Phil Brown

Born: 1916-04-30

Philip Brown was an American actor. Brown was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After majoring in dramatics at Stanford University where he was a Brother of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Brown played some of his earliest stage roles as part of New York's Group Theater. When it folded, he and other Group Theatre veterans headed to Hollywood, where Brown worked in motion pictures and helped found the fabled Actors' Laboratory. In 1946, he played Ernest Hemingway's famous protagonist Nick Adams in Robert Siodmak's version of The Killers, alongside William Conrad and Charles McGraw as the titular "killers". His association with the Lab came back to haunt him later in the decade, when its members fell under the scrutiny of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Although he was not a communist, Brown was blacklisted in 1952, and was eventually compelled to relocate with his family to England between 1953 and 1993. Overseas he was able to resume acting on stage, TV and films; he also directed for the stage and TV. He was best known for his role as Luke Skywalker's uncle, Owen Lars, in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977). He returned to the United States in the 1990s and in later years made the rounds of autograph shows. Phil Brown died of pneumonia on February 9, 2006 at the age of 89.


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as Uncle Owen
Released: 1977-05-25

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as State Senator
Released: 1978-12-14

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Chaplin

as Projectionist
Released: 1992-12-17

An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to...

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The Killers

as Nick Adams (uncredited)
Released: 1946-08-30

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the...

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The Pink Panther Strikes Again

as Virginia Senator
Released: 1976-12-15

Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental...

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Moonrise

as Elmer - Soda Jerk
Released: 1948-10-01

Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until...

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A King in New York

as Headmaster
Released: 1957-09-12

A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an...

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The Bedford Incident

as Chief Hospitalman Mckinley - Sick Bay
Released: 1965-10-11

During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior...

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Valdez Is Coming

as Malson
Released: 1971-04-09

Old Mexican-American sheriff Bob Valdez has always been a haven of sanity in a land of madmen...

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Twilight's Last Gleaming

as Rev. Cartwright
Released: 1977-02-09

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM...

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The Romantic Englishwoman

as Mr. Wilson
Released: 1975-06-11

A marriage crisis between a writer and his wife leads her to flee to Germany and eventually...

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Obsession

as Bill Kronin
Released: 1949-08-03

A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.

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State Fair

as Harry Ware
Released: 1945-08-29

During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud...

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The Counterfeit Traitor

as Harold Murray
Released: 1962-04-17

Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of...

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The Luck of the Irish

as Tom Higginbotham
Released: 1948-09-15

Following American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun...

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Land Raiders

as Sheriff John Mayfield
Released: 1969-07-27

An outlaw committing a string of robberies and murders manages to blame the crimes on Apaches,...

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H.M. Pulham, Esq.

as Joe Bingham
Released: 1941-12-04

A middle-aged businessman who has lived a conservative life according to the routine conventions...

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Tropic of Cancer

as Van Norden
Released: 1970-02-27

Expat American writer Henry Miller hustles his way through Paris in a series of amorous...

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Johnny O'Clock

as Phil, Hotel Clerk
Released: 1947-01-07

When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the...

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Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming

as Council Elder
Released: 1999-01-01

"Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming" is a Proof of Concept for a possible Sequel from the...

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Scalawag

as Sandy
Released: 1973-04-22

A crew of land locked pirates, led by the aptly named Peg, go in search of buried treasure...

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The Camp on Blood Island

as Lt. Peter Bellamy
Released: 1958-04-15

Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality...

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Weird Woman

as David Jennings
Released: 1944-03-01

After bringing his beautiful new wife Paula home to America from a remote island on which she...

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Ooh... You Are Awful

as American Man
Released: 1972-12-01

Charlie Tully and womanising Reggie Peek con two rich Italians out of £500,000 but during their...

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The Impatient Years

as Henry Fairchild
Released: 1944-09-10

Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him...

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Over 21

as Frank MacDougal
Released: 1945-08-08

A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old...

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The Adding Machine

as Don
Released: 1969-09-23

An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life...

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I Wanted Wings

as Jimmy Masters
Released: 1941-03-26

Told in flashback, this drama follows the training and personal lives of three recruits in the...

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John Paul Jones

as Sentry
Released: 1959-06-16

The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through...

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Maneaters Are Loose!

as Kevin Pennington
Released: 1978-05-03

Terror stalks a small California community when a broke and depressed animal owner and trainer...

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The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

as Clark
Released: 1972-11-07

The rise to underworld eminence of the notorious Chicago gangster Artuto Ui - who bears a...

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The Jungle Captive

as Don Young
Released: 1945-06-25

Once again Paula the ape woman is brought back to life, this time by a mad doctor and his...

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Calling Dr. Gillespie

as Roy Todwell
Released: 1942-08-01

Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from...

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Bomber Harris

as Lord Beaverbrook
Released: 1989-09-03

Biography of Arthur Harris (aka "Bomber Harris") of RAF Bomber Command, during WW2 - in...

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If You Knew Susie

as Joe Collins
Released: 1948-02-07

In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary...

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Operation Cross Eagles

as Sgt. Turley
Released: 1968-01-01

War - In this thrilling war drama set in Yugoslavia during WWII, a small band of courageous...

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Pierre of the Plains

as Val Denton
Released: 1942-07-29

A French-Canadian trapper's adventures jeopardize his romance with an innkeeper.

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Bomb at 10:10

as Professor Pilich / Profesor Pilić
Released: 1967-07-12

An American pilot escapes from a POW camp and links up with Yugoslav partisans. He’s about to...

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Hello, Annapolis

as Kansas City
Released: 1942-04-23

Rivals Bill Arden and Paul Herbert enter the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in order to impress...

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Togetherness

as Everett
Released: 1970-09-13

Nina, a gorgeous blonde communist, attracts the attention of two wealthy bon vivants. Prince...

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Starwoids

as Self
Released: 2001-01-01

Noah might have traveled for 40 days and nights in search of land, but did he ever wait 42...

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Ben Casey

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-02

Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...

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The Professionals

as Callahan
First aired: 1977-12-30

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their...

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Tales of the Unexpected

as F. Milton Willis
First aired: 1979-03-24

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...

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The Protectors

as Adam Markos
First aired: 1972-09-29

The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It...

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Interpol Calling

as Brownley
First aired: 1959-09-13

The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international...

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The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

as Frank Rawlinson
First aired: 1955-09-28

The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero,...

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Colonel March of Scotland Yard

as Dr. Bryan Hayes
First aired: 1956-02-22

Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room...

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Colonel March of Scotland Yard

as Gordon
First aired: 1956-02-22

Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room...

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Journey to the Unknown

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-26

A British television anthology series. The series has a fantasy, science fiction and...

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Out of the Unknown

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-10-04

Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by...

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Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-09-06

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an 8-part 1981 drama serial based on the life of...

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The Martian Chronicles

as Narrator
First aired: 1980-01-15

The Martian Chronicles deals with the exploration of Mars and the inhabitants there.

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The Fortunate Pilgrim

as O
First aired: 1988-04-03

The saga of an Italian immigrant family in search of the American dream.

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Dial 999

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-07-06

Robert Beatty stars as Detective Inspector Mike Maguire, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman...

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Oppenheimer

as Lewis Strauss
First aired: 1980-10-29

This seven-part series highlights scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer from 1938 to 1953 as he...

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