John Brown
Birthday
1904/04/04
Day of death
1957/05/16 (53 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
Also know as
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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...Read more
Acting
(1951) Strangers on a Train
as Prof. Collins
(1953) The Bigamist
as ---
(1952) Hans Christian Andersen
as Schoolmaster
(1945) The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Lou the waiter (uncredited)
(1953) Jennifer
as Service Station Attendant (uncredited)
(1953) The Wild One
as Bill Hannegan
(1946) The Stranger
as Passport Photographer (uncredited)
(1949) The Life of Riley
as Digger O'Dell
(1934) A Peach of a Pair
as John
(1953) Crazylegs
as Keller
(1951) Symphony in Slang
as The Hipster / Noah Webster (voice) (uncredited)
(1953) Robot Monster
as Ro-Man / Great Guidance (voice)
(1953) Man Crazy
as Mr. Duncan
(1951) The Day the Earth Stood Still
as George Barley, boarder
(1954) Dixieland Droopy
as Narrator / Pee Wee Runt (voice) (uncredited)
Heritage
as Narrator
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1951) I Love Lucy
as Mr. Murdoch
(1950) The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Harry Morton