From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaRussell 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 Broadways 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.
Benny Van Buren
Film 1958
Night Watchman Mike
Film 1962
Film 1935
Dr. Heller
Film 1963
Joe
Film 1934
Mr. Bob Norman
Film 1940
Self
Film 1928
Capt. J.M. Brackett, USN
Film 1958
Mr Brittlebottle
Film 1938
Bill
Film 1934
Self (archive footage)
Film 1988
Jimmy Higgins
Film 1936
Isaiah
Tv 1961
Captain Gibson
Tv 1963