Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1891-07-26
- Day of Death1973-07-06 (81 years)
- Place of BirthHolgate, Ohio, USA
- Also Known AsJoseph Evans BrownJoe 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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 1964
The Comedy of Terrors
As: Cemetery Keeper
- 1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
As: Union Official
- 1960
Route 66
As: Sam Butler
- 1959
Some Like It Hot
As: Osgood Fielding III
- 1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
As: Stationmaster
- 1955
The Silent Partner
As: Arthur Vail
- 1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
As: Arthur Vail
- 1953
General Electric Theater
As: Earl Hall
- 1951
Show Boat
As: Cap'n Andy Hawks
- 1948
The Tender Years
As: Will Norris
- 1944
Pin Up Girl
As: Eddie Hall
- 1944
Casanova in Burlesque
As: Joseph M. Kelly Jr.
- 1943
Chatterbox
As: Rex Vane
- 1942
The Daring Young Man
As: Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw
- 1942
Shut My Big Mouth
As: Wellington Holmes
- 1940
Rodeo Dough
As: Joe E. Brown
- 1940
So You Won't Talk?
As: Whiskers / Brute Hanson
- 1939
Beware Spooks!
As: Roy L. Gifford
- 1939
$1,000 a Touchdown
As: Marlowe Mansfield Booth
- 1938
Flirting with Fate
As: Dan Dixon
- 1938
The Gladiator
As: Hugo Kipp
- 1938
Wide Open Faces
As: Wilbur Meeks
- 1937
Fit for a King
As: Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones
- 1937
Riding on Air
As: Elmer Lane
- 1937
When's Your Birthday?
As: Dustin Willoughby
- 1936
Polo Joe
As: Joe Bolton
- 1936
Earthworm Tractors
As: Alexander Botts
- 1936
Sons o' Guns
As: Jimmy Canfield
- 1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream
As: Flute
- 1935
Bright Lights
As: Joe Wilson
- 1935
Alibi Ike
As: Frank "Ike" Farrell
- 1934
6 Day Bike Rider
As: Wilfred
- 1934
The Circus Clown
As: Happy Howard / Chuckles
- 1934
A Very Honorable Guy
As: 'Feet' Samuels
- 1933
Son of a Sailor
As: Handsome
- 1933
Elmer, the Great
As: Elmer Kane
- 1932
You Said a Mouthful
As: Joe Holt
- 1932
The Tenderfoot
As: Calvin Jones
- 1932
Fireman, Save My Child
As: 'Smokey' Joe Grant
- 1931
Local Boy Makes Good
As: John Augustus Miller
- 1931
Broadminded
As: Ossie Simpson
- 1931
The Stolen Jools
As: Robbery Suspect
- 1931
Sit Tight
As: Jojo
- 1930
Going Wild
As: Rollo Smith
- 1930
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
As: Joe E. Brown
- 1930
Maybe It's Love
As: Yates
- 1930
The Lottery Bride
As: Hoke
- 1930
Top Speed
As: Elmer Peters
- 1930
Hold Everything
As: Gink Schiner
- 1930
Song of the West
As: Hasty
- 1930
Sally
As: Grand Duke Connie
- 1929
Painted Faces
As: Hermann / Beppo
- 1929
On With the Show!
As: Joe Beaton
- 1929
My Lady's Past
As: Sam Young
- 1928
Take Me Home
As: Bunny
- 1928
The Circus Kid
As: King Kruger
- 1927
Twinkle, Twinkle
As: P.T. Robinson