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