Randy Boone in the 1950s Brooks had guest roles in 1950s western series, including He directed and produced a movie about brave dogs, After he left show business, Brooks ran a private ambulance company in Though his obituary in the Guardian mentions a traveling salesman father and birth in St. Louis, earlier newspaper reports in the Warrenton Bulletin state he was the son of a local farmer and left the area as a child; the 1920 census has him living in Wright City, Missouri. Rand Brooks Jr was an American actor who got fame from his role as Charles Hamilton in "Gone with the wind" in 1939. He and his mother moved to Los Angeles when he was four , though he continued to spend summers in Wright City. He lived at his ranch in Santa Barbara County with second wife Hermine, a former executive with his company, until his death in 2003. He went on to play small roles in films such as Laddie, And One was Beautiful, The Son of Monte Cristo, Jennie, Niagara Falls, among others. He made co-starring appearances on series such as The Roy Rogers Show, Highway Patrol, Lassie, Wagon Train, Maverick, The Real McCoys, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, Bat Masterson, Laramie, Gunsmoke, The Munsters, Perry Mason, Columbo, and Bonanza, as well as nine episodes of The Lone Ranger, where he began a friendship with Clayton Moore. Rand was born to a family of Arlington Rand Brooks … Rand Brooks, Actor: Gone with the Wind. Brooks continued to make visits to his hometown of Wright City into the 1950s, up to and following the death of his father in 1950. You pick one and as sure as shootin', it's the wrong one! Beginning in 1946, he took over the role of Hopalong Cassidy's youthful sidekick, Lucky, and played in twelve of the feature films. He was the first actor to share a kiss on-screen with Monroe, who in a few years became the biggest movie star. As of July 2001 he was raising horses with his wife Hermine at their ranch in Santa Barbara County, CA.
Served in the US Army during World War II. Biography. After leaving school, Brooks got a screen test at MGM and was given a bit part in Television brought new opportunities, again often in westerns.
He then found several other roles before landing the part of Charles Hamilton in Gone with the Wind.
Brooks continued playing roles in films throughout the 1940s and into the 1950s, which also started his television career. By 1977 his company had become the largest private ambulance 9-1-1 paramedic provider in Los Angeles County.
He went on to play small roles in films such as Laddie, And One was Beautiful, The Son of Monte Cristo, Jennie, Niagara Falls, among others. In 1995 Brooks sold it to corporate giant American Medical Response. Gangly L.A.-born Rand Brooks made his first film appearance in 1938. Brooks was born in Wright City, Missouri.
He then found several other roles before landing the part of Charles Hamilton in Gone with the Wind. [in an interview with the Toronto Star in 1986] I loved to work, loved to act, but acting doesn't make for a secure, happy life. Brooks can be seen portraying a police officer in the two-hour premier episode of the television series You may not work for six months, then you get three offers at the same time. He played Cpl. He retired to run a private paramedic service. Brooks has two children; a daughter and a son, Rand Brooks Jr., who owns a trucking company in Los Angeles.
Among these, which starred William Boyd as Hoppy, were The Devil's Playground, Fool's Gold, Unexpected Guest, Dangerous Venture, and Hoppy's Holiday.