---
name: "Lou Brown"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lou-brown"
fi1m_id: "lou-brown"
imdb_id: "nm1838121"
tmdb_id: 3667
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 May 1912"
died: "7 January 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:36:44.429992+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."
---

# Lou Brown

## Identity

Lou Brown

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lou-brown
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lou-brown
- **IMDb ID:** nm1838121
- **TMDB ID:** 3667
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1838121/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3667

Actor. Born 4 May 1912 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 7 January 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 May 1912, Brooklyn, New York, USA
- **Died:** 7 January 2007
- **Also known as:** Louis Yule Brown, Louis Brown
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1838121/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3667

## Biography

Lou Brown (1912–2007) was an American composer, conductor and musical director. He worked extensively with comedian Jerry Lewis as musical director on stage, film and television, including several Jerry Lewis films and television specials.

Brown appeared as the band leader in Martin Scorsese's *The King of Comedy* (1982). His other credits include composing and conducting for *The Nutty Professor* (1963), *Which Way to the Front?* (1970), *Three on a Couch* (1966) and the television series *Class of '74* (1972), on which he is also credited as composer.

*Sources: imdb.com, discogs.com, findagrave.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The King of Comedy* (1982), Fi1m 88, as Band Leader — [page](https://film.one/film/the-king-of-comedy.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis* (1988), Music Director
- *The King of Comedy* (1982), as Band Leader — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-king-of-comedy.md)
- *Which Way to the Front?* (1970), Original Music Composer
- *Gabriella, Gabriella* (1970), Music, Producer, Conductor

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