His first recorded film appearance was in Let George Do It! in 1940, his subsequent film appearance was in 1947’s Hungry Hill; presumably active service during WW2 disrupted his acting career.
For fans of basil Radford and Naunton Wayne, Daniel Brown appeared alongside them in 1949’s Stop Press Girl where he played the part of a Pub patron (see image).
Other films that he appeared in include; Take My Life (1947), Warning to Wantons (1949), Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949), Diamond City (1949), Highly Dangerous (1950), Night and the City (1950), The Galloping Major (1951), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), Genevieve (1953), Innocents in Paris (1953), Hell Below Zero (1954), Doctor at Sea (1955), Jumping For Joy (1956), The Green Man (1956), Quatermass 2 (1957), The Long Haul (1957), A Tale of Two Cities (1958), Gideon’s day (1958), Hello London (1960), The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964), Till Death Do Us Part (1968), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Battle of Britain (1969), The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970) and finally Carry on Girls (1973).
The actor died in 1991.