# Rand Brooks

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{{short description|American actor (1918–2003)}}

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{{Infobox person
| name               = Rand Brooks
| image              = Rand Brooks in Dramatic School trailer.JPG
| caption            = Brooks in the trailer for ''[Dramatic School](/source/Dramatic_School_(film))'', 1938
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1918|9|21|mf=yes}}
| birth_place        = [Wright City, Missouri](/source/Wright_City%2C_Missouri), U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2003|9|1|1918|9|21|mf=yes}}
| death_place        = [Santa Ynez, California](/source/Santa_Ynez%2C_California), U.S.
| resting_place      =
| occupation         = {{flatlist|
* Actor
* producer
* rancher}}
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Lois Laurel|1949|1978|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Hermine Brooks|1978}}
}}
| children           = 2
}}

'''Arlington Rand Brooks Jr.''' <ref name=":2">{{Cite news|title=Marriages|date=1945-04-25|work=Variety|issue=7|volume=158|page=45<!-- |via=Proquest -->}}</ref> (September 21, 1918 – September 1, 2003) was an American film and television actor.

== Early life ==
[[File:Gone with the Wind wedding.jpg|thumb|[Thomas Mitchell](/source/Thomas_Mitchell_(actor)), [Barbara O'Neil](/source/Barbara_O'Neil), [Vivien Leigh](/source/Vivien_Leigh) and Rand Brooks in ''[Gone with the Wind](/source/Gone_with_the_Wind_(film))'' (1939)]]
Brooks was born in [Wright City, Missouri](/source/Wright_City%2C_Missouri). He was the son of Arlington Rand Brooks,<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|title=Rand Brooks Gets Big Movie Role|date=1939-02-03|work=Warrenton Banner|page=1|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> a farmer.<ref>[https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1950/1950_00043415.PDF Arlington Rand Brooks]. Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969. Accessed 2020-03-27.</ref>{{Efn|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.|name=|group=}} His mother and he moved to [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles) when he was four,<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=McClellan|first=Dennis|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-04-me-brooks4-story.html|title=Rand Brooks, 84; Actor Had Roles in Westerns, 'Gone With the Wind'|date=2003-09-04|work=[The Los Angeles Times](/source/The_Los_Angeles_Times)|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> though he continued to spend summers in Wright City.<ref name=":3" /> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com?product=newscomwc/clip/47532685/news-notes-rand-brooks-visits-father/|title=News Notes|date=1945-02-15|work=Warrenton Banner|access-date=2020-03-28|page=3|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com/?product=newscomwc/clip/47528963/rand-brooks-in-wright-city-nov-1950/|title=Rand Brooks Featured on Freshman Program|date=1950-11-23|work=Warrenton Banner|access-date=2020-03-28|page=3|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com?product=newscomwc/clip/47533050/rand-brooks-cub-scouts-meeting/|title=Cub Scout Meeting Held Friday, July 28|date=1953-08-06|work=Warrenton Banner|access-date=2020-03-28|page=1|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> His mother and his grandfather were actors.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Neville|first=Lucie|title=Men Wanted|date=1939-08-20|work=Laredo Times|page=22|via=NewspaperArchive}}</ref>

==Career==
=== Early career ===
After leaving school, Brooks was given a screen test at [Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer](/source/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) and received a bit part in ''[Love Finds Andy Hardy](/source/Love_Finds_Andy_Hardy)'' (1938).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com?product=newscomwc/clip/47532285/plays-in-love-finds-andy-hardy/|title=Plays in "Love Finds Andy Hardy"|date=1938-08-12|work=Warrenton Banner|access-date=2020-03-28|page=5|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> His big break came when he was cast as Charles Hamilton in ''[Gone with the Wind](/source/Gone_with_the_Wind_(film))'' (1939), a part which he later admitted he despised; he wanted to play more masculine roles.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Bergan|first=Ronald|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/oct/16/guardianobituaries.filmnews|title=Obituary: Rand Brooks|date=2003-10-16|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-03-27|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He was making $100 per week under contract at MGM, but when he was on loan to [Selznick International Pictures](/source/Selznick_International_Pictures) for ''Gone with the Wind'', he was paid $500 per week.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news|last=Riggle|first=Michelle|title='GWTW' Stars Kick Off Gable Bash|date=1992-02-01|work=New Philadelphia Times Reporter|page=A5|via=NewspaperArchive}}</ref>

After ''Gone With the Wind'', he had relatively small parts in other movies including ''[Babes in Arms](/source/Babes_in_Arms_(film)),''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hischak|first=Thomas S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TwNhr2FWhvEC&q=rand+brooks+babes+in+arms&pg=PA200|title=Through the Screen Door: What Happened to the Broadway Musical when it Went to Hollywood|date=2004|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-5018-7|language=en}}</ref> then a regular role as Lucky in the [Hopalong Cassidy](/source/Hopalong_Cassidy) series of Westerns in the mid-1940s;<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Holland|first=Ted|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8IdAAAAMAAJ&q=%22rand+brooks%22+adventures+of+rin+tin+tin|title=B Western Actors Encyclopedia: Facts, Photos, and Filmographies for More Than 250 Familiar Faces|date=1989|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-89950-306-6|language=en}}</ref> Brooks succeeded [Russell Hayden](/source/Russell_Hayden) in the role.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|last=Brode|first=Douglas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CZGyDAAAQBAJ&q=rand+brooks+mackenzie%27s+raiders&pg=PA60|title=Shooting Stars of the Small Screen: Encyclopedia of TV Western Actors, 1946–Present|date=2009-10-15|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-71849-4|language=en}}</ref> Among the films starring [William Boyd](/source/William_Boyd_(actor)) as Hopalong, were ''[Hoppy's Holiday](/source/Hoppy's_Holiday)'', ''[The Dead Don't Dream](/source/The_Dead_Don't_Dream)'', and ''[Borrowed Trouble](/source/Borrowed_Trouble)''. He received positive notice for his work in ''[Fool's Gold](/source/Fool's_Gold_(1947_film))'', with ''Variety'' reporting that he did "an excellent job."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Pictures: Film Reviews – Fool's Gold|date=1946-10-09|work=Variety|issue=5|volume=164|page=14}}</ref> In edited, half-hour versions of some of the films, he appeared in 12 of the 52 episodes of the ''Hopalong Cassidy'' television series.<ref name=":4" />

=== Military service ===
Brooks served in the [United States Army Air Corps](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Forces) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II), eventually reaching the rank of sergeant.<ref name=":2" /> He trained at [Buckley Field](/source/Buckley_Air_Force_Base) in Colorado, in March 1943<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com?product=newscomwc/clip/47532511/news-notes/|title=News Notes|date=1943-03-11|work=Warrenton Banner|access-date=2020-03-28|page=3|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> and was stationed in Springfield, Missouri, as of May 1943.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com?product=newscomwc/clip/47532141/news-notes-rand-brooks-1943/|title=News Notes|date=1943-05-13|work=Warrenton Banner|access-date=2020-03-20|page=3|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Brooks was for a time at San Antonio Air Field. He trained for flying, but did some theatre work under General [Henry H. Arnold](/source/Henry_H._Arnold).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com?product=newscomwc/clip/47530463/new-of-our-men-and-women-in-uniform/|title=News of Our Men and Women in Uniform|date=1943-07-01|work=Warrenton Banner|access-date=2020-03-28|page=1|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was ill for a time during his service and in 1944 worked in recruitment in Louisiana.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com?product=newscomwc/clip/47529632/rand-brooks-promoted-to-sergeant/|title=Rand Brooks Promoted to Sergeant|date=1944-03-30|work=Warrenton Banner|access-date=2020-03-28|page=5|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

=== Post-military film and television work ===
In 1948, he co-starred with [Adele Jergens](/source/Adele_Jergens) and [Marilyn Monroe](/source/Marilyn_Monroe) in the low-budget, black-and-white [Columbia Pictures](/source/Columbia_Pictures) film, ''[Ladies of the Chorus](/source/Ladies_of_the_Chorus)''. Brooks became the first actor to share an on-screen kiss with Monroe, who in a few years was one of the world's biggest movie stars.<ref name=":0" /> Filmed in just 10 days, the film was released soon after its completion.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Spoto|first=Donald|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r2W9SGUyRmgC&q=ladies+of+the+chorus+ten+days+monroe&pg=PA141|title=Marilyn Monroe: The Biography|date=2001|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8154-1183-3|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Vogel|first=Michelle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rEVXAwAAQBAJ&q=rand+brooks+ladies+of+the+chorus&pg=PA37|title=Marilyn Monroe: Her Films, Her Life|date=2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-7086-0|language=en}}</ref>

''[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))'' called his performance in the 1952 film ''[The Steel Fist](/source/The_Steel_Fist)'' "capable."<ref>{{Cite news|title=Pictures: The Steel Fist|date=1952-02-06|work=Variety|issue=9|volume=185|page=20<!-- |via=Proquest --><!-- no ProQuest URL -->}}</ref>

Television brought new opportunities, again often in Westerns. He played Cpl. Randy Boone in the 1950s [television series](/source/television_series) ''[The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin](/source/The_Adventures_of_Rin_Tin_Tin)''.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Orlean|first=Susan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVs0P_sqBs8C&q=%22rand+brooks%22&pg=PA290|title=Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend|date=2012-10-09|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4391-9014-2|language=en}}</ref>

Brooks had guest roles in 1950s Western series, including ''[Mackenzie's Raiders](/source/Mackenzie's_Raiders)'',<ref name=":5" /> ''[The Lone Ranger](/source/The_Lone_Ranger_(TV_series))'', ''[Maverick](/source/Maverick_(TV_series))'', ''[Gunsmoke](/source/Gunsmoke)'', and ''[Bonanza](/source/Bonanza)''.<ref name=":1" /> He appeared twice on the syndicated adventure series, ''[Rescue 8](/source/Rescue_8)'',<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Yokley|first1=Richard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cixPyu5pCaUC&q=rand+brooks+rescue+eight&pg=PA139|title=Emergency!: Behind the Scene|last2=Sutherland|first2=Rozane|date=2007|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Learning|isbn=978-0-7637-4896-8|language=en}}</ref> as well as on [CBS](/source/CBS)'s ''[Perry Mason](/source/Perry_Mason_(1957_TV_series))'' courtroom drama series.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/03/arts/rand-brooks-84-actor-known-for-role-in-gone-with-the-wind.html|title=Rand Brooks, 84, Actor Known For Role in 'Gone With the Wind'|date=2003-09-03|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-03-28|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 1962, he directed and produced a movie about brave dogs, ''Bearheart'', but the film was entangled in legal troubles due to his business manager's involvement in crimes such as forgery and graft.<ref name=":0" /> The film was finally released in 1978, under the title ''Legend of the Northwest''.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Goldrup|first1=Tom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9quzCgAAQBAJ&q=manns+chinese+theatre+%22rand+brooks%22&pg=PA341|title=Growing Up on the Set: Interviews with 39 Former Child Actors of Classic Film and Television|last2=Goldrup|first2=Jim|date=2002-05-06|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1254-9|language=en}}</ref>

=== Post-entertainment career ===
After he left show business, Brooks owned and operated a private ambulance company, Professional Ambulance, in [Glendale, California](/source/Glendale%2C_California). He commented that he "died in more pictures than almost anyone" and that though he was never very big in show business, he was willing to return to it.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Actor Brooks "Died" in Films; Recovered in Ambulance Biz|date=1977-04-16|work=Orange County Register|page=24|via=NewspaperArchive}}</ref> Brooks sold the ambulance company in 1994, and retired to his ranch in the [Santa Ynez Valley](/source/Santa_Ynez_Valley), where he bred champion [Andalusian horse](/source/Andalusian_horse)s.<ref name=":0" /> He attended a ''Gone with the Wind'' reunion for [Clark Gable](/source/Clark_Gable)'s birthday, along with [Ann Rutherford](/source/Ann_Rutherford) and [Fred Crane](/source/Fred_Crane_(actor)), in Cadiz, Ohio, in 1992.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Gable Birthday Event to Feature Gone with the Wind Actors|date=1992-01-30|work=New Philadelphia Times Reporter|page=D-8|via=NewspaperArchive}}</ref><ref name=":6" />

== Personal life ==
''Variety'' reported that Brooks married Clover Barrick on April 18, 1945.<ref name=":2" /> He married Lois Laurel (d. 2017),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lois-laurel-hawes-dead-stan-laurels-daughter-was-89-1025214|title=Lois Laurel Hawes, Daughter of Stan Laurel, Dies at 89|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=29 July 2017 |language=en|access-date=2020-03-29}}</ref> daughter of [Stan Laurel](/source/Stan_Laurel), in 1949.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com?product=newscomwc/clip/47529492/rand-brooks-married-in-hollywood/|title=Rand Brooks Married in Hollywood|date=1949-04-14|work=Warrenton Banner|access-date=2020-03-28|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Their son, Arlington Rand Brooks III, was born in September 1949.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newspapers.com?product=newscomwc/clip/47532927/arlington-rand-brooks-iii-birth-mention/|title=News Notes|date=1949-09-29|work=Warrenton Banner|access-date=2020-03-28|page=3|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Their daughter Laurel was born in August 1950 in [Santa Monica, California](/source/Santa_Monica%2C_California).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/?product=newscomwc/clip/47585143/former-lois-laurel-has-second-child/|title=Former Lois Laurel Has Second Child|date=1950-09-17|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=Santa Cruz Sentine|page=4|language=en|access-date=2020-03-29}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> He married Hermine Brooks in 1978.{{cn|date=September 2025}}

==Death==
Brooks died in [Santa Ynez, California](/source/Santa_Ynez%2C_California) on September 1, 2003, aged 84.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rosefamilyfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/574/Arlington-Brooks-III/obituary.html|title=Obituary of Arlington Rand Brooks III {{!}} Rose Family Funeral Home|website=rosefamilyfuneralhome.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-29}}</ref>

==Partial filmography==
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* ''[Hold That Kiss](/source/Hold_That_Kiss)'' (1938) – Guitar Player in Band (uncredited)
* ''[Love Finds Andy Hardy](/source/Love_Finds_Andy_Hardy)'' (1938) – Young Man on Bandstand (uncredited)
* ''[Dramatic School](/source/Dramatic_School_(film))'' (1938) – Pasquel Jr.
* ''[The Old Maid](/source/The_Old_Maid_(1939_film))'' (1939) – Jim
* ''[Babes in Arms](/source/Babes_in_Arms_(film))'' (1939) – Jeff Steele
* ''[Thunder Afloat](/source/Thunder_Afloat)'' (1939) – Listener (uncredited)
* ''[Dancing Co-Ed](/source/Dancing_Co-Ed)'' (1939) – Steve (uncredited)
* ''[Balalaika](/source/Balalaika_(film))'' (1939) – Crying Soldier (uncredited)
* ''[Gone with the Wind](/source/Gone_with_the_Wind_(film))'' (1939) – Charles Hamilton
* ''[Laddie](/source/Laddie_(1940_film))'' (1940) – Peter Dover
* ''[Northwest Passage](/source/Northwest_Passage_(film))'' (1940) – Peter Dover
* ''[And One Was Beautiful](/source/And_One_Was_Beautiful)'' (1940) – Joe Havens
* ''[Florian](/source/Florian_(film))'' (1940) – Victor
* ''[Girl from Avenue A](/source/Girl_from_Avenue_A)'' (1940) – Steve
* ''[Life with Henry](/source/Life_with_Henry)'' (1940) – Daniel Gordon (uncredited)
* ''[The Son of Monte Cristo](/source/The_Son_of_Monte_Cristo)'' (1940) – Hans Mirbach
* ''[Jennie](/source/Jennie_(film))'' (1940) – Karl Schermer
* ''[Cheers for Miss Bishop](/source/Cheers_for_Miss_Bishop)'' (1941) – 'Buzz' Wheelwright
* ''[Double Date](/source/Double_Date_(film))'' (1941) – Jerry Baldwin
* ''[The People vs. Dr. Kildare](/source/The_People_vs._Dr._Kildare)'' (1941) – Dr. George Young (uncredited)
* ''[Lady Scarface](/source/Lady_Scarface)'' (1941) – James 'Jimmy' Powell
* ''[Niagara Falls](/source/Niagara_Falls_(1941_film))'' (1941) – Honeymooner
* ''[Cowboy Serenade](/source/Cowboy_Serenade)'' (1942) – Jim Agnew
* ''[The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine](/source/The_Affairs_of_Jimmy_Valentine)'' (1942)
* ''[Fingers at the Window](/source/Fingers_at_the_Window)'' (1942) – Young Reporter (uncredited)
* ''[The Sombrero Kid](/source/The_Sombrero_Kid)'' (1942) – Philip Martin
* ''[Air Force](/source/Air_Force_(film))'' (1943) – Co-Pilot (uncredited)
* ''[High Explosive](/source/High_Explosive_(film))'' (1943) – Jimmy Baker
* ''[Lady in the Dark](/source/Lady_in_the_Dark_(film))'' (1944) – Ben (uncredited)
* ''[Resisting Enemy Interrogation](/source/Resisting_Enemy_Interrogation)'' (1944) – Pilot (uncredited)
* ''[The Harvey Girls](/source/The_Harvey_Girls)'' (1946) – Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
* ''[The Devil's Playground](/source/The_Devil's_Playground_(1946_film))'' (1946) – Lucky Jenkins
* ''[The Great Morgan](/source/The_Great_Morgan)'' (1946) – Film Character (uncredited)
* ''[Fool's Gold](/source/Fool's_Gold_(1947_film))'' (1946) – Lucky Jenkins
* ''[Unexpected Guest](/source/Unexpected_Guest_(film))'' (1947) – Lucky Jenkins
* ''[Dangerous Venture](/source/Dangerous_Venture)'' (1947) – Lucky Jenkins
* ''[The Marauders](/source/The_Marauders_(1947_film))'' (1947) – Lucky Jenkins
* ''[Hoppy's Holiday](/source/Hoppy's_Holiday)'' (1947) – Lucky Jenkins
* ''[Kilroy Was Here](/source/Kilroy_Was_Here_(1947_film))'' (1947) – Rodney Meadows
* ''[Silent Conflict](/source/Silent_Conflict)'' (1948) – Lucky Jenkins
* ''[The Dead Don't Dream](/source/The_Dead_Don't_Dream)'' (1948) – Lucky Jenkins
* ''[Sinister Journey](/source/Sinister_Journey)'' (1948) – Lucky Jenkins
* ''[Borrowed Trouble](/source/Borrowed_Trouble)'' (1948) – Lucky Jenkins
* ''[False Paradise](/source/False_Paradise)'' (1948) – Lucky Jenkins
* ''[Strange Gamble](/source/Strange_Gamble)'' (1948) – Lucky Jenkins
* ''[Sundown in Santa Fe](/source/Sundown_in_Santa_Fe)'' (1948) – Tom Wyatt
* ''[Joan of Arc](/source/Joan_of_Arc_(1948_film))'' (1948) – Jean d'Arc
* ''[Ladies of the Chorus](/source/Ladies_of_the_Chorus)'' (1948) – Randy Carroll
* ''[The Wyoming Bandit](/source/The_Wyoming_Bandit)'' (1949) – Jimmy Howard
* ''[Black Midnight](/source/Black_Midnight_(film))'' (1949) – Daniel Jordan
* ''[The Vanishing Westerner](/source/The_Vanishing_Westerner)'' (1950) – Sanderson's First Victim
* ''[Riding High](/source/Riding_High_(1950_film))'' (1950) – Henry Early
* ''[Bunco Squad](/source/Bunco_Squad)'' (1950) – Robert (uncredited)
* ''[Heart of the Rockies](/source/Heart_of_the_Rockies_(1951_film))'' (1951) – Jim Corley
* ''[Yukon Manhunt](/source/Yukon_Manhunt)'' (1951) – Len Kaufman
* ''[The Steel Fist](/source/The_Steel_Fist)'' (1952) – Capt. Giorg Nicholoff
* ''[The Cimarron Kid](/source/The_Cimarron_Kid)'' (1952) – Emmett Dalton (uncredited)
* ''[Waco](/source/Waco_(1952_film))'' (1952) – Henchman Al
* ''[Man from the Black Hills](/source/Man_from_the_Black_Hills)'' (1952) – Fake Jimmy Fallon
* ''[The Gunman](/source/The_Gunman_(1952_film))'' (1952) – Jud Calvert
* ''[Montana Incident](/source/Montana_Incident)'' (1952) – Dave Connors
* ''[The Maverick](/source/The_Maverick)'' (1952) – Trooper Barnham
* ''[Born to the Saddle](/source/Born_to_the_Saddle)'' (1953) – John Grant
* ''[The Charge at Feather River](/source/The_Charge_at_Feather_River)'' (1953) – Pvt. Adams (uncredited)
* ''[To Hell and Back](/source/To_Hell_and_Back_(film))'' (1955) – Lt. Harris (uncredited)
* ''[Official Detective](/source/Official_Detective)'' (1957, TV Series) – McClellan
* ''The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin'' (1958)
* ''[The Last Hurrah](/source/The_Last_Hurrah_(1958_film))'' (1958) – Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
* ''Stump Run'' (1959) – Wayne Lawson
* ''[Comanche Station](/source/Comanche_Station)'' (1960) – Station Man
* ''[Posse from Hell](/source/Posse_from_Hell)'' (1961) – Townsman (uncredited)
* ''[Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock](/source/Stagecoach_to_Dancers'_Rock)'' (1962) – Quint Rucker
* ''[The Munsters](/source/The_Munsters)'' (Nov 1964) – (Tin-Can man)
* ''[Harlow](/source/Harlow_(Paramount_film))'' (1965) – Casting Director (uncredited)
* ''[Requiem for a Gunfighter](/source/Requiem_for_a_Gunfighter)'' (1965) – Abe Gentry
* ''[Combat!](/source/Combat!)'' (1965, TV Series) – G.I. Lieutenant
* ''Leather Narcissus'' (1967)
* ''[In Like Flint](/source/In_Like_Flint)'' (1967) – Missile Control Officer (uncredited)
* ''Double Indemnity'' (1973, TV Movie) – Conductor (uncredited)
* ''The Sex Symbol'' (1974, TV Movie) – Edward Kelly (final film role)
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==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0112203}}
*  [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7832354/rand-brooks Rand Brooks] at [Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave)
* [https://radiogoldin.library.umkc.edu/Home/RadioGoldin_Records?searchString=Brooks%2C%20Rand&type=Artists Rand Brooks] on the RadioGOLDINdex

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