Actor Rand Brooks, who played Scarlett O’Hara’s shy first husband in “Gone With the Wind” and gave Marilyn Monroe her first screen kiss, died Monday Sept. 1 of cancer at his home in Santa Ynez, Calif.

Arlington Rand Brooks Jr. (September 21, 1918 – September 1, 2003) was an American film and television actor. Brooks was born in Wright City, Missouri. He was the son of Arlington Rand Brooks, a ...

A memorial for actor Rand Brooks, who died of cancer Sept. 1 at the age of 84, will be held at 1 p.m. Sept. 21 in the Santa Ynez Valley. For further information, call (805) 693-1722.

Actor Rand Brooks, who played Scarlett O’Hara’s shy first husband in “Gone With the Wind” and gave Marilyn Monroe her first screen kiss, died Monday Sept. 1 of cancer at his home in Santa Ynez, Calif.

Santa Ynez, California - The actor who played Scarlett O’Hara’s mild-mannered first husband in “Gone With the Wind” has died. Rand Brooks passed away yesterday of cancer at 84 in his California home.

Rand Brooks, who played Scarlett O’Hara’s ill-fated first husband in “Gone With the Wind,” the young sidekick in a string of Hopalong Cassidy westerns and Cpl. Boone in the television series “The ...

Rand Brooks, the actor who played Scarlett O'Hara's ill-fated first husband in Gone with the Wind and who gave Marilyn Monroe her first screen kiss, has died at the age of 84, friends and family said.