Tom Brown (actor)

Tom Brown (actor)
Thomas Edward Brown (January 6, 1913 – June 3, 1990) was an American actor and model.
Biography
Brown was born in New York City, the son of William Harold "Harry" Brown and Marie Francis Brown. 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 Anne of Green Gables (1934). Later he appeared on the television shows Gunsmoke, Mr. Adams and Eve, 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.
Filmography
The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1924) as Shocky Thompson (film debut)
The Wrongdoers (1925) as Little Jimmy
Syncopation (1929) as Bellhop (uncredited)
The Lady Lies (1929) as Bob Rossiter
Queen High (1930) as Jimmy
The Famous Ferguson Case (1932) as Bruce Foster
Fast Companions (1932) as Marty Black
Tom Brown of Culver (1932) as Tom Brown
Hell's Highway (1932) as Johnny Ellis
Laughter in Hell (1933) as Barton
Destination Unknown (1933) as Johnny
Central Airport (1933) as Neil 'Bud' Blaine
Three-Cornered Moon (1933) as Eddie Rimplegar
Two Alone (1934) as Adam
This Side of Heaven (1934) as Seth Turner
The Witching Hour (1934) as Clay Thorne
Judge Priest (1934) as Jerome Priest
Anne of Green Gables (1934) as Gilbert Blythe
Bachelor of Arts (1934) as Alec Hamilton
Sweepstake Annie (1935) as Bill Enright
Mary Jane's Pa (1935) as King Wagner
Black Sheep (1935) as Fred Curtis
Annapolis Farewell (1935) as Morton 'Click' Haley
Freckles (1935) as Freckles
Gentle Julia (1936) as Noble Dill
And Sudden Death (1936) as Jackie Winslow
I'd Give My Life (1936) as Nickie Elkins
Rose Bowl (1936) as Paddy O'Riley
Her Husband Lies (1937) as 'Chick' Thomas
Maytime (1937) as Kip Stuart
Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937) as Don Terry
That Man's Here Again (1937) as Jimmy Whalen
The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937) as Tommy Bradley
Navy Blue and Gold (1937) as Richard Arnold 'Dick' Gates Jr.
In Old Chicago (1938) as Bob O'Leary
Merrily We Live (1938) as Kane Kilbourne
Goodbye Broadway (1938) as Chuck Bradford
Swing That Cheer (1938) as Bob Potter
The Storm (1938) as Jim Roberts - Bob's Brother
The Duke of West Point (1938) as Sonny Drew
Sergeant Madden (1939) as Albert 'Al' Boylan, Jr.
Big Town Czar (1939) - Danny Daley
Ex-Champ (1939) as Bob Hill
These Glamour Girls (1939) as Homer Ten Eyck
Oh Johnny, How You Can Love (1940) - Johnny Sandham
Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me (1940) as Tommy Shaw
Sandy Is a Lady (1940) as Joe Phillips
Margie (1940) as Bret
Hello, Sucker (1941) as Bob Wade
Three Sons o' Guns (1941) as Eddie Patterson
Niagara Falls (1941) as Tom Wilson
Sleepytime Gal (1942) as Chick Patterson
Hello, Annapolis (1942) as Bill Arden
Let's Get Tough! (1942) as Phil
There's One Born Every Minute (1942) as Jimmy Hanagan
Youth on Parade (1942) as Bingo Brown
The Payoff (1942) as Guy Norris
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943, Serial) as Jack Martin
Buck Privates Come Home (1947) as Bill Gregory
Slippy McGee (1948) as Father Shanley
Duke of Chicago (1949) as Jimmy Brody
Ringside (1949) as Joe O'Hara
Operation Haylift (1950) as Tom Masters
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok (1956) as Wild Bill Hickok
Naked Gun (1956) as Sonny Glenn
The Quiet Gun (1957) as John Reilly
The Notorious Mr. Monks (1958) as Payson, Defense Attorney
The Choppers (1961) as Tom Hart
Cutter's Trail (1970, TV) as Orville Mason (final film)
Television
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1956-1958) as Bill Slocum/Frank Burroughs
Mr. Adams and Eve (1957) as Harry (Episode: "You Can't Go Home Again")
Circus Boy (1957) as Ned Bailey
The Lone Ranger (1957)
“Outlaws in Grease Paint,” as De Witt Faversham
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1958) as Jeff Purky
Have Gun - Will Travel (1958) as Bob Pelley
Sugarfoot (1959) as Sheriff Pete Rayle
Perry Mason (1959) as Assistant District Attorney Jarvis
Colt .45 (1959) as Sheriff Frank Willis
Mr. Lucky (1959-1960) as Lieutenant Rovacs
Gunsmoke (1959-1974) as Major/Ed O'Connor
Lassie (1960) as Joe Morgan
77 Sunset Strip (1961) as Lou Maxton
The Rifleman (1962) as Sheriff
The Untouchables (1962) as Police Captain Bellows
General Hospital (1965) as Al Weeks #2
Mister Roberts (1966) as Admiral Morrison
Cimarron Strip (1967-1968) as Sheriff Phillips/Charlie Ives
The High Chaparral (1970) as Spokes
The Jeffersons (1975-1979) as Radio Announcer/Emcee
Ellery Queen (1976) as Marvin - The Broadcaster
Days of Our Lives (1976) as Nathan Curtis
References
Further reading
Holmstrom, John (1996). The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, p. 58.
Dye, David (1988). Child and Youth Actors: Filmography of Their Entire Careers, 1914-1985. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1988, p. 28-29.
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1913 births
1990 deaths
20th-century American male actors
American male child actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
United States Army personnel of World War II
United States Army personnel of the Korean War
United States Army officers
United States Army soldiers
Recipients of the Croix de Guerre (France)
Deaths from lung cancer in California
Male actors from New York City
Warner Bros. contract players