Joseph Evans Brown was an American actor and comedian, remembered for his friendly screen persona, comic timing, and enormous, elastic-mouth smile. He was one of the most popular American comedians in the 1930s and 1940s, and enjoyed lengthy careers in both motion pictures and radio. Later he became a character actor and comedian, as in Some Like It Hot (1959), in which he utters the film's famous punchline "Well, nobody's perfect."
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Importing filmography…
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Classic Movie Bloopers: UncensoredMovie | Self (archive footage) | 122 |
| 2001 | Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It HotMovie | Self | 110 |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30sMovie | Self (archive footage) | 93 |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageMovie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 92 |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to WarMovie | (archive footage) | 91 |
| 1976 | It's ShowtimeMovie | Self (archive footage) | 85 |
| 1976 | Bob Hope's World of ComedyMovie | Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) | 85 |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Movie | Self (archive footage) | 84 |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment!Movie | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 83 |
| 1968 | CillaSeries | Self | 77 |
| 1964 | The Comedy of TerrorsMovie | Cemetery Keeper | 73 |
| 1963 | The Greatest Show on EarthSeries | Diamond 'Dimey' Vine | 72 |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldMovie | Union Official | 72 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas ShowSeries | Self - Co-Host | 70 |
| 1960 | Route 66Series | Sam Butler | 69 |
| 1959 | Some Like It HotMovie | Osgood Fielding III | 68 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeries | Self | 66 |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 DaysMovie | Stationmaster | 65 |
| 1953 | General Electric TheaterSeries | Earl Hall | 62 |
| 1953 | The ChristophersSeries | — | 62 |
| 1952 | This Is Your LifeSeries | Self | 61 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries | — | 60 |
| 1951 | Show BoatMovie | Cap'n Andy Hawks | 60 |
| 1950 | What's My Line?Series | Self | 59 |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy HourSeries | Self | 59 |
| 1944 | Hollywood CanteenMovie | Self | 53 |
| 1944 | Casanova in BurlesqueMovie | Joseph M. Kelly Jr. | 53 |
| 1943 | ChatterboxMovie | Rex Vane | 52 |
| 1943 | Show-Business at WarMovie | Self | 52 |
| 1942 | Joan of OzarkMovie | Cliff Little | 51 |
| 1940 | Rodeo DoughMovie | Joe E. Brown | 49 |
| 1940 | So You Won't Talk?Movie | Whiskers / Brute Hanson | 49 |
| 1939 | $1,000 a TouchdownMovie | Marlowe Mansfield Booth | 48 |
| 1939 | Hollywood HobbiesMovie | Self (uncredited) | 48 |
| 1936 | Breakdowns of 1936Movie | Self | 45 |
| 1936 | Sons o' GunsMovie | Jimmy Canfield | 45 |
| 1935 | A Midsummer Night's DreamMovie | Flute | 44 |
| 1935 | Alibi IkeMovie | Frank "Ike" Farrell | 44 |
| 1935 | A Dream Comes TrueMovie | Himself (uncredited) | 44 |
| 1934 | Hollywood NewsreelMovie | Himself | 43 |
| 1934 | The Circus ClownMovie | Happy Howard / Chuckles | 43 |
| 1933 | How to Break 90 #1: The GripMovie | Himself | 42 |
| 1932 | You Said a MouthfulMovie | Joe Holt | 41 |
| 1932 | The TenderfootMovie | Calvin Jones | 41 |
| 1932 | Fireman, Save My ChildMovie | 'Smokey' Joe Grant | 41 |
| 1931 | Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)Movie | Self | 40 |
| 1931 | Local Boy Makes GoodMovie | John Augustus Miller | 40 |
| 1931 | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'Movie | Self - Golfer (uncredited) | 40 |
| 1931 | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'Movie | — | 40 |
| 1931 | Sit TightMovie | Jojo | 40 |
| 1930 | Maybe It's LoveMovie | Yates | 39 |
| 1930 | Hold EverythingMovie | Gink Schiner | 39 |
| 1930 | SallyMovie | Grand Duke Connie | 39 |
| 1930 | The Lottery BrideMovie | Hoke | 39 |
| 1930 | Top SpeedMovie | Elmer Peters | 39 |
| 1929 | On With the Show!Movie | Joe Beaton | 38 |