Mickey Brantford

Mickey Brantford (26 March 1911 – 18 October 1984) was an English actor and film production manager .[1][2]

Mickey Brantford
1936 Spotlight photo
Born
Michael Richard Henry Comerford

(1911-03-26)26 March 1911
Died18 October 1984(1984-10-18) (aged 73)
OccupationActor & production manager

Mickey Brantford was born Michael Richard Henry Comerford into a theatrical family, in London.[3] He began his career in the silent film era as a popular child actor, and appeared in a series of Sexton Blake shorts as the detective's assistant, Tinker.[3][4]

Selected filmography

References

  1. Born: 26 March 1911, London (1911-03-26). "Mickey Brantford | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  2. "Theatre collections: record view - Special Collections & Archives - University of Kent". www.kent.ac.uk.
  3. McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111975 via Google Books.
  4. Pitts, Michael R. (25 January 1991). Famous Movie Detectives II. Scarecrow Press. p. 127 via Internet Archive. mickey brantford sexton blake.

Bibliography

  • Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 48.


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