Neville Brand joined the US Army in 1939, bent on a career in the military. 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. Once a civilian again, he used his GI Bill education assistance to study drama with the American Theater Wing and then ...
April 16, 1992, Sacramento, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Griswold, Iowa, USA
Height
5' 10" (1.78 m)
Profession
Actor
Nationality
American
Spouse
Laura Rae Araujo (m. 1957–1969), Mae Brand (m. ?–1992), Jean Enfield (m. ?–1955)
Children
Katrina Brand, Michelle Beuttel Brand, Mary Raymer Brand
Parents
Leo Brand, Helen Brand
Siblings
Bryce Brand, Babara Byrne, Louise Turngren
Nominations
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor
Movies
Birdman of Alcatraz, Stalag 17, Eaten Alive, Kansas City Confidential, Riot in Cell Block 11, D.O.A., The Tin Star, Love Me Tender, Cahill U.S. Marshal, The Last Sunset, Gun Fury, The Lonely Man, The Scarface Mob, Evils of the Night, The Ninth Configuration, That Darn Cat!, Without Warning, Cry Terr...
TV Shows
Laredo, The Untouchables
Star Sign
Leo
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Quote
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[on playing villains] I don't go in thinking he's a villain. The audience might, but the villain doesn't think he's a villain. Even a killer condones what he's done. I just create this human being under the circumstances that are given. I don't think he's a villain. Everybody just condones his own actions.
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Fact
1
Worked a number of menial jobs in his youth. He was a bootblack, a waiter and soda jerk.
2
Married at least three times, he had one daughter, Mary, by his first wife, and two daughters, Katrina and Michelle, by his third, Mae.
3
Lived in Sacramento in later life. Died there of emphysema at age 71. Interred at East Lawn Memorial Park in Sacramento, CA.
4
Developing post traumatic stress disorder from his decorated military years, Brand later fought a long battle with alcohol.
5
A voracious reader, he owned one of the largest private libraries in Hollywood with over 5,000 books. He once had over 30,000 books until a 1978 Malibu home fire destroyed most of them.
6
Known for his "bad guy" terrorizing roles, he was well remembered for killing off Elvis Presley in the King's first film, Love Me Tender (1956).
7
Best remembered for his despicable scar-faced heavies, he achieved infamy playing Al Capone on the TV show "The Untouchables" and in the film The George Raft Story (1961). Around the same time, Rod Steiger played the notorious mobster in the film Al Capone (1959).
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Studied at the American Theater Wing under the G.I. Bill.
9
Eldest of eight children. Father, Leo Thomas Brand, was a bridge builder and mother Helen Louise Davis. His parents divorced when he was 13. He was a high school dropout.
10
Won the Sylvania Award in 1958 for his lead role as Willie Stark in the TV special "All the King's Men".
11
Neville Brand was regularly cited as the 4th most decorated soldier in WWII, but that information is incorrect and was denied by Brand before his death. He was, however, according to official military records, the recipient of the Silver Star for gallantry in combat. His other awards and decorations are the Purple Heart, the Good Conduct Medal, the American Defense Service Ribbon, the European/African/Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with three Battle Stars, one Overseas Service Bar, one Service Stripe, and the Combat Infantryman's Badge.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Quest
1976
TV Movie
Shea
Swiss Family Robinson
1976
TV Series
Gambi
Psychic Killer
1975
Lemonowski
McCloud
1972-1975
TV Series
Burl Connors / Det. Lt. Roy Mackie / Fred Schultke
Mobile One
1975
TV Series
Kojak
1975
TV Series
Sonny South
Barbary Coast
1975
TV Series
Florrie Roscoe
Police Woman
1975
TV Series
Briscoe
Police Story
1975
TV Series
Norman Schoeler
Death Stalk
1975
TV Movie
Cal Shepherd
Killdozer
1974
TV Movie
Chub Foster
The Deadly Trackers
1973
Choo Choo
The Magician
1973
TV Series
Sheriff Platt
Scalawag
1973
Brimstone / Mudhook
Cahill U.S. Marshal
1973
Lightfoot
This Is a Hijack
1973
Dominic
The Mad Bomber
1973
George Fromley
No Place to Run
1972
TV Movie
Remus
Two for the Money
1972
TV Movie
Sheriff Harley
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1972
TV Series
Kenny Carpenter
Adventures of Nick Carter
1972
TV Movie
Captain Dan Keller
Alias Smith and Jones
1971-1972
TV Series
Sam Bacon / Chuck Gorman
Longstreet
1972
TV Series
Pete Labrienne
Bonanza
1960-1971
TV Series
Doyle / Pepper Shannon / Gunnar Borgstrom
The Smith Family
1971
TV Series
Marriage: Year One
1971
TV Movie
Golonkas
The Chicago Teddy Bears
1971
TV Series
Legs
Lock, Stock and Barrel
1971
TV Movie
Sgt. Markey
Hitched
1971
TV Movie
Banjo Reilly
The Virginian
1965-1970
TV Series
Sheriff Wintle / Reese Bennett
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Lieutenant Kaminsky
The Desperados
1969
Marshal Kilpatrick
Three Guns for Texas
1968
Texas Ranger Reese Bennett
Tarzan
1968
TV Series
Alex Spence
Daniel Boone
1967
TV Series
Tanner
Laredo
1965-1967
TV Series
Reese Bennett
That Darn Cat!
1965
Dan
Gunsmoke
1965
TV Series
Jayce McCaw
Combat!
1964
TV Series
Sgt. Keeley
The Twilight Zone
1964
TV Series
Fenton
Suspense
1964
TV Series
Wagon Train
1964
TV Series
Zebedee Titus / Sheriff Frank Lewis aka Jed Whitmore
Destry
1964
TV Series
Johnny Washburn
Arrest and Trial
1964
TV Series
Harry Blaney
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
TV Series
Sheriff Rufus Selman
The Lieutenant
1963
TV Series
Gen. Ira Stone
Rawhide
1960-1963
TV Series
Lou Bowdark / Gaff
Ben Casey
1963
TV Series
Terry Dunne
The DuPont Show of the Week
1962
TV Series
Sergeant
Hero's Island
1962
Kingstree
Birdman of Alcatraz
1962
Bull Ransom
Naked City
1962
TV Series
Joe Brothers
The Joey Bishop Show
1962
TV Series
Death Valley Days
1962
TV Series
John Wesley Hardin
Cain's Hundred
1962
TV Series
Milton E. Bonner
The George Raft Story
1961
Al Capone
Straightaway
1961
TV Series
Sheriff Bardeen
The Last Sunset
1961
Frank Hobbs
The Untouchables
1959-1961
TV Series
Al Capone
Rogue for Hire
1960
TV Series
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
Pap Finn
The DuPont Show of the Month
1959
TV Series
Perez' Manager
Five Gates to Hell
1959
Chen Pamok
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1959
TV Series
Al Capone
Zane Grey Theater
1959
TV Series
Nick Karafus
The United States Steel Hour
1954-1958
TV Series
Harry Steuben
Pursuit
1958
TV Series
The Texan
1958
TV Series
Kyle Richards
Badman's Country
1958
Butch Cassidy
Kraft Theatre
1958
TV Series
Willie Stark
All the King's Men
1958
TV Movie
Willie Stark
Cry Terror!
1958
Steve
Target
1958
TV Series
General Electric Theater
1953-1958
TV Series
Lieutenant Bolton / Curly
Schlitz Playhouse
1954-1958
TV Series
Maj. Ed Hobe / Walt Burnett
Playhouse 90
1957
TV Series
Sgt. Duggan
The Tin Star
1957
Bart Bogardus
Climax!
1956-1957
TV Series
Killer
The Lonely Man
1957
King Fisher
The Way to the Gold
1957
Little Brother Williams
Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre
1955-1957
TV Series
Barney Gavin / Captain / Marriot
Love Me Tender
1956
Mike Gavin
Gun Brothers
1956
Jubal Santee
Chevron Hall of Stars
1956
TV Series
Kowolski
The Three Outlaws
1956
Butch Cassidy
Mohawk
1956
Rokhawah
Raw Edge
1956
Tarp Penny
Fury at Gunsight Pass
1956
Dirk Hogan
Studio One in Hollywood
1955
TV Series
Klaus
Screen Directors Playhouse
1955
TV Series
Bart Craddick
Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955
Police Lt. Andy Flynn
The Return of Jack Slade
1955
Harry Sutton
Stage 7
1955
TV Series
Maj. Stevens
Appointment with Adventure
1955
TV Series
The Prodigal
1955
Rhakim
Return from the Sea
1954
CPO Chuck 'Soup Bowl' MacLish
The Lone Gun
1954
Tray Moran
Prince Valiant
1954
Viking Warrior Chief (uncredited)
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954
James V. Dunn
Man Crazy
1953
Paul Wocynski
Gun Fury
1953
Brazos
The Man from the Alamo
1953
Dawes
The Charge at Feather River
1953
Pvt. Morgan
Stalag 17
1953
Duke
Your Favorite Story
1953
TV Series
The Turning Point
1952
Red
Kansas City Confidential
1952
Boyd Kane
The Unexpected
1952
TV Series
Herbert Maley
Benjy
1951
Short
Flame of Araby
1951
Kral
Red Mountain
1951
Lt. Dixon
The Mob
1951
Gunner
Only the Valiant
1951
Sgt. Ben Murdock
Halls of Montezuma
1951
Sgt. Zelenko
The Bigelow Theatre
1950
TV Series
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950
Carleton (uncredited)
Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950
Steve, Scalise Hood (uncredited)
D.O.A.
1950
Chester
My Foolish Heart
1949
Football Game Spectator (uncredited)
Port of New York
1949
Ike - Stasser's Henchman (uncredited)
Evils of the Night
1985
Kurt
Harper Valley P.T.A.
1982
TV Series
Jonah
The Return
1980
Walt
Without Warning
1980
Leo
Fantasy Island
1980
TV Series
Lucus
The Ninth Configuration
1980
Maj. Marvin Groper
Quincy M.E.
1979
TV Series
Off. Tommy Bates
Angels' Brigade
1979
Miller
The Seekers
1979
TV Mini-Series
Capt. Isaac Drew
Five Days from Home
1978
Inspector Markley
Man from Atlantis
1978
TV Series
Stringer
Hi-Riders
1978
Red
Captains Courageous
1977
TV Movie
Little Penn
Baretta
1977
TV Series
Shopping Bag
The Mouse and His Child
1977
Iggy (voice)
Fire!
1977
TV Movie
Larry Durant
Eaten Alive
1976
Judd
Captains and the Kings
1976
TV Mini-Series
O'Herlihy
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Here's Hollywood
1962
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
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