A. J. Brown

A. J. Brown

Acting
1897-09-14
Deal, England, UK

Biography

Alfred John Brown (1897–1978) was an English theatre, film and television actor. He appeared in many British television series and films including The Adventures of Robin Hood, Dixon of Dock Green, Bomb in the High Street, The Trials of Oscar Wilde, Lord Jim, Out of the Unknown, Emergency Ward 10, The Avengers and Hands of the Ripper.

Known For & Full Filmography22 Titles

#1The Avengers

Drama Series - 1961, 16 episodes as Dawson

7.8 / 10
Action & AdventureCrimeSci-Fi & Fantasy

A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).

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#2The Adventures of Robin Hood

Drama Series - 1955, 16 episodes as Uncle George

6.4 / 10
Action & AdventureFamily

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.

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#3Thriller

Drama Series - 1973, 16 episodes as Judge

7.0 / 10
DramaCrimeMystery

Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.

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#4The Expert

Drama Series - 1968, 16 episodes as Jones

9.0 / 10
Drama

The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially a police procedural drama, with Hardy bringing his forensic knowledge to solve various cases. The Expert was created and produced by Gerard Glaister. The series was also one of the first BBC dramas to be made in colour, and throughout its four series had numerous high quality guest appearances by actors such as John Carson, Peter Copley, Rachel Kempson, Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Palmer, Peter Barkworth, Jean Marsh, Ray Brooks, George Sewell, Anthony Valentine, Bernard Lee, Lee Montague, Geoffrey Bayldon, Mike Pratt, Edward Fox, André Morell, Brian Blessed, Nigel Stock, Philip Madoc and Warren Clarke.

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#5The Forsyte Saga

Drama Series - 1967, 16 episodes as Roger Forsyte

8.5 / 10
Drama

The Forsyte Saga is a 1967 BBC television adaptation of John Galsworthy's series of The Forsyte Saga novels, and its sequel trilogy A Modern Comedy. The series follows the fortunes of the upper middle class Forsyte family, and stars Eric Porter as Soames, Kenneth More as Young Jolyon and Nyree Dawn Porter as Irene. It was adapted for television and produced by Donald Wilson and was originally shown in twenty-six episodes on Saturday evenings between 7 January and 1 July 1967 on BBC2, at a time when only a small proportion of the population had television sets able to receive this channel. It was therefore the repeat on Sunday evenings on BBC1 starting on 8 September 1968 that secured the programme's success with 18 million tuning in for the final episode in 1969. It was shown in the United States on public television and broadcast all over the world, and became the first BBC television series to be sold to the Soviet Union.

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#6Father Brown

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes as Augustus Aylmer

6.8 / 10
MysteryCrimeDrama

Based on the short stories by G. K. Chesterton, Father Brown is a Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective.

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#7Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Drama Series - 1967, 16 episodes as Prof. Esdaile

8.8 / 10
Drama

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's non-Sherlock Holmes stories embodying the author's interest in boxing, the supernatural, and medical matters.

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#8Battle of Britain

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m as Air Observer (uncredited)

6.8 / 10
WarHistoryAction

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing an attempted Nazi invasion.

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#9Lord Jim

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m as Magistrate

6.8 / 10
AdventureDramaRomance

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2000.

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#10Villains

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes as Judge (voice)

7.5 / 10
CrimeDrama

Follows the linked fates of nine bank robbers, led by George. It begins with the nine men meeting in prison during their appeal and traces each individual after the group escape from custody.

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#11Bootsie and Snudge

Drama Series - 1960, 16 episodes as Sir Hector Macdonald

7.0 / 10
Comedy

Bootsie and Snudge is a British television situation comedy series written, in the early days, by Barry Took and Marty Feldman; later writers were John Antrobus, Jack Rosenthal, ventriloquist Ray Alan and Harry Driver. The plot follows Former Sergeant Major Claude Snudge meets up with Corporal Bootsie when they both start work at an exclusive Gentlemen's Club. Of the 104 produced episodes, 100 of these survive.

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#12Woman of Straw

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m as Third Executive (uncredited)

6.2 / 10
CrimeDramaThriller

Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.

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#13The Trials of Oscar Wilde

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Justice Collins

6.4 / 10
DramaHistory

England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.

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#14Clegg

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m as Joseph Valentine

4.7 / 10
DramaCrime

Harry Clegg is an ex policeman who fights dirty, his mission to track down a crazed prostitute responsible for a string of murders.

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#15Hands of the Ripper

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m as Rev Anderson

6.2 / 10
HorrorThriller

A series of murders occur that mirror those committed by the Whitechapel Ripper. Through his experiments with psychoanalysis Dr Pritchard discovers a deadly violence in one of his young female patients. As he delves into the recesses of her mind he uncovers that Anna is possessed by her dead father's spirit, willing her to commit acts of gruesome savagery over which she has no control. But the most chilling revelation of all is the identity of her father: Jack the Ripper himself.

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#16No Love for Johnnie

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m as Speaker of the House (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
Drama

Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional problems tower up over him. His desires to win the next election are endangered by his constant looking for love and he is faced with the choice of giving up a career in politics or giving up the woman he loves.

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#17Flame

Movie - 1975, 2h 15m as Chairman of the Board

7.3 / 10
DramaMusic

Light the Rock 'n Roll spark with a Flame in the guise of Dave, Noddy, Jim and Don and their showcase of the rise and demise of rock band Flame. Set in the hardships of North England's seventies working class society and music scene. This build-up from rags to riches is a parody of realism and grit, with double-dealings and harsh unforgiving dog eat dog mentalities, and the golden rule; if you play with matches then you're going to get burnt, in the flames of the music industry.

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#18The Last Grenade

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m as Governor

5.7 / 10
DramaActionWar

Two ruthless mercenaries break their friendship when one of them changes sides.

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#19The Midas Plague

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m as Judge

7.0 / 10
TV MovieSci-Fi

The Future. Robot labour and free energy make the creation of goods easy and automatic. Now people are continually supplied with more things than they can possibly consume.

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#20Clue of the Twisted Candle

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Commissioner of Police

7.0 / 10
Crime

A man is murdered in a room with no windows and a steel lined door which locks only from the inside.

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#21The Traitors

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m as Minister

5.8 / 10
Thriller

The cat and mouse game between government agents and a spy ring that has taken secret documents from a plane crash in Germany, not far from an US military research centre.

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#22Walk a Tightrope

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m as Magistrate

6.8 / 10
DramaCrime

Meet Ellen Sheppard, an American living in Britain. Her English husband, Jason Sheppard, has been killed and she's under suspicion despite the appearance of a happy marriage. Jason's friend assists Ellen go over the facts to see if they can find the real killer.

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