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
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(1963)
Union Official
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
Stationmaster
That's Entertainment!
(1974)
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Show Boat
(1951)
Cap'n Andy Hawks
The Comedy of Terrors
(1964)
Cemetery Keeper
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1935)
Flute
Full Filmography
Acting
Twinkle, Twinkle
(1927)
P.T. Robinson
The Circus Kid
(1928)
King Kruger
Take Me Home
(1928)
Bunny
On With the Show!
(1929)
Joe Beaton
Painted Faces
(1929)
Hermann / Beppo
My Lady's Past
(1929)
Molly and Me
(1929)
Going Wild
(1930)
Rollo Smith
Sally
(1930)
Grand Duke Connie
Maybe It's Love
(1930)
Yates
The Lottery Bride
(1930)
Hoke
Song of the West
(1930)
Hasty
Top Speed
(1930)
Elmer Peters
An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
(1930)
Self
Hold Everything
(1930)
Gink Schiner
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
(1930)
Joe E. Brown
Sit Tight
(1931)
Jojo
Broadminded
(1931)
Ossie Simpson
Local Boy Makes Good
(1931)
John Augustus Miller
The Stolen Jools
(1931)
Robbery Suspect
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
(1931)
Self
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
(1931)
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
(1931)
Self - Golfer (uncredited)
Fireman, Save My Child
(1932)
'Smokey' Joe Grant
The Tenderfoot
(1932)
Calvin Jones
You Said a Mouthful
(1932)
Joe Holt
Elmer, the Great
(1933)
Elmer Kane
Son of a Sailor
(1933)
Handsome
How to Break 90 #1: The Grip
(1933)
6 Day Bike Rider
(1934)
Wilfred
A Very Honorable Guy
(1934)
'Feet' Samuels
The Circus Clown
(1934)
Happy Howard / Chuckles
Hollywood Newsreel
(1934)
Himself
Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
(1934)
Self
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1935)
Flute
Bright Lights
(1935)
Joe Wilson
Alibi Ike
(1935)
Frank "Ike" Farrell
A Dream Comes True
(1935)
Himself (uncredited)
Earthworm Tractors
(1936)
Alexander Botts
Sons o' Guns
(1936)
Jimmy Canfield
Polo Joe
(1936)
Joe Bolton
Breakdowns of 1936
(1936)
Self
When's Your Birthday?
(1937)
Dustin Willoughby
Hollywood Party
(1937)
Himself
Riding on Air
(1937)
Elmer Lane
Fit for a King
(1937)
Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones
Flirting with Fate
(1938)
Dan Dixon
Wide Open Faces
(1938)
Wilbur Meeks
The Gladiator
(1938)
Hugo Kipp
Beware Spooks!
(1939)
Roy L. Gifford
Hollywood Hobbies
(1939)
Himself (uncredited)
$1,000 a Touchdown
(1939)
Marlowe Mansfield Booth
Rodeo Dough
(1940)
Joe E. Brown
So You Won't Talk?
(1940)
Whiskers / Brute Hanson
Polo with the Stars
(1941)
Self - Polo Player
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
(1941)
Joan of Ozark
(1942)
Cliff Little
The Daring Young Man
(1942)
Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw
Shut My Big Mouth
(1942)
Wellington Holmes
Chatterbox
(1943)
Rex Vane
Show-Business at War
(1943)
Self
Pin Up Girl
(1944)
Eddie Hall
Hollywood Canteen
(1944)
Self
Casanova in Burlesque
(1944)
Joseph M. Kelly Jr.
Memo for Joe
(1944)
Self
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)