Facts: - death place: woodland hills , los angeles , california , u.s. - death cause: lung cancer - death date: 3 june 1990 - birth date: 6 january 1913 - name: thomas brown - branch: us army - image: tom brown actor.jpg - birth place: new york city , u.s. - yearsactive: 1924-1979 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tom brown -lrb- actor -rrb- .
thomas edward '' tom '' brown -lrb- january 6 , 1913 , new york city -- june 3 , 1990 , woodland hills , los angeles -rrb- was an american child model , and later a film and television actor .