Joe E. Brown
AKA: Joseph Evans Brown
Birthday: 1891-07-26
Died: 1973-07-06
Birthplace: Holgate, Ohio, USA
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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Filmography
Character: Osgood Fielding III
Character: Union Official
Character: Cemetery Keeper
Character: Alexander Botts
Character: Cap'n Andy Hawks
Character: 'Smokey' Joe Grant
Character: Frank "Ike" Farrell
Character: Jimmy Canfield
Character: Grand Duke Connie
Character: 'Feet' Samuels
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: Hermann / Beppo
Character: Roy L. Gifford
Character: Dustin Willoughby
Character: Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones
Character: (archive footage) (uncredited)
Character: Himself (uncredited)
Character: Happy Howard / Chuckles
Character: John Augustus Miller
Character: Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw
Character: Joseph M. Kelly Jr.
Character: Marlowe Mansfield Booth
Character: Wellington Holmes
Character: Whiskers / Brute Hanson
Character: Robbery Suspect
Character: Self - Polo Player
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Himself (uncredited)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Self - Golfer (uncredited)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Character: Fraternity Alumnus
Character: (archive footage)
Character: Self (archive footage)