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