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Acting

James Brown

Career: Active from 1943 to 1975, busiest in 1961 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 14
top three billing

Average score: 56/100

Highest rated: Sands of Iwo Jima
77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

James Brown Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.2, average 5.4
Uncanny
0.5, average 2.5
Dark Humor
1.2, average 2.8
Psychological
4.0, average 5.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Western 3
Nostalgic 2
Lighthearted 2
Frontier Justice 2
Historical Conflict 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

69

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

2 titles · average score 71

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Dr. Church

Miracle on Ice

67

as Reporter #1

1970s

7 titles · average score 49

The Swap

22

as Lt. Benson

Dallas

73

TV show · as Det. Harry McSween

CHiPs

44

TV show · as Executive (as James L. Brown)

Adiós Amigo

38

as Sheriff

Mean Johnny Barrows

39

as Police Sergeant

Whiffs

59

as State Trooper

Powderkeg

67

as Sheriff Lynch

1960s

16 titles · average score 59

Space Probe Taurus

38

as Col. Hank Stevens

Honey West

73

TV show · as Buster Macon

Irma la Douce

71

as Texan Customer

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Prison Guard

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Mark Fallon / Lou Sebastian

Gun Fight

52

as Wayne Santley

Five Guns to Tombstone

55

as Billy Wade

When the Clock Strikes

41

as Sam Morgan

Gun Street

as Sheriff Chuck Morton

Police Dog Story

as Norm Edwards

20,000 Eyes

as Jerry Manning

Wings of Chance

as Steve Kirby

1950s

26 titles · average score 60

Inside the Mafia

56

as Capt. Doug Blair

The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

as Lt. Ripley 'Rip' Masters

Have Gun, Will Travel

78

TV show · as Andrews - Ranch Foreman

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

46

TV show · as Lt. Rip Masters

as Jim

Woman They Almost Lynched

58

as Frank James

Adventures of Superman

70

TV show · as Jim Carson

Missing Women

as Sgt. Mike Pernell

The Groom Wore Spurs

39

as Steve Hall

Chain Lightning

52

as Maj. Hinkle

Sands of Iwo Jima

77

as PFC Charlie Bass

Montana

48

as Tex Coyne

1940s

18 titles · average score 69

Brimstone

68

as Bud Courteen

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

as Tony Cresnovich

The Big Fix

as Ken Williams

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

as Avery Moore

Objective, Burma!

68

as SSgt. Treacy

Going My Way

76

as Ted Haines Jr.

Reward Unlimited

as Paul

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

71

as Avery Moore

Corvette K-225

64

as Lt. Paul Cartwright

The Good Fellows

as Tom Drayton

Air Force

75

as Pilot Tex Rader

Wake Island

72

as Wounded Marine (uncredited)