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name: "Earl Jolly Brown"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/earl-jolly-brown"
roles: []
born: "18 October 1939"
died: "26 August 2006"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T21:15:58.243437+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Earl Jolly Brown

Actor. Born 18 October 1939 in Houston, Texas, USA. Died 26 August 2006.

## Details

- **Born:** 18 October 1939, Houston, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 26 August 2006
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 66 (1), 1980s 55 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Jolly_Brown, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5325941, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113484/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/141270

## Biography

Earl Jolly Brown was an American actor. Born Edwin Earl Brown in Houston, Texas, on 18 October 1939, he died in Clark County, Nevada, on 26 August 2006.

His best-known role was as Whisper, a henchman, in the 1973 James Bond film *Live and Let Die*. Other film appearances include *Black Belt Jones* (1974) as Jelly, *Truck Turner* (1974) and *Beverly Hills Cop* (1984), both uncredited. He also worked in television, with credits including *The Odd Couple* and *Laverne and Shirley*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Live and Let Die* (1973), Fi1m 66, as Whisper — [page](https://film.one/film/live-and-let-die.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Beverly Hills Cop* (1984), Fi1m 55, as Bar Patron (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Beverly Hills Cop* (1984), as Bar Patron (uncredited) — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/beverly-hills-cop.md)
- *Linda Lovelace for President* (1975), as Polmes
- *Truck Turner* (1974), as Bar Patron (uncredited)
- *Black Belt Jones* (1974), as Jelly
- *Live and Let Die* (1973), as Whisper — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/live-and-let-die.md)

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