Tom Brown
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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.
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Perry Mason
Assistant District Attorney Jarvis
Have Gun, Will Travel
Lassie
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Dragnet
Peter Gunn
Gunsmoke
Major
Gunsmoke
Ed O'Connor
The High Chaparral
Cap
December Bride
Sugarfoot
Sheriff Pete Rayle
Sea Hunt
Lock-Up
Public Defender
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
This Is Your Life
Self
Mr. Lucky
Lieut. Rovacs
Cimarron Strip
Cavalcade of America
Theodore Roosevelt
Pete and Gladys
Margie
Bret
West Point
The Whistler
Hello, Sucker
Bob Wade
Ringside
Joe O'Hara
Sweepstake Annie
Bill Enright
Hello, Annapolis
Bill Arden
Merrily We Live
Kane Kilbourne
Official Detective
Hey, Jeannie!
Conway
Freckles
Freckles
Maytime
Kip Stuart
In Old Chicago
Bob O'Leary
Mister Roberts
World of Giants
Deputy Commissioner Wade
Jim Hanvey, Detective
Don Terry
Central Airport
Neil 'Bud' Blaine
Swing That Cheer
Bob Potter
Destination Unknown
Johnny
Her Husband Lies
Chick Thomas
Mary Jane's Pa
King Wagner
The O. Henry Playhouse
Billy Casparis
I'd Give My Life
Nickie Elkins
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Captain Barney O'Keefe
Naked Gun
Sonny Glenn
Sleepytime Gal
Chick Patterson
Buck Privates Come Home
Bill Gregory
Code 3
This Side of Heaven
Seth Turner
These Glamour Girls
Homer Ten Eyck
Hell's Highway
John 'Johnny' Ellis
Cutter's Trail
Orville Mason
Sergeant Madden
Albert Boylan Jr.
Judge Priest
Jerome Priest
Fireman Save My Child
Capt. Bill Peters
Three Cornered Moon
Eddie Rimplegar
And Sudden Death
Jackie Winslow
Navy Blue and Gold
Richard Arnold 'Dick' Gates Jr.
That Man's Here Again
Jimmy Whalen
The Notorious Mr. Monks
Payson, Defense Attorney
Black Sheep
Fred Curtis
There's One Born Every Minute
Jimmy Hanagan
The Witching Hour
Clay Thorne
Anne of Green Gables
Gilbert Blythe
Tom Brown of Culver
Tom Brown
The Lady Lies
Bob Rossiter
Two Alone
Adam
The Quiet Gun
John Reilly
Duke of Chicago
Jimmy Brody
Niagara Falls
Tom Wilson
The Duke of West Point
Sonny Drew
The Famous Ferguson Case
Bruce Foster
Gentle Julia
Noble Dill
Goodbye Broadway
Chuck Bradford
Ex-Champ
Bob Hill
Manhunt in Space
Paul Ray
Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love!
Johnny Sandham
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
'Smilin' Jack' Martin
Let's Get Tough
Phil
The Man Who Cried Wolf
Tommy Bradley
The Storm
Jim Roberts
Three Sons o' Guns
Edward "Eddie" George Patterson
Fast Companions
Marty Black
Laughter in Hell
Barton
Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Self
Hi, Beautiful
Roger (uncredited)
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me!
Tommy Shaw
Big Town Czar
Danny Daley
I Killed Wild Bill Hickok
Wild Bill Hickok
The Payoff
Guy Norris
Operation Haylift
Tom Masters
Rose Bowl
Paddy O'Riley
Queen High
Jimmy
The Choppers
Tom Hart
Youth on Parade
Bingo Brown
Annapolis Farewell
Morton 'Click' Haley
Sandy Is a Lady
Joe Phillips
Slippy McGee
Father Shanley
The Wrongdoers
Little Jimmy