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John Brown

John Brown

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 04, 1904
Died May 16, 1957 (53)
Birthplace Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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.

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Dixieland Droopy

Dixieland Droopy

1954

as Narrator / Pee Wee Runt (voice) (uncredited)

Man Crazy

Man Crazy

1953

as Mr. Duncan

Crazylegs

Crazylegs

1953

as Keller

Robot Monster

Robot Monster

1953

as Ro-Man / Great Guidance (voice)

The Wild One

The Wild One

1953

as Bill Hannegan

Jennifer

Jennifer

1953

as Service Station Attendant (uncredited)

Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen

1952

as Schoolmaster

Symphony in Slang

Symphony in Slang

1951

as The Hipster / Noah Webster (voice) (uncredited)

Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

1951

as Prof. Collins

The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951

as George Barley, boarder

The Life of Riley

The Life of Riley

1949

as Digger O'Dell

The Stranger

The Stranger

1946

as Passport Photographer (uncredited)

The Horn Blows at Midnight

The Horn Blows at Midnight

1945

as Lou the waiter (uncredited)

A Peach of a Pair

A Peach of a Pair

1934

as John

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Television Credits

I Love Lucy

as Mr. Murdoch

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 15, 1951

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

as Harry Morton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 12, 1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1951

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