Russ Brown
Biography
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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.
Filmography
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
The Cardinal
1963
as Dr. Heller
Advise & Consent
1962
as Night Watchman Mike
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
as Deputy Sheriff George Lemon
It Happened to Jane
1959
as Uncle Otis
Damn Yankees
1958
as Benny Van Buren
South Pacific
1958
as Capt. J.M. Brackett, USN
Millionaire Playboy
1940
as Mr. Bob Norman
Air Parade
1938
as Mr Brittlebottle
- No poster
Boy, Oh Boy
1936
as Jimmy Higgins
Sweet Surrender
1935
The Love Captive
1934
as Larry Chapman
Let's Talk It Over
1934
as Bill
Moulin Rouge
1934
as Joe
A Laugh or Two
1928
as Self