
Known for
Acting
Born
May 30, 1892
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
October 19, 1964 (aged 72)
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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 choreo...
1987
as Self (archive footage)
1963
as Dr. Heller
1963
1962
as Night Watchman Mike
1961
1959
as George Lemon
1959
as Uncle Otis
1958
as Benny Van Buren
1958
as Capt. J.M. Brackett, USN
1940
as Mr. Bob Norman
1938
as Mr Brittlebottle
1936
as Jimmy Higgins
1935
1934
as Larry Chapman
1934
as Bill
1934
as Joe
1928
as Self