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Anatomy of a Murder

as George Lemon

1959
It Happened to Jane

as Uncle Otis

1959
South Pacific

as Capt. J.M. Brackett, USN

1958
Damn Yankees

as Benny Van Buren

1958
Russ Brown Russ Brown

Birthday

1892-05-30

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

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.
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