Younger Brother — Ragtime Character Profile

About Younger Brother

Member of an upper-class New Rochelle family who becomes obsessed with Evelyn Nesbit after witnessing Stanford White's murder. He engages in a brief affair with her, later joins Coalhouse Walker's armed gang using his expertise in explosives, and ultimately returns to his family's fireworks business.

Younger Brother — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Brad Dourif

Appears in

Ragtime (1981)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (6)

• Younger Brother — Romantic Affair — Evelyn Nesbit (Elizabeth McGovern)
• Younger Brother — Conflict Opposing Faction — Willie Conklin (Kenneth McMillan)
• Younger Brother — Alliance Associate — Booker T. Washington (Moses Gunn)
• Younger Brother — Social Household Member — Mother (Mary Steenburgen)
• Younger Brother — Social Neighbor — Sarah (Debbie Allen)
• Younger Brother — Narrative Indirect Victim — Delmas (Pat O'Brien)

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More characters from Ragtime

• New York Police Commissioner Rhinelander Waldo (James Cagney)
• Booker T. Washington (Moses Gunn)
• Evelyn Nesbit (Elizabeth McGovern)
• Mother (Mary Steenburgen)
• Willie Conklin (Kenneth McMillan)
• Evelyn's Dance Instructor (Donald O'Connor)
• Sarah (Debbie Allen)
• Harry Houdini (Jeffrey DeMunn)
• Delmas (Pat O'Brien)
• P.C. O'Donnell (Jeff Daniels)
• Jerome (Bruce Boa)
• Henry Thaw (Robert Joy)