Joe E. Brown

Joe E. Brown

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 a troupe of circus tumblers known as the Five Marvelous Ashtons which toured the country on both the circus and vaudeville circuits. Later he became a professional baseball player. After three...

Known For

Some Like It Hot

as Osgood Fielding III

Cast Credits

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

as Self (archive footage)

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

The Comedy of Terrors

as Cemetery Keeper

Some Like It Hot

as Osgood Fielding III

Show Boat

as Cap'n Andy Hawks

The Tender Years

as Will Norris

Pin Up Girl

as Eddie Hall

Casanova in Burlesque

as Joseph M. Kelly Jr.

Chatterbox

as Rex Vane

The Daring Young Man

as Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw

Joan of Ozark

as Cliff Little

Shut My Big Mouth

as Wellington Holmes

Rodeo Dough

as Joe E. Brown

So You Won't Talk?

as Whiskers / Brute Hanson

Beware Spooks!

as Roy L. Gifford

$1,000 a Touchdown

as Marlowe Mansfield Booth

Hollywood Hobbies

as Self (uncredited)

Flirting with Fate

as Dan Dixon

The Gladiator

as Hugo Kipp

Wide Open Faces

as Wilbur Meeks

Fit for a King

as Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones

Riding on Air

as Elmer Lane

When's Your Birthday?

as Dustin Willoughby

Polo Joe

as Joe Bolton

Earthworm Tractors

as Alexander Botts

Sons o' Guns

as Jimmy Canfield

Bright Lights

as Joe Wilson