--- name: "Tom Brown" canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-brown-89687" roles: ["Actor"] born: "6 January 1915" died: "3 June 1990" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T23:37:30.525604+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." --- # Tom Brown Actor. Born 6 January 1915 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 3 June 1990. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 6 January 1915, New York City, New York, USA - **Died:** 3 June 1990 - **Also known as:** Thomas Edward Brown, Thomas Brown, Том Браун - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Brown_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2439545, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0114805/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89687 ## Biography Tom Brown (born Thomas Edward Brown) was an American actor and child model. Born in New York City, he began modelling at the age of two, appearing in national advertising campaigns. He was educated at the New York Professional Children's School and made his film debut in 1924. Brown appeared in numerous films during the 1930s, including *Anne of Green Gables* (1934) as Gilbert Blythe and *In Old Chicago* (1938) as Bob O'Leary. He also starred in the serial *The Adventures of Smilin' Jack* (1943). His later film credits include *Merrily We Live* (1938). During the Second World War he served in the United States Army, rising to the rank of lieutenant and receiving a French Croix de Guerre and Bronze Star Medal; he later served in the Korean War. Brown appeared frequently on television, with recurring roles in *Gunsmoke* (as Ed O'Connor) and *Mr. Lucky*. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *In Old Chicago* (1938), Fi1m 64, as Bob O'Leary — [page](https://film.one/film/in-old-chicago.md) ## Complete filmography (97) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Cutter's Trail* (1970), as Orville Mason - *The High Chaparral* (1967), series, as Cap - *Cimarron Strip* (1967), series, Actor - *Mister Roberts* (1965), series, Actor - *The Choppers* (1961), as Tom Hart - *Pete and Gladys* (1960), series, Actor - *Mr. Lucky* (1959), series, as Lieut. Rovacs - *Lock-Up* (1959), series, Actor - *World of Giants* (1959), series, as Deputy Commissioner Wade - *Peter Gunn* (1958), series, Actor - *The Notorious Mr. Monks* (1958), as Payson, Defense Attorney - *Sea Hunt* (1958), series, Actor - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Assistant District Attorney Jarvis - *Sugarfoot* (1957), series, as Sheriff Pete Rayle - *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Actor - *The Quiet Gun* (1957), as John Reilly - *Code 3* (1957), series, Actor - *The O. Henry Playhouse* (1957), series, as Billy Casparis - *Official Detective* (1957), series, Actor - *Naked Gun* (1956), as Sonny Glenn - *West Point* (1956), series, Actor - *Hey, Jeannie!* (1956), series, as Conway - *The Adventures of Jim Bowie* (1956), series, Actor - *I Killed Wild Bill Hickok* (1956), as Wild Bill Hickok - *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Major, Ed O'Connor - *The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp* (1955), series, Actor - *December Bride* (1954), series, Actor - *Lassie* (1954), series, Actor - *The Whistler* (1954), series, Actor - *Fireman Save My Child* (1954), as Capt. Bill Peters - *Public Defender* (1954), series, Actor - *Manhunt in Space* (1954), as Paul Ray - *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, as Theodore Roosevelt - *Dragnet* (1951), series, Actor - *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Captain Barney O'Keefe - *Operation Haylift* (1950), as Tom Masters - *The Lone Ranger* (1949), series, as De Witt Faversham - *Ringside* (1949), as Joe O'Hara - *Duke of Chicago* (1949), as Jimmy Brody - *Slippy McGee* (1948), as Father Shanley - *Buck Privates Come Home* (1947), as Bill Gregory - *Hi, Beautiful* (1944), as Roger (uncredited) - *The Adventures of Smilin' Jack* (1943), as 'Smilin' Jack' Martin - *The Payoff* (1942), as Guy Norris - *Youth on Parade* (1942), as Bingo Brown - *There's One Born Every Minute* (1942), as Jimmy Hanagan - *Let's Get Tough* (1942), as Phil - *Hello, Annapolis* (1942), as Bill Arden - *Sleepytime Gal* (1942), as Chick Patterson - *Niagara Falls* (1941), as Tom Wilson - *Three Sons o' Guns* (1941), as Edward "Eddie" George Patterson - *Hello, Sucker* (1941), as Bob Wade - *Margie* (1940), as Bret - *Sandy Is a Lady* (1940), as Joe Phillips - *Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!* (1940), as Tommy Shaw - *Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!* (1940), as Johnny Sandham - *These Glamour Girls* (1939), as Homer Ten Eyck - *Ex-Champ* (1939), as Bob Hill - *Big Town Czar* (1939), as Danny Daley - *Sergeant Madden* (1939), as Albert Boylan Jr. - *The Duke of West Point* (1938), as Robert Drew - *The Storm* (1938), as Jim Roberts - *Swing That Cheer* (1938), as Bob Potter - *In Old Chicago* (1938), as Bob O'Leary — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/in-old-chicago.md) - *Goodbye Broadway* (1938), as Chuck Bradford - *Merrily We Live* (1938), as Kane Kilbourne - *Navy Blue and Gold* (1937), as Richard Arnold 'Dick' Gates Jr. - *The Man Who Cried Wolf* (1937), as Tommy Bradley - *That Man's Here Again* (1937), as Jimmy Whalen - *Jim Hanvey, Detective* (1937), as Don Terry - *Maytime* (1937), as Kip Stuart - *Her Husband Lies* (1937), as Chick Thomas - *Rose Bowl* (1936), as Paddy O'Riley - *I'd Give My Life* (1936), as Nickie Elkins - *And Sudden Death* (1936), as Jackie Winslow - *Gentle Julia* (1936), as Noble Dill - *Freckles* (1935), as Freckles - *Annapolis Farewell* (1935), as Morton 'Click' Haley - *Black Sheep* (1935), as Fred Curtis - *Mary Jane's Pa* (1935), as King Wagner - *Sweepstake Annie* (1935), as Bill Enright - *Anne of Green Gables* (1934), as Gilbert Blythe - *Judge Priest* (1934), as Jerome Priest - *The Witching Hour* (1934), as Clay Thorne - *This Side of Heaven* (1934), as Seth Turner - *Two Alone* (1934), as Adam - *Three Cornered Moon* (1933), as Eddie Rimplegar - *Central Airport* (1933), as Neil 'Bud' Blaine - *Destination Unknown* (1933), as Johnny - *Laughter in Hell* (1933), as Barton - *Hell's Highway* (1932), as John 'Johnny' Ellis - *Tom Brown of Culver* (1932), as Tom Brown - *Fast Companions* (1932), as Marty Black - *The Famous Ferguson Case* (1932), as Bruce Foster - *Queen High* (1930), as Jimmy - *The Lady Lies* (1929), as Bob Rossiter - *The Wrongdoers* (1925), as Little Jimmy ## Gallery - ![Tom Brown](https://film.one/media/person/1229994/gallery-ab6975f0416b.jpg) Tom Brown — film screenshot (Fox Film Corporation), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Tom_Brown_in_Judge_Priest.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Lobby card for the American pre-Code drama film Central Airport (1933).](https://film.one/media/person/1229994/gallery-185f141f0852.jpg) Lobby card for the American pre-Code drama film Central Airport (1933). — First National Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Central_Airport_lobby_card.jpg/1280px-Central_Airport_lobby_card.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Tom Brown](https://film.one/media/person/1229994/gallery-c094af9cde54.jpg) Tom Brown — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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