Phil Brown

Actor

About

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Birth Place

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Born

April 30, 1916

Died

February 09, 2006

Cause of Death

Pneumonia

Biography

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Phil Brown was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In his early acting career, Brown appeared in such films as "H. M. Pulham, Esq." (1941), the drama "I Wanted Wings" (1941) with Ray Milland and the Tom Brown comedy "Hello, Annapolis" (1942). He also appeared in the thriller "Weird Woman" (1944) with Lon Chaney Jr., the Jean Arthur comedy "The Impatient Years" (1944) and...

Filmography

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The Harlem Globetrotters (1951)

Give Us This Day (1950)

Dialogue Director

The Jungle Captive (1945)

Dialogue Director

Hat Check Honey (1944)

Dialogue Director

Starwoids (2000)

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The Harlem Globetrotters (1950) — (Movie Clip) We’ve Got A College Man

The Harlem Globetrotters (1950) — (Movie Clip) Open, Start The Music

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Virginia Brown

Wife

Biography

Phil Brown was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In his early acting career, Brown appeared in such films as "H. M. Pulham, Esq." (1941), the drama "I Wanted Wings" (1941) with Ray Milland and the Tom Brown comedy "Hello, Annapolis" (1942). He also appeared in the thriller "Weird Woman" (1944) with Lon Chaney Jr., the Jean Arthur comedy "The Impatient Years" (1944) and the horror flick "Jungle Captive" (1945) with Otto Kruger. He kept working in film throughout the sixties and the seventies, starring in the Richard Widmark dramatic adaptation "The Bedford Incident" (1965), "The Adding Machine" (1969) with Phyllis Diller and "Land Raiders" (1969). He also appeared in "Tropic of Cancer" (1970) with Rip Torn. Brown was most recently credited in "American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story" (2016-). Brown continued to exercise his talent in the nineties and the early 2000s, taking on a mix of projects like "Wyatt Earp" (1994), "Fools Rush In" with Matthew Perry (1997) and "Love Serenade" with Miranda Otto (1997). His credits also expanded to "The Thirteenth Floor" (1999) starring Craig Bierko and "Starwoids" (2000). Brown was nominated for an Outstanding Individual Achievement In Sound Mixing For a Comedy Series or a Special Primetime Emmy Award for "Love & War" in 1995. Brown passed away in February 2006 at the age of 90.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

The Harlem Globetrotters (1951)

Give Us This Day (1950)

Dialogue Director

The Jungle Captive (1945)

Dialogue Director

Hat Check Honey (1944)

Dialogue Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Starwoids (2000)

Superman:The Movie (1978)

Silver Bears (1978)

American Banker

Maneaters Are Loose (1978)

Kevin Pennington

Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)

Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)

The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

Scalawag (1973)

Ooh... You Are Awful (1972)

Valdez Is Coming (1971)

Land Raiders (1970)

Tropic of Cancer (1970)

The Adding Machine (1969)

Operation Cross Eagles (1969)

Sergeant Tunley

The Boy Cried Murder (1966)

The Bedford Incident (1965)

Chief Hospitalman McKinley

The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)

John Paul Jones (1959)

The Camp on Blood Island (1958)

[Lt. Peter] Bellamy

A King in New York (1957)

The Green Scarf (1954)

Obsession (1949)

Moonrise (1948)

The Luck of the Irish (1948)

If You Knew Susie (1948)

Johnny O'Clock (1947)

The Killers (1946)

Without Reservations (1946)

Frank MacDougal

The Jungle Captive (1945)

State Fair (1945)

Weird Woman (1944)

The Impatient Years (1944)

Henry Fairchild

Hello Annapolis (1942)

Pierre of the Plains (1942)

Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942)

H. M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)

I Wanted Wings (1941)

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Black Girl (1972)

Music (Feature Film)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

Fools Rush In (1997)

Wyatt Earp (1994)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Starwoids (2000)

Love Serenade (1996)

Cast (Special)

The Rothko Conspiracy (1983)

Producer (Special)

1988 Summer Olympic Games (1988)

Director Sports Operations

Sound (Special)

James Bond's Gadgets (2002)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Mario Puzo's The Fortunate Pilgrim (1988)

Master of the Game (1984)

Life Events

Videos

The Harlem Globetrotters (1950) — (Movie Clip) We’ve Got A College Man Catching up with Coach Abe Saperstein (Thomas Gomez) and the team after wrapping up his college affairs, new recruit Billy (pro-basketball player Billy Brown) gets introduced to the real-life stars, and a practice exhibition, directed by MGM shorts specialist Will Jason, in The Harlem Globetrotters, 1951.

The Harlem Globetrotters (1950) — (Movie Clip) Open, Start The Music A little schtick about life on the road, Thomas Gomez as the team founder and coach Abe Saperstein with the real Harlem Globetrotters, a nod to their genuine barnstorming occupation, greeted by Al Eben, then performing to the “Sweet Georgia Brown” theme, in The Harlem Globetrotters, 1951, from Columbia and producer Buddy Adler.

Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) -- (Movie Clip) Can You Speak Bocce? Carrying a message from secret rebel leader Princess Leia, the vagabond droids (Anthony Daniels as C3PO, Kenny Baker as R2-D2) meet space salvage dealers Owen and Beru (Phil Brown, Shelagh Fraser) and their nephew Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), early in George Lucas’ Star Wars: A New Hope, 1977.

Killers, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Go Tell The Swede After two thugs (Charles McGraw, Williiam Conrad) release George (Harry Hayden) at the diner, Nick (Phil Brown) rushes to warn Swede (Burt Lancaster), in the first scene from Robert Siodmak's The Killers, 1946, from the Hemingway story.

Johnny O'Clock (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Good Day's Sleep Opening scenes, Lee J. Cobb as New York cop Koch, jousting with character actor Phil Brown as the hotel clerk, talking about Dick Powell (title character), introduced with sidekick Charlie (John Kellogg), in first-time director Robert Rossen's Johnny O'Clock, 1947.

H.M. Pulham, Esq. -- (Movie Clip) Radicals All Over Harvard football star "Bo Jo" (Leif Erickson) offers expansive comments on the Dartmouth game ca. 1916, non-jock Harry (Robert Young) attentive, his acquaintance Bill (Van Heflin) checking in, Joe (Phil Brown) joining them in further discussion, in King Vidor's H.M. Pulham Esq., 1941.

Obsession (1949) -- (Movie Clip) You Two Carry On Jealous Dr. Riordan (Robert Newton) lies in wait as his wife Storm (Sally Gray) and her American friend Bill (Phil Brown) return from a night out, early in Edward Dmytryk's Obsession, 1949, a.k.a The Hidden Room.

Obsession (1949) -- (Movie Clip) As I Have Never Loved You Psychiatrist Dr. Riordan (Robert Newton) at work on a curious sketch, seeing a patient when his unfaithful wife Storm (Sally Gray) appears, pretending she's had news from her disappeared boyfriend, in Edward Dmytryk's Obsession, 1949, a.k.a The Hidden Room.

Companions

Virginia Brown

Wife

Bibliography

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