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Joe E. Brown Acting Filmography (87)

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013·Self (archive footage)

Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
2001·Self

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984·Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Showbiz Goes to War
1982·(archive footage)

It's Showtime
1976·Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976·Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975·Self (archive footage)

That's Entertainment!
1974·(archive footage) (uncredited)

The Comedy of Terrors
1964·Cemetery Keeper

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963·Union Official

Some Like It Hot
1959·Osgood Fielding III

Around the World in 80 Days
1956·Stationmaster
Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians
1952·Narrator

Show Boat
1951·Cap'n Andy Hawks
Toast to Our Brother
1951·Fraternity Alumnus

The Tender Years
1948·Will Norris

Pin Up Girl
1944·Eddie Hall

Hollywood Canteen
1944·Self

Casanova in Burlesque
1944·Joseph M. Kelly Jr.

Memo for Joe
1944·Self

Chatterbox
1943·Rex Vane

Show-Business at War
1943·Self
Joan of Ozark
1942·Cliff Little

The Daring Young Man
1942·Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw

Shut My Big Mouth
1942·Wellington Holmes
Soaring Stars
1942·Himself
Polo with the Stars
1941·Self - Polo Player

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941

Rodeo Dough
1940·Joe E. Brown

So You Won't Talk?
1940·Whiskers / Brute Hanson

Beware Spooks!
1939·Roy L. Gifford

Hollywood Hobbies
1939·Self (uncredited)

$1,000 a Touchdown
1939·Marlowe Mansfield Booth

Flirting with Fate
1938·Dan Dixon

Wide Open Faces
1938·Wilbur Meeks

The Gladiator
1938·Hugo Kipp

Riding on Air
1937·Elmer Lane

When's Your Birthday?
1937·Dustin Willoughby

Hollywood Party
1937·Himself

Fit for a King
1937·Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones

Earthworm Tractors
1936·Alexander Botts

Sons o' Guns
1936·Jimmy Canfield

Polo Joe
1936·Joe Bolton

Breakdowns of 1936
1936·Self

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935·Flute

Bright Lights
1935·Joe Wilson

Alibi Ike
1935·Frank "Ike" Farrell

A Dream Comes True
1935·Himself (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935

Hollywood on Parade No. B-4
1934·Self

6 Day Bike Rider
1934·Wilfred

The Circus Clown
1934·Happy Howard / Chuckles

A Very Honorable Guy
1934·'Feet' Samuels
Hollywood Newsreel
1934·Himself

Elmer, the Great
1933·Elmer Kane

Son of a Sailor
1933·Handsome
How to Break 90 #1: The Grip
1933·Himself

Fireman, Save My Child
1932·'Smokey' Joe Grant

The Tenderfoot
1932·Calvin Jones

You Said a Mouthful
1932·Joe Holt

Sit Tight
1931·Jojo

Broadminded
1931·Ossie Simpson

Local Boy Makes Good
1931·John Augustus Miller

The Stolen Jools
1931·Robbery Suspect

Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
1931·Self

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
1931

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots'
1931·Self - Golfer (uncredited)

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5
1930·Joe E. Brown

Going Wild
1930·Rollo Smith

Sally
1930·Grand Duke Connie

Maybe It's Love
1930·Yates

The Lottery Bride
1930·Hoke

Song of the West
1930·Hasty

Top Speed
1930·Elmer Peters

An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
1930·Self

Hold Everything
1930·Gink Schiner

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
1930·Self

On With the Show!
1929·Joe Beaton

Painted Faces
1929·Hermann / Beppo

My Lady's Past
1929·Sam Young

Molly and Me
1929

The Circus Kid
1928·King Kruger

Take Me Home
1928·Bunny

Hit of the Show
1928·Twisty

Crooks Can't Win
1928·Jimmy Wells

Twinkle, Twinkle
1927·P.T. Robinson