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 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

• 1963The Cardinal — Dr. Heller
• Vacation Playhouse — Captain Gibson
• 1962Advise & Consent — Night Watchman Mike
• The Dick Powell Show — Isaiah
• 1959Anatomy of a Murder — George Lemon
• 1959It Happened to Jane — Uncle Otis
• 1958Damn Yankees — Benny Van Buren
• 1958South Pacific — Capt. J.M. Brackett, USN
• 1940Millionaire Playboy — Mr. Bob Norman
• 1938Air Parade — Mr Brittlebottle
• 1936Boy, Oh Boy — Jimmy Higgins
• 1935Sweet Surrender
• 1934Let's Talk It Over — Bill
• 1934Moulin Rouge — Joe
• 1934The Love Captive — Larry Chapman

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 1987James Stewart: A Wonderful Life — Self (archive footage)
• 1928A Laugh or Two — Self