Herbert Brenon (1880–1958)

Director | Writer | Actor

Date of Birth 13 January 1880, Dublin, Ireland

Date of Death 21 June 1958, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon

Height 5' 8" (1.73 m)

Herbert Brenon was born on January 13, 1880 in Dublin, Ireland as Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon. He was a director and writer, known for Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928), Beau Geste (1926) and Peter Pan (1924). He was married to Mrs. Herbert Brenon. He died on June 21, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Spouse (1)

Mrs. Herbert Brenon (18 February 1904 - 19 November 1955) (her death) (1 child)

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Appeared in vaudeville with his wife, Mrs. Herbert Brenon (born Helen Oberg).

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945." Pages 50-55. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.

Occasionally acted in his films. He was injured during filming of Neptune's Daughter (1914), when a water tank exploded.

Important Irish-born director of the silent cinema, educated at King's College, London. Started as a stagehand in New York. By 1909 he operated a small picture theatre in Pennsylvania. Two years later he was hired as a writer by Carl Laemmle, directing his first short the next year. Signed by William Fox in 1915, graduating to feature films. With Paramount from 1923, directing several spectacular productions with British themes, including a silent version of Beau Geste (1926). Regarded sound pictures with a measure of apprehension. Returned to Britain in 1934, but his career was well on the decline and he retired in 1940.

Survived by a son, Dr. Herbert Cyril Brenon.

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