Joe E. Brown: movies and TV shows
Joe E. Brown has 101 credits in the archive: 87 films and 14 TV series, from 1927 to 2013. Highest rated: Some Like It Hot (8.1/10).
Career timeline
1927 – 2013 · busiest year: 1930 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.5 | 121 |
| 2001 | Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot | Self | Film | 7.0 | 109 |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 92 |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 91 |
| 1982 | Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 90 |
| 1976 | Bob Hope's World of Comedy | Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) | Film | — | 84 |
| 1976 | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 84 |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 83 |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 82 |
| 1968 | Cilla | Self | TV | 8.0 | 76 |
| 1964 | The Comedy of Terrors | Cemetery Keeper | Film | 6.5 | 72 |
| 1963 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Diamond 'Dimey' Vine | TV | 7.5 | 71 |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Union Official | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Host | TV | 5.8 | 69 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 69 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Sam Butler | TV | 6.7 | 68 |
| 1959 | Some Like It Hot | Osgood Fielding III | Film | 8.1 | 67 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 65 |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days | Stationmaster | Film | 6.7 | 64 |
| 1955 | Screen Director's Playhouse | Arthur Vail | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Earl Hall | TV | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1953 | The Christophers | TV | — | 61 | |
| 1952 | This Is Your Life | Self | TV | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1952 | Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 60 |
| 1951 | Show Boat | Cap'n Andy Hawks | Film | 6.2 | 59 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | TV | 7.2 | 59 | |
| 1951 | Toast to Our Brother | Fraternity Alumnus | Film | — | 59 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 6.9 | 58 |
| 1949 | The Ed Wynn Show | Self | TV | 7.7 | 57 |
| 1948 | The Tender Years | Will Norris | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen | Self | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1944 | Pin Up Girl | Eddie Hall | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1944 | Casanova in Burlesque | Joseph M. Kelly Jr. | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1944 | Memo for Joe | Self | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1943 | Show-Business at War | Self | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1943 | Chatterbox | Rex Vane | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1942 | Shut My Big Mouth | Wellington Holmes | Film | 8.3 | 50 |
| 1942 | Soaring Stars | Himself | Film | — | 50 |
| 1942 | The Daring Young Man | Jonathan Peckinpaw / Grandma Peckinpaw | Film | 5.0 | 50 |
| 1942 | Joan of Ozark | Cliff Little | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1941 | Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 | Film | 7.0 | 49 | |
| 1941 | Polo with the Stars | Self - Polo Player | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1940 | So You Won't Talk? | Whiskers / Brute Hanson | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1940 | Rodeo Dough | Joe E. Brown | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1939 | Beware Spooks! | Roy L. Gifford | Film | 8.5 | 47 |
| 1939 | Hollywood Hobbies | Self (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1939 | $1,000 a Touchdown | Marlowe Mansfield Booth | Film | 3.7 | 47 |
| 1938 | Wide Open Faces | Wilbur Meeks | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1938 | The Gladiator | Hugo Kipp | Film | 9.0 | 46 |
| 1938 | Flirting with Fate | Dan Dixon | Film | 7.7 | 46 |
| 1937 | Hollywood Party | Himself | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1937 | Fit for a King | Virgil Ambrose Jeremiah Christopher 'Scoop' Jones | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1937 | Riding on Air | Elmer Lane | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1937 | When's Your Birthday? | Dustin Willoughby | Film | 5.5 | 45 |
| 1936 | Breakdowns of 1936 | Self | Film | — | 44 |
| 1936 | Sons o' Guns | Jimmy Canfield | Film | 5.2 | 44 |
| 1936 | Earthworm Tractors | Alexander Botts | Film | 5.4 | 44 |
| 1936 | Polo Joe | Joe Bolton | Film | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1935 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Flute | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1935 | Alibi Ike | Frank "Ike" Farrell | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1935 | Bright Lights | Joe Wilson | Film | 5.1 | 43 |
| 1935 | A Dream Comes True | Himself (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1935 | Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8 | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1934 | Hollywood Newsreel | Himself | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1934 | The Circus Clown | Happy Howard / Chuckles | Film | 6.7 | 42 |
| 1934 | 6 Day Bike Rider | Wilfred | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1934 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-4 | Self | Film | — | 42 |
| 1934 | A Very Honorable Guy | 'Feet' Samuels | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1933 | Elmer, the Great | Elmer Kane | Film | 5.1 | 41 |
| 1933 | Son of a Sailor | Handsome | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1933 | How to Break 90 #1: The Grip | Himself | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1932 | Fireman, Save My Child | 'Smokey' Joe Grant | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1932 | You Said a Mouthful | Joe Holt | Film | 5.8 | 40 |
| 1932 | The Tenderfoot | Calvin Jones | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1931 | The Stolen Jools | Robbery Suspect | Film | 5.6 | 39 |
| 1931 | Broadminded | Ossie Simpson | Film | 4.1 | 39 |
| 1931 | Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) | Self | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1931 | Sit Tight | Jojo | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1931 | Local Boy Makes Good | John Augustus Miller | Film | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1931 | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' | Self - Golfer (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1931 | How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter' | Film | 8.0 | 39 | |
| 1930 | Top Speed | Elmer Peters | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1930 | An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee | Self | Film | 4.5 | 38 |
| 1930 | Maybe It's Love | Yates | Film | 5.2 | 38 |
| 1930 | Hold Everything | Gink Schiner | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1930 | Going Wild | Rollo Smith | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1930 | The Lottery Bride | Hoke | Film | 5.3 | 38 |
| 1930 | Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 | Self | Film | — | 38 |
| 1930 | Sally | Grand Duke Connie | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1930 | Song of the West | Hasty | Film | 9.0 | 38 |
| 1930 | Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 5 | Joe E. Brown | Film | — | 38 |
| 1929 | Molly and Me | Film | 10.0 | 37 | |
| 1929 | On With the Show! | Joe Beaton | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1929 | Painted Faces | Hermann / Beppo | Film | 5.4 | 37 |
| 1929 | My Lady's Past | Sam Young | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1928 | Crooks Can't Win | Jimmy Wells | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1928 | Take Me Home | Bunny | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1928 | Hit of the Show | Twisty | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1928 | The Circus Kid | King Kruger | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 1927 | Twinkle, Twinkle | P.T. Robinson | Film | — | 35 |