Tom Brown
Born: 1913-01-06 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1990-06-03
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thomas Edward Brown was an American child model, and later a film and television actor. Brown was born Thomas Edward Brown, the son of William Harold (Harry) Brown and his wife, Marie Francis Brown, in New York City. As a child model from the age of two years, Brown posed as Buster Brown, the Arrow Collar Boy and the Buick boy. Brown was educated at the New York Professional Children's School. He was carried on stage in his mother's arms when he was only six months old. As an actor, he is probably best remembered for playing the title role in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack and as Gilbert Blythe in the 1934 version of Anne of Green Gables. Later he appeared on the television shows Gunsmoke, General Hospital and Days of Our Lives. He also had a recurring role as Lt. Rovacs in Mr. Lucky. He enlisted in the United States Army in World War II where in three years he rose from private to lieutenant serving in France as a paratrooper where he was awarded a French Croix de Guerre and a Bronze Star Medal. He was promoted to captain with the 40th Infantry Division. He served during the Korean War with the 40th Infantry Division where he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel. Brown died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, aged 77. For his contributions to the film industry, Brown was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, with a motion pictures star located at 1648 Vine Street.
Filmography
1970
- Cutter's Trail as Orville Mason
1967
- The High Chaparral as Cap
- Cimarron Strip
1965
1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Fred Blaine
1961
- The Choppers as Tom Hart
1960
1959
- Lock-Up
- Mr. Lucky as Lieut. Rovacs
- World of Giants as Deputy Commissioner Wade
1958
- Sea Hunt
- Peter Gunn
- The Notorious Mr. Monks as Payson, Defense Attorney
1957
- Perry Mason as Assistant District Attorney Jarvis
- Have Gun, Will Travel
- Sugarfoot as Sheriff Pete Rayle
- Official Detective
- Code 3
- The O. Henry Playhouse as Billy Casparis
- The Quiet Gun as John Reilly
1956
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- West Point
- Hey, Jeannie! as Conway
- Naked Gun as Sonny Glenn
- I Killed Wild Bill Hickok as Wild Bill Hickok
1955
1954
- Lassie
- December Bride
- Public Defender
- The Whistler
- Fireman Save My Child as Capt. Bill Peters
- Manhunt in Space as Paul Ray
1952
- Cavalcade of America as Theodore Roosevelt
- This Is Your Life as Self
1951
- Dragnet
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Captain Barney O'Keefe
1950
- Operation Haylift as Tom Masters
1949
- Ringside as Joe O'Hara
- Duke of Chicago as Jimmy Brody
1948
- Slippy McGee as Father Shanley
1947
- Buck Privates Come Home as Bill Gregory
1944
- Hi, Beautiful as Roger (uncredited)
1943
- The Adventures of Smilin' Jack as 'Smilin' Jack' Martin
1942
- There's One Born Every Minute as Jimmy Hanagan
- Sleepytime Gal as Chick Patterson
- The Payoff as Guy Norris
- Hello, Annapolis as Bill Arden
- Let's Get Tough as Phil
- Youth on Parade as Bingo Brown
1941
- Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 as Self
- Niagara Falls as Tom Wilson
- Three Sons o' Guns as Edward "Eddie" George Patterson
- Hello, Sucker as Bob Wade
1940
- Margie as Bret
- Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me! as Tommy Shaw
- Sandy Is a Lady as Joe Phillips
- Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love! as Johnny Sandham
1939
- These Glamour Girls as Homer Ten Eyck
- Sergeant Madden as Albert Boylan Jr.
- Ex-Champ as Bob Hill
- Big Town Czar as Danny Daley
1938
- In Old Chicago as Bob O'Leary
- The Storm as Jim Roberts
- Merrily We Live as Kane Kilbourne
- The Duke of West Point as Sonny Drew
- Swing That Cheer as Bob Potter
- Goodbye Broadway as Chuck Bradford
1937
- Maytime as Kip Stuart
- Jim Hanvey, Detective as Don Terry
- Navy Blue and Gold as Richard Arnold 'Dick' Gates Jr.
- Her Husband Lies as Chick Thomas
- The Man Who Cried Wolf as Tommy Bradley
- That Man's Here Again as Jimmy Whalen
1936
- And Sudden Death as Jackie Winslow
- Rose Bowl as Paddy O'Riley
- Gentle Julia as Noble Dill
- I'd Give My Life as Nickie Elkins
1935
- Annapolis Farewell as Morton 'Click' Haley
- Mary Jane's Pa as King Wagner
- Sweepstake Annie as Bill Enright
- Black Sheep as Fred Curtis
- Freckles as Freckles
1934
- Anne of Green Gables as Gilbert Blythe
- Judge Priest as Jerome Priest
- This Side of Heaven as Seth Turner
- The Witching Hour as Clay Thorne
- Two Alone as Adam
1933
- Central Airport as Neil 'Bud' Blaine
- Destination Unknown as Johnny
- Three Cornered Moon as Eddie Rimplegar
- Laughter in Hell as Barton
1932
- Hell's Highway as John 'Johnny' Ellis
- Fast Companions as Marty Black
- The Famous Ferguson Case as Bruce Foster
- Tom Brown of Culver as Tom Brown
1930
- Queen High as Jimmy
1929
- The Lady Lies as Bob Rossiter
1925
- The Wrongdoers as Little Jimmy