- Acting films
- 25
- Acting avg
- 6.81
- Peak run
- 1951’64
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Joe by the numbers
Average
6.81
6 rated films
Vote weighted
6.94
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.68
rating spread
Career
36y
1929 to 1964
Total votes
5.77K
across every film
Best
8.1
Some Like It Hot
Worst
6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
Newest first
Filmography
| 1975 |  Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | · | 9 |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7.4 | 73 |
| 1964 |  The Comedy of Terrors | Cemetery Keeper | 6.5 | 172 |
| 1963 |  It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Union Official | 7.0 | 721 |
| 1959 |  Some Like It Hot | Osgood Fielding III | 8.1 | 4,020 |
| 1956 |  Around the World in 80 Days | Stationmaster | 6.7 | 609 |
| 1951 |  Show Boat | Cap'n Andy Hawks | 6.2 | 82 |
| 1944 |  Hollywood Canteen | Self | 7.3 | 29 |
| 1944 |  Pin Up Girl | Eddie Hall | · | 19 |
| 1936 | Earthworm Tractors | Alexander Botts | · | 7 |
| 1936 | Sons o' Guns | Jimmy Canfield | · | 5 |
| 1935 |  A Midsummer Night's Dream | Flute | 6.4 | 52 |
| 1935 |  Bright Lights | Joe Wilson | · | 7 |
| 1935 | Alibi Ike | Frank "Ike" Farrell | · | 6 |
| 1934 | 6 Day Bike Rider | Wilfred | · | 3 |
| 1934 | The Circus Clown | Happy Howard / Chuckles | · | 3 |
| 1934 | A Very Honorable Guy | 'Feet' Samuels | · | 2 |
| 1933 |  Elmer, the Great | Elmer Kane | · | 9 |
| 1932 | You Said a Mouthful | Joe Holt | · | 5 |
| 1932 | The Tenderfoot | Calvin Jones | · | 2 |
Better together?
Joe E. Brown's regulars
- Lloyd BaconDirector and actor · 5 films
- Mervyn LeRoyDirector and actor · 4 films
- Ray EnrightDirector and actor · 4 films
- Laura LeeCo-star · 3 films
- Frank McHughCo-star · 3 films
- Patricia EllisCo-star · 3 films
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Lloyd Bacon and Joe E. Brown movies · Mervyn LeRoy and Joe E. Brown movies · Ray Enright and Joe E. Brown movies · Joe E. Brown and Laura Lee movies
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