James Brown
Date of birth: 1920-03-22
Place of birth: Desdemona, Texas, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Jim L. Brown, James L. Brown, James Bowen Brown, James B. Brown, J.B. Brown, James E. Brown
Biography
James Brown (March 22, 1920 - April 11, 1992) was an American film and TV actor best known for his role as Lieutenant Ripley "Rip" Masters in The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin. In 1976, he hosted a revival of Rin Tin Tin reruns, which extended until the 1980s.
Movie Credits
Town Tamer
1965-07-07
A gunfighter is hired to clean up a wild frontier town, but there are forces afoot who want to keep
Objective, Burma!
1945-02-17
A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to loc
Air Force
1943-03-20
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and
Missing Women
1951-02-23
A woman becomes desperate to find a pair of car thieves after her husband -- while on their honeymoo
Going My Way
1944-01-01
Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the R
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950-01-01
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as
The Fireball
1950-11-09
Johnny Casar runs away from the orphanage to start a successful career as a roller skater and after
Chain Lightning
1950-02-18
Former World War II flying ace Matt Brennan takes a position as a test pilot for a commercial aircra
When the Clock Strikes
1961-06-10
A condemned criminal's acquaintances gather at a remote lodge on the eve of his execution to search
Springfield Rifle
1952-10-22
Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go
Inside the Mafia
1959-09-01
A mob assassin holds innocent hostages at an airport in upstate New York.
Young and Willing
1943-02-05
For those, if any, who have wondered why so many Paramount contractees appeared in United Artists' f
The Younger Brothers
1949-05-03
Brothers who rode with a notorious outlaw gang led by Frank and Jesse James decide to go straight an
Black Spurs
1965-05-28
A dissatisfied ranch hand becomes a bounty hunter. He conspires with a crooked town boss to dirty up
The Wild Blue Yonder
1951-12-05
Wendell Corey and Forrest Tucker star as a pair of World War II Army Air Corps officers. In between
The Charge at Feather River
1953-07-11
A frontier scout leads prisoners on a death mission to save a railroad and rescue two women.
20,000 Eyes
1961-06-14
An investment counselor turns jewel thief when the gangster he embezzled funds from demands to be pa
Anna Lucasta
1949-07-11
A prostitute is thrown out of her house by her alcoholic father, and her scheming brother-in-law tri
The Fabulous Texan
1947-11-09
A couple of Confederate soldiers, returning home from the Civil War, find Texas transformed into an
Gun Street
1961-11-05
A sheriff goes in pursuit of an escaped convict who is bent on paying back the people responsible fo
Five Guns to Tombstone
1961-01-07
Billy Wade is an ex-gunslinger who is approached by his outlaw brother Matt, not long out of prison,
Police Dog Story
1961-02-01
After exhaustive training, a police dog joins an arson investigation.
Gun Fight
1961-04-30
Action Western directed by Edward L. Cahn . After courageously protecting a pretty dance hall girl (
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944-11-02
In 1923, two young ladies depart, unescorted, for a tour of Europe. Their great naïvité and efforts
Space Probe Taurus
1965-01-01
In the year 2000, the spaceship Hope One sets off to find new galaxies for colonization. However, an
Brimstone
1949-08-15
A U.S. Marshal goes undercover to stop a cattle smuggling gang, but when his cover is blown, the hun
Hazard House
1954-01-01
A married couple watches a documentary program which presents the hazards children face in the home.
Mean Johnny Barrows
1975-11-27
A Vietnam veteran gets caught in a mob war with a couple of double-crossers.
The Swap
1979-10-12
Vito gets out of jail after serving ten years and tries to find out who killed his younger brother.
Thunder Over the Plains
1953-10-27
Set in 1869, after the Civil War, Texas had not yet been readmitted to the Union and carpetbaggers,
Wake Island
1942-08-11
In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to ke
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953-03-20
Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city council,
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
1949-09-14
At a college, a group of ex-GIs clash with their wives about over playing football.
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946-06-14
Russell and Lynn are a pair of college students in the 1920s. They get mixed up with kind-hearted bo
Crazylegs
1953-11-15
The story of the life and career of football star Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch (who plays himself).
The Rebels
1979-05-14
This sequel to "The Bastard" continues the saga of Philip Kent, the illegitimate son of an English n
Miracle on Ice
1981-03-01
The story of the 1980 United States Olympic hockey players, a group of amateurs from around the coun
Between Midnight and Dawn
1950-10-01
Rocky and Dan, war buddies, are prowl car cops on night duty. Dan is a cynic who views all lawbreake
The Forest Rangers
1942-10-21
Ranger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds evidenc
The Good Fellows
1943-08-11
The title of Grand Caesar in the Ancient Order of Noblest Romans of Wakefield, Indiana keeps Jim "Po
The Pride of St. Louis
1952-05-02
The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Ch
Targets
1968-08-15
An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psycho
The Groom Wore Spurs
1951-03-13
Pretty female attorney Abigail "AJ" Furnival is hired to keep high-flying cowboy movie star Ben Cast
The Sea Hornet
1951-11-06
"The Sea Hornet" was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo, less than a mile off the Califor
The Gallant Legion
1948-05-24
When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of allowin
Montana
1950-01-28
An Australian sheep man comes to Montana looking for grazing space, is opposed by local ranchers and
Powderkeg
1971-04-16
A Mexican bandit is about to be executed in the United States, so his brother takes over a train and
The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
1958-08-01
The 101st Cavalry discover the survivors of an Apache raid on a wagon train. Feature film from The A
The Man Behind The Gun
1953-01-31
This 1952 western stars Randolph Scott as an army investigator who poses as a schoolteacher while wo
Corvette K-225
1943-09-29
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
Reward Unlimited
1944-05-25
Short film about nurse service in wartime. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
Whiffs
1975-10-15
Elliott Gould steals Army nerve gas to help him rob banks when he’s kicked out of the military after
Father Takes the Air
1951-06-17
In the fifth and final movie in Monogram's "Father" series, Henry Latham and Mayor Colton dream of r
The Big Fix
1947-04-19
Ken Williams (James Brown), a star basketball player on a college team learns that a police lieutena
The Ceremony
1963-12-18
A man has an affair with his condemned brother's girlfriend while plotting his escape in Tangier.
Wings of Chance
1961-03-01
Red Kirby is a seasoned bush pilot. When he crash lands his plane near a remote lake in northern Alb
Adiós Amigo
1975-12-25
Two incompetent Western outlaws engineer several failed crimes, including a botched stagecoach holdu
Irma la Douce
1963-06-05
When a naive policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn’t want her seeing other men and cre
A Star Is Born
1954-10-01
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career