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Martin Brown
1884–1936
A Canadian-born American playwright, screenwriter, and actor, he moved easily between Broadway and early film. His career stretched from stage performance in the 1900s to writing plays and screen work in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Cobra
by Martin Brown, Russell Holman
About the author
Born in Montreal in June 1884, he built an unusually varied career in theater and film. Early on, he appeared on stage in the United States and England, and Broadway records show him working as a performer before becoming known mainly as a writer and lyricist.
On Broadway, he was credited on productions including The Exciters, The Lady, and Paris. Film references also connect him with early screenwriting work on Paris (1929), The Virtuous Sin (1930), and The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933), showing how his career carried over from live theater into the studio era.
He died in New York City on February 13, 1936. Some sources disagree about whether he was born in 1884 or 1885, but they consistently describe him as a Canadian-born American writer and actor whose work left a footprint in both Broadway and early Hollywood.