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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Wake up Call
- Mark of the Divine
- Poppy's Planet
- Field Feud
- 1249 Club : Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage
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Film & TV
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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…
Known for
- James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self (archive footage)1987
- The Cardinal — Dr. Heller1963
- Vacation Playhouse — Captain Gibson1963
- Advise & Consent — Night Watchman Mike1962
- The Dick Powell Show — Isaiah1961
- Anatomy of a Murder — George Lemon1959
- It Happened to Jane — Uncle Otis1959
- Damn Yankees — Benny Van Buren1958
- South Pacific — Capt. J.M. Brackett, USN1958
- Millionaire Playboy — Mr. Bob Norman1940
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1933-05-03
- Active to
- 2006-12-25
Discography
- James Browns Presents His Band & Five Other Great Artists1961
- Prisoner of Love1963
- Grits & Soul1964
- Showtime1964
- Sings Out of Sight1965
- James Brown Plays James Brown: Yesterday and Today1965
- Handful of Soul1966
- James Brown Plays New Breed1966
- James Brown Sings Raw Soul1967
- James Brown Plays the Real Thing1967
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,268
- Total plays
- 5,930
Russ Brown's collection of life stories will grab you with the first track, "Las Vegas Blvd". His voice show a little wear from the years, but the combination of 'been there, lived it' lyrics delivered with an unvarnished voice reminiscent of Jackson Browne and Bob Dylan will keep you intrigued and wanting more. Lines that stay in your head like "I'm gonna love you til my lawyer says otherwise" and "you act so fast but you think so slow...you laugh so loud, but you laugh solo" make you want to l
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Russell
- Family name
- Brown
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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- date of death
- 1964-10-19
- date of birth
- 1892-05-30
- place of burial
- Kensico Cemetery
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Russ Brown (actor)
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