Actor, Singer. He was best known for playing the character roles of bartenders, signalmen, stewards, porters, waiters, servants, and butlers, usually in biographical films, war films, western films, and musical films, but some were uncredited. He will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Charles the Butler' in the biographical film drama, "Sunrise At Campobello" (1953). The film which was directed by Vincent J. Donehue, which was written for the screen by Dore Schary, and which also starred Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, and Hume Cronyn, tells the story of after a bout with polio, future president Franklin D. Roosevelt fights to save his political career. He is also remembered for playing the roles of 'Professor Adams,' 'Uncle Clarence,' and 'Man at Thompson's Employment Agency,' in three episodes of the classic comedy television series, "The Amos 'n Andy Show" from 1951 to 1955, and which also starred Alvin Childress, Spencer Williams, and Tim Moore. He was born as Ivan Harold Browning in Brenham, Texas, on February 20, 1891. He began his acting career as a song and dance man in vaudeville and on the legitimate stage when he moved to California in 1911, and made his entry into show business at the World's Fair in San Francisco, California, in 1915. He is also best known as a member of the Four Harmony Kings musical group beginning in 1921, and for introducing the songs, "I'm Just Wild About Harry," and "Love Will Find A Way," by Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle in the show, "Shuffle Along." The "Shuffle Along," show, which was based on the book by Flournoy Smith and Aubrey Lyles, was also associated with the likes of Josephine Baker, Paul Robeson, and William Grant Still. He also appeared on Broadway in New York City, New York, in the stage production of the play, as 'Dan Jackson' and 'Harmony King' in Noble Sissle's "The Chocolate Dandies" (September 01, 1924, to November 22, 1924). He also toured Europe with the Four Harmony Kings but he left the musical group to join the singer, pianist, and composer, Henry Starr to play posh clubs and theaters beginning in 1933. Following the beginning of World War II, he returned to the United States, and during this time he made the transition to films and television. He made his actual film debut playing the role of 'Signal Man' in the war film drama, "Sundown" (1941). The film which was directed by Henry Hathaway, which was written for the screen by Barré Lyndon and Charles G. Booth, and which also starred Gene Tierney, Bruce Cabot, George Saunders, and Harry Carey, tells the story of which takes place in 1941, a mysterious Somaliland native woman helps the British against the Nazis. Besides, playing the role of 'Signal Man' in the war film drama, "Sundown" (1941), and playing the role of 'Charles the Butler' in the biographical film drama, "Sunrise At Campobello" (1953), his many other film credits include, "Gangs Of The Waterfront" (1945), "They Won't Believe Me" (1947), "The Judge Steps Out" (1948), "Mr. Peabody And The Mermaid" (1948), "No Man Of Her Own" (1950), "My Friend Irma Goes West" (1950), "Peggy" (1950), "I Was A Communist For The F.B.I." (1951), "No Questions Asked" (1951), "Here Comes The Groom" (1951), "Something To Live For" (1952), "The Narrow Margin" (1952), "Francis Goes To West Point" (1952), "You For Me" (1952), "Affair In Trinidad" (1952), "The Iron Mistress" (1952), "The Member Of The Wedding" (1952), "The System" (1953), "Young At Heart" (1954), "Critic's Choice" (1963), and "The Nutty Professor" (1963). Besides, playing the roles of 'Professor Adams,' 'Uncle Clarence,' and 'Man at Thompson's Employment Agency,' in three episodes of the classic comedy television series, "The Amos 'n Andy Show" from 1951 to 1955, and which also starred Alvin Childress, Spencer Williams, and Tim Moore, his many other television credits include, "Maverick," and 'The David Frost Show." His last film role was playing a 'Waiter' in the classic western film, "Alvarez Kelly" (1966). The film which was directed by Edward Dmytryk, which was written for the screen by Franklin Coen, Elliott Arnold, and Daniel Taradash, and which also starred William Holden, Richard Widmark, and Janice Rule, tells the story set During the Civil War, Mexican cattleman Alvarez Kelly supplies the Union with cattle until Confederate Colonel Tom Rossiter's hungry men force Kelly to change his customers. He retired from acting shortly thereafter but continued to be active in music for many more years. He played concerts at schools and churches throughout California. At a concert at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles, California, in 1971, which was put on by his old friend Eubie Blake he was called up on the stage to perform and he stopped the show. During his acting career, he also used the name, Ivan H. Browning. He passed away at the White Memorial Hospital in Altadena, California, on May 20, 1978, at the age of 87, and he was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. He was married to Maurine E. Moss Browning (1891-1971), in Los Angeles, California, on July 16, 1913, and together the couple had one child, a daughter named Haroldine Leota Browning Brewington (1926-2009).