Joe E. Brown

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Holgate, Ohio, USA, 1891-07-26

Died: 1973-07-06

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1927	Twinkle, Twinkle	P.T. Robinson	0
2	1928	The Circus Kid	King Kruger	0
3	1928	Take Me Home	Bunny	0
4	1929	Molly and Me		0
5	1929	My Lady's Past	Sam Young	0
6	1929	On With the Show!	Joe Beaton	50
7	1929	Painted Faces	Hermann / Beppo	48
8	1930	Sally	Grand Duke Connie	68
9	1930	Song of the West	Hasty	0
10	1930	Hold Everything	Gink Schiner	60
11	1930	An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee	Self	34
12	1930	Top Speed	Elmer Peters	60
13	1930	The Lottery Bride	Hoke	47
14	1930	Maybe It's Love	Yates	40
15	1930	Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5	Joe E. Brown	0
16	1930	Going Wild	Rollo Smith	60
17	1931	Sit Tight	Jojo	55
18	1931	The Stolen Jools	Robbery Suspect	56
19	1931	How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'		0
20	1931	Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)	Self	60
21	1931	Broadminded	Ossie Simpson	37
22	1931	How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'	Self - Golfer (uncredited)	60
23	1931	Local Boy Makes Good	John Augustus Miller	60
24	1932	Fireman, Save My Child	'Smokey' Joe Grant	50
25	1932	The Tenderfoot	Calvin Jones	60
26	1932	You Said a Mouthful	Joe Holt	50
27	1933	Elmer, the Great	Elmer Kane	49
28	1933	How to Break 90 #1: The Grip	Himself	0
29	1933	Son of a Sailor	Handsome	50
30	1934	Hollywood on Parade No. B-4	Self	0
31	1934	Hollywood Newsreel	Himself	40
32	1934	A Very Honorable Guy	'Feet' Samuels	20
33	1934	The Circus Clown	Happy Howard / Chuckles	60
34	1934	6 Day Bike Rider	Wilfred	55
35	1935	Alibi Ike	Frank "Ike" Farrell	58
36	1935	Bright Lights	Joe Wilson	45
37	1935	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Flute	65
38	1935	A Dream Comes True	Himself (uncredited)	55
39	1936	Sons o' Guns	Jimmy Canfield	43
40	1936	Earthworm Tractors	Alexander Botts	50
41	1936	Polo Joe	Joe Bolton	0
42	1936	Breakdowns of 1936	Self	0
43	1937	When's Your Birthday?	Dustin Willoughby	40
44	1937	Hollywood Party	Himself	63
45	1937	Riding on Air	Elmer Lane	50
46	1937	Fit for a King	Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones	50
47	1938	Wide Open Faces	Wilbur Meeks	85
48	1938	The Gladiator	Hugo Kipp	0
49	1938	Flirting with Fate	Dan Dixon	65
50	1939	Hollywood Hobbies	Self (uncredited)	56
51	1939	$1,000 a Touchdown	Marlowe Mansfield Booth	20
52	1939	Beware Spooks!	Roy L. Gifford	70
53	1940	So You Won't Talk?	Whiskers / Brute Hanson	50
54	1940	Rodeo Dough	Joe E. Brown	53
55	1941	Polo with the Stars	Self - Polo Player	50
56	1941	Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2		60
57	1942	Shut My Big Mouth	Wellington Holmes	100
58	1942	Soaring Stars	Himself	0
59	1942	Joan of Ozark	Cliff Little	0
60	1942	The Daring Young Man	Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw	43
61	1943	Chatterbox	Rex Vane	0
62	1943	Show-Business at War	Self	70
63	1944	Casanova in Burlesque	Joseph M. Kelly Jr.	0
64	1944	Pin Up Girl	Eddie Hall	61
65	1944	Memo for Joe	Self	0
66	1944	Hollywood Canteen	Self	73
67	1948	The Tender Years	Will Norris	70
68	1951	Show Boat	Cap'n Andy Hawks	61
69	1951	Toast to Our Brother	Fraternity Alumnus	0
70	1952	Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians	Narrator	0
71	1955	The Silent Partner	Arthur Vail	60
72	1956	Around the World in Eighty Days	Stationmaster	66
73	1959	Some Like It Hot	Osgood Fielding III	81
74	1963	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	Union Official	70
75	1964	The Comedy of Terrors	Cemetery Keeper	64
76	1974	That's Entertainment!	(archive footage) (uncredited)	73
77	1975	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Self (archive footage)	57
78	1976	It's Showtime	Self (archive footage)	70
79	1982	Showbiz Goes to War	(archive footage)	100
80	1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	65
81	1984	Going Hollywood: The '30s	Self (archive footage)	100
82	2001	Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot	Self	60
83	2013	Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored	Self (archive footage)	55

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The Ed Wynn Show	Self	70
2	1950	What's My Line?	Self	68
3	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	70
4	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		70
5	1952	This Is Your Life	Self	63
6	1953	General Electric Theater	Earl Hall	60
7	1953	The Christophers		0
8	1955	Screen Director's Playhouse	Arthur Vail	65
9	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self	65
10	1959	Startime		60
11	1960	Route 66	Sam Butler	63
12	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	51
13	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
14	1963	The Greatest Show on Earth	Diamond 'Dimey' Vine	50
15	1968	Cilla	Self	100