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Seller: memorabilia111 ✉️ (808) 100%, Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, US, Ships to: US & many other countries, Item: 176299959346 ORIGINAL MOVIE PHOTO JOE E. BROWN COMEDY ACTOR VINTAGE. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL PHOTO OF NOTJoseph Evans Brown was an American actor and comedian, remembered for his amiable screen persona, comic timing, and enormous elastic-mouth smile. He was one of the most popular American comedians in the 1930s and 1940s, with films like A Midsummer Night's Dream, Earthworm Tractors, and Alibi Ike.

Calif., July —Joe E. Brown, the beloved elastic‐mouth comedian, died at his home here today. He was 80 years old. Mr. Brown was incapacitated by a stroke several years ago, and he had also suffered from severe arthritis. The funeral service and burial will be Monday at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. He leaves his wife, Kathryn; a son, Joe L.; 2 daughters, Mrs. Kathryn Lyle and Mrs. Mary Fair; 11 grandchildren and six great‐grandchildren. By PETER MILLONES They referred to his mouth as the. Great Open Space, the Grand Canyon and the Mammoth Cave, and they said that he was the only man who could not cover his mouth when he yawned. Joe E. Brown just shrugged off the endless descriptions of his mouth and commented: “I'll open my mouth until my stomach shows if people think it's ftinny.” And the people thought it was funny. Almost from the start of his movie career, in 1928, ‘until the nineteen‐forties, his pictures were among the 10 biggest box‐office attractions. Thanks for reading The Times. Subscribe to The Times His mouth, from which often emerged a sirenlike howl, and his comic talentS made Mr. Brown a particular favorite of the younger generation, although he never achieved the fame of Eddie Cantor with his ogling eyes or Jimmy Durante with his large nose. Joseph Evan Brown was a stanch member of the slapstick school of humor. His early career as an acrobat in circuses.tatight him to fall safely. It was not unusual for him to be wearing ‘a white suit in one of his films and to fall face down in a mud puddle. He was forever the hapless soul—whether a soda jerk, a football player being thrown over the goal line for a lastminute touchdown, a bungling reporter, a country yokel making lemonade in a finger bowl or a rookie baseball player baffling the manager. Mr. Brown loved baseball and developed several routines, including one of a young pitcher harried by batters, umpires and base runners. He used it on the stage, in the movies and on television. When Mr. Brown, signed long‐term contract With Warner Brothers ‘he insisted on an unusual clause that required the, company to maintain a complete baseball team for him among the employes of the studio. For a while he played with the St. Paul team. He was part owner of the Kansas City Blues from 1932 to 1935, and in 19, 53 he was a pregame and postgame announcer for the Yankees. “I once had a major league job,” Mr. Brown often said. “The manager wanted me to play third base. He said that if I couldn't reach the ball with my hands, I could open my mouth and catch it between my teeth. I tried it once and darn near swallowed the ball.” Despite the popular impression, Mr. Brown's mouth was not of extraordinary size. He had a rubbery ‘face and the apparent magnitude of his mouth was achieved by throwing back his head so that his wide‐open mouth occupied the foreground of the audience's field of vision. The movie and television cameras took full advantage of this maneuver. Mr. Brown learned the humorous possibilities of his mouth by chance. He was in a play in which he had only a few words to speak—and they were not funny. He decided he would attract attention by opening his mouth as wide as possible and holding it that way until the audience was staring at it with rapt attention, believing that he had forgotten his lines and was frozen with fear. When he had the audience's perfect attention, he whispered his line and the audience howled. There was rarely an occasion after that that he did not seek a laugh by calling attention to the size of his mouth. His antics sometimes wore thin on adults. One critic wrote in 1938: “Pitcher‐mouthed Joe E. Brown has gone to the well once too often.” But Mr. Brown's gift for pantomime, his Cheshire Cat grin and his interminable yawns endeared him to thousands of servicemen overseas during World War IL He estimated that he had traveled more than 200,000 air miles visiting battle theaters. That figure did not include the number of jeep miles, ‘he explained, because a jeep mile was equivalent to 15 ground miles, because of the up‐and‐down movement of the vehicle. His antics for the men in uniform were, in part, a work born of grief. In October, 1942, his elder son, Capt. Don Evan Brown, was killed in a crash near Palm Springs, Calif,, while ferrying an Army bomber. On Luzon, in an American advance on the town of Bambang, Mr. Brown was permitted by the commanding officer, Mal. Gen. Robert S. Beighter. to carry a carbine and to ride in the lead tank. The officer later said that the comedian had shot two of the enemy. This made for headlines back home, but was also sharply criticized by those who pointed out that Mr. Brown was in the uniform of a noncombatant. International law forbade him to engage in any hostile action. After the war, he appeared in films less frequently. In 1952, he filled in once a month for Milton Berle on his television show. Mr. Brown's show was titled “Circus Hour.” The critics found little to applaud. The show allowed Mr. Brown to hark back to his premovie days. He was born in Holgate, Ohio, July 28, 1892, and attended grammar school in Toledo, but ran away when he was 9 to join a circus. After much drudgery he became the junior member of the Five Marvelous Ashtons, a troupe of aerial acrobats that was one of the main attractions of the Ringling Brothers Circus. In 1906, he formed the acro batic team of Bell and Brown with Tommy Bell, a star acrobat, but a perfectionist. Mr. Bell frequently expressed anger when his partner turned a fraction of an inch too much, though audiences could not tell. On one occasion, Mr. Bell tossed his partner high into the air, then uttered a low groan at Mr. Brown's imperfect movements and started walking off the stage. He was supposed to catch Mr. Brown, but didn't Mr. Brown hit the stage and broke a leg. “I warned you,” Mr. Bell said. Mr. Brown married Kathryn McGraw in 1915. He went into burlesque in 1918. Before long, he appeared on Broadway in the hit “Listen Lester,” and was soon an established star. He appeared in “Jim Jam Jems,” “Greenwich Village Follies,” “Betty Lee,” “Captain Jinks,” and “Twinkle, Twinkle,” and in the road company of “Elmer the Great.” In 1928 he started his movie career in melodrama, “Crooks Can't Win.” In the next two decades, he appeared in about 50 films. They included: “The Gladiator,” “Wide Open Faces,” “Riding on Air,” “Sons o’ Guns,” “Earthworm Tractors,” “Six Day Bike Rider,” “Going Wild,” “Sit Tight,” “Alibi Ike,” “The Circus Clown,” “You said a Mouthful,” “Chatterbox,” “Pin Up Girl,” and “Hollywood Canteen.” In 1959 he appeared as a millionaire in “Some Like It Hot,” with Marilyn Monroe. Mr. Brown considered his most succcessful movies to be “Elmer the Great” and “Hold Everything.” They involved roles in which his intimate knowledge of the circus, stage and sports aided him greatly. He also appeared as Flute in “A Midsummer Night's Dream.” He contended later that he had never heard of Shakespeare. Hollywood laugh clockers reported that the best audience reaction followed his line, “I won't play any more.” This was not written by Shakespeare, but was ad libbed by Mr. Brown after he was thrown into a lake. Mr. Brown was a big hit on the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles, when his sons, Don and Joe L. were there. The senior Brown joined a fraternity, although he was nearly 50 years old. He was a sparkplug of campus activities, including pep rallies and football games. Joe L., became general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1955, which gave his father another opportunity to deal personally with the game he loved. In 1949, Mr. Brown received an honorary degree from Bowling Green State University for his “philosophy of life epitomized in love, learn and laugh.” The degree followed Mr. Brown's appearance in “Harvey” as the inebriate Elwood P. Dowd. He opened the road tour of the show in Chicago and then went to the West Coast. He performed in the role more than 1,000 times. “I'm not the comedian I once was,” Mr. Brown said in 1952. “A comedian has to be slightly insulting, comedy has to be 70 per cent insults, and I'm always afraid today when I say something funny it may hurt someone. If another comic makes a crack about my mouth, I just can't insult him back.” “I’m not the comedian I once was. A comedian has to be slightly insulting–comedy has to be 70 percent insults–and I’m always afraid today when I say something funny it may hurt someone. If another comic makes a crack about my mouth, I just can’t insult him back.” –Joe E. Brown In his heyday, Joe E. Brown was one of the brightest stars with the biggest of smiles. An accomplished actor and comedian in full control of his comic timing, Brown was also the cause of much joy and laughter to audiences all over the world. Joseph Evans Brown was born to Matthias Joseph Brown and Anna Maria Evans Brown in Holgate, Ohio, on July 28, 1891. He grew up in nearby Toledo and quipped that he was the sole youngster in all of show business who ran away from home to join the circus with his parents’ blessings. At the age of 10, he joined a tumbling act called the Five Marvellous Ashtons, which toured with circuses and in vaudeville circuits. On the side, he pursued his love of baseball and played professionally. Nevertheless, he declined the opportunity to join the New York Yankees because he wanted a career in entertainment. After three seasons, he returned to performing with the circus and in vaudeville. He added comedy into his act as it grew in popularity and, by 1920, would debut on Broadway as part of a revue called Jim Jam Jems. 32009618-1 Though his rise to the stage as a comedian was quite seamless, his transition into films was not. Though he appeared in some films in the 1920s, he began to resonate with the movie-going public much later. He signed a contract with Warner Brothers in 1929 to carry out comedy roles in the film versions of Broadway shows, including Sally (1929) and Top Speed (1930), in addition to several Technicolor musical comedies. He would also appear in the first all-color, all-talking musical comedy, On with the Show (1929). Many of his early films centered upon athletics. Brown excelled in these films and made them even more enjoyable with his physical comedy and a massive grin. In fact, he would also happen to portray several characters who were baseball players, including his roles in Fireman, Save My Child (1932), Elmer, the Great (1933) and Alibi Ike (1935). While he also worked with other great comedians, he was also one of the few vaudevillians to perform in a Shakespeare film. Brown played the role of Francis Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935) and received much positive praise. He also happened to contribute the only non-Shakespeare line in the film; after his character was thrown into a lake, Brown ad-libbed, “I won’t play anymore!” He was one of the top-earning stars of 1933, 1936, and 1937. Brown’s distinct facial features were caricatured often in cartoons. Disney incorporated caricatures of Brown in Mickey’s Gala Premiere (1933), Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938), and The Autograph Hound (1939), in addition to many other animators using Brown as inspiration. Behind the scenes, Brown was a devoted family man. He married Kathryn Francis McGraw in 1915 and had two sons with her. When his oldest son was born, Brown reportedly passed out in the delivery room. In 1939, he testified before the House Immigration Committee to support a bill that would allow 20,000 German-Jewish refugee children into the U.S. He would later go on to adopt two refugee girls himself: Mary Katherine Ann and Kathryn Francis. Brown and Kathryn would remain married until his passing. In 1937, Brown left Warner Brothers to work with David L. Loew, which proved to be a disadvantage. His films had poor production value and many of them were flops. As a result, he was working in B-movies and instead decided to focus on entertaining the troops instead of being disappointed by the roles he was given. He paid out of his own pocket to travel Europe and the Pacific with frequency in order to entertain soldiers, often in hospitals. In some cases, he even performed his full routine to dying soldiers or to a single injured person, so these soldiers would not feel left out. He also took it upon himself to bring sacks of mail from the soldiers after each trip to have delivered to their families. PA-9666028638753073-joe-e-brown-persiflage-parody-australian-defense-force1362c611df1cebda965028ab35e0da22 c28edb4bf2276b56d5d9057f485ce73dComedian Joe E. Brown willingly signing autographs for troops after performance. (Photo by Frank Scherschel/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)Cw70JlCUoAAqg0S Brown also paid many visits to the Hollywood Canteen to entertain soldiers and signed autographs frequently. Thanks to his efforts, he was one of two civilians to receive the Bronze Star during World War II. Brown remained dedicated to the troops and appeared in a newsreel advocating for blood donations during the Korean War. Just before this period, Brown and his wife renewed their wedding vows on December 24, 1940. His oldest son, Don, gave away the bride, second son, Joe, was best man. The two daughters were flower girls. Brown’s daughter-in-law, Virginia Newport Brown, was the maid of honor. d7a92844814c664fd082d7c1b3917fe5--celebrity-weddings-celebrity-couples.jpg Brown was also immensely dedicated to his children through any challenges and accidents they overcame. One example occurred in 1944, when his daughter, Mary Katherine, was gravely injured in a car accident. Many other car accidents happened on the same evening and there were few doctors present to care for her. Brown ran around the hospital in an effort to find someone to help until he finally found a doctor who was heading out for the day. The doctor recognized Brown and agreed to help, treating Mark Katherine for seven hours and saving her life. After World War II, Brown continued to appear in films such as Show Boat (1951) and Around the World in 80 Days (1956). His most notable post-war role was in Billy Wilder’s Some Like it Hot (1959), in which he delivers one of the most renowned punchlines in the film: “Well, nobody’s perfect.” He also spent time working on stage, winning a special Tony Award for portraying the lead in Harvey. Brown took to the stage in 1961 for the New York City Center’s revival of Show Boat, regularly treating lingering audience members to stories and jokes after the show. Brown’s last film appearance would be in The Comedy of Terrors (1964). 81SIP63s1iL._AC_SY445_81+klY3e0BL._AC_SL1500_-5377176678822549326harveybrown3 pbimagesjoe-brown-autographed-playbill-harvey_1_22d661effe96069e2e775b7828cd4257 Throughout his life, Brown was a sports enthusiast. His son, Joe L. Brown, also harbored the same interest and became the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates for over 20 years. Brown himself spent time with MLB outfielder Ty Cobb during Cobb’s last days, learning more about Cobb’s career. Brown also became the first president of the Protect Our Nation’s Youth (PONY) Baseball and Softball organization, remaining in the role until 1964. During his retirement, he spent much time traveling to advocate for the organization. Brown passed away in his Brentwood, Los Angeles, home from several heart ailments, just three weeks shy of his 82nd birthday. He was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Today, there are several tributes to Brown throughout his home state of Ohio. In his hometown of Holgate, OH-18 was named Joe E. Brown Ave. joe e brown ave.JPG The Joe E. Brown Park, located at 150 W. Oakland St. in Toledo, was recently rededicated with new equipment and beautified fields.A Actor, Comedian. Born in Holgate, Ohio, he exhibited natural athletic ability as a boy, and joined a tumbling act which toured and appeared with circuses and at area vaudeville theaters. After spending a number of years as a youth touring and performing, he returned to Toledo, Ohio at age fourteen. He played on many Toledo amateur baseball teams as a teenager, and had a brief semiprofessional stint with Needham's All-Stars until a broken leg slowed his sports career. Offered a contract with the New York Yankees, he declined in deference to his budding career in show business (he would go on to portray a baseball player in many of his movies). To meet financial ends he left the entertainment world and worked in business in the Toledo area, but soon decided to try show business again - this time in Burlesque comedy. A Broadway producer noticed him and he landed a part in the successful show "Listen Lester." He later performed in the show "Jim Jam Jems", which made him a star, and the "Greenwich Village Follies" followed by an appearance in the revived show "Captain Jinks" (voted best musical 1925 to 1926). His last stage show "Twinkle Twinkle" would be his finale, as he moved to Hollywood, California seeking a movie career. Signed to a contract by Warner Brothers Studio in 1929, he included a strange clause; it stipulated that he was to be supplied with a baseball team, which became "Joe Brown's All Stars". Many of his most notable motion pictures were those where he was permitted to use his athletic abilities, such as "Fireman Save My Child' "Elmer the Great" and "Alibi Ike." He ended his contract with Warner Brothers in 1936, and signed with an independent producer. His career after that consisted of a series of low-budget comedies and films in the "B" category. During World War II he put his movie career on hold to provided entertainment for United States troops, and he suffered the loss of his son, a United States Army captain who was killed in a stateside airplane crash. In the postwar era Brown worked mainly with stage productions for road companies "Harvey" and "Show Boat", then added television appearances in the 1950s and 1960's. He was awarded a special Tony Award for the touring production of "Harvey", and Bowling Green State University named a theatre after him where he appeared in a production of that musical. His most well-known post-World War II role was that of 'Osgood Fielding III' in the 1959 comedy "Some Like It Hot". He wrote his biography "Laughter is a Wonderful Thing" with collaborator Ralph Hancock, which was published in 1956, and the work "Joe E. Brown: Film Comedian and Baseball Buffoon" by Wes D. Gehring was published in 2006. His son, Joe L. Brown, served as General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team from 1955 to 1976. 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 elastic-mouth smile.[1] He was one of the most popular American comedians in the 1930s and 1940s, with films like A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Earthworm Tractors (1936), and Alibi Ike (1935). In his later career Brown starred in Some Like It Hot (1959), as Osgood Fielding III, in which he utters the film's famous punchline "Well, nobody's perfect." Contents 1 Early life 2 Film career 3 World War II 4 Postwar work 5 In popular culture 6 Later life and family 7 Death and legacy 8 Selected filmography 9 Television roles 10 Books published 11 References 12 External links Early life Brown was born on July 28, 1891, in Holgate, Ohio, near Toledo, into a large family largely of Welsh descent. He spent most of his childhood in Toledo. In 1902, at the age of ten, he joined a troupe of circus tumblers known as the Five Marvelous Ashtons, who toured the country on both the circus and vaudeville circuits. Later he became a professional baseball player. Despite his skill, he declined an opportunity to sign with the New York Yankees to pursue his career as an entertainer. After three seasons he returned to the circus, then went into vaudeville and finally starred on Broadway. He gradually added comedy to his act, and transformed himself into a comedian. He moved to Broadway in the 1920s, first appearing in the musical comedy Jim Jam Jems. Film career with June Travis in Earthworm Tractors (1936) In late 1928, Brown began making films, starting the next year with Warner Brothers. He quickly became a favorite with child audiences,[1] and shot to stardom after appearing in the first all-color all-talking musical comedy On with the Show (1929). He starred in a number of lavish Technicolor musical comedies, including Sally (1929), Hold Everything (1930), Song of the West (1930), and Going Wild (1930). By 1931, Brown had become such a star that his name was billed above the title in the films in which he appeared. He appeared in Fireman, Save My Child (1932), a comedy in which he played a member of the St. Louis Cardinals, and in Elmer, the Great (1933) with Patricia Ellis and Claire Dodd and Alibi Ike (1935) with Olivia de Havilland, in both of which he portrayed ballplayers with the Chicago Cubs. In 1933 he starred in Son of a Sailor with Jean Muir and Thelma Todd. In 1934, Brown starred in A Very Honorable Guy with Alice White and Robert Barrat, in The Circus Clown again with Patricia Ellis and with Dorothy Burgess, and with Maxine Doyle in Six-Day Bike Rider. Brown was one of the few vaudeville comedians to appear in a Shakespeare film; he played Francis Flute in the Max Reinhardt/William Dieterle film version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) and was highly praised for his performance.[1] He starred in Polo Joe (1936) with Carol Hughes and Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, and in Sons o' Guns. In 1933 and 1936, he became one of the top 10 earners in films. He was sufficiently well known internationally by this point to be depicted in comic strips in the British comic Film Fun for 20 years from 1933. He left Warner Brothers to work for producer David L. Loew, starring in When's Your Birthday? (1937). In 1938, he starred in The Gladiator, a loose adaptation of Philip Gordon Wylie's 1930 novel Gladiator that influenced the creation of Superman.[2] He gradually switched to making "B" pictures. World War II Brown and Irving Leroy Ress (right) c. 1950 In 1939, Brown testified before the House Immigration Committee in support of a bill that would allow 20,000 German-Jewish refugee children into the U.S. He later adopted two refugee children.[3] At age 50 when the U.S. entered World War II, Brown was too old to enlist. Both of his biological sons served in the military during the war. In 1942, Captain Don E. Brown, was killed when his Douglas A-20 Havoc crashed near Palm Springs, California.[4] Even before the USO was organized, Brown spent a great deal of time traveling, at his own expense, to entertain troops in the South Pacific, including Guadalcanal, New Zealand and Australia, as well as the Caribbean and Alaska. He was the first to tour in this way and before Bob Hope made similar journeys. Brown also spent many nights working and meeting servicemen at the Hollywood Canteen.[1] He wrote of his experiences entertaining the troops in his book Your Kids and Mine. On his return to the U.S., Brown brought sacks of letters, making sure they were delivered by the Post Office. He gave shows in all weather conditions, many in hospitals, sometimes doing his entire show for a single dying soldier. He signed autographs for everyone. For his services to morale, Brown became one of only two civilians to be awarded the Bronze Star during World War II. Postwar work His concern for the troops continued into the Korean War, as evidenced by a newsreel featuring his appeal for blood donations to aid the U.S. and UN troops there that was featured in the season 4 episode of M*A*S*H titled "Deluge".[5] In 1948, he was awarded a Special Tony Award for his work in the touring company of Harvey.[1][6] He had a cameo appearance in Around the World in 80 Days (1956), as the Fort Kearney stationmaster talking to Fogg (David Niven) and his entourage in a small town in Nebraska. In the similarly epic film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), he had a cameo as a union official giving a speech at a construction site in the climactic scene. On television, he was the mystery guest on What's My Line? during the episode on January 11, 1953. His best known postwar role was that of aging millionaire Osgood Fielding III in Billy Wilder's 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot. Fielding falls for Daphne (Jerry), played by Jack Lemmon in drag; at the end of the film, Lemmon takes off his wig and reveals to Brown that he is a man, to which Brown responds "Well, nobody's perfect", one of the more celebrated punchlines in film. Another of his notable postwar roles was that of Cap'n Andy Hawks in MGM's 1951 remake of Show Boat, a role that he reprised onstage in the 1961 New York City Center revival of the musical and on tour. Brown performed several dance routines in the film, and famed choreographer Gower Champion appeared along with first wife Marge. Brown's final film appearance was in The Comedy of Terrors (1964). Brown with Buster Keaton in the "Journey to Ninevah" episode of Route 66 from 1962 Brown was a sports enthusiast, both in film and personally. Some of his best films were the "baseball trilogy" which consisted of Fireman, Save My Child (1932), Elmer, the Great (1933) and Alibi Ike (1935). He was a television and radio broadcaster for the New York Yankees in 1953. His son Joe L. Brown became the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates for more than 20 years. Brown spent Ty Cobb's last days with him, discussing his life. Brown's sports enthusiasm also led to him becoming the first president of PONY Baseball and Softball (at the time named Pony League) when the organization was incorporated in 1953. He continued in the post until late 1964, when he retired. Later he traveled additional thousands of miles telling the story of PONY League, hoping to interest adults in organizing baseball programs for young people. He was a fan of Thoroughbred horse racing, a regular at the racetracks in Del Mar and Santa Anita. In popular culture He was caricatured in the Disney cartoons Mickey's Gala Premiere (1933), Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938), and The Autograph Hound (1939); all contain a scene in which he is seen laughing so loud that his mouth opens extremely wide. According to the official biography Daws Butler: Characters Actor, Daws Butler used Joe E. Brown as inspiration for the voices of two Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters: Lippy the Lion (1962) and Peter Potamus (1963–1966).[7] Later life and family Brown married Kathryn Francis McGraw in 1915. The marriage lasted until his death in 1973. The couple had four children: two sons, Don Evan Brown (December 25, 1916 – October 8, 1942; Captain in the United States Army Air Force, who was killed in the crash of an A-20B Havoc bomber while serving as a ferry pilot)[8] and Joe LeRoy "Joe L." Brown (September 1, 1918 – August 15, 2010), and two daughters, Mary Katherine Ann (b. 1930) and Kathryn Francis (b. 1934). Both daughters were adopted as infants. Joe L. Brown shared his father's love of baseball, serving as general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 to 1976, and briefly in 1985, also building the 1960 and 1971 World Series champions. Brown's '71 Pirates featured baseball's first all-black starting nine. Death and legacy Lobby card for Son of a Sailor (1933) Brown began having heart problems in 1968 after suffering a severe heart attack, and underwent cardiac surgery. He died from arteriosclerosis on July 6, 1973[9][10][11] at his home in Brentwood, California, three weeks before his 82nd birthday.[1] He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. 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 1680 Vine Street.[12] In 1961, Bowling Green State University renamed the theatre in which Brown appeared in Harvey in the 1950s as the Joe E. Brown Theatre. It was closed in 2011.[13] Holgate, Ohio, his birthplace, has a street named Joe E. Brown Avenue. Toledo, Ohio has a city park named Joe E. Brown Park at 150 West Oakland Street. Rose Naftalin's popular 1975 cookbook includes a cookie named the Joe E. Brown.[14][15] Brown was a frequent customer of Naftalin's Toledo restaurant. Flatrock Brewing Company in Napoleon, Ohio offers several brown ales such as Joe E. Coffee And Vanilla Bean Brown Ale, Joe E. Brown Hazelnut, Chocolate Peanut Butter Joe E. Brown, Joe E Brown Chocolate Pumpkin, and Joe E. (Brown Ale). Selected filmography Crooks Can't Win (1928) as Jimmy Wells Hit of the Show (1928) as Twisty The Circus Kid (1928) as King Kruger Take Me Home (1928) as Bunny Molly and Me (1929) as Jim Wilson My Lady's Past (1929) as Sam Young On with the Show! (1929) as Joe Beaton Painted Faces (1929) as Hermann / Beppo Sally (1930) as Grand Duke Connie Song of the West (1930) as Hasty Hold Everything (1930) as Gink Schiner Top Speed (1930) as Elmer Peters Maybe It's Love (1930) as Yates The Lottery Bride (1930) as Hoke Going Wild (1930) as Rollo Smith Sit Tight (1931) as Jojo Broadminded (1931) as Ossie Simpson Local Boy Makes Good (1931) as John Augustus Miller Fireman, Save My Child (1932) as Joe Grant The Tenderfoot (1932) as Calvin Jones You Said a Mouthful (1932) as Joe Holt Elmer, the Great (1933) as Elmer Son of a Sailor (1933) as 'Handsome' Callahan A Very Honorable Guy (1934) as 'Feet' Samuels The Circus Clown (1934) as Happy Howard 6 Day Bike Rider (1934) as Wilfred Simpson Alibi Ike (1935) as Frank X. Farrell Bright Lights (1935) as Joe Wilson A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) as Flute, the Bellows-Mender Sons o' Guns (1936) as Jimmy Canfield Earthworm Tractors (1936) as Alexander Botts Polo Joe (1936) as Joe Bolton When's Your Birthday? (1937) as Dustin Willoughby Riding on Air (1937) as Elmer Lane Fit for a King (1937) as Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones Wide Open Faces (1938) as Wilbur Meeks The Gladiator (1938) as Hugo Kipp Flirting with Fate (1938) as Dan Dixon $1000 a Touchdown (1939) as Marlowe Mansfield Booth Beware Spooks! (1939) as Roy L. Gifford So You Won't Talk (1940) as Whiskers / 'Brute' Hanson Shut My Big Mouth (1942) as Wellington Holmes Joan of Ozark (1942) as Cliff Little Daring Young Man (1942) as Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw Chatterbox (1943) as Rex Vane Casanova in Burlesque (1944) as Joseph M. Kelly Jr. Pin Up Girl (1944) as Eddie Hall Hollywood Canteen (1944) as Joe E. Brown The Tender Years (1948) as Rev. Will Norris Show Boat (1951) as Cap'n Andy Hawks Around the World in 80 Days (1956) as the Fort Kearney stationmaster Some Like It Hot (1959) as Osgood Fielding III It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) as the union official giving a speech at a construction site The Comedy of Terrors (1964) as the Cemetery Keeper Television roles The Buick Circus Hour, episode "Premiere Show" (1952) as The Clown The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theatre, episode "The Practical Joker" (1955) Schlitz Playhouse, episode "Meet Mr. Justice" (1955) The Christophers, episodes "Washington as a Young Man" (1955) and "Basis of Law and Order" (1964) (final appearance) Screen Directors Playhouse, episode "The Silent Partner" (1955) as Arthur Vail The People's Choice, episode "Sox and the Proxy Marriage (1956) as Charles Hollister General Electric Theater, episode "The Golden Key" (1956) as Earl Hall General Electric Summer Originals, episode "The Joe E. Brown Show" (1956) as Joe Brown The Ann Sothern Show, episode "Olive's Dream Man" (1960) as Mitchell Carson Westinghouse Preview Theatre, episode "Five's a Family" (1961) as Harry Canover Route 66, episode "Journey to Nineveh" (1962) as Sam Butler The Greatest Show on Earth, episode "You're All Right, Ivy" (1964) as Diamond "Dimey" Vine Books published Your Kids and Mine (1944) Your Kids and Mine was published as an Armed Services Edition during World War II. Laughter Is a Wonderful Thing (1956)
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