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- Birth nameBrandon Edwin Williams
- Brandon Cruz was born on May 28, 1962 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He is an actor and editor, known for The Bad News Bears (1976), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) and The Lords of Salem (2012). He has been married to Elizabeth Finkelstein since June 26, 1994. They have two children.
- SpouseElizabeth Finkelstein(June 26, 1994 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenLincoln Bixby
- Very muscular physique
- Calm, reasonable voice
- Charter member of "A Minor Consideration", the watchdog group of former child stars, founded by Paul Petersen. Their mission is to look after the welfare of former and current child actors.
- Named his son Lincoln Bixby Cruz after Bill Bixby.
- His acting mentor was the late Bill Bixby.
- Revealed that he had a wonderful working relationship with Bill Bixby on The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969).
- Credits Bill Bixby as his favorite acting mentor/best friend.
- You could not even pay anyone to say something bad about Bill.
- [on auditioning for The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969)]: The crew knew because they had heard from other people, and when I showed up on the set the next day, they were all looking at me kind of weird. I told them that Bill always taught me that whenever something bad like that happens, the best thing to do is work.
- [on his band]: We knew we were on to something, it was a reaction to everything being generically labeled hardcore. We knew we were separating ourselves. We learned to be different because we didn't want to be lumped in. As a scene we were quite unique, but a lot of the first Nardcore bands weren't groundbreaking musically. I'm 45 now, and I can look back on it. Nobody from the early nardcore scene really did anything that amazing, but the fact that all of us came out of such a small scene is unique and incredible. Nardcore was family and friends, not a sound.
- I feel that it's the music, not anything else, that matters.
- [on reconciling with Biafra despite numerous differences]: Biafra and I started talking again right after I quit Dead Kennedys. We had known each other since way back in the day from gigs and when we opened for them a few times. I can understand his being upset about what I did to a certain degree, but it was all way over the top most of the time and it took away the real message of Dead Kennedys. We all make mistakes, you know?
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