Wally Brown
Born: 1904-10-08 in Malden, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1961-11-13
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia Wally Brown (October 9, 1904 – November 13, 1961) was an actor, comedian, and long-time partner of Alan Carney Wally was born in Malden, Massachusetts and served as a vaudevillian. In 1942, he began his film career in Hollywood at RKO Radio Pictures with the film Petticoat Larceny. When RKO decided to emulate the comedy team Abbott and Costello he was paired with Alan Carney, creating "Brown & Carney." They premiered with the military comedies Adventures of a Rookie and its sequel Rookies in Burma. Out of their eight films together, one of their most notable films was Zombies on Broadway co-starring Bela Lugosi, a semi-sequel to Val Lewton's I Walked With a Zombie. Their contracts were terminated in 1946, after which they pursued solo careers. In the 1940s–50s, both appeared in various roles for Leslie Goodwins films. They reunited in 1961 in The Absent-Minded Professor. Wally's last years were filled with guest appearances in television, his last one in My Three Sons. He made several guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of murderer Harry Mitchell in the 1958 episode, "The Case of the Gilded Lily." Wally Brown had also been a regular cast member in television shows like I Married Joan, Cimarron City, and Daniel Boone. Along with Alan Carney, he was going to be given a role in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World but died not long before filming began. He also served as a regular on The Abbott and Costello Show on radio.
Filmography
1961
- 87th Precinct as Det. Ambrose
- The Absent-Minded Professor as Coach Elkins
- Daniel Boone: The Promised Land as Cyrus Whittey
1960
- My Three Sons as Max
- The Tall Man as Ethan
- Stagecoach West as Charlie
- Who Was That Lady? as Irate Man on Telephone (uncredited)
1959
- Bonanza as Henry Morgan
- Laramie
- Johnny Ringo as Marshal Spencer
- Johnny Staccato
- Alias Jesse James as Dirty Dog Bartender (uncredited)
- The Best of Everything as Drunk (uncredited)
- Holiday for Lovers as Joe McDougal
- Westbound as Stubby
1958
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Bartender
- Peter Gunn
- Cimarron City as Jed Fame
- The Left Handed Gun as Deputy Moon
- Wink of an Eye as Sheriff Cantrick
1957
- Perry Mason as Harry Mitchell
- Maverick as Enoch
- The Real McCoys
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Milkman
- Tales of Wells Fargo as Ed
- M Squad as Milkman
- The Joker is Wild as Las Vegas Heckler (uncredited)
- Untamed Youth as Pinky, the cook
1956
- The Wild Dakotas as McGraw
1954
- Lassie as Lou
- Climax! as Tommy Haley
- December Bride
- The High and the Mighty as Lenny Wilby, navigator
1953
- The Danny Thomas Show as Frank Martin
- City Detective
- General Electric Theater as Auctioneer O'Flynn
1952
- The Ford Television Theatre as Shipman
1951
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Doctor Holmes
- As Young as You Feel as Horace Gallagher
1949
- Come to the Stable as Howard Sheldon (uncredited)
- French Fried Frolic as Wally
1948
- Family Honeymoon as Tom Roscoe
- Backstage Follies as Wally
1946
- Notorious as Mr. Hopkins
- From This Day Forward as Jake Beesley
- Vacation in Reno as Eddie Roberts
- Genius at Work as Jerry Miles
1945
- Zombies on Broadway as Jerry Miles
- Radio Stars on Parade as Jerry Miles
1944
- Girl Rush as Jerry Miles
- Step Lively as Binion
- Seven Days Ashore as Monty Stephens
1943
- The Seventh Victim as Durk (Uncredited)
- Around the World as Wally
- Gangway for Tomorrow as Sam
- Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event as Desk Clerk
- Petticoat Larceny as Sam Colfax
- Rookies in Burma as Jerry Miles
- The Adventures of a Rookie as Jerry Miles
- Radio Runaround as Harry, Radio Station Announcer
1942
- All Through the Night as 2nd Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
1939
- Dodge City as Cattle Auctioneer (uncredited)