Rand Brooks
Rand Brooks ( born September 21, 1918 in Los Angeles, California; † 1 September 2003 in Santa Ynez, California ) was an American actor.
Life and career
After leaving school, he was tested by MGM as an actor and was in 1938 on the side of Mickey Rooney in Love Finds Andy Hardy made his film debut. He became famous in Gone with the Wind as Scarlett's good-natured but very naive first husband Charles Hamilton. He died only a few weeks after the wedding in the war, why Brooks 's role was limited to only a few scenes. In the coming years, Brooks was predominantly used in Western or comedies, where he played romantic lovers. However, it remained in supporting roles. Mid -1940s, Brooks played about twelve times the role of Lucky Jenkins in Hopalong Cassidy B- movie series with William Boyd. In 1948, he was the actor who danced in I in your heart on the side of Adele Jergens the then-unknown Marilyn Monroe gave her first screen kiss.
In the 1950s, Brooks had as Cpl. Randy Boone in the children's television series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin a recurring Part He played in all genres, but especially in Western series. Movies he made at that time, however, hardly. In 1966 Brooks a private ambulance service, which was very successful and the largest private ambulance service in the Los Angeles area was. Therefore, he retired in 1974 and returned to nearly 140 film and television appearances from the drama business. He sold the ambulance service in 1994 and retired to his ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley, where he became raised horses.
1992 Brooks of the Golden Boot Award was presented an award for Western actor. He died in 2003 aged 84, from cancer. His first marriage, he led from 1948 to 1976 with Lois Laurel, a daughter of comedian Stan Laurel Star. His second marriage with Hermione Brooks held from 1978 until his death. Brooks had two children.