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
Some Like It Hot
(1959)
Osgood Fielding III
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Stationmaster
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(1963)
Union Official
Show Boat
(1951)
Cap'n Andy Hawks
That's Entertainment!
(1974)
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
(1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Comedy of Terrors
(1964)
Cemetery Keeper
Full Filmography
Acting
Twinkle, Twinkle
(1927)
P.T. Robinson
The Circus Kid
(1928)
King Kruger
Take Me Home
(1928)
Bunny
My Lady's Past
(1929)
Molly and Me
(1929)
Painted Faces
(1929)
Hermann / Beppo
On With the Show!
(1929)
Joe Beaton
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
(1930)
Joe E. Brown
Song of the West
(1930)
Hasty
Hold Everything
(1930)
Gink Schiner
Top Speed
(1930)
Elmer Peters
Going Wild
(1930)
Rollo Smith
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
(1930)
Self
Maybe It's Love
(1930)
Yates
The Lottery Bride
(1930)
Hoke
Sally
(1930)
Grand Duke Connie
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
(1931)
Self
The Stolen Jools
(1931)
Robbery Suspect
Broadminded
(1931)
Ossie Simpson
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
(1931)
Self - Golfer (uncredited)
Local Boy Makes Good
(1931)
John Augustus Miller
Sit Tight
(1931)
Jojo
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
(1931)
The Tenderfoot
(1932)
Calvin Jones
Fireman, Save My Child
(1932)
'Smokey' Joe Grant
You Said a Mouthful
(1932)
Joe Holt
Elmer, the Great
(1933)
Elmer Kane
How to Break 90 #1: The Grip
(1933)
Son of a Sailor
(1933)
Handsome
A Very Honorable Guy
(1934)
'Feet' Samuels
6 Day Bike Rider
(1934)
Wilfred
Hollywood Newsreel
(1934)
Himself
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
(1934)
Self
The Circus Clown
(1934)
Happy Howard / Chuckles
Bright Lights
(1935)
Joe Wilson
A Dream Comes True
(1935)
Himself (uncredited)
Alibi Ike
(1935)
Frank "Ike" Farrell
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1935)
Flute
Breakdowns of 1936
(1936)
Self
Polo Joe
(1936)
Joe Bolton
Sons o' Guns
(1936)
Jimmy Canfield
Earthworm Tractors
(1936)
Alexander Botts
Riding on Air
(1937)
Elmer Lane
Hollywood Party
(1937)
Himself
Fit for a King
(1937)
Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones
When's Your Birthday?
(1937)
Dustin Willoughby
Flirting with Fate
(1938)
Dan Dixon
Wide Open Faces
(1938)
Wilbur Meeks
The Gladiator
(1938)
Hugo Kipp
Hollywood Hobbies
(1939)
Himself (uncredited)
Beware Spooks!
(1939)
Roy L. Gifford
$1,000 a Touchdown
(1939)
Marlowe Mansfield Booth
Rodeo Dough
(1940)
Joe E. Brown
So You Won't Talk?
(1940)
Whiskers / Brute Hanson
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
(1941)
Polo with the Stars
(1941)
Self - Polo Player
Joan of Ozark
(1942)
Cliff Little
Shut My Big Mouth
(1942)
Wellington Holmes
The Daring Young Man
(1942)
Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw
Show-Business at War
(1943)
Self
Chatterbox
(1943)
Rex Vane
Hollywood Canteen
(1944)
Self
Pin Up Girl
(1944)
Eddie Hall
Memo for Joe
(1944)
Self
Casanova in Burlesque
(1944)
Joseph M. Kelly Jr.
The Tender Years
(1948)
Will Norris
Show Boat
(1951)
Cap'n Andy Hawks
Toast to Our Brother
(1951)
Fraternity Alumnus
Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians
(1952)
Narrator
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Stationmaster
Some Like It Hot
(1959)
Osgood Fielding III
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(1963)
Union Official
The Comedy of Terrors
(1964)
Cemetery Keeper
That's Entertainment!
(1974)
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
(1975)
Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
(1976)
Self (archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
(1982)
(archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
(1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(1984)
Self (archive footage)
Nobody's Perfect - The Making of Some Like It Hot
(2001)
Self
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
(2013)
Self (archive footage)