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Brandon Hurst (November 30, 1866 – July 15, 1947) was an English stage and film actor.
Hurst studied philology in his youth and began performing in theater in the 1880s. He worked in Broadway shows from 1900 until his entry into motion pictures. His most notable stage appearance was Two Women in 1910.
He was nearly fifty by the time of his 1915 film debut in Via Wireless. He appeared in 129 other films before his death in 1947. He became well known in the 1920s for many distinguished roles portraying the antagonist. Some of these films, such as 1920's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in which he played the taunting Sir George Carewe, 1923's The Hunchback of Notre Dame in which he played evil Jehan Frollo, 1927's Love in which he portrayed cuckold Alexei Karenin opposite Greta Garbo, and 1928's The Man Who Laughs in which he portrayed jester Balkiphedro, are regarded as some of the best films of the time.
His roles in talkies during the 1920s and 1930s were often small. One of his more important roles was sinister Merlin the Magician in Fox's A Connecticut Yankee (1931). Hurst worked as an actor until his death. His final film was Two Guys from Texas, released in 1948.
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | My Favorite Brunette (1947) | Butler (uncredited) | 5 | |
| 2 | Sister Kenny (1946) | Mr. Todd (Landlord) (uncredited) | - | - |
| 3 | Road to Utopia (1946) | Man at Zambini's (uncredited) | 6.5 | |
| 4 | The Green Years (1946) | Bookseller | - | - |
| 5 | House of Frankenstein (1944) | Dr. Geissler (uncredited) | 4.5 | |
| 6 | Mrs. Parkington (1944) | Footman (uncredited) | - | - |
| 7 | The Leopard Man (1943) | Cemetery Gatekeeper (uncredited) | 8 | |
| 8 | Jane Eyre (1943) | Lowood School Trustee | 6.5 | |
| 9 | Road to Morocco (1942) | English Announcer (uncredited) | 6.5 | |
| 10 | The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) | Hans, Villager at Council Meeting (uncredited) | 8 | |
| 11 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) | Dr. Lanyon's Butler Briggs (uncredited) | 6.8 | |
| 12 | The Blue Bird (1940) | Footman | 1 | |
| 13 | Stanley and Livingstone (1939) | Sir Henry Forrester | 5 | |
| 14 | Wee Willie Winkie (1937) | Bagby | 5 | |
| 15 | The Moon's Our Home (1936) | Babson | - | - |
| 16 | The House of Rothschild (1934) | Stock Trader | 3 | |
| 17 | Cavalcade (1933) | Gilbert & Sullivan Actor (uncredited) | 3.5 | |
| 18 | Sherlock Holmes (1932) | Secretary to Erskine (uncredited) | - | - |
| 19 | White Zombie (1932) | Silver | 6.2 | |
| 20 | Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) | Prefect of Police | 4.3 | |
| 21 | Scarface (1932) | Citizens Committee Member (uncredited) | 7.5 | |
| 22 | The Man Who Laughs (1928) | Barkilphedro | 7.3 | |
| 23 | 7th Heaven (1927) | Uncle George | 6.5 | |
| 24 | Love (1927) | Senator Karenin | 5 | |
| 25 | The Thief of Bagdad (1924) | The Caliph | 6 | |
| 26 | He Who Gets Slapped (1924) | Clown (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 27 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) | Jehan | 5.5 | |
| 28 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) | Sir George Carewe | 4.5 |

