Joe E. Brown
Birthday: 1891-07-27 | Place of Birth: Holgate, Ohio, USAJoseph 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe E. Brown , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Cemetery Keeper
as Osgood Fielding III
as Arthur Vail
as Cap'n Andy Hawks
as Will Norris
as Eddie Hall
as Self
as Cliff Little
as Wellington Holmes
as Joe E. Brown
as Self (uncredited)
as Dustin Willoughby
as Himself
as Frank "Ike" Farrell
