Russ Brown
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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.
Acting
Movie
Anatomy of a Murder
as Deputy Sheriff George Lemon
1959
Movie
Advise & Consent
as Night Watchman Mike
1962
Movie
South Pacific
as Capt. J.M. Brackett, USN
1958
Movie
It Happened to Jane
as Uncle Otis
1959
Movie
The Cardinal
as Dr. Heller
1963
Movie
Damn Yankees
as Benny Van Buren
1958
TV
The Dick Powell Show
as Isaiah
1961
Movie
Moulin Rouge
as Joe
1934
Movie
Millionaire Playboy
as Mr. Bob Norman
1940
Movie
Sweet Surrender
1935
Movie
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1987
TV
Vacation Playhouse
as Captain Gibson
1963
Movie
A Laugh or Two
as Self
1928
Movie
Air Parade
as Mr Brittlebottle
1938
Movie
Let's Talk It Over
as Bill
1934
Movie
Boy, Oh Boy
as Jimmy Higgins
1936
Movie
The Love Captive
as Larry Chapman
1934