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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 26, 1891
Died
July 6, 1973
Place of Birth
Holgate, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Joseph Evans Brown
- Joe Brown
Joe E. Brown
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.5
Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
6.0
Self
Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot
2001
10.0
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
6.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
10.0
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
7.0
Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
1976
5.7
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
7.3
(archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
1974
10.0
Self
Cilla
1968
6.4
Cemetery Keeper
The Comedy of Terrors
1964
Credits
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.5
Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot
as Self
2001
6.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as Self (archive footage)
1984
10.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
10.0
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1976
7.0
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
5.7
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
7.3
Cilla
as Self
1968
10.0
The Comedy of Terrors
as Cemetery Keeper
1964
6.4
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Union Official
1963
7.0
🎬
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Diamond 'Dimey' Vine
1963
5.0
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
1961
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Route 66
as Sam Butler
1960
6.3
Startime
1959
6.0
Some Like It Hot
as Osgood Fielding III
1959
8.1
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
Around the World in Eighty Days
as Stationmaster
1956
6.6
The Silent Partner
as Arthur Vail
1955
6.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Arthur Vail
1955
6.5
🎬
The Christophers
1953
0.0
General Electric Theater
as Earl Hall
1953
6.3
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952
6.5
🎬
Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians
as Narrator
1952
0.0
🎬
Toast to Our Brother
as Fraternity Alumnus
1951
0.0
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.3
Show Boat
as Cap'n Andy Hawks
1951
6.1
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
🎬
The Ed Wynn Show
as Self
1949
7.0
The Tender Years
as Will Norris
1948
7.0
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
1944
7.3
Memo for Joe
as Self
1944
0.0
Pin Up Girl
as Eddie Hall
1944
6.1
Casanova in Burlesque
as Joseph M. Kelly Jr.
1944
0.0
Show-Business at War
as Self
1943
7.0
Chatterbox
as Rex Vane
1943
0.0
The Daring Young Man
as Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw
1942
4.3
🎬
Joan of Ozark
as Cliff Little
1942
0.0
🎬
Soaring Stars
as Himself
1942
0.0
Shut My Big Mouth
as Wellington Holmes
1942
8.5
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
6.0
🎬
Polo with the Stars
as Self - Polo Player
1941
5.0
Rodeo Dough
as Joe E. Brown
1940
5.3
So You Won't Talk?
as Whiskers / Brute Hanson
1940
5.0
Beware Spooks!
as Roy L. Gifford
1939
7.0
$1,000 a Touchdown
as Marlowe Mansfield Booth
1939
2.0
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
1939
5.6
Flirting with Fate
as Dan Dixon
1938
6.5
The Gladiator
as Hugo Kipp
1938
0.0
Wide Open Faces
as Wilbur Meeks
1938
8.5
Fit for a King
as Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones
1937
5.0
Riding on Air
as Elmer Lane
1937
5.0
Hollywood Party
as Himself
1937
6.3
When's Your Birthday?
as Dustin Willoughby
1937
4.0
Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
1936
0.0
Polo Joe
as Joe Bolton
1936
0.0
Earthworm Tractors
as Alexander Botts
1936
5.0
Sons o' Guns
as Jimmy Canfield
1936
4.3
A Dream Comes True
as Himself (uncredited)
1935
5.5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Flute
1935
6.4
Bright Lights
as Joe Wilson
1935
4.5
Alibi Ike
as Frank "Ike" Farrell
1935
5.8
🎬
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935
0.0
6 Day Bike Rider
as Wilfred
1934
5.5
The Circus Clown
as Happy Howard / Chuckles
1934
6.0
A Very Honorable Guy
as 'Feet' Samuels
1934
2.0
🎬
Hollywood Newsreel
as Himself
1934
4.0
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
as Self
1934
0.0
Son of a Sailor
as Handsome
1933
5.0
🎬
How to Break 90 #1: The Grip
as Himself
1933
0.0
Elmer, the Great
as Elmer Kane
1933
4.9
You Said a Mouthful
as Joe Holt
1932
5.0
The Tenderfoot
as Calvin Jones
1932
6.0
Fireman, Save My Child
as 'Smokey' Joe Grant
1932
5.0
Local Boy Makes Good
as John Augustus Miller
1931
6.0
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
as Self - Golfer (uncredited)
1931
6.0
Broadminded
as Ossie Simpson
1931
3.7
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
as Self
1931
6.0
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
1931
0.0
The Stolen Jools
as Robbery Suspect
1931
5.6
Sit Tight
as Jojo
1931
5.5
Going Wild
as Rollo Smith
1930
6.0
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
as Joe E. Brown
1930
0.0
Maybe It's Love
as Yates
1930
4.2
The Lottery Bride
as Hoke
1930
4.7
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
as Self
1930
0.0
Top Speed
as Elmer Peters
1930
6.0
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as Self
1930
3.4
Hold Everything
as Gink Schiner
1930
6.0
Song of the West
as Hasty
1930
0.0
Sally
as Grand Duke Connie
1930
6.7
Painted Faces
as Hermann / Beppo
1929
4.8
On With the Show!
as Joe Beaton
1929
5.0
My Lady's Past
as Sam Young
1929
0.0
🎬
Molly and Me
1929
0.0
Take Me Home
as Bunny
1928
0.0
The Circus Kid
as King Kruger
1928
0.0
Twinkle, Twinkle
as P.T. Robinson
1927
0.0