John Brown
Acting
Born: 1904-04-04 · Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died: 1957-05-16
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
🎬 Movies (15)
Dixieland Droopy
1954
Narrator / Pee Wee Runt (voice) (uncredited)
The Bigamist
1953
Jennifer
1953
Service Station Attendant (uncredited)
The Wild One
1953
Bill Hannegan
Crazylegs
1953
Keller
Robot Monster
1953
Ro-Man / Great Guidance (voice)
Man Crazy
1953
Mr. Duncan
Hans Christian Andersen
1952
Schoolmaster
Strangers on a Train
1951
Prof. Collins
Symphony in Slang
1951
The Hipster / Noah Webster (voice) (uncredited)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951
George Barley, boarder
The Life of Riley
1949
Digger O'Dell
The Stranger
1946
Passport Photographer (uncredited)
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
Lou the waiter (uncredited)
A Peach of a Pair
1934
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