Wallace Edgar Brown was an American actor and comedian.
16 Facts About Wally Brown
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Wallace Edgar Wally Brown was born in Malden, Massachusetts, the son of Herbert and Lillian Wally Brown.
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Wally Brown's father was a compositor for the Malden Evening News.
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Wally Brown left Malden High School during his junior year, but he later graduated from Malden Commercial Business School and took courses at Chicago University.
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Wally Brown performed locally with his father as an amateur.
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Wally Brown debuted professionally in Beacon Falls, Pennsylvania, with the Jimmy Evans Song Box Revue.
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Wally Brown performed in vaudeville for 15 years before his first appearance in film.
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Wally Brown began his film career in 1942 in Hollywood at RKO Radio Pictures with the film Petticoat Larceny.
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Wally Brown was later teamed with Tim Ryan in the Columbia Pictures short film French Fried Frolic in 1949.
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Wally Brown was teamed with Jack Kirkwood in four RKO Pictures short films in 1950 and 1951.
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On television, Wally Brown portrayed Jed Fame on Cimarron City and Chauncey Kowalski on The Roaring 20's.
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In 1953, Wally Brown had billing over an unknown Paul Newman in the fourth-season premiere episode of The Web, titled "One for the Road".
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Wally Brown made several guest appearances on Perry Mason, including in the role of murderer Harry Mitchell in the 1958 episode "The Case of the Gilded Lily".
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Wally Brown had been a regular cast member in television shows such as I Married Joan and Daniel Boone.
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On radio, Wally Brown was a regular on The Abbott and Costello Show.
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Wally Brown was married to dancer Mildred Lane, and they had a son and a daughter.