Personal Info
Birth date
1866-11-30 (158 Years)
Day of death
1947-07-15
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
London, England, UK
Also known as
-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.
Filmography
7th Heaven
7.35
Overview:
In 1910s Paris, a sewer worker disillusioned with Christianity feels his prayers have been answered when he chances upon a street waif and they fall in love.Scarface
7.4
Overview:
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.He Who Gets Slapped
7.579
Overview:
After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown whose act consists of being slapped repeatedly and becomes infatuated with a showgirl colleague whose father intends to marry her off to the baron.The Man Who Laughs
7.347
Overview:
Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popular idol. He falls in love with the blind Dea. The king dies, and his evil jester tries to destroy or corrupt Gwynplaine.Murder at Midnight
5.4
Overview:
Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun was loaded with real bullets. Luckily, criminologist Phillip Montrose is on hand to help the police. When Kennedy quickly ends up dead as well, the police think it's a tidy murder-suicide, but the family lawyer knows of a letter that voiced Kennedy's suspicions about someone who was out to get him. Soon, the cops are on the trail of a ruthless and clever killer who is one step ahead of even Montrose.Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
6.4
Overview:
Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.Jane Eyre
6.9
Overview:
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
6.728
Overview:
A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend.My Favorite Brunette
6.639
Overview:
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.The Hunchback of Notre Dame
6.5
Overview:
In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.House of Frankenstein
6
Overview:
Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann, escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling chamber of horrors, soon reviving the infamous Count Dracula, the frozen Frankenstein Monster, and the Wolf Man.The Thief of Bagdad
7.35
Overview:
A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.Suez
5.2
Overview:
Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.The Ghost of Frankenstein
5.8
Overview:
Frankenstein's unscrupulous colleague, Dr. Bohmer, plans to transplant Ygor's brain so he can rule the world using the monster's body, but the plan goes sour when he turns malevolent and goes on a rampage.Mrs. Parkington
6.1
Overview:
In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in frontier Nevada where she is swept off her feet by mine owner and financier Augustus Parkington. He moves them to New York, tries to remake her into a society woman, and establishes their home among the wealthiest of New York's high society. Family and social life is not always peaceful, however, and she guides us, in flashbacks, through the rises and falls of the Parkington family fortunes.The Lost Patrol
6.478
Overview:
A World War I British Army patrol is crossing the Mesopotamian desert when their commanding officer, the only one who knows their destination, is killed by the bullet of unseen bandits. The patrol's sergeant keeps them heading north on the assumption that they will hit their brigade. They stop for the night at an oasis and awaken the next morning to find their horses stolen, their sentry dead, the oasis surrounded and survival difficult.Road to Utopia
6.6
Overview:
While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke, Chester, the thugs, Ace and his henchman chase each other all over the countryside—for the map.Road to Morocco
6.9
Overview:
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.White Zombie
5.921
Overview:
In Haiti, a wealthy landowner convinces a sorcerer to lure the American woman he has fallen for away from her fiance, only to have the madman decide to keep the woman for himself, as a zombie.The House of Rothschild
6.211
Overview:
The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued by his five sons. From humble beginnings the business grows and helps to finance the war against Napoleon, but it's not always easy, especially because of the prejudices against Jews.Murders in the Rue Morgue
6.08
Overview:
In 19th century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship but constantly meets failure as the abducted women die.Thank Your Lucky Stars
6.147
Overview:
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.The Sun Never Sets
4.8
Overview:
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home from a mission in the Gold Coast of Africa accompanied by his wife Helen. He discovers his younger brother John, is not keen on following in his footsteps. John is then persuaded to try colonial service by his grandfather. He is accompanied by Clive who has been sent to investigate the source of a series of radio broadcasts that are sewing unrest throughout the world. These may be linked to Hugo Zurof, a man plotting to rule the world.Love
5.8
Overview:
In Imperial Russia, Anna Karenina falls in love with the dashing military officer Count Vronsky and abandons her husband and child to become his mistress.The Princess and the Pirate
6.854
Overview:
Princess Margaret is travelling incognito to elope with her true love instead of marrying the man her father has betrothed her to. On the high seas, her ship is attacked by pirates who know her identity and plan to kidnap her and hold her for a king's ransom.Cavalcade
5.492
Overview:
A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great War.Bonnie Scotland
6.608
Overview:
Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in the Scottish army and are posted to India.Rasputin and the Empress
5.333
Overview:
The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russian Imperial family and others, and what resulted.The Constant Nymph
5.957
Overview:
The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. When her father dies, an uncle arrives with his own grown daughter, who begins a romance with the composer which culminates in marriage but creates an emotional rivalry that affects the three.Acting
1947My Favorite Brunette as Butler (uncredited)
1946Sister Kenny as Mr. Todd (Landlord) (uncredited)
1946The Green Years as Bookseller
1946Road to Utopia as Man at Zambini's (uncredited)
1945The Corn Is Green as Lewellyn Powell (uncredited)
1945The Man in Half Moon Street as Simpson
1944House of Frankenstein as Dr. Geissler (uncredited)
1944The Princess and the Pirate as Mr. Pelly
1944Mrs. Parkington as Footman (uncredited)
1943Jane Eyre as Lowood School Trustee
1943Thank Your Lucky Stars as Cabbie in "Good Neighbor" Number (uncredited)
1943Dixie as Dignified Man in Audience
1943The Constant Nymph as Minor Role
1943The Leopard Man as Cemetery Gatekeeper (uncredited)
1942Road to Morocco as English Announcer (uncredited)
1942The Mad Martindales as Smythe Butler
1942The Ghost of Frankenstein as Hans, Villager at Council Meeting (uncredited)
1942The Remarkable Andrew as Mr. Chief Justice John Marshall
1941Road to Happiness as Swayne
1941Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Lanyon's Butler Briggs (uncredited)
1941Sign of the Wolf as Dr. Morton
1940The Howards of Virginia as Wilton
1940Rhythm on the River as Bates
1940If I Had My Way as Hedges
1940The Blue Bird as Footman
1939Stanley and Livingstone as Sir Henry Forrester
1939Tell No Tales as Lovelake's Butler (uncredited)
1939The Sun Never Sets as A Doctor
1939East Side of Heaven as Butler (uncredited)
1938Suez as Franz Liszt
1938If I Were King as Beggar (uncredited)
1938Professor Beware as Charlile - Butler
1938Kidnapped as Doomster
1938Four Men and a Prayer as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
1937The Firefly as English General (uncredited)
1937Wee Willie Winkie as Bagby
1937Maid of Salem as Tithing Man
1936The Plough and the Stars as Sergeant Tinley
1936The Moon's Our Home as Babson
1936Gasoloons as Sheriff / Motorist
1935The Great Impersonation as Middleton
1935Bonnie Scotland as Military Policeman (uncredited)
1935While the Patient Slept as Grondal - the Butler
1935The Woman in Red as Uncle Emlen Wyatt
1934The Little Minister as Anders Strothers
1934Bright Eyes as Higgins
1934Red Morning as The Magistrate
1934The House of Rothschild as Stock Trader
1934House of Mystery as Hindu Priest
1934The Lost Patrol as Bell
1934Bombay Mail as Pundit Garnath Chundra
1933Cavalcade as Gilbert & Sullivan Actor (uncredited)
1932Rasputin and the Empress as Staff General (uncredited)
1932Sherlock Holmes as Secretary to Erskine (uncredited)
1932Down To Earth as Jeffrey, the Butler
1932White Zombie as Silver
1932The Midnight Lady as District Attorney
1932Scarface as Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)
1932Murders in the Rue Morgue as Prefect of Police
1931Murder at Midnight as Lawrence
1931Young as You Feel as Robbins
1931A Connecticut Yankee as Merlin / Doctor in Mansion
1930The Right of Way as Crown Attorney
1930The Eyes of the World as Mr. Edward Taine
1930High Society Blues as Jowles
1929Her Private Life as Sir Emmett Wildering
1929The Greene Murder Case as Sproot
1929The Wolf of Wall Street as Sturgess
1928Interference as Inspector Haynes
1928The Man Who Laughs as Barkilphedro
1927Love as Senator Karenin
1927High School Hero as Mr. Golden
19277th Heaven as Uncle George
1927Annie Laurie as The Campbell Chieftain
1926The Lady of the Harem as Beggar
1926The Amateur Gentleman as Peterby
1926Volcano as André de Chauvalons
1926The Rainmaker as Doyle
1926The Shamrock Handicap as The Procurer of Taxes
1926Secret Orders as Butler
1926The Grand Duchess and the Waiter as Matard - Hotel Manager
1926Made for Love as Pharaoh
1926The Enchanted Hill as Jasper Doak
1925Lightnin' as Everett Hammond
1925The Lady as St. Aubyns Sr
1924He Who Gets Slapped as Clown (uncredited)
1924The Silent Watcher as Reporter Herrold
1924The Lover of Camille as Bertrand
1924Cytherea as Daniel Randon
1924The Thief of Bagdad as The Caliph
1923The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Jehan
1923The World's Applause as James Crane
1920A Dark Lantern as Colonel Dereham
1920Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Sir George Carewe
1915Via Wireless as Edward Pinckney