Tom Brown
- Child actor
- Teen actor
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Thomas Edward Brown was an American child model, and later a film and television actor.
Brown was born Thomas Edward Brown, the son of William Harold (Harry) Brown and his wife, Marie Francis Brown, in New York City. As a child model from the age of two years, Brown posed as Buster Brown, the Arrow Collar Boy and the Buick boy. Brown was educated at the New York Professional Children's School. He was carried on stage in his mother's arms when he was only six months old.
As an actor, he is probably best remembered for playing the title role in The Adventures of Smilin' Jack and as Gilbert Blythe in the 1934 version of Anne of Green Gables. Later he appeared on the television shows Gunsmoke, General Hospital and Days of Our Lives. He also had a recurring role as Lt. Rovacs in Mr. Lucky.
He enlisted in the United States Army in World War II where in three years he rose from private to lieutenant serving in France as a paratrooper where he was awarded a French Croix de Guerre and a Bronze Star Medal. He was promoted to captain with the 40th Infantry Division. He served during the Korean War with the 40th Infantry Division where he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Brown died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, aged 77.
For his contributions to the film industry, Brown was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, with a motion pictures star located at 1648 Vine Street.
Acted in
Cutter's Trail
1970
as Orville Mason
The High Chaparral
1967
as Cap
Cimarron Strip
1967
Mister Roberts
1965
The Choppers
1961
as Tom Hart
Pete and Gladys
1960
Mr. Lucky
1959
as Lieut. Rovacs
Lock-Up
1959
World of Giants
1959
as Deputy Commissioner Wade
Peter Gunn
1958
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
as Payson, Defense Attorney
Sea Hunt
1958
Perry Mason
1957
as Assistant District Attorney Jarvis
Sugarfoot
1957
as Sheriff Pete Rayle
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Quiet Gun
1957
as John Reilly
Code 3
1957
The O. Henry Playhouse
1957
as Billy Casparis
Official Detective
1957
Naked Gun
1956
as Sonny Glenn
West Point
1956
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
as Conway
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
1956
as Wild Bill Hickok
Gunsmoke
1955
as Major
Gunsmoke
1955
as Ed O'Connor
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
December Bride
1954
Lassie
1954
The Whistler
1954
Fireman Save My Child
1954
as Capt. Bill Peters
Public Defender
1954
Manhunt in Space
1954
as Paul Ray
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Theodore Roosevelt
Dragnet
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Captain Barney O'Keefe
Operation Haylift
1950
as Tom Masters
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
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
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
1941
as Self
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 Sonny Drew
The Storm
1938
as Jim Roberts
Swing That Cheer
1938
as Bob Potter
In Old Chicago
1938
as Bob O'Leary
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
The Lady Lies
1929
as Bob Rossiter
The Wrongdoers
1925
as Little Jimmy