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