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John Brown

John Brown

Actor

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.

Born: April 4, 1904 in Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK

Died: May 16, 1957 (Age 53)

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John Brown  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
6.9
ActorSchoolmaster1952
Movie
8
ActorProf. Collins1951
Movie
6.6
ActorMr. Duncan1953
Movie
3.2
ActorRo-Man / Great Guidance (voice)1953
Movie
6.7
ActorDigger O'Dell1949
Movie
6.4
ActorLou the waiter (uncredited)1945
Movie
7.8
ActorGeorge Barley, boarder1951
Movie
5.6
ActorService Station Attendant (uncredited)1953
Movie
6.9
ActorBill Hannegan1953
Movie
5.3
ActorKeller1953
Movie
6.6
Actor1953
Movie
7.4
ActorPassport Photographer (uncredited)1946
TV Show
8.6
ActorMr. Murdoch
1 Episode
1951-1957
TV Show
7.3
Actor1 Episode1951-1959
TV Show
8.4
ActorHarry Morton
1 Episode
1950-1958
Short Film
7.4
ActorThe Hipster / Noah Webster (voice) (uncredited)1951
Short Film
7.1
ActorNarrator / Pee Wee Runt (voice) (uncredited)1954
Short Film
6.2
ActorJohn1934
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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