James Brown

Born: 1920-03-22

James Brown (March 22, 1920 - April 11, 1992) was an American film and TV actor best known for his role as Lieutenant Ripley "Rip" Masters in The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin. In 1976, he hosted a revival of Rin Tin Tin reruns, which extended until the 1980s.


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Irma la Douce

as Texan Customer
Released: 1963-06-05

When a naive policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn’t want her seeing other men and...

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A Star Is Born

as Glenn Williams
Released: 1954-10-01

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own...

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Sands of Iwo Jima

as PFC Charlie Bass
Released: 1950-01-01

Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him...

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Targets

as Robert Thompson Sr.
Released: 1968-08-15

An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a...

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Going My Way

as Ted Haines Jr.
Released: 1944-05-15

Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining...

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Brimstone

as Bud Courteen
Released: 1949-08-15

A U.S. Marshal goes undercover to stop a cattle smuggling gang, but when his cover is blown, the...

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Air Force

as Pilot Tex Rader
Released: 1943-03-20

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack...

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Springfield Rifle

as Pvt. Ferguson (uncredited)
Released: 1952-10-22

Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to...

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Wake Island

as Wounded Marine (uncredited)
Released: 1942-08-11

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries...

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Objective, Burma!

as SSgt. Treacy
Released: 1945-02-17

A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to...

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The Charge at Feather River

as Pvt. Connors
Released: 1953-07-11

A frontier scout leads prisoners on a death mission to save a railroad and rescue two women.

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Thunder Over the Plains

as Conrad
Released: 1953-10-27

Set in 1869, after the Civil War, Texas had not yet been readmitted to the Union and...

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The Swap

as Lt. Benson
Released: 1979-10-12

Vito gets out of jail after serving ten years and tries to find out who killed his younger brother.

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Between Midnight and Dawn

as Officer Haynes (uncredited)
Released: 1950-10-01

Rocky and Dan, war buddies, are prowl car cops on night duty. Dan is a cynic who views all...

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Montana

as Tex Coyne
Released: 1950-01-28

An Australian sheep man comes to Montana looking for grazing space, is opposed by local ranchers...

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The Man Behind The Gun

as Lt. Catliff (uncredited)
Released: 1953-01-31

This 1952 western stars Randolph Scott as an army investigator who poses as a schoolteacher...

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Gun Street

as Sheriff Chuck Morton
Released: 1961-11-05

A sheriff goes in pursuit of an escaped convict who is bent on paying back the people...

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Powderkeg

as Sheriff Lynch
Released: 1971-04-16

A Mexican bandit is about to be executed in the United States, so his brother takes over a train...

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Five Guns to Tombstone

as Billy Wade
Released: 1961-01-07

Billy Wade (James Brown) is an ex-gunslinger who is approached by his outlaw brother Matt...

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Chain Lightning

as Maj. Hinkle
Released: 1950-02-18

Former World War II flying ace Matt Brennan takes a position as a test pilot for a commercial...

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Missing Women

as Sgt. Mike Pernell
Released: 1951-02-23

A woman becomes desperate to find a pair of car thieves after her husband -- while on their...

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The Good Fellows

as Tom Drayton
Released: 1943-08-11

The title of Grand Caesar in the Ancient Order of Noblest Romans of Wakefield, Indiana keeps Jim...

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Town Tamer

as Davis
Released: 1965-07-07

A gunfighter is hired to clean up a wild frontier town, but there are forces afoot who want to...

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The Gallant Legion

as Tom Banner
Released: 1948-05-24

When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of...

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Woman They Almost Lynched

as Frank James
Released: 1953-03-20

Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city...

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Corvette K-225

as Lt. Paul Cartwright
Released: 1943-09-29

The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.

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The Ceremony

as Gendarme
Released: 1963-12-18

A man has an affair with his condemned brother's girlfriend while plotting his escape in Tangier.

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Gun Fight

as Wayne Santley
Released: 1961-04-30

Action Western directed by Edward L. Cahn . After courageously protecting a pretty dance hall...

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The Fireball

as Allen
Released: 1950-11-09

Johnny Casar runs away from the orphanage to start a successful career as a roller skater and...

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Mean Johnny Barrows

as Police Sergeant
Released: 1975-11-27

A Vietnam veteran gets caught in a mob war with a couple of double-crossers.

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Young and Willing

as Tony Dennison
Released: 1943-02-05

For those, if any, who have wondered why so many Paramount contractees appeared in United...

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Miracle on Ice

as Reporter #1
Released: 1981-03-01

The story of the 1980 United States Olympic hockey players, a group of amateurs from around the...

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Black Spurs

as Sheriff
Released: 1965-05-28

A dissatisfied ranch hand becomes a bounty hunter. He conspires with a crooked town boss to...

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The Rebels

as Masters
Released: 1979-05-14

This sequel to "The Bastard" continues the saga of Philip Kent, the illegitimate son of an...

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The Fabulous Texan

as Shep Clayton
Released: 1947-11-09

A couple of Confederate soldiers, returning home from the Civil War, find Texas transformed into...

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Our Hearts Were Growing Up

as Avery Moore
Released: 1946-06-14

Russell and Lynn are a pair of college students in the 1920s. They get mixed up with...

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The Groom Wore Spurs

as Steve Hall
Released: 1951-03-13

Pretty female attorney Abigail "AJ" Furnival is hired to keep high-flying cowboy movie star Ben...

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Adiós Amigo

as Sheriff
Released: 1975-12-25

Two incompetent Western outlaws engineer several failed crimes, including a botched stagecoach...

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Father Takes the Air

as Bob
Released: 1951-06-17

In the fifth and final movie in Monogram's "Father" series, Henry Latham and Mayor Colton dream...

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The Pride of St. Louis

as Moose
Released: 1952-05-02

The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals...

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Whiffs

as State Trooper
Released: 1975-10-15

Elliott Gould steals Army nerve gas to help him rob banks when he’s kicked out of the military...

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Crazylegs

as Bill
Released: 1953-11-15

The story of the life and career of football star Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch (who plays himself).

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Police Dog Story

as Norm Edwards
Released: 1961-02-01

After exhaustive training, a police dog joins an arson investigation.

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Anna Lucasta

as Buster
Released: 1949-07-11

A prostitute is thrown out of her house by her alcoholic father, and her scheming brother-in-law...

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Inside the Mafia

as Capt. Doug Blair
Released: 1959-09-01

A mob assassin holds innocent hostages at an airport in upstate New York.

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20,000 Eyes

as Jerry Manning
Released: 1961-06-14

An investment counselor turns jewel thief when the gangster he embezzled funds from demands to...

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When the Clock Strikes

as Sam Morgan
Released: 1961-06-10

A condemned criminal's acquaintances gather at a remote lodge on the eve of his execution to...

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The Younger Brothers

as Bob Younger
Released: 1949-05-03

Brothers who rode with a notorious outlaw gang led by Frank and Jesse James decide to go...

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Reward Unlimited

as Paul
Released: 1944-05-25

Short film about nurse service in wartime.

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The Wild Blue Yonder

as Sgt. Pop Davis
Released: 1951-12-05

Wendell Corey and Forrest Tucker star as a pair of World War II Army Air Corps officers. In...

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The Forest Rangers

as George Tracy
Released: 1942-10-21

Ranger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds...

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The Sea Hornet

as Pete Hunter
Released: 1951-11-06

"The Sea Hornet" was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo, less than a mile off the...

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Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

as Avery Moore
Released: 1944-11-02

In 1923, two young ladies depart unescorted for a tour of Europe, meeting two eligible men...

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Yes Sir, That's My Baby

as Tony Cresnovitch
Released: 1949-09-14

At a college, a group of ex-GIs clash with their wives about over playing football.

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The Big Fix

as Ken Williams
Released: 1947-04-19

Ken Williams (James Brown), a star basketball player on a college team learns that a police...

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Wings of Chance

as Steve Kirby
Released: 1961-03-01

Red Kirby is a seasoned bush pilot. When he crash lands his plane near a remote lake in northern...

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The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin

as Lt. Ripley 'Rip' Masters
Released: 1958-08-01

The 101st Cavalry discover the survivors of an Apache raid on a wagon train. Feature film from...

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Space Probe Taurus

as Col. Hank Stevens
Released: 1965-01-01

In the year 2000 the spaceship Hope One sets off to find new galaxies for colonization. However,...

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Dallas

as Det. Harry McSween
First aired: 1978-04-02

The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all....

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Murder, She Wrote

as Dr. Church
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Prison Guard
First aired: 1962-09-20

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...

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Have Gun, Will Travel

as Andrews - Ranch Foreman
First aired: 1957-09-14

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957...

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Honey West

as Buster Macon
First aired: 1965-09-17

After her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted...

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Adventures of Superman

as Jim Carson
First aired: 1952-09-19

Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a...

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The Virginian

as Mark Fallon
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-10-15

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin is an American children's television program. Beginning in October...

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CHiPs

as Executive (as James L. Brown)
First aired: 1977-09-15

Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main...

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