John Brown

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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 sto…

  • Acting
  • Born 4 April 1904
  • Died 16 May 1957 (age 53)
  • Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
  • 19 credits

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Most-watched John Brown films currently: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Strangers on a Train (1951), The Wild One (1953), The Stranger (1946), The Bigamist (1953).

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Selected TV credits: I Love Lucy (1951), The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950), Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951).

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