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person_profile-John Brown

John Brown Died at age: 53

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

John Brown

Date of Birth:

Apr 04, 1904

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

May 16, 1957

Biography of

John Brown

    Brown had major roles in several popular radio shows: He was "John Doe" in the Texaco Star Theater's version of Fred Allen's Allen's Alley,[2] played Irma's love interest Al in My Friend Irma, both "Gillis" and Digby "Digger" O'Dell in The Life of Riley, (a role he reprised for the first incarnation of the television show), "Broadway" in The Damon Runyon Theatre, and "Thorny" the neighbor on the radio version of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. Perhaps his most memorable piece of work is the ‘Broadway’ role; once heard, many find it impossible to think of the narrator of Damon Runyon’s stories as anyone else. It was a measure of Brown’s talent that this quintessentially American character was portrayed by an Englishman.

    Brown appeared in some notable films: as the inebriated professor in Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train (1951), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951, uncredited), and The Wild One (1953); he supplied the voice of "Ro-Man" in the 1953 cult science fiction B-film Robot Monster.

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John Brown

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Filmography of

John Brown

Found 12 Movies in total

The Wild One

Bill Hannegan ( Actor )

... 1953

... 1953

Man Crazy

Mr. Duncan ( Actor )

... 1953

Crazylegs

Keller ( Actor )

... 1953

Jennifer

Service Station Attendant (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1953

Robot Monster

Ro-Man / Great Guidance (voice) ( Actor )

... 1953

Hans Christian Andersen

Schoolmaster ( Actor )

... 1952

The Day the Earth Stood Still

George Barley, boarder ( Actor )

... 1951

Strangers on a Train

Prof. Collins ( Actor )

... 1951

The Life of Riley

Digger O'Dell ( Actor )

... 1949

The Stranger

Passport Photographer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

The Horn Blows at Midnight

Lou the waiter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945