TOM BROWN BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Tom Brown was born on January 6th, 1913 in New York City, New York, with the birth name Thomas Edward Brown. He began his career as a child model and later it developed into a television and film actor.
At the age of two years old he was already making money as a model. He posed as Buster Brown and the Buick boy. As his career progressed he was acting in films by the age of eleven adding such credits to his resume as, "The Hoosier Schoolmaster" (1924) starring Henry Hull, Jane Thomas, Frank Dane and Mary Foy, "Syncopation" (1929) with Barbara Bennett, Bobby Watson and Ian Hunter, "Queen High" (1930) co-starring Charlie Ruggles, Frank Morgan, Eleanor Powell and Ginger Rogers, "Fast Companions" (1932) with James Gleason and Maureen O'Sullivan, "Hell's Highway" (1932) starring Rochelle Hudson, Warner Richmond, Charles Middleton, Oscar Apfel, Clarence Muse and John Forrest 'Fuzzy' Knight and "Judge Priest" (1934) starring alongside Will Rogers, Charlie Grapewin, David Landau, Rochelle Hudson, Henry B. Walthall, Anita Louise, Francis Ford, Hattie McDaniel and Stepin Fetchit.
He received his education at new York Professional Children's School and took a brief break from his acting career to serve in the United States Army during World War II. Upon completing his military service, Brown returned to acting.
Some of his more well known roles were on the films, "The Payoff" (1942) starring Lee Tracy, Evelyn Brent, Jack La Rue, Ian Keith, Tina Thayer, Robert Middlemass, Harry C. Bradley and Forrest Taylor, "The Adventures of Smilin' Jack" (1943) also starring Marjorie Lord, Keye Luke, Edgar Barrier, Sidney Toler, Rose Hobart, Turhan Bey, Philip Ahn and Nigel De Brulier, "Buck Privates Come Home" (1947) starring Abbott and Costello, Nat Pendleton and Joan Fulton, "Ringside" (1949) starring Don 'Red' Barry, Sheila Ryan, Margia Dean, Lyle Talbot, Joseph Crehan, John Cason and William Edmunds and "The Choppers" (1961) starring Arch Hall Jr., Marianne Gaba, Chuck Barnes and Robert Paget.
Most of his career was mainly focused on television roles with some of the more successful ones appearing on the series, "The Adventures of Jim Bowie", "Gunsmoke", "The Lone Ranger", "Playhouse 90", "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger", "Lock Up", "How to Marry a Millionaire", "Cavalcade of America", "The Public Defender", "Zane Grey Theatre", "General Hospital", "Days of Our Lives", "This is the Life", "Dragnet", "The Rifleman", "Circus Boy", "Code 3", "Have Gun - Will Travel", "Sugarfoot", "Perry Mason" and "Sea Hunt" among many others.
His final acting role was between 1975 and 1979 on the television series, "The Jeffersons". he then retired from the industry and passed away on June 3rd, 1990 in Woodland Hills, California after suffering from cancer. He was survived by two sons and one daughter.
Filmography
1975-1979 The Jeffersons
1975-1976 Days of Our Lives
1976 Ellery Queen
1959-1975 Gunsmoke
1970 The High Chaparral
1970 Cutter's Trail
1969 The Name of the Game
1967-1968 Cimarron Strip
1966 Mister Roberts
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 General Hospital
1963 McHale's Navy
1962 The Untouchables
1962 Ripcord
1962 The Rifleman
1961 The Choppers
1961 77 Sunset Strip
1961 Pete and Gladys
1959-1961 Peter Gunn
1959-1960 Mr. Lucky
1960 Men Into Space
1960 Lassie
1960 Lock Up
1959 Colt .45
1959 World of Giants
1958-1959 Sea Hunt
1959 Perry Mason
1959 Sugarfoot
1959 Mackenzie's Raiders
1958 December Bride
1958 Have Gun - Will Travel
1958 How to Marry a Millionaire
1958 The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1958 Zane Grey Theatre
1958 The Notorious Mr. Monks
1956-1958 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre
1956-1958 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1958 Flight
1957 Official Detective
1957 Maverick
1957 Lux Video Theatre
1957 Code 3
1954-1957 The Lone Ranger
1957 Circus Boy
1957 The O. Henry Playhouse
1957 Hey, Jeannie!
1957 The Quiet Gun
1957 Dr. Christian
1956 Ethel Barrymore Theater
1956 Dragnet
1956 Playhouse 90
1956 Naked Gun
1956 I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
1956 This Is the Life
1955 Schlitz Playhouse
1954-1955 The Whistler
1954-1955 Willy
1955 The Adventures of Falcon
1954 The Public Defender
1954 Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
1954 Fireman Save My Child
1954 Waterfront
1953 Cavalcade of America
1950 Operation Haylift
1949 Ringside
1949 Duke of Chicago
1948 Slippy McGee
1947 Buck Privates Come Home
1943 The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
1942 The Pay Off
1942 Youth on Parade
1942 There's One Born Every Minute
1942 Let's Get Tough!
1942 Hello, Annapolis
1942 Sleepytime Gal
1941 Niagara Falls
1941 Three Sons o' Guns
1941 Hello, Sucker
1940 Margie
1940 Sandy Is a Lady
1940 Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me
1940 Oh Johnny, How You Can Love
1939 These Glamour Girls
1939 Ex-Champ
1939 Big Town Czar
1939 Sergeant Madden
1938 The Duke of West Point
1938 The Storm
1938 Swing That Cheer
1938 Goodbye Broadway
1938 Merrily We Live
1937 Navy Blue and Gold
1937 The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937 That Man's Here Again
1937 Jim Hanvey, Detective
1937 Maytime
1937 Her Husband Lies
1937 In Old Chicago
1936 Rose Bowl
1936 I'd Give My Life
1936 And Sudden Death
1936 Gentle Julia
1935 Freckles
1935 Annapolis Farewell
1935 Black Sheep
1935 Mary Jane's Pa
1935 Sweepstake Annie
1934 Bachelor of Arts
1934 Anne of Green Gables
1934 Judge Priest
1934 The Witching Hour
1934 This Side of Heaven
1934 Two Alone
1933 Three-Cornered Moon
1933 Central Airport
1933 Destination Unknown
1933 Laughter in Hell
1932 Hell's Highway
1932 Tom Brown of Culver
1932 Fast Companions
1932 The Famous Ferguson Case
1930 Queen High
1929 The Lady Lies
1929 Syncopation
1925 The Wrongdoers
1924 The Hoosier Schoolmaster
