Joe E. Brown
Acting
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.
Born: July 26, 1891
Place of Birth: Holgate, Ohio, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Cemetery Keeper
as Union Official
as Self - Co-Host
as Self
as Sam Butler
as Osgood Fielding III
as Stationmaster
as Arthur Vail
as Earl Hall
as Self
as Cap'n Andy Hawks
as Self
as Self
as Will Norris
as Self
as Self
as Eddie Hall
as Joseph M. Kelly Jr.
as Self
as Rex Vane
as Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw
as Wellington Holmes
as Joe E. Brown
as Whiskers / Brute Hanson
as Roy L. Gifford
as Marlowe Mansfield Booth
as Self (uncredited)
as Dan Dixon
as Hugo Kipp
as Wilbur Meeks
as Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones
as Elmer Lane
as Himself
as Dustin Willoughby
as Self
as Joe Bolton
as Alexander Botts
as Jimmy Canfield
as Himself (uncredited)
as Flute
as Joe Wilson
as Frank "Ike" Farrell
as Wilfred
as Happy Howard / Chuckles
as 'Feet' Samuels
as Self
as Handsome
as Elmer Kane
as Joe Holt
as Calvin Jones
as 'Smokey' Joe Grant
as John Augustus Miller
as Self - Golfer (uncredited)
as Ossie Simpson
as Robbery Suspect
as Jojo
as Rollo Smith
as Joe E. Brown
as Yates
as Hoke
as Elmer Peters
as Gink Schiner
as Hasty
as Grand Duke Connie
as Hermann / Beppo
as Joe Beaton
as Sam Young
as Bunny
as King Kruger
as P.T. Robinson