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name: "Hank Brandt"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hank-brandt"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 June 1934"
died: "4 December 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:17:48.552881+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Hank Brandt

Actor. Born 4 June 1934 in East Orange, New Jersey, USA. Died 4 December 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 June 1934, East Orange, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 4 December 2004
- **Also known as:** Henry Brandt

## Biography

Hank Brandt (born Henry William Haar Jr.) was an American actor. He was born on 4 June 1934 in East Orange, New Jersey, and died on 4 December 2004 in North Hills, California.

Brandt began his career in 1961 with a role in the anthology series *Alfred Hitchcock Presents*. He appeared in numerous television programmes, including a regular role as Leonard Waggedorn in the sitcom *Julia* (1968–1971) and a recurring part as Morgan Hess in the soap opera *Dynasty* (1982–1988). His film credits include *Escape from Alcatraz* (1979), *Dumb and Dumber* (1994) as Karl Swanson, and *Kingpin* (1996). He was also credited at times as Henry Brandt.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dumb and Dumber* (1994), Fi1m 76, as Karl Swanson — [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-and-dumber.md)

## Also known for

- *Escape from Alcatraz* (1979), Associate Warden
- *Knight Rider* (1982), Dr. Carney
- *Kingpin* (1996), Bowling Priest
- *Wonder Woman* (1975), Graebner
- *Airwolf* (1984), Charles Selkirk, Colonel Ellison
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), Lt. Grayson
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), Master Sgt. Cole, Ivan Bekey, Fowler
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Police Investigator

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