Joe E. Brown
Joseph Evans Brown (July 28, 1891 – July 6, 1973) was an American actor and comedian, remembered for his amiable screen persona, comic timing, and enormous smile. In 1902 at the age of nine, he joined a troupe of circus tumblers known as the Five Marvelous Ashtons which toured the country on both the circus and vaudeville circuits. Later he became a professional baseball player. After three seasons he returned to the circus, then went into Vaudeville and finally starred on Broadway. He gradually added comedy into his act and transformed himself into a comedian. He moved to Broadway in the 1920s first appearing in the musical comedy Jim Jam Jems.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.962 |
| Birthday | 1891-07-26 |
| Place of Birth | Holgate, Ohio, USA |
| Also Known As | Joseph Evans Brown, Joe Brown, Джо Э. Браун, Джозеф Эванс Браун , |
1959
Some Like It Hot
8.099/3445
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join a...
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Some Like It Hot
1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
6.6/509
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a ve...
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Around the World in Eighty Days
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
6.961/583
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is t...
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
0/0
Songwriter Mack Gordon introduces flagpole sitter Shipwreck Kelly, who hoists some girls aloft with him and shows them sights around Hollywood.
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
1964
The Comedy of Terrors
6.4/149
An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings...
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The Comedy of Terrors
1944
Pin Up Girl
6.1/16
Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become "engaged" to almost every serviceman she's signed her pin-up photo for. No...
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Pin Up Girl
1936
Earthworm Tractors
5/5
A salesman tries to sell a tractor to a customer who hates tractors while falling for the girl.
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Earthworm Tractors
1944
Hollywood Canteen
7.3/26
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club...
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Hollywood Canteen
1951
Show Boat
6/72
A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.
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Show Boat
1930
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
0/0
Andy Clyde plays football with the Sennett girls; Mary Pickford's miniature golf course is shown.
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Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1935
A Midsummer Night's Dream
6.4/39
Four young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are quarreling, while meanwhile, a troupe of amateur actors rehear...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
1982
Showbiz Goes to War
10/1
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the A...
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Showbiz Goes to War
1932
Fireman, Save My Child
5/3
Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to play in a big team and hopes to get more money for hi...
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Fireman, Save My Child
1942
Joan of Ozark
0/0
An uninhibited Arkansas farmgirl discovers a group of Nazis operating in the United States. Director Joseph Santley's broad WWII comedy stars Judy Can...
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Joan of Ozark
1933
Elmer, the Great
4.3/6
Elmer does not want to leave Gentryville, because Nellie is the one that he loves. Even when Mr. Wade of the Chicago Cubs comes to get him, it is only...
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Elmer, the Great
1935
Bright Lights
4.5/4
Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.
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Bright Lights
1930
Going Wild
6/2
Rollo and Lane just happen to be tossed off the train at White Beach where Robert Story -Air ace and writer- is supposed to stop. It is a case of mist...
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Going Wild
1935
Alibi Ike
5.8/4
Idiosyncratic new recruit Francis "Ike" Farrell tries to help the Cubs to the pennant with his pitching and hitting.
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Alibi Ike
1931
Sit Tight
5.2/2
Winnie Lightner is the head of a health clinic and has Joe E. Brown as one of her employees. Brown is a wrestler named JoJo and he is forced to enter...
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Sit Tight
1934
6 Day Bike Rider
5.5/2
To get his girl back, that has fallen for a biker, a worker and one of his friends enter a six day race.
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6 Day Bike Rider
1934
The Circus Clown
6/1
A man who wants to join the circus against the wishes of his ex-circus clown father.
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The Circus Clown
1929
On With the Show!
5/3
With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate matters, the box office takings have been robbed and the l...
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On With the Show!
1930
Sally
7/5
Sally is an orphan who was named by the telephone exchange where she was abandoned as a baby. In the orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing. Wor...
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Sally
1936
Sons o' Guns
4.3/3
Broadway star Jimmy Canfield stars in a patriotic show on the great white way during WWI. He plays the heroic soldier, but he is doesn't want to join...
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Sons o' Guns
1932
The Tenderfoot
6/1
Calvin Jones is a cowboy who wants to invest in a Broadway play. Joe Lehman's secretary Ruth learns that her boss is attempting to swindle Jones and p...
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The Tenderfoot
1930
Maybe It's Love
4/4
A very young Joan Bennett tops the cast as Nan Sheffield, the daughter of a college president. The nominal leading man is Tommy Nelson, the black-shee...
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Maybe It's Love
1930
The Lottery Bride
4.7/6
Sundered lovers meet again amid tragic irony at a mining camp in northern Norway.
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The Lottery Bride
1934
A Very Honorable Guy
2/1
Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to se...
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A Very Honorable Guy
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
6.5/2
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo...
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1931
Broadminded
3.7/6
Jack's father lowers the boom when his irresponsible rich-kid ends up in jail after a night of debauchery. The father appoints Ossie, Jack's cousin, a...
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Broadminded
1929
Painted Faces
4.8/4
After a vaudeville performer is murdered backstage, framed-up evidence lead the police to arrest a troupe member. At his trial, Hermann, a Scandinavia...
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Painted Faces
1939
Beware Spooks!
7/1
A bumbling detective chases an escaped convict in an amusement park haunted house in Coney Island.
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Beware Spooks!
1933
Son of a Sailor
5/1
A lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane.
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Son of a Sailor
1937
Riding on Air
5/2
Smugglers are using a device for controlling airplanes in flight, and newspaper reporters from Chicago are vying for the story. Reporter Elmer Lane is...
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Riding on Air
1937
When's Your Birthday?
4/1
Some shady characters discover that a sad sack nightclub bus boy has the ability to predict outcomes of races and other events through astrology.
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When's Your Birthday?
1937
Hollywood Party
6.3/3
Elissa Landi and Charley Chase host an East Asian themed garden tea party in Hollywood. After introducing a few Hollywood luminaries who are attending...
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Hollywood Party
1937
Fit for a King
5/2
Newspaper reporter "Scoops" is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination attempts on Archduke Julio. Trying to get the story, he...
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Fit for a King
1938
Flirting with Fate
7/1
A troupe of traveling entertainers become stranded in Paraguay.
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Flirting with Fate
1936
Polo Joe
0/0
A young man allergic to horses decides he has to learn to play polo in order to impress the girl he loves. Comedy.
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Polo Joe
1938
Wide Open Faces
8.5/2
A small town soda jerk discovers a gang of criminals staying at a local hotel. Comedy.
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Wide Open Faces
1939
Hollywood Hobbies
5.6/5
In this short film, two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood stars.
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Hollywood Hobbies
1930
Song of the West
0/0
Captain Stanton, who because of a misunderstanding over a woman with Major Davolo, has been cited for a court martial. As a scout, he is sent to escor...
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Song of the West
1932
You Said a Mouthful
5/4
Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer. When a socialite gets them confused, thinking the cler...
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You Said a Mouthful
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
10/1
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually get...
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
1928
The Circus Kid
0/0
In 'The Circus Kid', Buddy, an orphan who runs away from a a harsh orphanage, joins Cadwallader's Circus.
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The Circus Kid
2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
5.5/4
Uncensored. Laugh along with Hollywood's brightest stars in this hilarious compilation of bloopers from some of the biggest movies in history . You'll...
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Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
1930
Top Speed
6/1
An order clerk poses as a millionaire.
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Top Speed
1931
Local Boy Makes Good
6/2
John is a timid student who works at the University Book Store. He is studying to be a botanist and has a secret crush on the lovely Julia. One day, o...
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Local Boy Makes Good
1952
Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians
0/0
Actor Joe E. Brown narrates this compilation of film clips and behind-the-scenes footage of some of the screen's most famous comics, ranging from Ben...
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Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians
1930
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
3.4/4
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a dinner in honor of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee, atten...
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An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1942
The Daring Young Man
4.3/3
Jonathan Peckinpaw feels he's failed in his patriotic duty when he's rejected by the army, but he sees a chance to redeem himself by exposing a secret...
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The Daring Young Man
1944
Casanova in Burlesque
0/0
A stripper (June Havoc) discovers a professor (Joe E. Brown) spends summer teaching Shakespeare and winter as a burlesque comic.
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Casanova in Burlesque
1974
That's Entertainment!
7.2/59
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
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That's Entertainment!
1939
$1,000 a Touchdown
2/2
A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for each touchdown they score.
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$1,000 a Touchdown
1940
Rodeo Dough
5.3/3
After a trip to Hollywood, two young ladies attempt to hitchhike home but end up at a star-filled rodeo.
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Rodeo Dough
1940
So You Won't Talk?
5/3
A shy book reviewer is confused with a notorious gangster who has just been release from prison.
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So You Won't Talk?
1942
Shut My Big Mouth
10/1
A shy horticulturist becomes involved with a local criminal in the old west.
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Shut My Big Mouth
1934
Hollywood Newsreel
4/1
A potpourri of features involving Hollywood celebrities. The Columbia University football team, winner of the 1934 Rose Bowl game, visits the Warner B...
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Hollywood Newsreel
1938
The Gladiator
0/0
A man returns to college and is talked into joining he football team and is a real joke on the team, until he is given a drug that gives him super str...
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The Gladiator
1942
Soaring Stars
0/0
Two autograph hounds attend an air show at Santa Anita racetrack.
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Soaring Stars
1936
Breakdowns of 1936
0/0
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936.
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Breakdowns of 1936
1955
The Silent Partner
6/1
When a great film director accepts an Academy Award, he reflects on a comedian he worked with in the early film days, owing his success to him, not re...
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The Silent Partner
1931
The Stolen Jools
5.6/28
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tubercu...
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The Stolen Jools
1941
Polo with the Stars
5/1
A short in the WB Hollywood Novelty series (production number 7301) about the training of polo ponies. Buddy Rogers buys one of the ponies in training...
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Polo with the Stars
1931
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
6/1
Pola Negri, Bebe Daniels, Mitzi Green, Polly Moran, Mack Sennett and Marjorie Beebe are seen relaxing at Palm Springs, a California winter resort; Bar...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
0/0
Bobby Jones gives Frank Craven some helpful tips on his short game.
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How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
1927
Twinkle, Twinkle
0/0
Directing a want to be actor, P. T. Robinson to visually portray emotions, after he told the lady he just met. He tries to emote a variety of human ac...
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Twinkle, Twinkle
1948
The Tender Years
7/1
A progressive pastor takes on thoughtless brutality (and constitutional scruples against search and seizure) in order to promote animal cruelty protec...
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The Tender Years
1943
Chatterbox
0/0
While shooting a western on location, a Hollywood "cowboy" star--whose offscreen image is exactly the opposite of his onscreen one--is saved from disa...
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Chatterbox
1930
Hold Everything
6/1
A man is mistaken for a champion fighter.
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Hold Everything
1935
A Dream Comes True
5.5/1
A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).
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A Dream Comes True
1943
Show-Business at War
7/3
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
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Show-Business at War
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
5.7/7
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1933
How to Break 90 #1: The Grip
0/0
Bobby Jones instructs Joe E. Brown and the other members of their foursome in proper club grip.
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How to Break 90 #1: The Grip
1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
6/1
Golf legend Bobby Jones gives his take on trouble shots.
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How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
1944
Memo for Joe
0/0
Documentary short film extolling the virtues of the American Community Chest charity program and its value to the Allied war effort.
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Memo for Joe
1941
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
6/1
Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends the dedication of the Motion Picture Relief Fund's co...
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1929
Molly and Me
0/0
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Molly and Me
1929
My Lady's Past
0/0
Mamie Reynolds has been engaged to Sam Young for ten years. But when Sam's novel is published after many years of waiting, Sam falls for a gold digger...
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My Lady's Past
1976
It's Showtime
7/1
A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
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It's Showtime
1951
Toast to Our Brother
0/0
Color UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Story follows a student (Tom Graeff) as he worries and wonders what joinin...
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Toast to Our Brother
2001
Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot
6/1
Documentary discussing the casting and making of "Some Like It Hot", the film voted as the Best Comedy ever made by the American Film Institute.
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Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot
1928
Take Me Home
0/0
Chorus girl Peggy Lane, finds a small part in a new show for David North, a stages-truck country boy. At rehearsal, David meets Delerys Devore, the sh...
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