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Joe E. Brown
Deceased

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Life & Death

Died aged 81
Also known asJoseph Evans Brown, Joe BrownGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn26/07/1891Born inHolgate, Ohio, USADied06/07/1973 (aged 81)Died inBrentwoodCausestrokeWikidataQ727112 ↗Buried atForest Lawn Memorial ParkTMDb#3156 ↗

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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Filmography71 titles

Importing filmography…
YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2013Classic Movie Bloopers: UncensoredMovieSelf (archive footage)122
2001Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It HotMovieSelf110
1984Going Hollywood: The '30sMovieSelf (archive footage)93
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)92
1982Showbiz Goes to WarMovie(archive footage)91
1976It's ShowtimeMovieSelf (archive footage)85
1976Bob Hope's World of ComedyMovieSelf - Tribute Montage (archive footage)85
1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?MovieSelf (archive footage)84
1974That's Entertainment!Movie(archive footage) (uncredited)83
1968CillaSeriesSelf77
1964The Comedy of TerrorsMovieCemetery Keeper73
1963The Greatest Show on EarthSeriesDiamond 'Dimey' Vine72
1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldMovieUnion Official72
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSeriesSelf - Co-Host70
1960Route 66SeriesSam Butler69
1959Some Like It HotMovieOsgood Fielding III68
1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeriesSelf66
1956Around the World in 80 DaysMovieStationmaster65
1953General Electric TheaterSeriesEarl Hall62
1953The ChristophersSeries—62
1952This Is Your LifeSeriesSelf61
1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries—60
1951Show BoatMovieCap'n Andy Hawks60
1950What's My Line?SeriesSelf59
1950The Colgate Comedy HourSeriesSelf59
1949The Ed Wynn ShowSeriesSelf58
1948The Tender YearsMovieWill Norris57
1944Hollywood CanteenMovieSelf53
1944Casanova in BurlesqueMovieJoseph M. Kelly Jr.53
1943ChatterboxMovieRex Vane52
1943Show-Business at WarMovieSelf52
1942Joan of OzarkMovieCliff Little51
1942The Daring Young ManMovieJonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw51
1942Shut My Big MouthMovieWellington Holmes51
1941Polo with the StarsMovieSelf - Polo Player50
1940Rodeo DoughMovieJoe E. Brown49
1940So You Won't Talk?MovieWhiskers / Brute Hanson49
1939$1,000 a TouchdownMovieMarlowe Mansfield Booth48
1939Hollywood HobbiesMovieSelf (uncredited)48
1938The GladiatorMovieHugo Kipp47
1937Riding on AirMovieElmer Lane46
1937When's Your Birthday?MovieDustin Willoughby46
1936Breakdowns of 1936MovieSelf45
1936Sons o' GunsMovieJimmy Canfield45
1936Polo JoeMovieJoe Bolton45
1936Earthworm TractorsMovieAlexander Botts45
1935A Midsummer Night's DreamMovieFlute44
1935Alibi IkeMovieFrank "Ike" Farrell44
1935A Dream Comes TrueMovieHimself (uncredited)44
1934Hollywood NewsreelMovieHimself43
1934The Circus ClownMovieHappy Howard / Chuckles43
19346 Day Bike RiderMovieWilfred43
1934Hollywood on Parade No. B-4MovieSelf43
1933How to Break 90 #1: The GripMovieHimself42
1932You Said a MouthfulMovieJoe Holt41
1932The TenderfootMovieCalvin Jones41
1932Fireman, Save My ChildMovie'Smokey' Joe Grant41
1931Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)MovieSelf40
1931Local Boy Makes GoodMovieJohn Augustus Miller40
1931How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'MovieSelf - Golfer (uncredited)40
1931How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'Movie—40
1931Sit TightMovieJojo40
1930Maybe It's LoveMovieYates39
1930Hold EverythingMovieGink Schiner39
1930SallyMovieGrand Duke Connie39
1930The Lottery BrideMovieHoke39
1930Top SpeedMovieElmer Peters39
1930Song of the WestMovieHasty39
1930Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1MovieSelf39
1929On With the Show!MovieJoe Beaton38
1928Take Me HomeMovieBunny37