---
name: "Timothy Brown"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/timothy-brown"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 May 1937"
died: "4 April 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T10:12:24.974507+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."
---

# Timothy Brown

Actor. Born 24 May 1937 in Richmond, Indiana, USA. Died 4 April 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 May 1937, Richmond, Indiana, USA
- **Died:** 4 April 2020
- **Also known as:** Thomas Allen Brown, Timmy Brown, Тимоти Браун

## Biography

Timothy Brown, also credited as Thomas Allen Brown, Timmy Brown and Tim Brown, was an American actor, singer and former professional American football player. Born Thomas Allen Brown on 24 May 1937 in Richmond, Indiana, he played in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles and Baltimore Colts before turning to acting.

He appeared as Cpl. Judson in the 1970 film *M*A*S*H* and as Capt. Oliver Harmon “Spearchucker” Jones in the subsequent television series. Brown played the role of Tommy Brown, a Grand Ole Opry singer, in Robert Altman’s *Nashville* (1975), and featured in other films including *Frequency* (2000) as Roof Man Billy. He died on 4 April 2020 in Palm Springs, California, aged 82.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Nashville* (1975), Fi1m 89, as Tommy Brown — [page](https://film.one/film/nashville.md)

## Also known for

- *Frequency* (2000), Roof Man Billy
- *M*A*S*H* (1970), Cpl. Judson — [page](https://film.one/film/m-a-s-h.md)
- *M*A*S*H* (1972), Spearchucker
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Barret (uncredited)
- *Remington Steele* (1982), Larry
- *Losin' It* (1983), Assistant Coach
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), Conrad
- *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* (1970), Timothy Brown

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