James Brown (actor)
| James Bowen Brown | |
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Brown as Lt. Masters with Rin Tin Tin, 1955
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| Born |
March 22, 1920 Desdemona, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | April 11, 1992 (aged 72) Woodland Hills, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | James Bowen Brown, James L. Brown |
| Occupation | Actor, singer |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Spouse(s) | Betty Brown |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Floyd Estle Brown (1893-1970) Cordie Mae Bowen Brown (1899-1972) |
James E. "Jimmy" Brown (March 22, 1920, Desdemona, Texas – April 11, 1992, Woodland Hills, California) was an American film and TV actor best known for his role as Lieutenant Ripley "Rip" Masters in all 166 episodes of the 1954-1959 ABC Western television series, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin.
In Rin Tin Tin, the story of a boy and his German shepherd, Brown appeared as a young officer at a remote US Cavalry outpost called Fort Apache. Child actor Lee Aaker appeared as Rusty, who had been orphaned in an Indian raid and was adopted by the troops at the fort. In two Rin Tin Tin episodes, "Forward Ho" and "The White Buffalo," Brown sang in his rich baritone voice. In 1976, he hosted a revival of Rin Tin Tin reruns, which extended until the 1980s.
Brown was born to Floyd Estle Brown, a carpenter, and Cordie Mae (née Bowen) Brown in Desdemona, Texas, then a petroleum boomtown. He attended elementary and some of his high school years in Waco, Texas. He attended Schreiner Institute in Kerrville, Texas, where he played tennis, sang in the glee club, and played sousaphone in the school band. After high school he enrolled at Baptist-affiliated Baylor University in Waco.
After a brief period as a competitive tennis player, Brown launched a four-decade career as an actor, with roles in more than 40 films, including Wake Island (1942), Air Force (1943), Bing Crosby's Going My Way (1944), Objective, Burma! (1945), The Fabulous Texan (1947), John Wayne's Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), The Charge at Feather River (1953), Five Guns to Tombstone (1960), Gun Street (1961), and a film noir, When the Clock Strikes (1961).
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