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His big fame came with his part as Charles Hamilton in Gone with the Wind (1939), a role which he later admitted he despised; he wanted to play more macho parts. He made $100 per week under contract at MGM, but when he was on loan to Selznick International Pictures for Gone with the Wind, he made $500 per week.
Sep 3, 2003 · Sept. 3, 2003. The actor Rand Brooks, who played Scarlett O'Hara's shy first husband, Charles, in ''Gone With the Wind,'' died on Monday at his home here. He was 84.
Rand Brooks. Actor: Gone with the Wind. After passing his screen test, Rand Brooks played a bit role in the 1938 film Love Finds a Way. He then found several other roles before landing the part of Charles Hamilton in Gone with the Wind.
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Rand Brooks (1918-2003) was the American actor portraying Charles Hamilton in the film Gone With the Wind. During filming, Brooks made 500 dollars a week, as he was loaned from MGM by Selznick International Pictures.
Rand Brooks, who played Scarlett O’Hara’s ill-fated first husband in “Gone With the Wind,” the young sidekick in a string of Hopalong Cassidy westerns and Cpl. Boone in the television...
Rand Brooks. Actor: Gone with the Wind. After passing his screen test, Rand Brooks played a bit role in the 1938 film Love Finds a Way. He then found several other roles before landing the part of Charles Hamilton in Gone with the Wind.
Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film adapted from the 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. The film was produced by David O. Selznick of Selznick International Pictures and directed by Victor Fleming.
