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Joe E. Brown
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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.
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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.
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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
as Self
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Comedy of Terrors
as Cemetery Keeper
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Union Official
Some Like It Hot
as Osgood Fielding III
Around the World in 80 Days
as Stationmaster
No Poster
Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians
as Narrator
No Poster
Toast to Our Brother
as Fraternity Alumnus
Show Boat
as Cap'n Andy Hawks
The Tender Years
as Will Norris
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
Memo for Joe
as Self
Pin Up Girl
as Eddie Hall
Casanova in Burlesque
as Joseph M. Kelly Jr.
Show-Business at War
as Self
Chatterbox
as Rex Vane
The Daring Young Man
as Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw
Joan of Ozark
as Cliff Little
No Poster
Soaring Stars
as Himself
Shut My Big Mouth
as Wellington Holmes
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
No Poster
Polo with the Stars
as Self - Polo Player
Rodeo Dough
as Joe E. Brown
So You Won't Talk?
as Whiskers / Brute Hanson
Beware Spooks!
as Roy L. Gifford
$1,000 a Touchdown
as Marlowe Mansfield Booth
Hollywood Hobbies
as Self (uncredited)
Flirting with Fate
as Dan Dixon
The Gladiator
as Hugo Kipp
Wide Open Faces
as Wilbur Meeks
Fit for a King
as Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones
Riding on Air
as Elmer Lane
Hollywood Party
as Himself
When's Your Birthday?
as Dustin Willoughby
Breakdowns of 1936
as Self
Polo Joe
as Joe Bolton
Earthworm Tractors
as Alexander Botts
Sons o' Guns
as Jimmy Canfield
A Dream Comes True
as Himself (uncredited)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Flute
Bright Lights
as Joe Wilson
Alibi Ike
as Frank "Ike" Farrell
No Poster
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
6 Day Bike Rider
as Wilfred
The Circus Clown
as Happy Howard / Chuckles
A Very Honorable Guy
as 'Feet' Samuels
Hollywood Newsreel
as Himself
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
as Self
Son of a Sailor
as Handsome
No Poster
How to Break 90 #1: The Grip
as Himself
Elmer, the Great
as Elmer Kane
You Said a Mouthful
as Joe Holt
The Tenderfoot
as Calvin Jones
Fireman, Save My Child
as 'Smokey' Joe Grant
Local Boy Makes Good
as John Augustus Miller
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
as Self - Golfer (uncredited)
Broadminded
as Ossie Simpson
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
as Self
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
The Stolen Jools
as Robbery Suspect
Sit Tight
as Jojo
Going Wild
as Rollo Smith
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
as Joe E. Brown
Maybe It's Love
as Yates
The Lottery Bride
as Hoke
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
as Self
Top Speed
as Elmer Peters
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
as Self
Hold Everything
as Gink Schiner
Song of the West
as Hasty
Sally
as Grand Duke Connie
Painted Faces
as Hermann / Beppo
On With the Show!
as Joe Beaton
My Lady's Past
as Sam Young
Molly and Me
Take Me Home
as Bunny
The Circus Kid
as King Kruger
Hit of the Show
as Twisty
Crooks Can't Win
as Jimmy Wells
Twinkle, Twinkle
as P.T. Robinson