Rand Brooks was the son of Arlington Rand Brooks, a farmer.
15 Facts About Rand Brooks
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Rand Brooks was making $100 per week under contract at MGM, but when he was on loan to Selznick International Pictures for Gone with the Wind, he was paid $500 per week.
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Rand Brooks served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II, eventually reaching the rank of sergeant.
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Rand Brooks trained at Buckley Field in Colorado, in March 1943 and was stationed in Springfield, Missouri, as of May 1943.
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Rand Brooks trained for flying, but did some theatre work under General Arnold.
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Rand Brooks was ill for a time during his service and in 1944 worked in recruitment in Louisiana.
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Rand 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.
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Rand Brooks had guest roles in 1950s Western series, including Mackenzie's Raiders, The Lone Ranger, Maverick, Gunsmoke, and Bonanza.
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Rand Brooks appeared twice on the syndicated adventure series, Rescue 8, as well as on CBS's Perry Mason courtroom drama series.
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Rand Brooks was one of the favorite leading men of Jane Withers.
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Rand Brooks 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.
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Rand Brooks sold the ambulance company in 1994, and retired to his ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley, where he bred champion Andalusian horses.
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Rand Brooks attended a Gone with the Wind reunion for Clark Gable's birthday, along with Ann Rutherford and Fred Crane, in Cadiz, Ohio, in 1992.
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Variety reported that Rand Brooks married Clover Barrick on April 18,1945.
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On September 1,2003, Rand Brooks died in Santa Ynez, California.