Brown and Carney

Brown and Carney was a comedy duo consisting of Wally Brown and Alan Carney active from 1943 to 1946.

Both actors were under contract with RKO Radio Pictures. The two actors appeared in three films in 1943 when RKO decided to team them together as their answer to Abbott and Costello. Brown and Carney's first film as a team was Adventures of a Rookie, which has some similarities to Abbott and Costello's 1941 film Buck Privates. RKO Pictures sent Brown and Carney on a vaudeville tour together in 1944. Brown's screen character is usually "Jerry Miles" and Carney's is usually "Mike Strager." The only exceptions are Seven Days Ashore, Step Lively, and Vacation in Reno. Actress Anne Jeffreys appeared in four of Brown and Carney's films.

Most of their films had connections to other films. Brown and Carney's third film Step Lively was based on the same play that inspired the Marx Brothers film Room Service. Zombies on Broadway is a semi-sequel to the Val Lewton film I Walked with a Zombie, in which Sir Lancelot reprises his role as a singer. Their film Radio Stars on Parade is notable for having appearances by several popular radio personalities of the time: Don Wilson, Ralph Edwards and Skinnay Ennis.

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