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Brandon Hurst (30 November 1866 – 15 July 1947)[1] was an English stage and film actor.[2][3]

Brandon Hurst
Hurst in the 1910s
Born	(1866-11-30)30 November 1866 London, UK
Died	15 July 1947(1947-07-15) (aged 80) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1915–1947
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Early life

Born in London, England,[1] Hurst studied philology in his youth and began performing in theater in the 1880s.[4]

Before he began acting professionally, Hurst served seven years in the English army, including five years with the King's Dragoon Guards in India.[5]

Career

He worked in Broadway shows from 1900 until his entry into motion pictures. His most notable stage appearance was Two Women in 1910, costarring Mrs. Leslie Carter and Robert Warwick.[6]

He was nearly fifty before his film debut in Via Wireless (1915) as Edward Pinckney. He appeared in 129 other films. He became well known in the 1920s for portraying the antagonist and anti-heroes. Those roles include Sir George Carewe in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Jehan Frollo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), Alexei Karenin opposite Greta Garbo in Love (1927), and Barkilphedro in The Man Who Laughs (1928).

His roles in sound films during the 1920s and 1930s were often small. One of his more important roles was the sinister Merlin the Magician in Fox's A Connecticut Yankee (1931).^{[citation needed]} Hurst worked as an actor until his death, his last film was Two Guys from Texas (1948).

Filmography

References

External links

• Brandon Hurst at IMDb
• Brandon Hurst at the Internet Broadway Database
• Still from The Stronger Sex (1907) with Maude Fealy

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[de] Brandon Hurst

Brandon Hurst (* 20. August 1866 in London, England; † 15. Juli 1947 in Hollywood, Kalifornien) war ein britischer Film- und Theaterschauspieler, der zwischen 1915 und 1947 an über 130 Filmen mitwirkte.

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[ru] Хёрст, Брэндон

Брэндон Хёрст (англ. Brandon Hurst; 30 августа 1866, Лондон — 15 июля 1947, Голливуд, Лос-Анджелес) — английский актёр театра и кино.

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