Tom Brown (actor)

For other people of the same name, see Tom Brown (disambiguation).

Thomas Brown
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Born	(1913-01-06)January 6, 1913 New York City, U.S.
Died	Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Lung cancer
Years active	1924–1979
Spouse(s)	Natalie Draper (1937–1939)
Children	Chris Brown, Cathleen Brown, Tuttle Brown

Thomas Edward "Tom" Brown (January 6, 1913, New York City – June 3, 1990, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles) was an American child model, and later a film and television actor.

Biography

Tom was born Thomas Edward Brown, the son of William Harold (Harry) Brown and his wife, Marie Francis Brown. 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 Gunsmoke, General Hospital and Days of Our Lives. He also had a recurring role as Lt. Rovacs in Mr. Lucky.

He enlisted in the US 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.

Partial filmography

• Queen High (1930)
• Hell's Highway (1932)
• The Famous Ferguson Case (1932)
• Central Airport (1933)
• Three-Cornered Moon (1933)
• This Side of Heaven (1934)
• Two Alone (1934)
• Judge Priest (1934)
• Anne of Green Gables (1934)
• The Witching Hour (1934)
• Mary Jane's Pa (1935)
• Black Sheep (1935)
• I'd Give My Life (1936)
• And Sudden Death (1936)
• Gentle Julia (1936)
• Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937)
• That Man's Here Again (1937)
• Maytime (1937)
• In Old Chicago (1937)
• Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
• Goodbye Broadway (1938)
• Merrily We Live (1938)
• The Duke of West Point (1938)
• These Glamour Girls (1939)
• Niagara Falls (1941)
• Three Sons o' Guns (1941) Eddie
• There's One Born Every Minute (1942)
• Let's Get Tough! (1942)
• The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943) serial
• Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
• Duke of Chicago (1949)
• I Killed Wild Bill Hickok (1956)
• The Quiet Gun (1957)

External links

• Tom Brown at the Internet Movie Database