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Roscoe Lee Browne

Actor | * 05/02/1925 († 81, 04/11/2007) | Woodbury, New Jersey (United States of America (USA))
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Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American actor and director. He resisted playing stereotypically black roles, instead performing in several productions with New York City's Shakespeare Festival Theater, Leland Hayward's satirical NBC series That Was the Week That Was, and a poetry performance tour of the United States in addition to his work in television and film. He is perhaps best known for his many guest appearances on TV series from the 1970s and 1980s as well as movies like The Cowboys (1972) with John Wayne. In 1976, Browne was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series for his work on ABC's Barney Miller. In 1986, he won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series for his work on NBC's The Cosby Show. In 1992, he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance as "Holloway" in August Wilson's Two Trains Running. In 1995, he received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Pe... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremo ...

Logan's Run

FSK: 12+ years

1976 | 3.3/5 | 1h 59min
Action, Science Fiction
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When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their jou ...

Treasure Planet

FSK: 6+ years

2002 | 3.8/5 | 1h 35min
Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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This animated take on Oliver Twist re-imagines Oliver as an adorable orphaned kitten who struggles to survive in New York City and falls in with a band of canine criminals led by an evil human. First, ...

Oliver & Company

FSK: 0+ years

1988 | 3.4/5 | 1h 17min
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
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When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial di ...

The Cowboys

FSK: 16+ years

1972 | 3.6/5 | 2h 11min
Western, Adventure, Drama, Action
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Awards & Nominations for Roscoe Lee Browne

Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
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Movies with Roscoe Lee Browne as Actor(55)

2023 The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men in 'The Cowboys'
as Himself (voice)2007 Smiley Face
as Narrator (voice)2007 Epic Movie
as Narrator2006 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2003 Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
as Mr. Arrow (voice)2002 Treasure Planet
as Polonius2000 Hamlet
2000 The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
as Sebastian1999 Hard Time: The Premonition
as Peabo1999 Morgan's Ferry
as The Narrator (voice)1998 Babe: Pig in the City
as Chief Bleeker1998 Judas Kiss
1996 Galapagos: Beyond Darwin
as Clovis Madison1996 Forest Warrior
as Idris Abraham1996 Dear God
as Narrator (voice)1995 Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X
as Narrator (voice)1995 Babe
as Freddy1995 Last Summer in the Hamptons
as Kingpin/Wilson Fisk (voice)1994 Daredevil vs. Spider-Man
as Mr. Ried1993 Naked in New York
as Chairman Hall, Galactic Mining Corp. (uncredited)1990 Moon 44
as Narrator1990 Night Angel
as Omar DeLacy1989 Lady in a Corner
as Calhearn1989 Stuck with Each Other
as Narrator (voice)1988 Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs
as Francis (voice)1988 Oliver & Company
as Wise Man (voice)1987 The Nativity
1987 Moments Without Proper Names
as Archer Lincoln1986 Jumpin' Jack Flash
as Judge Dawkins1986 Legal Eagles
as Ghost of Christmas Past1986 Christmas
as Gloster Current1983 For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Paxton1980 Nothing Personal
as Hurton1980 Farewell to the Planet of the Apes
as Host1978 Unknown Powers
as Dr. Cresus1978 Dr. Scorpion
as Merlin1978 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as James Forrest1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Box1976 Logan's Run
as himself1976 The Miracle Healers
as Congressman Lincoln1974 Uptown Saturday Night
as Mr. Secretary1974 Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
as Dr. Lamine Sonko1973 Super Fly T.N.T.
as Gazenga1973 The World's Greatest Athlete
as Jebediah Nightlinger1972 The Cowboys
as Music Shop Proprietor1972 Cisco Pike
as Narrator1972 The Ra Expeditions
as Frederick Douglas1970 Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Lord Byron "L.B." Jones1970 The Liberation of L.B. Jones
as Philippe Dubois1969 Topaz
as Clarence1968 Uptight
as Petit Pierre1967 The Comedians
as Christopher1964 Black Like Me
as Preacher1964 Terror in the City
as J. J. Burden (as Roscoe Brown)1961 The Connection

TV Shows/Series with Roscoe Lee Browne as Actor(43)

as Bryce Wyms2002 The Shield
as Dr. Anokye (voice)2000 Static Shock
as Linus1998 Will & Grace
as Komodo Dragon (voice)1998 The Wild Thornberrys
as Goulam (voice)1998 The Wild Thornberrys
1996 EZ Streets
as Rev. Matthew Lynn1994 ER
as Kingpin (voice)1994 Spider-Man
1994 New York Undercover
as Dr. Raleigh Young1993 seaQuest DSV
as Dr. Wataki (voice)1992 Batman: The Animated Series
1991 Baby Talk
as Idris Balewa1990 Law & Order
as Aaron Miller1990 Law & Order
1989 Ring Raiders
1987 Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
1987 A Different World
as Dr. Barnabus Foster1987 A Different World
1986 Blacke's Magic
1985 227
1984 The Cosby Show
1984 Highway to Heaven
1981 Falcon Crest
1980 Magnum, P.I.
1979 Benson
as Philip Harrison1978 King
1977 Meeting of Minds
as Saunders1977 Soap
1975 Starsky & Hutch
as Charlie Evans Jeffers1975 Barney Miller
as Gideon Gibbs1975 McCoy
1974 Good Times
1974 Planet of the Apes
1972 The Streets of San Francisco
1972 Sanford and Son
1972 Maude
1971 Columbo
as Hugh Victor Thompson III1971 All in the Family
as Wamumba1968 The Name of the Game
1968 The Outcasts
as Arnold Andrew Warren1967 The Invaders
1967 Mannix
as Joshua1959 Bonanza

Full Name: Roscoe Lee Browne
Born: Saturday, 05/02 1925 (May) in Woodbury, New Jersey (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 04/11 2007 (April) in Los Angeles (aged: 81)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Lincoln University, Columbia University, Middlebury College, University of Florence, Woodbury Junior-Senior High School
Employer: Lincoln University
Roscoe Lee Browne frequently works together with these people:
William Windom (16x, Actor)
Mark Hamill (12x, Actor)
Ford Rainey (12x, Actor)
Allan Miller (12x, Actor)
Robert Costanzo (11x, Actor)
Neil Ross (11x, Actor)
Phil Leeds (11x, Actor)
Sal Viscuso (11x, Actor)
Edward D. Murphy (11x, Actor)
Norman Lear (10x, Crew)
Kenneth Tigar (10x, Actor)
George Miller (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:7425, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024