John Brown
- Schauspiel
- 4. April 1904 · Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
- 16. Mai 1957
Biografie
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.
Bekannt aus
Filmografie
- Dixieland Droopy · Narrator / Pee Wee Runt (voice) (uncredited)
- Der Wilde · Bill Hannegan
- Der Mann mit zwei Frauen
- Man Crazy · Mr. Duncan
- Crazylegs · Keller
- Jennifer · Service Station Attendant (uncredited)
- Robot Monster · Ro-Man / Great Guidance (Stimme)
- Tom wird Klettermeister · Spike (voice) (uncredited)
- Hans Christian Andersen und die Tänzerin · Schoolmaster
- I Love Lucy · Mr. Murdoch
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
- Der Tag, an dem die Erde stillstand · George Barley
- Verschwörung im Nordexpreß · Prof. Collins
- Symphony in Slang · The Hipster / Noah Webster (voice) (uncredited)
- The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show · Harry Morton
- The Life of Riley · Digger O'Dell
- The Life of Riley · Digger O'Dell
- Die Spur des Fremden · Passport Photographer (uncredited)
- Der Engel mit der Trompete · Lou the waiter (uncredited)
- A Peach of a Pair · John
- Heritage · Narrator