Born: 3-Sep-1902
Birthplace: Monroe, LA
Died: 28-Sep-1973
Location of death: Hollywood, CA
Cause of death: Cerebral Hemorrhage
Remains: Buried, Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, CA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Birmingham Brown

Best known for playing Birmingham Brown, Charlie Chan's chauffeur.

Wife: Hazel (one child)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Young Nurses (Mar-1973)
    The Biscuit Eater (22-Mar-1972)
    Watermelon Man (27-May-1970) · Counterman
    Spider Baby, or The Maddest Story Ever Told (18-Jan-1968)
    Enter Laughing (25-Feb-1967)
    The Sky Dragon (27-Apr-1949)
    The Feathered Serpent (19-Dec-1948)
    The Golden Eye (29-Aug-1948)
    The Shanghai Chest (11-Jul-1948)
    Docks of New Orleans (21-Mar-1948)
    The Chinese Ring (6-Dec-1947)
    Charlie Chan in the Trap (30-Oct-1946)
    Shadows Over Chinatown (27-Jun-1946)
    Dark Alibi (25-May-1946)
    The Spider (Dec-1945)
    The Shanghai Cobra (1-Aug-1945) · Birmingham Brown
    The Scarlet Clue (11-May-1945) · Birmingham Brown
    The Jade Mask (26-Jan-1945)
    Charlie Chan in Meeting at Midnight (19-Aug-1944) · Birmingham
    The Chinese Cat (20-May-1944) · Birmingham Brown
    Charlie Chan: In the Secret Service (14-Feb-1944)
    Revenge of the Zombies (17-Sep-1943)
    We've Never Been Licked (29-Jul-1943)
    Sarong Girl (28-May-1943) · Maxwell
    Cabin in the Sky (9-Apr-1943) · First Idea Man
    Eyes in the Night (16-Oct-1942) · Alistair
    Girl Trouble (9-Oct-1942)
    Footlight Serenade (1-Aug-1942)
    Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (26-Jun-1942)
    The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (17-Apr-1942)
    Lucky Ghost (10-Feb-1942)
    Let's Go Collegiate (12-Sep-1941)
    Dressed to Kill (8-Aug-1941) · Sam
    King of the Zombies (14-May-1941) · Jeff
    Girl in 313 (31-May-1940)
    Millionaire Playboy (15-Mar-1940)
    Next Time I Marry (1-Dec-1938)
    Frontier Scout (16-Sep-1938)
    Spirit of Youth (20-Jan-1938) · Creighton Fitzgibbons

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