Joe E. Brown
Born in Holgate, Ohio, USA — Jul 26 1891• Died Jul 06 1973
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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 co…
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Joe E. Brown's Credits
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Route 66
Sam Butler
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
What's My Line?
Self
Screen Director's Playhouse
Arthur Vail
This Is Your Life
Self
Startime
The Greatest Show on Earth
Diamond 'Dimey' Vine
Some Like It Hot
Osgood Fielding III
Cilla
Self
Around the World in 80 Days
Stationmaster
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Union Official
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
General Electric Theater
Earl Hall
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Self (archive footage)
The Ed Wynn Show
Self
Show Boat
Cap'n Andy Hawks
Son of a Sailor
Handsome
The Stolen Jools
Robbery Suspect
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Flute
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Pin Up Girl
Eddie Hall
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
The Christophers
Memo for Joe
Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
When's Your Birthday?
Dustin Willoughby
Elmer, the Great
Elmer Kane
Sons o' Guns
Jimmy Canfield
Rodeo Dough
Joe E. Brown
The Tenderfoot
Calvin Jones
Hollywood Canteen
Self
The Comedy of Terrors
Cemetery Keeper
Show-Business at War
Self
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Self
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
Fit for a King
Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones
Beware Spooks!
Roy L. Gifford
You Said a Mouthful
Joe Holt
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
Local Boy Makes Good
John Augustus Miller
Polo Joe
Joe Bolton
Riding on Air
Elmer Lane
A Very Honorable Guy
'Feet' Samuels
Wide Open Faces
Wilbur Meeks
A Dream Comes True
Himself (uncredited)
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1936
Self
$1,000 a Touchdown
Marlowe Mansfield Booth
Sit Tight
Jojo
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
Broadminded
Ossie Simpson
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
Sally
Grand Duke Connie
Alibi Ike
Frank "Ike" Farrell
Hollywood Newsreel
Himself
Painted Faces
Hermann / Beppo
Shut My Big Mouth
Wellington Holmes
Soaring Stars
Himself
Earthworm Tractors
Alexander Botts
Take Me Home
Bunny
Joan of Ozark
Cliff Little
Going Wild
Rollo Smith
Molly and Me
Top Speed
Elmer Peters
Bright Lights
Joe Wilson
Polo with the Stars
Self - Polo Player
So You Won't Talk?
Whiskers / Brute Hanson
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
Self
The Gladiator
Hugo Kipp
The Tender Years
Will Norris
Hollywood Party
Himself
The Circus Clown
Happy Howard / Chuckles
On With the Show!
Joe Beaton
Chatterbox
Rex Vane
Hit of the Show
Twisty
Flirting with Fate
Dan Dixon
Maybe It's Love
Yates
The Lottery Bride
Hoke
Fireman, Save My Child
'Smokey' Joe Grant
Crooks Can't Win
Jimmy Wells
The Circus Kid
King Kruger
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
Self - Golfer (uncredited)
Hold Everything
Gink Schiner
Song of the West
Hasty
6 Day Bike Rider
Wilfred
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
Self
The Daring Young Man
Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Joe E. Brown
Casanova in Burlesque
Joseph M. Kelly Jr.
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
Self
How to Break 90 #1: The Grip
Himself
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
My Lady's Past
Sam Young
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians
Narrator
Toast to Our Brother
Fraternity Alumnus
Twinkle, Twinkle
P.T. Robinson