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John Brown (April 4, 1904 - May 16, 1957) was an English radio and film actor. ==Life and career== Brown was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England. He had major roles in several popular radio shows: He was "John Doe" in the Texaco Star Theater's version of Fred Allen's Allen's Alley, played Irma's love interest Al in ''My Friend Irma'', Digby "Digger" O'Dell in ''The Life of Riley'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Life of Riley )〕 (a role he reprised for the first incarnation of the television show), "Broadway" in ''The Damon Runyon Theatre'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Damon Runyon Theatre )〕 and "Thorny" the neighbor on the radio version of ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet''.〔Nachman, Gerald (1998). ''Raised on Radio'', p. 247. Pantheon Books, New York. ISBN 037540287x.〕 He also appeared in some notable films: ''Strangers on a Train'' (1951), ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (1951, uncredited), and ''The Wild One'' (1953); he supplied the voice of "Ro-Man" in the 1953 cult science fiction B-film ''Robot Monster''. In early television, he was the second actor (after Hal March) to play "Harry Morton," the next-door neighbor of George Burns and Gracie Allen in their situation comedy show, opposite Bea Benaderet; his tenure on the series lasted six months, and he was replaced by Fred Clark in June 1951. In 1952, Brown became another victim of the Hollywood blacklist. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Brown (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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