian chiefs in two John Ford (I) features, The Searchers (1956) and Two Rode Together (1961). He kept busy in films and occasional television roles, as well as reprising his role in "The Drunkard" onstage in the 1980s, until the end of his life. Brandon was a confirmed bachelor.


TRIVIA:

• Injured in a bar fight at the Brass Rail during the filming of _Babes in Toyland (1934)_ (qv).
• Attended Stanford University for three years.
• Long-time companion of actor 'Mark Herron (I)' (qv), who was 'Judy Garland (I)' (qv)'s fourth husband.
• Often played Indian, Arab, Persian, Native American and East Asian characters, though his ancestry was German.