Actor
Joe E. Brown
July 26, 1891 · Holgate, Ohio, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Mickey Rooney
3 titles together
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, That's Entertainment!, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Chick Chandler
3 titles together
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Show Boat, Screen Director's Playhouse
George Raft
2 titles together
Some Like It Hot, Around the World in 80 Days
Frank Sinatra
2 titles together
Around the World in 80 Days, That's Entertainment!
Peter Lorre
2 titles together
Around the World in 80 Days, The Comedy of Terrors
Vincent Price
2 titles together
The Comedy of Terrors, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Full filmography · 67
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
1982
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
19747.4
The Comedy of Terrors
as Cemetery Keeper
19646.5
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Union Official
19637
Some Like It Hot
as Osgood Fielding III
19598.1
Around the World in 80 Days
as Stationmaster
19566.7Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians
as Narrator
1952
Show Boat
as Cap'n Andy Hawks
19516.2
The Tender Years
as Will Norris
1948
Pin Up Girl
as Eddie Hall
1944
Casanova in Burlesque
as Joseph M. Kelly Jr.
1944
Chatterbox
as Rex Vane
1943