John C. Brownell

John C. Brownell (February 5, 1877 – August 27, 1961)^[1] was an American actor and writer who had a career in theater^[2] and film in the U.S. Yale University has a collection of his papers.^[3] Brownell was born in Burlington, Vermont.^[3] He wrote several plays.^[2][4] He worked in the film industry for Universal Films and Film Booking Offices of America.^[5][6] He died in Starksboro, Vermont.^[2]

John C. Brownell
Brownell in a February 1926 magazine
Born	(1877-02-05)February 5, 1877 Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Died	August 27, 1961(1961-08-27) (aged 84) Starksboro, Vermont, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupations	Actor writer

Theater

• Her Majesty the Widow^[7]
• Mississippi rainbow : a modern comedy of Negro life (1938)^[8]
• The Nut Farm^[3]
• A Woman of the Soil^[3]

Selected filmography

(as screenwriter)

• Susan's Gentleman (1917)
• The Boy Girl (1917)
• The Girl by the Roadside (1917)
• The Raggedy Queen (1917)
• Little Miss Nobody (1917)
• Bad Company (1925)
• Three of a Kind (1925)
• The King of the Turf (1926)
• Bitter Sweets (1928)
• Out with the Tide (1928)
• The Nut Farm (1935)