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...
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...
Known For
Strangers on a Train
as Prof. Collins
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as George Barley, boarder
The Wild One
as Bill Hannegan
Cast Credits
Dixieland Droopy
as Narrator / Pee Wee Runt (voice) (uncredited)
The Wild One
as Bill Hannegan
Man Crazy
as Mr. Duncan
Crazylegs
as Keller
Jennifer
as Service Station Attendant (uncredited)
Robot Monster
as Ro-Man / Great Guidance (voice)
Hans Christian Andersen
as Schoolmaster
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as George Barley, boarder
Strangers on a Train
as Prof. Collins
Symphony in Slang
as The Hipster / Noah Webster (voice) (uncredited)
The Life of Riley
as Digger O'Dell
The Stranger
as Passport Photographer (uncredited)
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Lou the waiter (uncredited)
A Peach of a Pair
as John