Neville Brand

Highly decorated WWII soldier who carved a niche as a tough-guy character actor, beginning with a role as a hood in the film noir, "D.O.A." (1950). Brand's rough-hewn features helped him project an air of menace in hard-boiled dramas, war films and westerns, most notably as the convict representative in "Riot in Cell Block 11" (1954). He portrayed gangster Al Capone three times: in "The George Raft Story" (1961), "The Scarface Mob" (1962) and TV's "The Untouchables". Brand also starred as a rowdy, occasionally bumbling Texas Ranger in the 1960s western series, "Laredo".

• Born:
  August 13, 1921 in Kewanee, Illinois
• Died:
  April 16, 1992.
• Job Titles:
  Actor

Family

• Brother: Bryce Brand.
• Daughter: Katrina Brand.
• Daughter: Mary Raymer.
• Daughter: Michelle Beuttel.
• Sister: Babara Byrne.
• Sister: Louise Turngren.

Significant Others

• Wife: Mae Brand.

Milestones

• 1946 First acting experience in an Army Signal Corps movie (with Charlton Heston)
• 1950 Film acting debut in "D.O.A."
• Appeared off Broadway after WWII
• Served in the US army
• Starred as Texas Ranger Reese Bennett in TV series, "Laredo"
• Upon discharge from Army, was fourth most decorated American soldier of WWII
• Was army platoon sergeant during WWII