Acting • AGE 81
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...


Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
2013

Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Self
2001

Going Hollywood: The '30s
Self (archive footage)
1984

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983

Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
1982

It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
1976

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975

That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1974

Cilla
Self
1968

The Comedy of Terrors
Cemetery Keeper
1964

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Union Official
1963

The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961

Route 66
Sam Butler
1960

Some Like It Hot
Osgood Fielding III
1959

Around the World in 80 Days
Stationmaster
1956

Screen Director's Playhouse
Arthur Vail
1955

General Electric Theater
Earl Hall
1953

This Is Your Life
Self
1952

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Show Boat
Cap'n Andy Hawks
1951

The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950

What's My Line?
Self
1950

The Tender Years
Will Norris
1948

Hollywood Canteen
Self
1944

Memo for Joe
Self
1944

Pin Up Girl
Eddie Hall
1944

Casanova in Burlesque
Joseph M. Kelly Jr.
1944

Show-Business at War
Self
1943

Chatterbox
Rex Vane
1943

The Daring Young Man
Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw
1942

Shut My Big Mouth
Wellington Holmes
1942

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941

Rodeo Dough
Joe E. Brown
1940

So You Won't Talk?
Whiskers / Brute Hanson
1940

Beware Spooks!
Roy L. Gifford
1939

$1,000 a Touchdown
Marlowe Mansfield Booth
1939

Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
1939

Flirting with Fate
Dan Dixon
1938

The Gladiator
Hugo Kipp
1938

Wide Open Faces
Wilbur Meeks
1938

Fit for a King
Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones
1937

Riding on Air
Elmer Lane
1937

Hollywood Party
Himself
1937

When's Your Birthday?
Dustin Willoughby
1937

Breakdowns of 1936
Self
1936

Polo Joe
Joe Bolton
1936

Earthworm Tractors
Alexander Botts
1936

Sons o' Guns
Jimmy Canfield
1936

A Dream Comes True
Himself (uncredited)
1935

A Midsummer Night's Dream
Flute
1935

Bright Lights
Joe Wilson
1935

Alibi Ike
Frank "Ike" Farrell
1935

6 Day Bike Rider
Wilfred
1934

The Circus Clown
Happy Howard / Chuckles
1934

A Very Honorable Guy
'Feet' Samuels
1934

Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
Self
1934

Son of a Sailor
Handsome
1933

Elmer, the Great
Elmer Kane
1933

You Said a Mouthful
Joe Holt
1932

The Tenderfoot
Calvin Jones
1932

Fireman, Save My Child
'Smokey' Joe Grant
1932

Local Boy Makes Good
John Augustus Miller
1931

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
Self - Golfer (uncredited)
1931

Broadminded
Ossie Simpson
1931

Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
Self
1931

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
1931

The Stolen Jools
Robbery Suspect
1931

Sit Tight
Jojo
1931

Going Wild
Rollo Smith
1930

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
Joe E. Brown
1930

Maybe It's Love
Yates
1930

The Lottery Bride
Hoke
1930

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
Self
1930

Top Speed
Elmer Peters
1930

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Self
1930

Hold Everything
Gink Schiner
1930

Song of the West
Hasty
1930

Sally
Grand Duke Connie
1930

Painted Faces
Hermann / Beppo
1929

On With the Show!
Joe Beaton
1929

My Lady's Past
Sam Young
1929

Molly and Me
1929

Take Me Home
Bunny
1928

The Circus Kid
King Kruger
1928

Hit of the Show
Twisty
1928

Crooks Can't Win
Jimmy Wells
1928

Twinkle, Twinkle
P.T. Robinson
1927