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Joe E. Brown

1891 - 1973

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Joseph Evans Brown (July 28, 1891 – July 6, 1973) was an American actor and comedian, remembered for his friendly screen persona, comic timing, and enormous, elastic-mouth smile. He was one of the most popular American comedians in the 1930s and 1940s, and enjoyed lengthy careers in both motion pictures and radio. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joe E. Brown is the 2,552nd most popular actor (up from 3,475th in 2019), the 4,436th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,208th in 2019) and the 1,238th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joe E. Brown ranks 2,552 out of 13,578Before him are Jimmy Wang Yu, William Zabka, Agostina Belli, David Alan Grier, Frunzik Mkrtchyan, and Robert Walker. After him are Gustavo Rojo, Vincent Lindon, Tom Felton, Rain, Dagmar Lassander, and David Rasche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Joe E. Brown ranks 133Before him are Juan Yagüe, Zdeněk Fierlinger, John W. McCormack, Wilder Penfield, Boris Iofan, and Maksim Bahdanovič. After him are Earl Warren, Harold Jeffreys, Francisco Lázaro, Prince Maurice of Battenberg, Milton L. Humason, and Otto Ciliax. Among people deceased in 1973, Joe E. Brown ranks 134Before him are Nobuko Yoshiya, Bobby Darin, Adolfo Zumelzú, Hilda Geiringer, Walter Krüger, and Aleksandr Ptushko. After him are Alexander Vandegrift, Jim Croce, Oliver Macdonald, Théo Lefèvre, István Kertész, and Henry Darger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe E. Brown ranks 4,436 out of 20,380Before him are Robert Mulligan (1925), Arnold Gesell (1880), David Alan Grier (1956), Anthony Davis (1993), Stephenie Meyer (1973), and Robert Walker (1940). After him are Charles Robert Jenkins (1940), Bob Cousy (1928), Diplo (1978), Eddie Lawson (1958), Fred Quimby (1886), and John Havlicek (1940).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Joe E. Brown ranks 1,238Before him are Sonny Landham (1941), Lydia Clarke (1923), Jennifer Morrison (1979), William Zabka (1965), David Alan Grier (1956), and Robert Walker (1940). After him are David Rasche (1944), Tim Kang (1973), Stuart Whitman (1928), Sanford Meisner (1905), Robert Webber (1924), and Ann E. Todd (1931).