John Brown
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Dixieland Droopy
1954
as Narrator / Pee Wee Runt (voice) (uncredited)
The Bigamist
1953
Jennifer
1953
as Service Station Attendant (uncredited)
The Wild One
1953
as Bill Hannegan
Crazylegs
1953
as Keller
Robot Monster
1953
as Ro-Man / Great Guidance (voice)
Man Crazy
1953
as Mr. Duncan
Hans Christian Andersen
1952
as Schoolmaster
Strangers on a Train
1951
as Prof. Collins
Symphony in Slang
1951
as The Hipster / Noah Webster (voice) (uncredited)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951
as George Barley
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
I Love Lucy
1951
as Mr. Murdoch
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950
as Harry Morton
The Life of Riley
1949
as Digger O'Dell
The Life of Riley
1949
as Digger O'Dell
The Stranger
1946
as Passport Photographer (uncredited)
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
as Lou the waiter (uncredited)
A Peach of a Pair
1934
as John