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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 30, 1892
Died
October 19, 1964
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Russ Brown
0.2 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Russell Brown (May 30, 1892; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – October 19, 1964; Englewood, New Jersey) was an American Tony Award-winning actor of stage and film. Brown, a stage actor for decades, is best remembered by audiences as Captain Brackett in South Pacific (which he repeated in the movie version) and for his performances as 'Benny Van Buren' in the stage/film version of Damn Yankees in 1958, and the following year as park caretaker George Lemon in the classic courtroom drama, Anatomy of a Murder (1959). For his stage performance in "Damn Yankees!", he earned Broadway's Tony Award in 1956, as did actor Ray Walston, actress Gwen Verdon and her choreographer husband Bob Fosse, among others, all for the same Tony Award-winning musical.
Known For
6.0
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
6.6
Dr. Heller
The Cardinal
1963
🎬
7.0
Captain Gibson
Vacation Playhouse
1963
7.2
Night Watchman Mike
Advise & Consent
1962
5.5
Isaiah
The Dick Powell Show
1961
7.8
Deputy Sheriff George Lemon
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
6.1
Uncle Otis
It Happened to Jane
1959
6.4
Benny Van Buren
Damn Yankees
1958
6.1
Capt. J.M. Brackett, USN
South Pacific
1958
2.7
Mr. Bob Norman
Millionaire Playboy
1940
Credits
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
6.0
The Cardinal
as Dr. Heller
1963
6.6
🎬
Vacation Playhouse
as Captain Gibson
1963
7.0
Advise & Consent
as Night Watchman Mike
1962
7.2
The Dick Powell Show
as Isaiah
1961
5.5
Anatomy of a Murder
as Deputy Sheriff George Lemon
1959
7.8
It Happened to Jane
as Uncle Otis
1959
6.1
Damn Yankees
as Benny Van Buren
1958
6.4
South Pacific
as Capt. J.M. Brackett, USN
1958
6.1
Millionaire Playboy
as Mr. Bob Norman
1940
2.7
Air Parade
as Mr Brittlebottle
1938
0.0
🎬
Boy, Oh Boy
as Jimmy Higgins
1936
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Sweet Surrender
1935
5.0
Let's Talk It Over
as Bill
1934
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Moulin Rouge
as Joe
1934
7.0
A Laugh or Two
as Self
1928
8.0