Joe E. Brown
Born: 1891-07-26 in Holgate, Ohio, USA
Died: 1973-07-06
Known For: Acting
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 the circus and vaudeville circuits. Later he became a professional baseball player. After three seasons he returned to the circus, then went into Vaudeville and finally starred on Broadway. He gradually added comedy into his act and transformed himself into a comedian. He moved to Broadway in the 1920s first appearing in the musical comedy Jim Jam Jems. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe E. Brown , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2013
- Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored as Self (archive footage)
2001
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)
- Bob Hope's World of Comedy as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
1975
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1974
- That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1968
- Cilla as Self
1964
- The Comedy of Terrors as Cemetery Keeper
1963
- The Greatest Show on Earth as Diamond 'Dimey' Vine
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Union Official
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self - Co-Host
1960
- Route 66 as Sam Butler
1959
- Some Like It Hot as Osgood Fielding III
1957
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar as Self
1956
- Around the World in 80 Days as Stationmaster
1955
- Screen Director's Playhouse as Arthur Vail
1953
- General Electric Theater as Earl Hall
- The Christophers
1952
- This Is Your Life as Self
- Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians as Narrator
1951
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
- Show Boat as Cap'n Andy Hawks
- Toast to Our Brother as Fraternity Alumnus
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- What's My Line? as Self
1949
- The Ed Wynn Show as Self
1948
- The Tender Years as Will Norris
1944
- Hollywood Canteen as Self
- Pin Up Girl as Eddie Hall
- Casanova in Burlesque as Joseph M. Kelly Jr.
- Memo for Joe as Self
1943
- Show-Business at War as Self
- Chatterbox as Rex Vane
1942
- The Daring Young Man as Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw
- Shut My Big Mouth as Wellington Holmes
- Soaring Stars as Himself
- Joan of Ozark as Cliff Little
1941
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
- Polo with the Stars as Self - Polo Player
1940
- So You Won't Talk? as Whiskers / Brute Hanson
- Rodeo Dough as Joe E. Brown
1939
- Hollywood Hobbies as Self (uncredited)
- Beware Spooks! as Roy L. Gifford
- $1,000 a Touchdown as Marlowe Mansfield Booth
1938
- Wide Open Faces as Wilbur Meeks
- The Gladiator as Hugo Kipp
- Flirting with Fate as Dan Dixon
1937
- When's Your Birthday? as Dustin Willoughby
- Fit for a King as Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones
- Hollywood Party as Himself
- Riding on Air as Elmer Lane
1936
- Earthworm Tractors as Alexander Botts
- Breakdowns of 1936 as Self
- Sons o' Guns as Jimmy Canfield
- Polo Joe as Joe Bolton
1935
- A Midsummer Night's Dream as Flute
- A Dream Comes True as Himself (uncredited)
- Bright Lights as Joe Wilson
- Alibi Ike as Frank "Ike" Farrell
- Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1934
- A Very Honorable Guy as 'Feet' Samuels
- 6 Day Bike Rider as Wilfred
- The Circus Clown as Happy Howard / Chuckles
- Hollywood Newsreel as Himself
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-4 as Self
1933
- Elmer, the Great as Elmer Kane
- Son of a Sailor as Handsome
- How to Break 90 #1: The Grip as Himself
1932
- You Said a Mouthful as Joe Holt
- Fireman, Save My Child as 'Smokey' Joe Grant
- The Tenderfoot as Calvin Jones
1931
- The Stolen Jools as Robbery Suspect
- Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) as Self
- Sit Tight as Jojo
- Local Boy Makes Good as John Augustus Miller
- Broadminded as Ossie Simpson
- How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
- How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' as Self - Golfer (uncredited)
1930
- Going Wild as Rollo Smith
- Song of the West as Hasty
- Sally as Grand Duke Connie
- Top Speed as Elmer Peters
- Maybe It's Love as Yates
- The Lottery Bride as Hoke
- Hold Everything as Gink Schiner
- An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee as Self
- Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 as Self
- Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 as Joe E. Brown
1929
- On With the Show! as Joe Beaton
- Painted Faces as Hermann / Beppo
- My Lady's Past as Sam Young
- Molly and Me
1928
- The Circus Kid as King Kruger
- Take Me Home as Bunny
- Hit of the Show as Twisty
- Crooks Can't Win as Jimmy Wells
1927
- Twinkle, Twinkle as P.T. Robinson