Herbert Brenon
actor, director, writer
- Birth name:
- Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon
- Born:
- 1880-01-13, Dublin, Ireland, UK [now Republic of Ireland]
- Died:
- 1958-06-21, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Professions:
- actor, director, writer
Biography
Dublin greeted Herbert Brenon on 13 January 1880, and from that first cry he seemed destined to conjure moving dreams for the world. Behind the camera he became a master storyteller, guiding silent-era audiences through burning desert outposts in Beau Geste (1926), medieval tournaments in Ivanhoe (1913), and the tender sacrifices of Sorrell and Son (1927). Off-screen, Helen Brenon shared his life’s plot. The final curtain fell on 21 June 1958 in Los Angeles, but the flicker of the tales he shaped still lights screens today.
Filmography
Directed (51)
