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Tom Brown
Actor
Died June 3, 1990 (77 years)
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Thomas Edward Brown was an American child model, and later a film and television actor.
Brown was born Thomas Edward Brown, the son of William Harold (Harry) Brown and his wife, Marie Francis Brown, in New York City. As a child model from the age of two years, Brown posed as Buster Brown, the Arrow Collar Boy and the Buick boy. Brown was educated at the New York Professional Children's School. He was carried on stage in his mother's arms when he was only six months old.
As an actor, he is probably best remembered for playing the title role in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack and as Gilbert Blythe in the 1934 version of Anne of Green Gables. Later he appeared on the television shows Gunsmoke, General Hospital and Days of Our Lives. He also had a recurring role as Lt. Rovacs in Mr. Lucky.
He enlisted in the United States Army in World War II where in three years he rose from private to lieutenant serving in France as a paratrooper where he was awarded a French Croix de Guerre and a Bronze Star Medal. He was promoted to captain with the 40th Infantry Division. He served during the Korean War with the 40th Infantry Division where he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Brown died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, aged 77.
For his contributions to the film industry, Brown was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, with a motion pictures star located at 1648 Vine Street.
Thomas Edward Brown was an American child model, and later a film and television actor.
Brown was born Thomas Edward Brown, the son of William Harold (Harry) Brown and his wife, Marie Francis Brown, in New York City. As a child model from the age of two years, Brown posed as Buster Brown, the Arrow Collar Boy and the Buick boy. Brown was educated at the New York Professional Children's School. He was carried on stage in his mother's arms when he was only six months old.
As an actor, he is probably best remembered for playing the title role in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack and as Gilbert Blythe in the 1934 version of Anne of Green Gables. Later he appeared on the television shows Gunsmoke, General Hospital and Days of Our Lives. He also had a recurring role as Lt. Rovacs in Mr. Lucky.
He enlisted in the United States Army in World War II where in three years he rose from private to lieutenant serving in France as a paratrooper where he was awarded a French Croix de Guerre and a Bronze Star Medal. He was promoted to captain with the 40th Infantry Division. He served during the Korean War with the 40th Infantry Division where he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Brown died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, aged 77.
For his contributions to the film industry, Brown was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, with a motion pictures star located at 1648 Vine Street.
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Filmography
| 2003 | Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty · as Jerome Priest (clip From Judge Priest (1934)) |
| 1987 | Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge · as Ed O'connor (flashback Sequence) |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen (TV Series) · as The Broadcaster, Marvin |
| 1975 | The Jeffersons (TV Series) · as Emcee |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Warden Crane |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral (TV Series) · as Cap |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Days of our Lives (TV Series) · as Nathan Curtis |
| 1965 | Mister Roberts (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1963 | General Hospital (TV Series) · as Al Weeks |
| 1962 | McHale's Navy (TV Series) · as The Medical Officer |
| 1961 | The Choppers · as Tom Hart |
| 1961 | Ripcord (TV Series) · as Frederick Stanton |
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Mr. Lucky (TV Series) · as Lieut. Rovacs |
| 1959 | Men into Space (TV Series) · as Maj. Franklin |
| 1959 | Lock-Up (TV Series) |
| 1959 | World of Giants (TV Series) · as Deputy Commissioner Wade |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Police Captain Bellows |
| 1958 | Flight (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Lou Maxton |
| 1958 | Mackenzie's Raiders (TV Series) · as Val Carter |
| 1958 | The Rifleman (TV Series) · as Sheriff |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Sea Hunt (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Colt .45 (TV Series) · as Sheriff Willis |
| 1957 | How To Marry A Millionaire (TV Series) · as Mr. Tompkins |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Assistant District Attorney Jarvis |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot (TV Series) · as Sheriff Pete Rayle |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) |
| 1957 | |
| 1957 | The Quiet Gun · as John Reilly |
| 1957 | O. Henry Playhouse (TV Series) · as Billy Casparis |
| 1957 | Mr. Adams and Eve (TV Series) · as Harry |
| 1956 | Naked Gun · as Sonny Glenn |
| 1956 | West Point (TV Series) |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Sheriff Swanson |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Arthur Hanneman |
| 1956 | Circus Boy (TV Series) · as Ned Bailey |
| 1956 | The Sheriff of Cochise (TV Series) · as Sam Reynolds |
| 1956 | Hey Jeannie! (TV Series) · as Conway |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV Series) |
| 1956 | I Killed Wild Bill Hickok · as Wild Bill Hickok |
| 1956 | Manhunt in Space · as Paul Ray |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Ed O'connor |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV Series) |
| 1955 | The Jane Wyman Show (TV Series) · as Roy Evans |
| 1955 | The Bob Cummings Show (TV Series) · as Watson |
| 1954 | December Bride (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) |
| 1954 | The Whistler (TV Series) · as Eddie |
| 1954 | Fireman Save My Child · as Capt. Bill Peters |
| 1954 | Public Defender (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (TV Series) · as Paul Ray |
| 1954 | Waterfront (TV Series) · as Fred Collins |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Theodore Roosevelt |
| 1952 | This Is The Life (TV Series) · as Bob |
| 1951 | Dragnet (1951) (TV Series) |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Captain Barney O'keefe |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Captain |
| 1950 | Operation Haylift · as Tom Masters |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Billy-Be-Hung |
| 1949 | Ringside · as Joe O'hara |
| 1947 | Buck Privates Come Home · as Bill Gregory |
| 1943 | The Adventures of Smilin' Jack · as 'smilin' Jack' Martin |
| 1942 | The Pay Off · as Guy Norris |
| 1942 | Youth on Parade · as Bingo Brown |
| 1942 | There's One Born Every Minute · as Jimmy Hanagan |
| 1942 | Let's Get Tough! · as Phil |
| 1942 | Hello, Annapolis · as Bill Arden |
| 1942 | Sleepytime Gal · as Chick Patterson |
| 1941 | Niagara Falls · as Tom Wilson |
| 1941 | Three Sons o' Guns · as Edward "eddie" George Patterson |
| 1939 | These Glamour Girls · as Homer Ten Eyck |
| 1939 | Sergeant Madden · as Albert Boylan Jr. |
| 1938 | The Duke of West Point · as Sonny Drew |
| 1938 | In Old Chicago · as Bob O'leary |
| 1938 | Merrily We Live · as Kane Kilbourne |
| 1937 | Navy Blue and Gold · as Richard Arnold 'dick' Gates Jr. |
| 1937 | The Man Who Cried Wolf · as Tommy Bradley |
| 1937 | That Man's Here Again · as Jimmy Whalen |
| 1937 | Jim Hanvey, Detective · as Don Terry |
| 1937 | Maytime · as Kip Stuart |
| 1936 | I'd Give My Life · as Nickie Elkins |
| 1936 | And Sudden Death · as Jackie Winslow |
| 1935 | Freckles · as Freckles |
| 1935 | Black Sheep · as Fred Curtis |
| 1935 | Mary Jane's Pa · as King Wagner |
| 1934 | Anne of Green Gables · as Gilbert Blythe |
| 1934 | Judge Priest · as Jerome Priest |
| 1934 | The Witching Hour · as Clay Thorne |
| 1934 | This Side of Heaven · as Seth Turner |
| 1934 | Two Alone · as Adam |
| 1933 | Three Cornered Moon · as Eddie Rimplegar |
| 1933 | Central Airport · as Neil 'bud' Blaine |
| 1933 | Destination Unknown · as Johnny |
| 1933 | Laughter in Hell · as Barton |
| 1932 | Hell's Highway · as John 'johnny' Ellis |
| 1932 | The Famous Ferguson Case · as Bruce Foster |
| 1930 | Queen High · as Jimmy |
| 1929 | The Lady Lies · as Bob Rossiter |
| 1929 | Syncopation · as Bellhop |