Alma mater King's College London Role Film director Name Herbert Brenon | Years active 1913 – 1940 Occupation Film director Spouse Helen Oberg (m. 1904) | |
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Born 13 January 1880 ( 1880-01-13 ) Dublin, Ireland Died June 21, 1958, Los Angeles, California, United States Education St Paul's School, London, King's College London Nominations Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Dramatic Picture Direction Movies Peter Pan, Laugh - Clown - Laugh, Beau Geste, A Daughter of the Gods, The Great Gatsby Similar People Betty Bronson, Mary Brian, Alice Joyce, Ralph Forbes, Lois Wilson | ||
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913), de Herbert Brenon
Herbert Brenon (13 January 1880 – 21 June 1958) born Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon was an Irish film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of silent movies through the 1930s.
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- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1913 de Herbert Brenon
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He was born at 25 Crosthwaite Park, in Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, to journalist, poet and politician Edward St John Brenon and Francis Harries.
In 1882, the family moved to London, where Herbert was educated at St Paul's School and at King's College London. Before becoming a director, he performed in vaudeville acts with his wife, Helen Oberg.
Some of his more noteworthy films were the first movie adaptations of Peter Pan (1924) and Beau Geste (1926), Sorrell and Son (1927) for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in the 1st Academy Awards, Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) with Lon Chaney, and The Flying Squad (1940), his last. He died in Los Angeles, California and was interred in a private mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY.