John Brown

John Brown

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 ‘Broadway’ role; once heard, many find it impossible to think of the narrator of Damon Runyon’s stories as anyone else. It was a measure of Brown’s talent that this quintessentially American character was portrayed by an Englishman. Brown appeared in some notable films: as the inebriated professor in Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train (1951), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951, uncredited), and The Wild One (1953); he supplied the voice of "Ro-Man" in the 1953 cult science fiction B-film Robot Monster.

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TV Series

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

7.25
I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy

7.916
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

6.941

Movies

Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

7.664
The Bigamist

The Bigamist

6.4
Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen

6.3
The Horn Blows at Midnight

The Horn Blows at Midnight

5.8
Jennifer

Jennifer

5.8
The Wild One

The Wild One

6.566
The Stranger

The Stranger

7.216
The Life of Riley

The Life of Riley

7
A Peach of a Pair

A Peach of a Pair

7
Crazylegs

Crazylegs

5
Symphony in Slang

Symphony in Slang

7.2
Robot Monster

Robot Monster

4.505
Man Crazy

Man Crazy

6
The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still

7.446
Dixieland Droopy

Dixieland Droopy

7
Heritage

Heritage

0