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James Brown
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Actor Born: March 22, 1920 in Texas Death: 1992 in California Biography:Not to be confused with African-American action star "Jim Brown" or with the "Godfather of Soul" of the same name, American actor "James Brown" was a tennis pro before entering films in 1941. Clearly a man of unlimited athletic prowess, "Brown" appeared in such rugged Hollywood productions as "The Forest Rangers" (1942), "Air Force" (1943), "Objective Burma" (1945) and "Sands of Iwo Jima" (1949). He had more sedate roles in "Going My Way" (1944), as nominal romantic lead "Ted Haines" ("Bing Crosby", the star of the film, was a priest and therefore out of the running with the leading lady), and in "Pride of St. Louis" (1952), a biopic about baseball star Dizzy Dean wherein "Brown" played sidelines ballplayer "Moose." Few of his later movies were worth mentioning, though "Brown" had a few telling moments as the stern, rifle-toting father of the serial killer "protagonist" in "Peter Bogdanovich"'s ... Full Biography
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