Russ Brown (actor)

For other people named Russell Brown, see Russell Brown (disambiguation).

Russ Brown
Born	Russel Brown (1892-05-30)May 30, 1892 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	October 19, 1964(1964-10-19) (aged 72) Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1934–1964

Russell Brown (May 30, 1892 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – October 19, 1964 in 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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1934	Moulin Rouge	Joe
1934	Let's Talk It Over	Bill
1934	The Love Captive	Larry Chapman
1935	Sweet Surrender	Jerry Burke
1940	Millionaire Playboy	Mr. Bob Norman
1958	South Pacific	Capt. Brackett, USN
1958	Damn Yankees	Benny Van Buren
1959	It Happened to Jane	Uncle Otis
1959	Anatomy of a Murder	George Lemon
1962	Advise & Consent	Night Watchman (Mike)
1963	The Cardinal	Dr. Heller

External links

• Russ Brown at the Internet Broadway Database
• Russ Brown at IMDb
• Russ Brown at Find a Grave