Henry Brandon
Date of birth: 1912-06-08
Place of birth: Berlin, Germany
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Heinrich von Kleinbach, Henry Kleinbach, Harry Brandon
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Henry Brandon (born Heinrich von Kleinbach; June 8, 1912 – February 15, 1990) was a German-American film and stage character actor with a career spanning almost 60 years, involving more than 100 films. He specialized in playing a wide diversity of ethnic roles.
Movie Credits
The Searchers
1956-05-16
As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation
Drums of Fu Manchu
1943-11-27
Feature version of the 1940 Republic serial, about Fu Manchu's attempt to conquer Asia.
Drums of Fu Manchu
1940-03-15
The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a
The Buccaneer
1958-12-11
During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New
Laurel & Hardy – Best Comedy Team Vol. 1
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II
1989-03-01
Three kingdoms have been overtaken by three evil lords and only Tyor, a teenage boy with magical pow
Babes in Toyland
1934-12-14
Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mort
Scared Stiff
1953-04-27
A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936-03-13
A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.
Black Legion
1937-01-30
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining
The Land Unknown
1957-10-15
Navy Commander Alan Roberts is assigned to lead an expedition to Little America in Antarctica to inv
Bandido!
1956-09-01
American arms dealer Kennedy hopes to make a killing by selling to the "regulares" in the 1916 Mexic
Auntie Mame
1958-12-04
Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patric
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941-09-05
Roy and Gabby fight bad guys to save the town of Deadwood.
Assault on Precinct 13
1976-10-08
A highway patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary form an unlikely alliance to defend
The Sign of the Cross
1932-12-25
A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
Tarzan and the She-Devil
1953-06-18
The king of the jungle fights off ivory poachers.
Our Gang Follies of 1938
1937-12-18
Alfalfa gives up being "King of the Crooners" to sing opera, but a nightmare of being under the thum
If I Were King
1938-09-28
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his
The Garden of Allah
1936-10-14
The star-crossed desert romance of a cloistered woman and a renegade monk.
Cattle Drive
1951-08-01
The spoilt young son of a wealthy railroad owner manages to get himself lost in the middle of nowher
The Ranger and the Lady
1940-07-30
While Sam Houston in in the nation's capital trying to get Texas into the Union, his aide is trying
The Manhandlers
1974-12-04
A gorgeous girl named Katie inherits her deceased uncle's business and decides that she too can be a
Hell's Crossroads
1957-03-08
An imprisoned gunfighter must scatter to elude the authorities. Outlaws Bob Ford and Vic Rodell are
Raiders of the Seven Seas
1953-05-27
After staging a mutiny and commandeering his own ship, famed pirate Barbarossa takes hostage a spiri
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
1949-02-05
An expedition tries to enlist Tarzan's help in finding the secret Blue Valley, which legend says is
Secret Agent X-9
1937-04-12
A secret agent goes after the gang that stole the crown jewels of a European monarchy.
Harem Girl
1952-01-22
The palace secretary to a princess foils a sheik's plot to grab royal oil.
When the North Wind Blows
1974-01-14
Avakum (Henry Brandon) is an old trapper who is having a harder and harder time getting by because o
Wagons West
1952-07-06
Travelers heading west in a wagon train, under repeated assault by Indians, discover someone in thei
Jungle Jim
1937-01-18
Two safaris enter the African jungle intent on finding a white girl who is the heiress to a fortune.
Island Captives
1937-07-22
A murdered businessman's daughter is shipwrecked on a jungle island with the son of the man who kill
Scarlet Angel
1952-06-20
After robbing a sea captain in New Orleans, a beautiful saloon girl flees and assumes a dead woman's
Okefenokee
1959-04-22
Gangland boss Joe Kalhari, working with Ricki Hart, operator of a swamp-side dive in the Okefenokee
Ski Patrol
1940-05-09
In 1939, a group of Finnish soldiers defend the border from Russian invaders.
Casanova's Big Night
1954-04-07
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to roma
Evita Peron
1981-02-23
Aspiring actress Eva Duarte rises from a minor celebrity to the wife of a powerful Argentine dictato
Manhunt in Space
1954-01-01
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger fights space pirates over an invisible spaceship.
Medea
1959-10-12
A betrayed queen takes a terrible revenge.
The Big Fisherman
1959-08-04
Drama that focuses on the later life of Peter, one of the closest disciples of Jesus.
Conspiracy
1939-08-01
American Steve Kendall, a freighter's radio officer, discovers seaman Carlson sending an unauthorize
Hard Knocks
1979-04-01
A suspenseful and romantic tale of a young man, Guy Montgomery (Michael Christian), whose whole life
Big Brown Eyes
1936-04-03
Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police detect
Comanche
1956-03-01
Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabota
Pony Express
1953-06-15
Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok join forces to establish a mail route that can get mail from St. J
War Arrow
1953-12-26
A thrilling Cavalry-versus-Indians adventure starring Jeff Chandler as an Army official recruiting S
Half a Sinner
1940-04-05
Although young and beautiful, schoolteacher Anne Gladden fears a dull future. She finally decides to
Wells Fargo
1937-12-31
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, wil
I Met My Love Again
1938-01-14
In Vermont, college student Ives Towner refuses to marry his longtime girlfriend, Julie Weir, until
Two Rode Together
1961-05-24
Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.
Pirates of the Skies
1939-01-01
Cafe waitress Barbara Whitney refuses to acknowledge her marriage to Air Policeman Nick Conlon until
Buck Rogers
1939-04-10
Buck Rogers and Buddy Wade are in the middle of a trans-polar dirigible flight when they are caught
The Fighting O'Flynn
1949-02-26
A swashbuckling Irishman opposes French agents during the Napoleonic wars.
Beau Geste
1939-07-24
When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939-08-31
British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son o
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939-11-03
A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption.
To Be or Not to Be
1983-12-16
A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when Poland is invaded by the Germans in World Wa
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936-02-28
Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. A
Hurricane Smith
1941-07-20
Rodeo rider Hurricane Smith is wrongly convicted of murder and robbery, but escapes and creates a ne
Bud and Lou
1978-11-15
An inaccuracy-riddled behind-the-scenes drama about the stormy partnership of the famed comedy team
Knock on Wood
1954-04-06
Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship re
The Golden Horde
1951-09-30
The Princess of Samarkand and an English knight confront the armies of Genghis Khan.
Doomed to Die
1940-08-12
Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner 'Wentworth Castle' (ca
West Bound Limited
1937-07-11
Talbot works as a dispatcher at a small rural railway station. One rainy night, shortly after a comp
Under Texas Skies
1940-09-29
The story opens as Stony returns to his home town, only to discover that his sheriff father has been
Hill Number One: A Story of Faith and Inspiration
1951-03-25
The story of the Crucifixion, set within the context of the Korean War.
Underground
1941-06-28
A World War II Hollywood propaganda film detailing the dark underside of Nazism and the Third Reich
Hurricane Smith
1952-10-02
South Sea freebooters fight for hidden treasure and the love of the beautiful Luana.
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940-12-05
Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil Gen
Florian
1940-06-05
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by
Dark Streets of Cairo
1940-12-01
A rapid series of murders occurs when a professor disrupts a tranquil Egyptian tomb by removing some
Flame of Araby
1951-12-18
An Arabian-nights princess and a Bedouin chief contend over possession of a stallion, but unite to o
Vera Cruz
1954-12-25
After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. T
Carnival in Paris
1937-05-29
In this short, the janitor of a Paris museum's Egyptology department agrees to help a girl hide from
Wake of the Red Witch
1948-12-30
Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix
Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
1983-12-12
Albert Quinn Ingalls wants to be a doctor. But soon he discovers that he is fatally ill. He decides
Old Los Angeles
1948-04-24
Also known as California Outpost, Old Los Angeles stars Bill Elliot in one of his expanded-budget Re
The Ten Commandments
1956-10-05
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of
Captain Brassbound's Conversion
1960-03-02
A titled Englishwoman proves more than a match for the fearsome Captain Brassbound.
The Search for the Evil One
1967-01-01
A team of agents is sent to a secret location in South America to investigate reports that a group o
The Paleface
1948-12-17
Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane
Omar Khayyam
1957-08-23
Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though hi
The Caddy
1953-08-10
Although the son of a skilled golfer and an outstanding player in his own right, Harvey Miller is to
Edge of Darkness
1943-04-09
The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wa
I Promise to Pay
1937-04-21
A man goes to a loan shark to finance his family's vacation.
The Corsican Brothers
1941-11-28
Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents' dea
Night in New Orleans
1942-07-01
A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under int
The War of the Worlds
1953-04-03
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they disco
Ghost Treasure
1941-03-05
This short film presents three legends of hidden gold in California's Death Valley.
Planet Outlaws
1953-01-01
A 20th Century pilot named Buck Rogers and his young friend Buddy Wade awake from 500 years in suspe
Joan of Arc
1948-12-22
In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against
Killer at Large
1936-10-27
A master of disguise poses as a wax figure to rob a safe of its jewels.
Prologue to Wounded Knee
1973-04-27
An Indian is accused of the rape and murder of a white girl. The girl's stepfather incites the towns
Hollow Triumph
1948-08-18
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate resul
The Ballad of Hector the Stowaway Dog
1964-01-05
Hector, the dog of an officer of the merchant navy, wanders during a stopover in Lisbon. Captured by
The Last Train from Madrid
1937-06-25
The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.
Captain Sindbad
1963-04-12
After completing his voyages Sindbad the Sailor and his hearty crew have come home to find a palace
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021-09-28
Documentary on the evolution of Giant Monsters in cinema from the original 1933 King Kong onward.
Canon City
1948-06-30
Prisoners battle each other -- and the police -- when they escape the Colorado State Penitentiary.