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name: "John Brown"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-brown-12503"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 April 1904"
died: "16 May 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 67
updated: "2026-09-16T14:09:54.855175+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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# John Brown

Actor. Born 4 April 1904 in Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 16 May 1957.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 April 1904, Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 16 May 1957
- **Active:** 1951–1953

## Biography

John Brown (4 April 1904 – 16 May 1957) was a British-American actor. Born in Hull, Yorkshire, England, he worked in radio, film and television from the 1930s until his death.

He had prominent radio roles including Al in *My Friend Irma*, Gillis and Digby “Digger” O’Dell in *The Life of Riley* (later reprised on television), and “Broadway” in *The Damon Runyon Theatre*. In film he played Professor Collins in Alfred Hitchcock’s *Strangers on a Train* (1951), appeared in *The Day the Earth Stood Still* (1951) and *The Wild One* (1953), and voiced Ro-Man in *Robot Monster* (1953). He also played Harry Morton briefly on *The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Robot Monster* (1953), Fi1m 48, as Ro-Man / Great Guidance (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/robot-monster.md)
- *Strangers on a Train* (1951), Fi1m 86, as Prof. Collins — [page](https://film.one/film/strangers-on-a-train.md)

## Also known for

- *The Day the Earth Stood Still* (1951), George Barley
- *The Stranger* (1946), Passport Photographer (uncredited)
- *The Wild One* (1953), Bill Hannegan
- *I Love Lucy* (1951), Mr. Murdoch
- *The Bigamist* (1953)
- *Hans Christian Andersen* (1952), Schoolmaster
- *Symphony in Slang* (1951), The Hipster / Noah Webster (voice) (uncredited)

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