Henry Brandon

Birth Name: Heinrich von Kleinbach

Date of Birth: 8 June, 1912

Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany

Date of Death: February 15, 1990

Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Ethnicity: German

Henry Brandon was a German-born American film and stage actor, with a career spanning almost 60 years. Although he was of German descent, he specialized in playing a wide variety of ethnic roles. His films included Babes in Toyland (1934), The Garden of Allah, the serial Jungle Jim, Black Legion (1937), The Marshal of Mesa City, Drums of Fu Manchu, as the title character; Joan of Arc (1948), Tarzan’s Magic Fountain, The Fighting O’Flynn, Cattle Drive, Wagons West (1952), Scared Stiff, Pony Express, The Caddy, War Arrow (1953), Vera Cruz, Silent Fear, Comanche, The Searchers, Bandido, The Ten Commandments (1956), Hell’s Crossroads, Omar Khayyam (1957), The Buccaneer, Captain Sindbad, Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), Hollywood Knight, and Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II. He was also credited as Harry Brandon, Harry Kleinbach, and Henry Kleinbach.

He was the son of German parents, Hildegard Martha Agnes (Brandenberg/Brandenburg), from Bromberg, Posen, and Hugo Richard von Kleinbach, a merchant, from Fohenloherhof. His family moved to the U.S. when Henry was a small child. He had a son from a previous marriage.

Henry’s paternal grandfather was named Hugo Carl Heinrich von Kleinbach.

Henry’s paternal grandmother was Ottilie/Okein Lisette Mathilde Walz (the daughter of Johann Jakob Walz and Christine Gottliebin Warttmann).

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