John Brown

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

3.728

Gender

Male

Birthday

04-Apr-1904

Age

(121 years old)

Place of Birth

Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK

Also Known As
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John Brown

Biography

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.


Credits

A Peach of a Pair A Peach of a Pair (1934) Character: John
Vaudeville performers Cook and Butler are mistaken for domestic servants; hilarity ensues.
The Wild One The Wild One (1953) Character: Bill Hannegan
The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another club rolls into town.
Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen (1952) Character: Schoolmaster
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.
Crazylegs Crazylegs (1953) Character: Keller
The story of the life and career of football star Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch (who plays himself).
The Bigamist The Bigamist (1953) Character: N/A
San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis, and a small child in Los Angeles, he confesses everything.
Strangers on a Train Strangers on a Train (1951) Character: Prof. Collins
Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder to an amateur tennis player — a theory he plans to test out.
The Horn Blows at Midnight The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) Character: Lou the waiter (uncredited)
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
Dixieland Droopy Dixieland Droopy (1954) Character: Narrator / Pee Wee Runt (voice) (uncredited)
John Pettibone (Droopy), a dog whose love of Dixieland music is not appreciated by those around him, has a lucky meeting with Pee-Wee Runt and his All-Flea Dixieland band at the circus.
Symphony in Slang Symphony in Slang (1951) Character: The Hipster / Noah Webster (voice) (uncredited)
At the gates of Heaven, the admitting officials have a hard time understanding a newcomer's life story with all his contemporary slang.
The Stranger The Stranger (1946) Character: Passport Photographer (uncredited)
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
The Day the Earth Stood Still The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Character: George Barley, boarder
An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
Jennifer Jennifer (1953) Character: Service Station Attendant (uncredited)
A young woman is hired to take care of an eerie old mansion, where she finds herself entangled with an enigmatic murderer.
Man Crazy Man Crazy (1953) Character: Mr. Duncan
Three women come to Hollywood to break into the movies.
The Life of Riley The Life of Riley (1949) Character: Digger O'Dell
Inspired by the popular '40s radio show of the same title, director Irving Brecher's 1949 comedy stars William Bendix as a hard-working husband-and-father with no shortage of family problems.
Robot Monster Robot Monster (1953) Character: Ro-Man / Great Guidance (voice)
Ro-Man, an alien robot who greatly resembles a gorilla in a diving helmet, is sent to earth to destroy all human life. Ro-Man falls in love with one of the last six remaining humans, and struggles to understand how his programming can instruct him to kill her while his heart demands that he can't.



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