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Lawrence Neville Brand (August 13, 1920 – April 16, 1992) was an American soldier and actor. [1] He was known for playing villainous or antagonistic character roles in Westerns, crime dramas, and films noir, and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for his performance in Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954).. During World War II, Brand served in the 331st Infantry Regiment of the 83rd Infantry Division ...
Neville Brand. Actor: Stalag 17. Neville Brand joined the Illinois National Guard in 1939, bent on a career in the military. His National Guard unit was activated into federal service shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. It was while he was in the army that he made his acting debut, in Army training films, and this experience apparently changed the direction of his life ...
Neville Brand. Actor: Stalag 17. Neville Brand joined the Illinois National Guard in 1939, bent on a career in the military. His National Guard unit was activated into federal service shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. It was while he was in the army that he made his acting debut, in Army training films, and this experience apparently changed the direction of his life ...
Laredo is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1965–67, starring Neville Brand, William Smith, Peter Brown, and Philip Carey as Texas Rangers.It is set on the Mexican border around Laredo in Webb County in South Texas.The program presented 56 episodes in color.It was produced by Universal Television.The series has a comedic element, but like another NBC series that ...
Apr 18, 1992 · Actor Neville Brand, a real-life war hero who made a film career out of playing tough guys in such movies as “Stalag 17” and “Birdman of Alcatraz,” has died of emphysema. He was 71.
Apr 30, 2024 · Halls of Montezuma, 1951.(Photo Credit: hilts / MovieStillsDB) Very little is known about Neville Brand’s early life, other than he grew up in Illinois. Following his high school graduation, and knowing he wanted to dedicate his life to the military, the future actor enlisted in the Illinois Army National Guard, becoming a private with F Company, 129th Infantry Regiment.
Aug 13, 2018 · Lawrence "Neville" Brand, a familiar face in movies and on television from 1949 through the early 1980s, was born on August 13, 1920 in Griswold, Iowa. He died in Sacramento, California on April 16, 1992. Neville Brand was one of seven siblings in a family that moved several times before he ended up in high school in Kewanee, Illinois. In 1939 ...
Apr 19, 1992 · Neville Brand, a World War II hero who capitalized on his rough-hewn features in dozens of tough-guy roles in movies and television, died Thursday at Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento, Calif ...
Biography of Neville Brand Neville Brand was an American film and TV actor born in Griswold, Iowa in 1920. He came from a family with Welsh, Belgian, and Dutch roots and was one of seven children of Leo and Helen Brand. His father worked as an electrician and bridge construction worker, and Neville began helping to earn money while still in school, working as a salesman and waiter.
The eldest of seven children, Neville Brand was born in Griswold, Iowa, on August 13, 1920, to Leo Thomas Brand and Helen Lou- ise Davis. When he was seven years old, his family moved to Kewannee, Illinois, where he spent most of his childhood and teenage years. After his parents’ divorce a few years later, he helped to support his family ...