John Brown Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

John Brown

John Brown

Acting

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 ‘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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Strangers on a Train movie poster
MOVIE

Strangers on a Train

7.7(1.9K)
Strangers on a Train
Prof. Collins
The Bigamist movie poster
MOVIE

The Bigamist

6.5(0.1K)
The Bigamist
Hans Christian Andersen movie poster
MOVIE

Hans Christian Andersen

6.2(0.1K)
Hans Christian Andersen
Schoolmaster
The Horn Blows at Midnight movie poster
MOVIE

The Horn Blows at Midnight

5.8(0.0K)
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Lou the waiter (uncredited)
Jennifer movie poster
MOVIE

Jennifer

6.0(0.0K)
Jennifer
Service Station Attendant (uncredited)
The Wild One movie poster
MOVIE

The Wild One

6.6(0.3K)
The Wild One
Bill Hannegan
The Stranger movie poster
MOVIE

The Stranger

7.2(0.6K)
The Stranger
Passport Photographer (uncredited)
The Life of Riley movie poster
MOVIE

The Life of Riley

8.0(0.0K)
The Life of Riley
Digger O'Dell
A Peach of a Pair movie poster
MOVIE

A Peach of a Pair

8.0(0.0K)
A Peach of a Pair
John
Crazylegs movie poster
MOVIE

Crazylegs

5.8(0.0K)
Crazylegs
Keller

Gallery

John Brown portrait