Harry Joe Brown (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 22, 1890-Palm Springs, California April 28, 1972) was a movie producer and supervisor who was also a theatre and film director. Brown died from a heart attack.
As producer, he was notably involved in the fruitful partnership with director Budd Boetticher, actor Randolph Scott and screenwriter Burt Kennedy which generated a series of fine westerns between 1957 and 1960 (The Tall T, Decision at Sundown, Buchanan Rides Alone, Ride Lonesome, and Comanche Station) through a company he created with Randolph Scott which eventually assumed the name of The Ranown Pictures Corp.
Brown produced the American debut films of both Errol Flynn in Captain Blood and Sean Flynn in Son of Captain Blood.[1]