Friday, April 12, 2024

Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors ~ Alfred Brandon

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Alfred Brandon is the stage name of Alfred George Banks who was born in Marylebone, London, England in April of 1871. He served as a Merchant seaman during World War I and joined the Free Masons in 1920. 

As Alfred Brandon he was mainly a theater actor. He appeared in Jean Manoussi, Charles Latour, and Paul Armont's play, "The Purple Mask," at the Lyric Theatre in London, England with Matheson Lang, Nona Wynne, Alice Moffat, Russell Thorndike, Amy Brandon-Thomas, Frederic Sargent, and Alice Phillips in the cast.

He only has two film credits according to the IMDB and both were westerns: “The Heart of the Red Man” in 1912 as Arthur Seymour and again as Athur Seymour in 1913’s “The Scapegrace”.

Banks died in Battle, Sussex, England on October 8, 1931, at the age of 60.

BRANDON, Alfred (Alfred George Banks) [4/?/1871, Marylebone, London, England, U.K. – 10/8/1931, Battle, Sussex, England, U.K.] – theater, film actor.

The Heart of the Red Man – 1912 (Arthur Seymour)

The Scapegrace – 1913 (Arthur Seymour)

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