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 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

Osgood Fielding III

Some Like It Hot

Stationmaster

Around the World in Eighty Days

Union Official

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Self

Hollywood on Parade No. B-4

Cemetery Keeper

The Comedy of Terrors

Eddie Hall

Pin Up Girl

Alexander Botts

Earthworm Tractors

Self

Hollywood Canteen

Cap'n Andy Hawks

Show Boat

Joe E. Brown

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5

Flute

A Midsummer Night's Dream

(archive footage)

Showbiz Goes to War

'Smokey' Joe Grant

Fireman, Save My Child

Cliff Little

Joan of Ozark

Elmer Kane

Elmer, the Great

Joe Wilson

Bright Lights

Rollo Smith

Going Wild

Frank "Ike" Farrell

Alibi Ike

Jojo

Sit Tight

Wilfred

6 Day Bike Rider

Happy Howard / Chuckles

The Circus Clown

Joe Beaton

On With the Show!

Grand Duke Connie

Sally

Calvin Jones

The Tenderfoot

Jimmy Canfield

Sons o' Guns

Yates

Maybe It's Love

Hoke

The Lottery Bride

'Feet' Samuels

A Very Honorable Guy

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Ossie Simpson

Broadminded

Hermann / Beppo

Painted Faces

Roy L. Gifford

Beware Spooks!

Handsome

Son of a Sailor

Elmer Lane

Riding on Air

Himself

Hollywood Party

Dustin Willoughby

When's Your Birthday?

Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones

Fit for a King

Dan Dixon

Flirting with Fate

Joe Bolton

Polo Joe

Wilbur Meeks

Wide Open Faces

Self (uncredited)

Hollywood Hobbies

Hasty

Song of the West

Joe Holt

You Said a Mouthful

Self (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

King Kruger

The Circus Kid

Self (archive footage)

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

Elmer Peters

Top Speed

John Augustus Miller

Local Boy Makes Good

Narrator

Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians

Self

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee

Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw

The Daring Young Man

Joseph M. Kelly Jr.

Casanova in Burlesque

(archive footage) (uncredited)

That's Entertainment!

Marlowe Mansfield Booth

$1,000 a Touchdown

Joe E. Brown

Rodeo Dough

Wellington Holmes

Shut My Big Mouth

Whiskers / Brute Hanson

So You Won't Talk?

Himself

Hollywood Newsreel

Hugo Kipp

The Gladiator

Himself

Soaring Stars

Self

Breakdowns of 1936

Arthur Vail

The Silent Partner

Robbery Suspect

The Stolen Jools

Self

Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)

Self - Polo Player

Polo with the Stars

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'

P.T. Robinson

Twinkle, Twinkle

Will Norris

The Tender Years

Rex Vane

Chatterbox

Gink Schiner

Hold Everything

Himself (uncredited)

A Dream Comes True

Self

Show-Business at War

Self (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self - Golfer (uncredited)

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'

Himself

How to Break 90 #1: The Grip

Self

Memo for Joe

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2

Sam Young

My Lady's Past

Molly and Me

Self (archive footage)

It's Showtime

Fraternity Alumnus

Toast to Our Brother

Self

Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot

Bunny

Take Me Home

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

83

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-07-26

Place of Birth

Holgate, Ohio, USA

Also Known As

Joseph Evans Brown