Fred Crane died August 21, 2008, he was born March 22, 1918Fred Crane spoke the first lines in the “Gone With the Wind” movie as one of the red-headed Tarleton twins flirting with Scarlett O’Hara before the Twelve Oaks barbecue.
His line doesn’t compare to Rhett Butler’s “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn,” but it did provoke one of Scarlett’s signature phrases: “Fiddle-dee-dee.”
Fred Crane, who played Brent Tarleton in ‘Gone With the Wind,’ was the last living, credited male actor in the 1939 film of the Pulitzer Prize novel.
Though shed of his collection, he continued to enjoy his distinction in movie history. “He enjoyed it because he thrived on the fact he spoke the very first line in the movie,” Mr. Bridges said. “It was his claim to fame.”
Mr. Crane was married five times and is survived by four children in California; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
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