Russ Brown
Known for ActingBorn 1892-05-30 — died 1964-10-19Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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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
Anatomy of a Murder
1959 · as Deputy Sheriff George Lemon
South Pacific
1958 · as Capt. J.M. Brackett, USN
Millionaire Playboy
1940 · as Mr. Bob Norman
The Cardinal
1963 · as Dr. Heller
Advise & Consent
1962 · as Night Watchman Mike
It Happened to Jane
1959 · as Uncle Otis
Damn Yankees
1958 · as Benny Van Buren
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · as Self (archive footage)
The Love Captive
1934 · as Larry Chapman
Let's Talk It Over
1934 · as Bill
Moulin Rouge
1934 · as Joe
Air Parade
1938 · as Mr Brittlebottle
Sweet Surrender
1935
A Laugh or Two
1928 · as Self
Boy, Oh Boy
1936 · as Jimmy Higgins