![]() ![]() Who'd have ever thought they'd build / Such a deadly Denver bend / To be so strong, to take so long / As it would till the end."ĭe Wilde was married to his second wife when he died. Parsons and Harris later co-wrote a song entitled "In My Hour Of Darkness", whose first verse refers to the accident that killed De Wilde: "Once I knew a young man / Went driving through the night, / Miles and miles without a word / But just his high-beam lights. Guitarist John Nuese claimed that De Wilde sang harmony with Parsons better than anyone except Emmylou Harris. He asked his friend Gram Parsons (of The Byrds), and his band at the time, International Submarine Band, to back him in a recording session. He was 30 years old.ĭe Wilde - who watched as Paul McCartney wrote the song Wait during the filming of the Beatles movie Help! - had hoped to embark on a music career. Swerving to avoid another vehicle, he struck a construction trailer parked on the side of the road, and was pinned under the wreckage of his motorcycle for some time before being taken to Denver General Hospital. In a career spanning the years 1951 to 1972 (including six Broadway plays and 16 movies), he made his last screen appearance in Wild In The Sky.īrandon De Wilde was critically injured in a traffic accident in the Denver suburb of Lakewood on the evening of July 6, 1972, while en route to perform in the play Butterflies Are Free. He also appeared in Martin Ritt's Hud (1963) costarring with Paul Newman, Patricia Neal and Melvyn Douglas, and in All Fall Down (1962) opposite Warren Beatty and Eva Marie Saint.Īlthough the only lead actor not to be Oscar-nominated for Hud, he went on stage to accept the Best Supporting Actor trophy for co-star Melvyn Douglas (who was in Israel at the time).ĭe Wilde delivered another widely acclaimed performance at the age of 22 as Jere Torry, the screen son of John Wayne in In Harm's Way (1965). De Wilde made his mark onscreen as an adolescent in the 1959 drama Blue Denim, co-starring Carol Lynley. He shared an on-screen camaraderie with both James Stewart and Audie Murphy in the 1957 western Night Passage. This movie showcased the then rare dog breed - Basenji, the African bark-less dog, to American audiences. In 1956 he starred opposite Walter Brennan and Phil Harris in the coming of age movie Good-bye, My Lady adapted from James Street's book. He also starred in his own television series, Jamie (1953-1954) which, although popular, was cancelled due to a contract dispute. He also starred in the 1952 film version (directed by Fred Zinnemann).Īs the tow-headed Joey who worshipped the mysterious gunman in Shane, he stole the movie and was nominated for an Oscar. Brandon De Wilde made his much-acclaimed Broadway debut at the age of 7 in The Member of the Wedding, and was the first child actor to win the Donaldson Award. ![]()
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