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Acting · 1891 to 1973

Joe E. Brown

Best rated: Some Like It Hot (8.2)

Films
23
Avg rating
7.13
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The career

Joe E. Brown, acting career by IMDb rating5-film average
6781930193519401945195019551960Some Like It Hot 8.2The Comedy of Terrors 6.5Career avg 7.13

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Joe E. Brown's career barcodecoolhot
192923 films1963
Current formLast 4: 7.13 vs career 7.13 (−0.00)
  1. LHollywood Canteen1944 · 7.0−0.1
  2. LShow Boat1951 · 6.8−0.3
  3. WSome Like It Hot1959 · 8.2+1.1
  4. LThe Comedy of Terrors1963 · 6.5−0.6
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Joe by the numbers

Average
7.13
4 rated films
Vote weighted
7.23
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.75
rating spread
Career
35y
1929 to 1963
Total votes
333K
across every film
Best
8.2
Some Like It Hot
Worst
6.5
The Comedy of Terrors
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
1963The Comedy of TerrorsCemetery Keeper6.58,022
1959Some Like It Hot posterSome Like It HotOsgood Fielding III8.2308K
1951Show BoatCap'n Andy Hawks6.85,804
1944Hollywood CanteenJoe E. Brown7.02,690
1944Pin Up GirlEddie Hall·913
1936Earthworm TractorsAlexander Botts·564
1936Sons o' GunsJimmy Canfield·302
1935Alibi IkeFrank X. Farrell·809
1935Bright LightsJoe Wilson·282
19346 Day Bike RiderWilfred Simpson·392
1934The Circus ClownHappy Howard·281
1934A Very Honorable Guy'Feet' Samuels·273
1933Elmer, the GreatElmer Kane·708
1932Fireman, Save My Child!Joe Grant·333
1932The TenderfootCalvin Jones·472
1932You Said a MouthfulJoe Holt·594
1931BroadmindedOssie Simpson·414
1931Local Boy Makes GoodJohn Augustus Miller·258
1930Going WildRollo Smith·268
1930Maybe It's LoveYates·384
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Joe E. Brown's regulars

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