Brandon Hurst
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1866-11-30
Day of Death
1947-07-15 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Brandon Hurst
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting
(1947)
My Favorite Brunette
as Butler (uncredited)
(1946)
Sister Kenny
as Mr. Todd (Landlord) (uncredited)
(1946)
Road to Utopia
as Man at Zambini's (uncredited)
(1946)
The Green Years
as Bookseller
(1945)
The Corn Is Green
as Lewellyn Powell (uncredited)
(1945)
The Man in Half Moon Street
as Simpson
(1944)
The Princess and the Pirate
as Mr. Pelly
(1944)
Mrs. Parkington
as Footman (uncredited)
(1944)
House of Frankenstein
as Dr. Geissler (uncredited)
(1943)
Jane Eyre
as Lowood School Trustee
(1943)
The Leopard Man
as Cemetery Gatekeeper (uncredited)
(1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Cabbie in "Good Neighbor" Number (uncredited)
(1943)
Dixie
as Dignified Man in Audience
(1943)
The Constant Nymph
as Minor Role
(1942)
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Hans, Villager at Council Meeting (uncredited)
(1942)
Road to Morocco
as English Announcer (uncredited)
(1942)
The Remarkable Andrew
as Mr. Chief Justice John Marshall
(1942)
The Mad Martindales
as Smythe Butler
(1941)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Lanyon's Butler Briggs (uncredited)
(1941)
Road to Happiness
as Swayne
(1941)
Sign of the Wolf
as Dr. Morton
(1940)
The Blue Bird
as Footman
(1940)
The Howards of Virginia
as Wilton
(1940)
If I Had My Way
as Hedges
(1940)
Rhythm on the River
as Bates
(1939)
The Sun Never Sets
as A Doctor
(1939)
Stanley and Livingstone
as Sir Henry Forrester
(1939)
East Side of Heaven
as Butler (uncredited)
(1939)
Tell No Tales
as Lovelake's Butler (uncredited)
(1938)
Suez
as Franz Liszt
(1938)
If I Were King
as Beggar (uncredited)
(1938)
Kidnapped
as Doomster
(1938)
Four Men and a Prayer
as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
(1938)
Professor Beware
as Charlile - Butler
(1937)
Wee Willie Winkie
as Bagby
(1937)
The Firefly
as English General (uncredited)
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Tithing Man
(1936)
The Plough and the Stars
as Sergeant Tinley
(1936)
The Moon's Our Home
as Babson
(1936)
Gasoloons
as Sheriff / Motorist
(1935)
Bonnie Scotland
as Military Policeman (uncredited)
(1935)
While the Patient Slept
as Grondal - the Butler
(1935)
The Woman in Red
as Uncle Emlen Wyatt
(1935)
The Great Impersonation
as Middleton
(1934)
The House of Rothschild
as Stock Trader
(1934)
The Lost Patrol
as Bell
(1934)
The Little Minister
as Anders Strothers
(1934)
Bright Eyes
as Higgins
(1934)
House of Mystery
as Hindu Priest
(1934)
Red Morning
as The Magistrate
(1934)
Bombay Mail
as Pundit Garnath Chundra
(1933)
Cavalcade
as Gilbert & Sullivan Actor (uncredited)
(1932)
White Zombie
as Silver
(1932)
Scarface
as Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)
(1932)
Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Prefect of Police
(1932)
Rasputin and the Empress
as Staff General (uncredited)
(1932)
Sherlock Holmes
as Secretary to Erskine (uncredited)
(1932)
Down To Earth
as Jeffrey, the Butler
(1932)
The Midnight Lady
as District Attorney
(1931)
Murder at Midnight
as Lawrence
(1931)
A Connecticut Yankee
as Merlin / Doctor in Mansion
(1931)
Young as You Feel
as Robbins
(1930)
The Right of Way
as Crown Attorney
(1930)
The Eyes of the World
as Mr. Edward Taine
(1930)
High Society Blues
as Jowles
(1929)
The Wolf of Wall Street
as Sturgess
(1929)
The Greene Murder Case
as Sproot
(1929)
Her Private Life
as Sir Emmett Wildering
(1928)
The Man Who Laughs
as Barkilphedro
(1928)
Interference
as Inspector Haynes
(1927)
7th Heaven
as Uncle George
(1927)
Love
as Senator Karenin
(1927)
Annie Laurie
as The Campbell Chieftain
(1927)
High School Hero
as Mr. Golden
(1926)
The Lady of the Harem
as Beggar
(1926)
The Shamrock Handicap
as The Procurer of Taxes
(1926)
The Rainmaker
as Doyle
(1926)
The Amateur Gentleman
as Peterby
(1926)
The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
as Matard - Hotel Manager
(1926)
Secret Orders
as Butler
(1926)
Made for Love
as Pharaoh
(1926)
Volcano
as André de Chauvalons
(1926)
The Enchanted Hill
as Jasper Doak
(1925)
The Lady
as St. Aubyns Sr
(1925)
Lightnin'
as Everett Hammond
(1924)
The Thief of Bagdad
as The Caliph
(1924)
He Who Gets Slapped
as Clown (uncredited)
(1924)
Cytherea
as Daniel Randon
(1924)
The Lover of Camille
as Bertrand
(1924)
The Silent Watcher
as Reporter Herrold
(1923)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Jehan
(1923)
The World's Applause
as James Crane
(1920)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Sir George Carewe
(1920)
A Dark Lantern
as Colonel Dereham
(1915)
Via Wireless
as Edward Pinckney