John Brown
Also Known As: not available
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 ‘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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
Birthday: April 04, 1904
Deathday: May 16, 1957
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Gender: Male
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Strangers on a Train
Overview: Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder to an amateur tennis player — a theory he plans to test out.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-27
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The Bigamist
Overview: San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis, and a small child in Los Angeles, he confesses everything.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-03
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Hans Christian Andersen
Overview: A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.
Genres: Music Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-19
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The Horn Blows at Midnight
Overview: A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-04-28
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Jennifer
Overview: A young woman is hired to take care of an eerie old mansion, where she finds herself entangled with an enigmatic murderer.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-25
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The Wild One
Overview: The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another club rolls into town.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-30
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The Stranger
Overview: An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-02
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The Life of Riley
Overview: Inspired by the popular '40s radio show of the same title, director Irving Brecher's 1949 comedy stars William Bendix as a hard-working husband-and-father with no shortage of family problems.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-16
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A Peach of a Pair
Overview: Vaudeville performers Cook and Butler are mistaken for domestic servants; hilarity ensues.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-29
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Crazylegs
Overview: The story of the life and career of football star Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch (who plays himself).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-15
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Symphony in Slang
Overview: At the gates of Heaven, the admitting officials have a hard time understanding a newcomer's life story with all his contemporary slang.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-16
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Robot Monster
Overview: Ro-Man, an alien robot who greatly resembles a gorilla in a diving helmet, is sent to earth to destroy all human life. Ro-Man falls in love with one of the last six remaining humans, and struggles to understand how his programming can instruct him to kill her while his heart demands that he can't.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-25
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Man Crazy
Overview: Three women come to Hollywood to break into the movies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-02
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
Overview: An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-28
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Dixieland Droopy
Overview: John Pettibone (Droopy), a dog whose love of Dixieland music is not appreciated by those around him, has a lucky meeting with Pee-Wee Runt and his All-Flea Dixieland band at the circus.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-04
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Heritage
Overview: Film aimed at middle/high school students about the power of embracing diversity.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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