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John Brown
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John Brown
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1904-04-04,Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

Strangers on a Train

7.662

Strangers on a Train
1951-06-27

6.458

The Bigamist
1953-12-03

Hans Christian Andersen

6.22

Hans Christian Andersen
1952-12-19

The Horn Blows at Midnight

5.8

The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945-04-28

6

Jennifer
1953-10-25

6.6

The Wild One
1953-12-30

7.218

The Stranger
1946-06-02

The Life of Riley

8

The Life of Riley
1949-04-16

A Peach of a Pair

8

A Peach of a Pair
1934-12-29

5.75

Crazylegs
1953-11-15

Symphony in Slang

7.311

Symphony in Slang
1951-06-16

4.514

Robot Monster
1953-06-24

7

Man Crazy
1953-12-02

The Day the Earth Stood Still

7.458

The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951-09-18

Dixieland Droopy

6.978

Dixieland Droopy
1954-12-04

0

Heritage

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7.2

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

7.926

I Love Lucy
1951-10-15

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

7.105

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950-10-12

The Life of Riley

8

The Life of Riley
1949-10-04