Joe E. Brown
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Also Known As
Joe Evans Brown
Birth Place
Holgate, Ohio, USA
Born
July 28, 1891
Died
July 06, 1973
Biography
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Entertaining the Troops
(1989)
Himself
It's Showtime
(1976)
Himself
The Comedy of Terrors
(1963)
Cemetery keeper
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(1963)
Union official
Some Like It Hot
(1959)
Osgood Fielding III
Around the World in 80 Days
(1956)
Stationmaster at Ft. Kearney
Show Boat
(1951)
Captain Andy Hawks
Cassino to Korea
(1950)
The Tender Years
(1948)
Rev. Will Norris
Casanova in Burlesque
(1944)
Joseph L. Kelly, Jr., also known as Casanova Brown
Hollywood Canteen
(1944)
Pin Up Girl
(1944)
Eddie Hall
Chatterbox
(1943)
Rex Vane
Shut My Big Mouth
(1942)
Wellington Holmes [also known as Henrietta Oglethorpe]
Daring Young Man
(1942)
Jonathan Peckinpaw/Grandma
Joan of Ozark
(1942)
Cliff Little
So You Won't Talk
(1940)
"Whiskers"[Charles Augustus Holt]/Brute Hanson
Beware, Spooks!
(1939)
Roy Gifford
$1,000 a Touchdown
(1939)
Marlowe Mansfield Booth
The Gladiator
(1938)
Hugo Kipp
Wide Open Faces
(1938)
Wilbur Meeks
Flirting with Fate
(1938)
Dan Dixon
When's Your Birthday?
(1937)
Dustin Willoughby
Riding on Air
(1937)
Elmer Lane
Fit for a King
(1937)
Virgil ["Scoops"] Jones
Earthworm Tractors
(1936)
Alexander Botts
Sons O' Guns
(1936)
Jimmy Canfield
Polo Joe
(1936)
Joe Bolton
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1935)
Flute, the bellows-mender
Alibi Ike
(1935)
Frank X. Farrell
Bright Lights
(1935)
Joe Wilson
A Very Honorable Guy
(1934)
Feet Samuels
6 Day Bike Rider
(1934)
Wilfred Simpson
Circus Clown
(1934)
Happy Howard [and Chuckles Howard]
Elmer the Great
(1933)
Elmer [Kane]
Son of a Sailor
(1933)
Handsome [Callahan]
Fireman Save My Child
(1932)
Smokey Joe Grant
You Said a Mouthful
(1932)
Joe Holt
The Tenderfoot
(1932)
Peter Jones
Sit Tight
(1931)
Jojo [Mullins]
Local Boy Makes Good
(1931)
John Miller
Broadminded
(1931)
Ossie Simpson
Hold Everything
(1930)
Gink Schiner
Top Speed
(1930)
Elmer Peters
Going Wild
(1930)
Rollo Smith
Song of the West
(1930)
Hasty
The Lottery Bride
(1930)
Hoke
Eleven Men and a Girl
(1930)
Molly and Me
(1929)
Jim Wilson
My Lady's Past
(1929)
Sam Young
Painted Faces
(1929)
Hermann [or Beppo]
Sally
(1929)
Connie [The Grand Duke]
On With the Show
(1929)
Ike
The Circus Kid
(1928)
King Kruger
Take Me Home
(1928)
Bunny
Hit of the Show
(1928)
"Twisty"
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Entertaining the Troops
(1989)
Other
It's Showtime
(1976)
Other
Cast (Special)
Five's a Family
(1961)
Harry Conover
Cast (Short)
Soaring Stars
(1942)
Himself
Rodeo Dough
(1940)
Himself
Hollywood Hobbies
(1939)
Himself
Hollywood Party
(1937)
Himself
A Dream Comes True The Making of an Unusual Motion Picture
(1935)
Himself
Hollywood Newsreel
(1934)
Himself
How to Break 90 #1: The Grip
(1933)
Himself
How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones No. 10 "Trouble Shots"
(1931)
Himself
How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones No. 1 The Putter
(1931)
Himself
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
(1930)
Himself
Life Events
1901
Debut as circus acrobat performer
1918
First role on Broadway
1928
Film acting debut
Photo Collections
11 Photos
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) - Scene Stills
Here are some scene stills from the all-star Warner Bros. production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle.
Videos
Movie Clip
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Trailer
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