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Brandon Hurst
Brandon Hurst as the diabolical Jehan Frollo in the silent film The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Born	August 30, 1866(1866-08-30) London, England
Died	July 15, 1947 (aged 80) Hollywood, USA
Years active	1915-1947

Brandon Hurst (August 30, 1866(1866-08-30) in London, United Kingdom – July 15, 1947 in Hollywood, California, USA) was an English stage and film actor. He studied linguistics in his youth and began playing in theatre in 1880s. He was nearly fifty years old when he acted in his first film Via Wireless as Edward Pnickney in year 1915 and continued acting in the 129 other films until his death 1947. He became known in 1920s performing many notable film villain roles, such as Sir George Karew in the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), evil Jehan Frollo in the The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and jester Balkiphedro in the The Man Who Laughs (1928). He appeared also in talkies, but chiefly in minor parts. He died in 1947 at the age of 80 from arteriosclerosis.

Selected filmography

• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
• He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
• Lightnin' (1925)
• The Shamrock Handicap (1926)
• Anne Laurie (1927)
• Love (1927)
• The Man Who Laughs (1928)
• Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
• White Zombie (1932)
• The Lost Patrol (1934)
• The Plough and the Stars (1936)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
• The Green Years (1946)

External links

• Brandon Hurst at the Internet Movie Database
• Brandon Hurst at Internet Broadway Database
• Brandon Hurst at Findagrave
• Brandon Hurst portrait NYP Library

Persondata
NAME	Hurst, Brandon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor
DATE OF BIRTH	1866-8-30
PLACE OF BIRTH	London, England  United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH	1947-7-15
PLACE OF DEATH	Hollywood  United States