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BIRTHDAY

September 21, 1918

Los Angeles, CA

DIED

September 01, 2003

RECENT CREDITS

Love Finds Andy Hardy (FILM) Jan. 1, 2001

Comanche Station (FILM) Jan. 1, 1960

The Last Hurrah (FILM) Jan. 1, 1958

To Hell and Back (FILM) Jul. 1, 1955

Joan of Arc (FILM) Sep. 2, 1950

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Gangly L.A.-born Rand Brooks made his first film appearance in 1938. The following year, he gained a small niche in film history with his performance as Charles Hamilton, ill-fated first husband of Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), in Gone With the Wind (1939). He spent the next several years in Westerns, most frequently appearing as Lucky Jenkins in the Hopalong Cassidy series. On television, Brooks was seen as Corporal Boone on The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1956-1958). Rand Brooks was at one time married to comedian Stan Laurel's daughter Lois, with whom he operated a successful emergency ambulance service. As the 1970s wound to a close, Brooks disappeared entirely from the screen.
On September 1, 2003, the man who gave legendary bombshell Marilyn Monroe her first screen kiss died of cancer at his Santa Ynez, CA home. He was 84.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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