Some Facts
Sometimes billed as J.B. Brown, James Bowen Brown, James L. Brown, Jim L. Brown, Jimmy Brown and Jim Brown, There are twelve other James and Jim Brown's listed in the Hollywood film business.
After he retired from acting, he ran a very successful athletic-equipment firm.
He was most often cast in military roles or as a law enforcement officer.
Is best known to aging baby boomers for his continuing role as "Lt. Rip Masters" on the popular 1950s TV series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1954).