James Brown

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

9.785

Gender

Male

Birthday

22-Mar-1920

Age

(104 years old)

Place of Birth

Desdemona, Texas, USA

Also Known As
  • Jim L. Brown
  • James L. Brown
  • James Bowen Brown
  • James B. Brown
  • J.B. Brown
  • James E. Brown

James Brown

Biography

James Brown (March 22, 1920 - April 11, 1992) was an American film and TV actor best known for his role as Lieutenant Ripley "Rip" Masters in The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin. In 1976, he hosted a revival of Rin Tin Tin reruns, which extended until the 1980s.


Credits

Hazard House Hazard House (1954) Character: Jim
A married couple watches a documentary program which presents the hazards children face in the home.
Reward Unlimited Reward Unlimited (1944) Character: Paul
Short film about nurse service in wartime. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
Police Dog Story Police Dog Story (1961) Character: Norm Edwards
After exhaustive training, a police dog joins an arson investigation.
Miracle on Ice Miracle on Ice (1981) Character: Reporter #1
The story of the 1980 United States Olympic hockey players, a group of amateurs from around the country who were whipped into a cohesive unit by controversial coach Herb Brooks to win a gold medal at Lake Placid during the winter games.
The Man Behind The Gun The Man Behind The Gun (1953) Character: Lt. Catliff (uncredited)
This 1952 western stars Randolph Scott as an army investigator who poses as a schoolteacher while working undercover to expose a group of secessionists. Also starring Patrice Wymore, Roy Roberts, Alan Hale Jr., Lina Romay, Morris Ankrum, Dick Wesson and Philip Carey.
The Big Fix The Big Fix (1947) Character: Ken Williams
Ken Williams (James Brown), a star basketball player on a college team learns that a police lieutenant (Regis Toomey) is the head of a gambling ring attempting to fix basketball games by bribing the players.
Missing Women Missing Women (1951) Character: Sgt. Mike Pernell
A woman becomes desperate to find a pair of car thieves after her husband -- while on their honeymoon -- is killed during a robbery.
The Sea Hornet The Sea Hornet (1951) Character: Pete Hunter
"The Sea Hornet" was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo, less than a mile off the California Coast during World War Two. Six years later when his buddy is killed, attempting to blow up the sunken ship, on the orders of Suntan Radford and Tony Sullivan, deep-sea diver "Gunner" McNeil has his suspicions aroused... especially since Suntan is the daughter of the ship's captain that died when the ship sunk, and Sullivan was a crew member. Plus the fact the ship had over a million dollars in cash on board. During the course of his investigation, he becomes romantically involved with Ginger Sullivan
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin (1958) Character: Lt. Ripley 'Rip' Masters
The 101st Cavalry discover the survivors of an Apache raid on a wagon train. Feature film from The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin TV show.
Targets Targets (1968) Character: Robert Thompson Sr.
An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles.
Town Tamer Town Tamer (1965) Character: Davis
A gunfighter is hired to clean up a wild frontier town, but there are forces afoot who want to keep the town as wide-open as it is. Lyle Bettger, Bruce Cabot and Richard Jaeckel co-star as the lawless bad guys in this Western based on a novel by Frank Gruber.
Black Spurs Black Spurs (1965) Character: Sheriff
A dissatisfied ranch hand becomes a bounty hunter. He conspires with a crooked town boss to dirty up a neighboring village where a valuable railroad franchise is headed.
The Younger Brothers The Younger Brothers (1949) Character: Bob Younger
Brothers who rode with a notorious outlaw gang led by Frank and Jesse James decide to go straight and try to get pardons so they can return to a law-abiding life.
Space Probe Taurus Space Probe Taurus (1965) Character: Col. Hank Stevens
In the year 2000, the spaceship Hope One sets off to find new galaxies for colonization. However, an encounter with an alien being and a swarm of meteorites sends the ship streaking off course into a sea of monsters on an uncharted world.
Wings of Chance Wings of Chance (1961) Character: Steve Kirby
Red Kirby is a seasoned bush pilot. When he crash lands his plane near a remote lake in northern Alberta, he is initially optimistic that he will soon be rescued. However, as the months drag by, Kirby realizes that he must take his fate into his own hands. To combat the loneliness, he befriends a family of Canada geese.
The Fireball The Fireball (1950) Character: Allen
Johnny Casar runs away from the orphanage to start a successful career as a roller skater and after setbacks learns to curb his ruthlessness and ambition.
Irma la Douce Irma la Douce (1963) Character: Texan Customer
When a naive policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn’t want her seeing other men and creates an alter ego who’s to be her only customer.
Air Force Air Force (1943) Character: Pilot Tex Rader
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
20,000 Eyes 20,000 Eyes (1961) Character: Jerry Manning
An investment counselor turns jewel thief when the gangster he embezzled funds from demands to be paid back.
The Ceremony The Ceremony (1963) Character: Gendarme
A man has an affair with his condemned brother's girlfriend while plotting his escape in Tangier.
The Forest Rangers The Forest Rangers (1942) Character: George Tracy
Ranger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds evidence of arson. He suspects Twig Dawson but can't prove it. Butch loves Don but he, poor fool, won't notice her as a woman; instead he meets socialite Celia in town and elopes with her. The action plot (Don's pursuit of the fire starter) parallels Tana's comic efforts to scare tenderfoot Celia back to the city.
Gun Fight Gun Fight (1961) Character: Wayne Santley
Action Western directed by Edward L. Cahn . After courageously protecting a pretty dance hall girl (Joan Staley) from peril, former cavalry soldier Wayne (James Brown) refuses to join his brother Brad's (Gregg Palmer) unlawful cattle rustling gang, which leads to heated disagreements, bitter betrayals and life-threatening danger.
The Fabulous Texan The Fabulous Texan (1947) Character: Shep Clayton
A couple of Confederate soldiers, returning home from the Civil War, find Texas transformed into an armed camp with a quasi-dictator gathering up land and power as fast as he can. The two former Rebels take on this despot each in his own way.
Young and Willing Young and Willing (1943) Character: Tony Dennison
For those, if any, who have wondered why so many Paramount contractees appeared in United Artists' films during the war years, this is another one of the Paramount productions that was sold to United Artists in the early-40's when U.A. was having trouble meeting their exhibitor contracts because of lack of product, mainly due to their loss of production in England. A group of starving, but young and willing, actors band together to share finances and an apartment. Norman Reese (William Holden) orders no love nonsense between the boys and girls till they are set on broadway, but Marge Benson (Barbara Britton) and Tony Dennison (James Beown) are already secretly married. A friend drops in to see Dottie Coburn (Martha O'Driscoll) and is shocked to find the boys and girls sharing the same apartment and insists it is her duty to inform Dottie's father (Jay Fassett.)
Anna Lucasta Anna Lucasta (1949) Character: Buster
A prostitute is thrown out of her house by her alcoholic father, and her scheming brother-in-law tries to devise a plan to marry her off and make some money in the process.
Mean Johnny Barrows Mean Johnny Barrows (1975) Character: Police Sergeant
A Vietnam veteran gets caught in a mob war with a couple of double-crossers.
Thunder Over the Plains Thunder Over the Plains (1953) Character: Conrad
Set in 1869, after the Civil War, Texas had not yet been readmitted to the Union and carpetbaggers, hiding behind the legal protection of the Union Army of occupation, had taken over the state. Federal Captain Porter, a Texan, has to carry out orders against his own people. He brings in the rebel leader Ben Westman whom he knows is innocent of a murder that he is accused of. In trying to prove his innocence, Porter himself becomes a wanted man.
When the Clock Strikes When the Clock Strikes (1961) Character: Sam Morgan
A condemned criminal's acquaintances gather at a remote lodge on the eve of his execution to search for hidden money.
Crazylegs Crazylegs (1953) Character: Bill
The story of the life and career of football star Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch (who plays himself).
Father Takes the Air Father Takes the Air (1951) Character: Bob
In the fifth and final movie in Monogram's "Father" series, Henry Latham and Mayor Colton dream of reliving their WWI flying careers, leading to an increasingly antagonistic competition.
The Pride of St. Louis The Pride of St. Louis (1952) Character: Moose
The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and 1940s.
The Swap The Swap (1979) Character: Lt. Benson
Vito gets out of jail after serving ten years and tries to find out who killed his younger brother.
The Groom Wore Spurs The Groom Wore Spurs (1951) Character: Steve Hall
Pretty female attorney Abigail "AJ" Furnival is hired to keep high-flying cowboy movie star Ben Castle out of trouble in Las Vegas. Despite his many faults, Abigail falls in love with and marries Ben, with the hope that she can mold him into the virtuous hero he plays on the screen.
Inside the Mafia Inside the Mafia (1959) Character: Capt. Doug Blair
A mob assassin holds innocent hostages at an airport in upstate New York.
Five Guns to Tombstone Five Guns to Tombstone (1961) Character: Billy Wade
Billy Wade is an ex-gunslinger who is approached by his outlaw brother Matt, not long out of prison, to help him with a big-time robbery. Matt forces Billy's participation with an offer he cannot refuse, unaware that Billy is actually working on the side of the law.
Gun Street Gun Street (1961) Character: Sheriff Chuck Morton
A sheriff goes in pursuit of an escaped convict who is bent on paying back the people responsible for his imprisonment.
Wake Island Wake Island (1942) Character: Wounded Marine (uncredited)
In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
The Wild Blue Yonder The Wild Blue Yonder (1951) Character: Sgt. Pop Davis
Wendell Corey and Forrest Tucker star as a pair of World War II Army Air Corps officers. In between their battles over the affections of a beautiful nurse, Corey and Tucker prepare to fly a bombing mission in the South Pacific. Before boarding their B29 Superfortress, Tucker appears to be chickening out, but he's steadfastly at his cockpit post at takeoff time.
Sands of Iwo Jima Sands of Iwo Jima (1950) Character: PFC Charlie Bass
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.
Montana Montana (1950) Character: Tex Coyne
An Australian sheep man comes to Montana looking for grazing space, is opposed by local ranchers and a wealthy cattle-woman.
Chain Lightning Chain Lightning (1950) Character: Maj. Hinkle
Former World War II flying ace Matt Brennan takes a position as a test pilot for a commercial aircraft corporation and bumps into his old girlfriend, Jo Holloway, who now works as a receptionist for the company.
Yes Sir, That's My Baby Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1949) Character: Tony Cresnovitch
At a college, a group of ex-GIs clash with their wives about over playing football.
The Good Fellows The Good Fellows (1943) Character: Tom Drayton
The title of Grand Caesar in the Ancient Order of Noblest Romans of Wakefield, Indiana keeps Jim "Pop" Helton so involved and distracted that he forgets to pay the family's bills, nearly makes a shambles of a real estate deal his oldest daughter, Ethel is working on, almost wrecks her romance with Captain Tom Drayson, and gets involved in a game with a pool shark in an effort to raise the remaining $75 of the $6,750 needed (that they didn't have) by the Wakefield Lodge to host the national convention of the Noblest Romans.
Going My Way Going My Way (1944) Character: Ted Haines Jr.
Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, eventually winning over the aging, conventional Parish priest.
Brimstone Brimstone (1949) Character: Bud Courteen
A U.S. Marshal goes undercover to stop a cattle smuggling gang, but when his cover is blown, the hunter becomes the hunted.
Corvette K-225 Corvette K-225 (1943) Character: Lt. Paul Cartwright
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
A Star Is Born A Star Is Born (1954) Character: Glenn Williams
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944) Character: Avery Moore
In 1923, two young ladies depart, unescorted, for a tour of Europe. Their great naïvité and efforts to seem grown-up lead them into many comic misadventures.
The Charge at Feather River The Charge at Feather River (1953) Character: Pvt. Connors
A frontier scout leads prisoners on a death mission to save a railroad and rescue two women.
Woman They Almost Lynched Woman They Almost Lynched (1953) Character: Frank James
Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city council, take no side in the ongoing Civil War and they're prepared to hang any troublemaker, Yankee or Confederate, who stirs the townsfolk up.
The Gallant Legion The Gallant Legion (1948) Character: Tom Banner
When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of allowing it to enter the Union as a single state, Gary Conway and the Texas Rangers must step in to thwart their chicanery.
Powderkeg Powderkeg (1971) Character: Sheriff Lynch
A Mexican bandit is about to be executed in the United States, so his brother takes over a train and holds the passengers as hostages unless his brother is released. Now both the Americans and Mexicans are baffled as to what to do. One of the passengers — who wrote the letter for their captor — has a suggestion: call mercenaries Hank Brackett and Johnny Reech. They do, and as expected they do come up with a plan, but the president of the railroad is not sure if it will work.
Springfield Rifle Springfield Rifle (1952) Character: Pvt. Ferguson (uncredited)
Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union war effort. Falling in with the gang of jayhawkers and Confederate soldiers who have been conducting the raids, he gradually gains their trust and is put in a position where he can discover who has been giving them secret information revealing the routes of the horse shipments.
Adiós Amigo Adiós Amigo (1975) Character: Sheriff
Two incompetent Western outlaws engineer several failed crimes, including a botched stagecoach holdup. Fred Williamson, a tough-guy perennial in blaxploitation movies, does a rare comedy turn as a blundering patsy to Richard Pryor's slick con man.
The Rebels The Rebels (1979) Character: Masters
This sequel to "The Bastard" continues the saga of Philip Kent, the illegitimate son of an English nobleman, who has renounced his patrician birthright to become a Colonial soldier fighting for America's independence, befriending a Southern aristocrat and his earthy buddy to help thwart a plot to assassinate George Washington. (Episodes 3 and 4 of the Kent Chronicles miniseries.)
Whiffs Whiffs (1975) Character: State Trooper
Elliott Gould steals Army nerve gas to help him rob banks when he’s kicked out of the military after 15 years of service as a human guinea pig in its chemical warfare experiments.
Objective, Burma! Objective, Burma! (1945) Character: SSgt. Treacy
A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they try to rendezvous at an old air-strip to be taken back to their base, they find Japanese waiting for them, and they must make a long, difficult walk back through enemy-occupied jungle.
Between Midnight and Dawn Between Midnight and Dawn (1950) Character: Officer Haynes (uncredited)
Rocky and Dan, war buddies, are prowl car cops on night duty. Dan is a cynic who views all lawbreakers as scum; Rocky feels more lenient. Both are attracted to the radio voice of communicator Kate Mallory; but in person, Kate proves reluctant to get involved with men who just might stop a bullet. By lucky chance, Rocky and Dan cause big trouble for murderous racketeer Ritchie Garris; but when he swears vengeance, Kate's fears may prove justified.
Our Hearts Were Growing Up Our Hearts Were Growing Up (1946) Character: Avery Moore
Russell and Lynn are a pair of college students in the 1920s. They get mixed up with kind-hearted bootlegger Donlevy who helps them get their boy friends back.



Our Work is

Designed, crafted, and built with ❤️ for fans of all kinds.



Anime | Movie
2024 Animeperson . All Rights Reserved