John Brown

Actor
BirthdayApr 4, 1904 (53 years old)
DeathdayMay 16, 1957
Place of birthHull, Yorkshire, England, UK
GenderMale

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 ‘Broadway’ role; once heard, many find it impossible to think of the narrator of Damon Runyon’s stories as anyone else. It was a measure of Brown’s talent that this quintessentially American character was portrayed by an Englishman. Brown appeared in some notable films: as the inebriated professor in Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train (1951), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951, uncredited), and The Wild One (1953); he supplied the voice of "Ro-Man" in the 1953 cult science fiction B-film Robot Monster.

Known for

Prof. Collins

Jun 27, 1951

George Barley, boarder

Sep 28, 1951

Passport Photographer (uncredited)

Jul 2, 1946

Bill Hannegan

Dec 30, 1953

Mr. Murdoch

Oct 15, 1951

Ro-Man / Great Guidance (voice)

Jun 25, 1953

Dec 3, 1953

Schoolmaster

Dec 19, 1952

The Hipster / Noah Webster (voice) (uncredited)

Jun 16, 1951

Lou the waiter (uncredited)

Apr 28, 1945

Narrator / Pee Wee Runt (voice) (uncredited)

Dec 4, 1954

Harry Morton

Oct 12, 1950

Service Station Attendant (uncredited)

Oct 25, 1953

Keller

Nov 15, 1953

Digger O'Dell

Apr 16, 1949

Mr. Duncan

Dec 2, 1953

John

Dec 29, 1934

Narrator

Prof. Collins

Jun 27, 1951

George Barley, boarder

Sep 28, 1951

Passport Photographer (uncredited)

Jul 2, 1946

Bill Hannegan

Dec 30, 1953

Mr. Murdoch

Oct 15, 1951

Ro-Man / Great Guidance (voice)

Jun 25, 1953

Acting


Participated in 16 movies, 3 TV series

1954

Narrator / Pee Wee Runt (voice) (uncredited)


1953

Bill Hannegan



1953

Mr. Duncan


1953

Keller


1953

Service Station Attendant (uncredited)


1953

Ro-Man / Great Guidance (voice)


1952


1951

Mr. Murdoch



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