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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe E. Brown , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 1982Showbiz Goes to War — (archive footage)
• 1974That's Entertainment! — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1964The Comedy of Terrors — Cemetery Keeper
• 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World — Union Official
• The Greatest Show on Earth — Diamond 'Dimey' Vine
• Route 66 — Sam Butler
• 1959Some Like It Hot — Osgood Fielding III
• 1956Around the World in 80 Days — Stationmaster
• Screen Director's Playhouse — Arthur Vail
• General Electric Theater — Earl Hall
• The Christophers
• 1952Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians — Narrator
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
• 1951Show Boat — Cap'n Andy Hawks
• 1951Toast to Our Brother — Fraternity Alumnus
• 1948The Tender Years — Will Norris
• 1944Casanova in Burlesque — Joseph M. Kelly Jr.
• 1944Pin Up Girl — Eddie Hall
• 1943Chatterbox — Rex Vane
• 1942Joan of Ozark — Cliff Little
• 1942Shut My Big Mouth — Wellington Holmes
• 1942The Daring Young Man — Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw
• 1941Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
• 1940Rodeo Dough — Joe E. Brown
• 1940So You Won't Talk? — Whiskers / Brute Hanson
• 1939$1,000 a Touchdown — Marlowe Mansfield Booth
• 1939Beware Spooks! — Roy L. Gifford
• 1938Flirting with Fate — Dan Dixon
• 1938The Gladiator — Hugo Kipp
• 1938Wide Open Faces — Wilbur Meeks
• 1937Fit for a King — Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones
• 1937Riding on Air — Elmer Lane
• 1937When's Your Birthday? — Dustin Willoughby
• 1936Earthworm Tractors — Alexander Botts
• 1936Polo Joe — Joe Bolton
• 1936Sons o' Guns — Jimmy Canfield
• 1935A Midsummer Night's Dream — Flute
• 1935Alibi Ike — Frank "Ike" Farrell
• 1935Bright Lights — Joe Wilson
• 1935Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
• 19346 Day Bike Rider — Wilfred
• 1934A Very Honorable Guy — 'Feet' Samuels
• 1934The Circus Clown — Happy Howard / Chuckles
• 1933Elmer, the Great — Elmer Kane
• 1933Son of a Sailor — Handsome
• 1932Fireman, Save My Child — 'Smokey' Joe Grant
• 1932The Tenderfoot — Calvin Jones
• 1932You Said a Mouthful — Joe Holt
• 1931Broadminded — Ossie Simpson
• 1931How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
• 1931Local Boy Makes Good — John Augustus Miller
• 1931Sit Tight — Jojo
• 1931The Stolen Jools — Robbery Suspect
• 1930Going Wild — Rollo Smith
• 1930Hold Everything — Gink Schiner
• 1930Maybe It's Love — Yates
• 1930Sally — Grand Duke Connie
• 1930Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 — Joe E. Brown
• 1930Song of the West — Hasty
• 1930The Lottery Bride — Hoke
• 1930Top Speed — Elmer Peters
• 1929Molly and Me
• 1929My Lady's Past — Sam Young
• 1929On With the Show! — Joe Beaton
• 1929Painted Faces — Hermann / Beppo
• 1928Crooks Can't Win — Jimmy Wells
• 1928Hit of the Show — Twisty
• 1928Take Me Home — Bunny
• 1928The Circus Kid — King Kruger
• 1927Twinkle, Twinkle — P.T. Robinson

Appearances as themselves (29)

• 2013Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored — Self (archive footage)
• 2001Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot — Self
• 1984Going Hollywood: The '30s — Self (archive footage)
• 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1976It's Showtime — Self (archive footage)
• 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)
• Cilla — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self - Co-Host
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self
• This Is Your Life — Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Wynn Show — Self
• 1944Hollywood Canteen — Self
• 1944Memo for Joe — Self
• 1943Show-Business at War — Self
• 1942Soaring Stars — Himself
• 1941Polo with the Stars — Self - Polo Player
• 1939Hollywood Hobbies — Self (uncredited)
• 1937Hollywood Party — Himself
• 1936Breakdowns of 1936 — Self
• 1935A Dream Comes True — Himself (uncredited)
• 1934Hollywood Newsreel — Himself
• 1934Hollywood on Parade No. B-4 — Self
• 1933How to Break 90 #1: The Grip — Himself
• 1931How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' — Self - Golfer (uncredited)
• 1931Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) — Self
• 1930An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee — Self
• 1930Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 — Self