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John Brown‌

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John Brown

Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK

John Brown

Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1904-04-04

Popularity

star1.0

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.

Movie Credits

Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train‌
star7.7
calendar 1951

The Bigamist

The Bigamist‌
star6.4
calendar 1953

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen‌
star6.3
calendar 1952

The Horn Blows at Midnight

The Horn Blows at Midnight‌
star5.8
calendar 1945

Jennifer

Jennifer‌
star5.6
calendar 1953

The Wild One

The Wild One‌
star6.6
calendar 1953

The Stranger

The Stranger‌
star7.2
calendar 1946

The Life of Riley

The Life of Riley‌
star7.0
calendar 1949

A Peach of a Pair

A Peach of a Pair‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

Crazylegs

Crazylegs‌
star5.0
calendar 1953

Symphony in Slang

Symphony in Slang‌
star7.2
calendar 1951

Robot Monster

Robot Monster‌
star4.5
calendar 1953

Man Crazy

Man Crazy‌
star6.0
calendar 1953

The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still‌
star7.5
calendar 1951

Dixieland Droopy

Dixieland Droopy‌
star6.9
calendar 1954

Tv Credits

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy‌
star8.0
calendar 1951