Trivia

A childhood model from the age of two, he was the Arrow Collar Boy, the Buick Boy and the model for Buster Brown shoes. Began in silent films from the age of ten, later playing juvenile leads in collegiate movies and romances.

Enlisted in the US Army in World War II and served as a paratrooper. He also served during the Korean War with the 40th Infantry Div., where he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel.

When he was nine years old, he was reported in a newspaper for saving a young woman from drowning.

Had a recurring role as a rancher on Gunsmoke (1955) for several years.

Has three children, two sons (Tuttle and Chris) and one daughter (Cathleen).

Born on the same day and year as 'Loretta Young'.

Father: William Harold Brown (aka Harry Brown, vaudevillian); Mother: Marie Frances Dunn (aka Marie Francis, actress).

In 1936, the press announced that George Beranger, Frank Borzage, Malcolm St. Clair, Brown, Alan Mowbray,Henry Mollison, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, and Boyd Martin of the Louisville Courier-Journal were selected to attend a dinner held in honor of D.W. Griffith and Mack Sennett.