Joe E. Brown
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1891-07-26 (82 years old)
Deathday
1973-07-06
Place of Birth
Holgate, Ohio, USA
Also known As
Joseph Evans Brown
Joe Brown
Joe E. Brown
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 Je...
Acting
1959
as Osgood Fielding III
1956
as Stationmaster
1963
as Union Official
1934
as Self
1964
as Cemetery Keeper
1944
as Eddie Hall
1936
as Alexander Botts
1944
as Self
1951
as Cap'n Andy Hawks
1930
as Joe E. Brown
1935
as Flute
1982
as (archive footage)
1932
as 'Smokey' Joe Grant
1942
as Cliff Little
1933
as Elmer Kane
1935
as Joe Wilson
1930
as Rollo Smith
1935
as Frank "Ike" Farrell
1931
as Jojo
1934
as Wilfred
1934
as Happy Howard / Chuckles
1929
as Joe Beaton
1930
as Grand Duke Connie
1932
as Calvin Jones
1936
as Jimmy Canfield
1930
as Yates
1930
as Hoke
1934
as 'Feet' Samuels
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1931
as Ossie Simpson
1929
as Hermann / Beppo
1939
as Roy L. Gifford
1933
as Handsome
1937
as Elmer Lane
1937
as Dustin Willoughby
1937
as Himself
1937
as Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones
1938
as Dan Dixon
1936
as Joe Bolton
1938
as Wilbur Meeks
1939
as Self (uncredited)
1930
as Hasty
1932
as Joe Holt
1984
as Self (archive footage)
1928
as King Kruger
2013
as Self (archive footage)
1930
as Elmer Peters
1931
as John Augustus Miller
1952
1942
as Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw
1944
as Joseph M. Kelly Jr.
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1939
as Marlowe Mansfield Booth
1940
as Joe E. Brown
1942
as Wellington Holmes
1940
as Whiskers / Brute Hanson
1934
as Himself
1938
as Hugo Kipp
1942
as Himself
1936
as Self
1955
as Arthur Vail
1931
as Robbery Suspect
1931
1941
as Self - Polo Player
1927
as P.T. Robinson
1948
as Will Norris
1943
as Rex Vane
1930
as Gink Schiner
1935
as Himself (uncredited)
1943
as Self
1975
as Self (archive footage)
1931
as Self - Golfer (uncredited)
1933
as Himself
1944
as Self
1929
as Sam Young
1929
1976
as Self (archive footage)
1951
as Fraternity Alumnus
1928
as Bunny
1930
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