Everett G. Brown (January 1, 1902 – October 14, 1953) was an American actor.

Biography

Born in Texas, Brown appeared in about 40 Hollywood films between 1927 and 1953. His roles were small most of the time and most of his film appearances were uncredited. He often portrayed natives or slaves, including the "Big Sam", the kind-hearted slave field foreman of Tara, in ''

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'' (1939). He also played a supporting role in ''

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'' (1940) with

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and the Native in an Ape costume in ''

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'' (1933). Brown retired from film business in 1940, only to return in 1949 to make four films before he died in 1953. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles.

Selected filmography

* '' South Sea Love'' (1927) - Nahalo * '' Danger Island'' (1931) - Cebu * '' West of Broadway'' (1931) - Joe Williams (uncredited) * ''

Hell's Headquarters ''Hell's Headquarters'' is a 1932 American pre-Code "jungle adventure" film directed by Andrew L. Stone and starring Jack Mulhall, Barbara Weeks, and Frank Mayo. Set in contemporary Africa, it portrays the search by an American big-game hunte ...

'' (1932) - Kuba * ''

Jungle Mystery ''Jungle Mystery'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Universal 12-chapter movie serial directed by Ray Taylor. The serial was based on a book called ''The Ivory Trail'' by Talbot Mundy. A 1935 feature version was also released, edited down to 75 m ...

'' (1932) - Native with Machete (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1932) - Native Reporting to Gregg (uncredited) * ''

The Mask of Fu Manchu ''The Mask of Fu Manchu'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code film directed by Charles Brabin. Written by Irene Kuhn, Edgar Allan Woolf and John Willard (playwright), John Willard, it was based on the List of works by Sax Rohmer, 1 ...

'' (1932) - Slave (uncredited) * ''

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang ''I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime tragedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni as a convicted man on a chain gang who escapes to Chicago. It was released on November 10, 1932. The film r ...

'' (1932) - Sebastian T. Yale (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1933) - Nogu * ''

'' (1933) - Native in Ape Costume (uncredited) * '' The Narrow Corner'' (1933) - Oo Tan, a Crewman (uncredited) * ''

Tarzan the Fearless ''Tarzan the Fearless'' is a 12 chapter American Pre-Code film serial starring Buster Crabbe in his only appearance as Tarzan. It was also released as a 61-minute feature film which consisted of the first four chapters edited together, and ...

'' (1933) - Bearer (uncredited) * ''

Tarzan and His Mate ''Tarzan and His Mate'' is a 1934 American pre-Code action adventure film based on the Tarzan character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Directed by Cedric Gibbons, it ...

'' (1934) - Bearer (uncredited) * ''

Sing and Like It ''Sing and Like It'' is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William A. Seiter from a screenplay by Marion Dix and Laird Doyle, based on the unpublished short story ''So You Won't Sing, Eh?'' by Aben Kandel. The film stars ZaSu Pi ...

'' (1934) - Fenny's Butler (uncredited) * '' Murder in Trinidad'' (1934) - Native (uncredited) * ''

Kid Millions ''Kid Millions'' is a 1934 American musical film directed by Roy Del Ruth, produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions, and starring Eddie Cantor. Its elaborate "Ice Cream Fantasy Finale" production number was filmed in three-strip Technicolor, one ...

'' (1934) - Slave (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1935) - Iron Man (uncredited) * '' The Lost City'' (1935, Serial) - Boyo - a Giant hs. 1–2, 10-12(uncredited) * ''

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'' (1935) - Black Convict (uncredited) * ''

Tarzan Escapes ''Tarzan Escapes'' is a 1936 Tarzan film based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It was the third in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ''Tarzan'' series to feature Johnny Weissmuller as the "King of the Apes". Previous films were '' Tarza ...

'' (1936) - Hostile Native Chief (uncredited) * ''

The Plainsman ''The Plainsman'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. The film presents a highly fictionalized account of the adventures and relationships between Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity J ...

'' (1936) - (uncredited) * ''

White Hunter White hunter is a literary term used for professional big game hunters of European descent, from all over the world, who plied their trade in Africa, especially during the first half of the 20th century. The activity continues in the dozen Afri ...

'' (1936) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

Jungle Jim Jungle Jim is the fictional hero of a series of jungle adventures in various media. The series began on January 7, 1934, as an American newspaper comic strip chronicling the adventures of Asia-based hunter Jim Bradley, who was nicknamed Jungle ...

'' (1937, Serial) - Native (uncredited) * ''

Dark Manhattan ''Dark Manhattan'' is a black and white American film produced in 1937 by a partnership of African Americans Ralph Cooper and George Randol. Harry Fraser (director), Harry Fraser directed the film, which was written by Randol who was also the e ...

'' (1937) - Numbers Banker (uncredited) * ''

Nancy Steele Is Missing! ''Nancy Steele Is Missing!'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by George Marshall and Otto Preminger and starring Victor McLaglen, Walter Connolly and Peter Lorre. It was produced and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox. The film's sets ...

'' (1937) - Billy Tarabull (uncredited) * '' Nothing Sacred'' (1937) - Policeman (uncredited) * ''

Tim Tyler's Luck ''Tim Tyler's Luck'' is an adventure comic strip created by Lyman Young, elder brother of ''Blondie (comic strip), Blondie'' creator Chic Young. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, the strip ran from August 13, 1928, until August 24, 1996. ...

'' (1937) - Mogu * ''

The Duke Is Tops ''The Duke Is Tops'' is a 1938 American musical film released by Million Dollar Productions and directed by William Nolte. The film was later released in 1944 under the title ''The Bronze Venus''. It features top-billed Lena Horne in her film ...

'' (1938) - Sheriff * ''

The Texans ''The Texans'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Joan Bennett and Randolph Scott. The screenplay was written by Bertram Millhauser, Paul Sloane and William Wister Haines and is based on the novel ''Nort ...

'' (1938) - Man with Watches (uncredited) * '' Boys Town'' (1938) - Darky (uncredited) * ''

Gang Smashers ''Gang Smashers'', also released as ''Gun Moll'', is an American film released in 1938. It features an African American cast. Leo C. Popkin directed the Million Dollar Productions film from a screenplay by Ralph Cooper. The University of South Car ...

'' (1938) - Police Lieutenant * '' Stand Up and Fight'' (1939) - Big Black Man Breaking Bottle (uncredited) * ''

Tell No Tales ''Tell No Tales'' is the third studio album by the Norwegian rock band TNT. It was the best-selling TNT album in the U.S., according to their bass guitarist Morty Black. This album diverted from the power metal style of ''Knights of the New Thu ...

'' (1939) - Doorman at the Alley Cat (uncredited) * '' Stanley and Livingstone'' (1939) - Bongo (uncredited) * ''

Blackmail Blackmail is a criminal act of coercion using a threat. As a criminal offense, blackmail is defined in various ways in common law jurisdictions. In the United States, blackmail is generally defined as a crime of information, involving a thr ...

'' (1939) - Black Prisoner (uncredited) * ''

'' (1939) - Big Sam - Field Foreman * ''

'' (1940) - Jallah * ''

Zanzibar Zanzibar is a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa. It is located in the Indian Ocean, and consists of many small Island, islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island. ...

'' (1940) - Umboga * '' The Great Dan Patch'' (1949) - Stablehand (uncredited) * ''

Malice in the Palace ''Malice in the Palace'' is a 1949 short film, short subject directed by Jules White starring the American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard). It is the 117th entry in the series released by Columb ...

'' (1949)-Nubian Guard (uncredited) * ''

Rope of Sand ''Rope of Sand'' is a 1949 American adventure-suspense film noir directed by William Dieterle, produced by Hal Wallis, and starring Burt Lancaster and three stars from Wallis's ''Casablanca'' – Paul Henreid, Claude Rains and Peter Lorre. The ...

'' (1949) - Batsuma Chief (uncredited) * '' White Witch Doctor'' (1953) - Bakuba King (uncredited) (final film role)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Everett 1902 births 1953 deaths 20th-century American male actors People from Smith County, Texas Burials at Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles 20th-century African-American male actors