Ray Brown

(b. Champaign County, Illinois, 16/08/1874? – d. Los Angeles, 29/07/1939?) Ray Brown played Captain (later Commander) Good in H. Lisle Lucoque’s King Solomon’s Mines (1918) and Allan Quatermain (1919) and also had an unidentified role in With Edged Tools (Joseph Albrecht/1919). Because his name is not exactly uncommon, it’s difficult to work out where he came from or what became of him. However, there was an American actor called Raymond Brown (1874-1939) who would have been about the right age (44) to play the part of Hood. As far as the IMDb is concerned, his film career stretched from 1929 to 1939. They list 69 titles for him, mostly in small, supporting roles in which he frequently went uncredited, but including works by directors such as William Dieterle and Fritz Lang. (FO)