Personal Info
John Brown
Acting
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 sto…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Dixieland Droopy
as Narrator / Pee Wee Runt (voice) (uncredited)
The Wild One
as Bill Hannegan
The Bigamist
Robot Monster
as Ro-Man / Great Guidance (voice)
Man Crazy
as Mr. Duncan
Jennifer
as Service Station Attendant (uncredited)
Crazylegs
as Keller
Hans Christian Andersen
as Schoolmaster
Strangers on a Train
as Prof. Collins
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as George Barley, boarder
