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Joe E. Brown

Joe E. Brown

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

26/07/1891

Day of Death

06/07/1973
(82) years old

Place of Birth

Holgate, Ohio, USA

Biography

Joseph Evans Brown (July 28, 1891 – July 6, 1973) was an American actor and comedian, remembered for his amiable screen persona, comic timing, and enormous smile. In 1902 at the age of nine, he joined a troupe of circus tumblers known as the Five Marvelous Ashtons which toured the country on both th... Read More

Known For

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot

Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Showbiz Goes to War

Showbiz Goes to War

It's Showtime

It's Showtime

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

The Comedy of Terrors

The Comedy of Terrors

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Filmography

Cast

2013

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

as Self (archive footage)

2001

Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Li...

as Self

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as Self (archive footage)

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1982

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

1976

It's Showtime

as Self (archive footage)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1964

The Comedy of Terrors

as Cemetery Keeper

1963

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as Union Official

1959

Some Like It Hot

as Osgood Fielding III

1956

Around the World in Eighty Days

as Stationmaster

1955

The Silent Partner

as Arthur Vail

1952

Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hol...

as Narrator

1951

Toast to Our Brother

as Fraternity Alumnus

1951

Show Boat

as Cap'n Andy Hawks

1948

The Tender Years

as Will Norris

1944

Hollywood Canteen

as Self

1944

Memo for Joe

as Self

1944

Pin Up Girl

as Eddie Hall

1944

Casanova in Burlesque

as Joseph M. Kelly Jr.

1943

Show-Business at War

as Self

1943

Chatterbox

as Rex Vane

1942

The Daring Young Man

as Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw

1942

Joan of Ozark

as Cliff Little

1942

Soaring Stars

as Himself

1942

Shut My Big Mouth

as Wellington Holmes

1941

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

1941

Polo with the Stars

as Self - Polo Player

1940

Rodeo Dough

as Joe E. Brown

1940

So You Won't Talk?

as Whiskers / Brute Hanson

1939

Beware Spooks!

as Roy L. Gifford

1939

$1,000 a Touchdown

as Marlowe Mansfield Booth

1939

Hollywood Hobbies

as Self (uncredited)

1938

Flirting with Fate

as Dan Dixon

1938

The Gladiator

as Hugo Kipp

1938

Wide Open Faces

as Wilbur Meeks

1937

Fit for a King

as Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Sco...

1937

Riding on Air

as Elmer Lane

1937

Hollywood Party

as Himself

1937

When's Your Birthday?

as Dustin Willoughby

1936

Breakdowns of 1936

as Self

1936

Polo Joe

as Joe Bolton

1936

Earthworm Tractors

as Alexander Botts

1936

Sons o' Guns

as Jimmy Canfield

1935

A Dream Comes True

as Himself (uncredited)

1935

A Midsummer Night's Dream

as Flute

1935

Bright Lights

as Joe Wilson

1935

Alibi Ike

as Frank "Ike" Farrell

1935

Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8

1934

6 Day Bike Rider

as Wilfred

1934

The Circus Clown

as Happy Howard / Chuckles

1934

A Very Honorable Guy

as 'Feet' Samuels

1934

Hollywood Newsreel

as Himself

1934

Hollywood on Parade No. B-4

as Self

1933

Son of a Sailor

as Handsome

1933

How to Break 90 #1: The Grip

as Himself

1933

Elmer, the Great

as Elmer Kane

1932

You Said a Mouthful

as Joe Holt

1932

The Tenderfoot

as Calvin Jones

1932

Fireman, Save My Child

as 'Smokey' Joe Grant

1931

Local Boy Makes Good

as John Augustus Miller

1931

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: ...

as Self - Golfer (uncredited)

1931

Broadminded

as Ossie Simpson

1931

Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)

as Self

1931

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: '...

1931

The Stolen Jools

as Robbery Suspect

1931

Sit Tight

as Jojo

1930

Going Wild

as Rollo Smith

1930

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5

as Joe E. Brown

1930

Maybe It's Love

as Yates

1930

The Lottery Bride

as Hoke

1930

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1

as Self

1930

Top Speed

as Elmer Peters

1930

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of War...

as Self

1930

Hold Everything

as Gink Schiner

1930

Song of the West

as Hasty

1930

Sally

as Grand Duke Connie

1929

Painted Faces

as Hermann / Beppo

1929

On With the Show!

as Joe Beaton

1929

My Lady's Past

as Sam Young

1929

Molly and Me

1928

Take Me Home

as Bunny

1928

The Circus Kid

as King Kruger

1927

Twinkle, Twinkle

as P.T. Robinson