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Roscoe Lee Browne

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Actor 1922–2007 On stage 1960–1992

Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American actor and director. 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, and The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) with John Amos and Jan-Michael Vincent, but his biggest roles were as narrator in Babe and Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties, which grossed $400 million combined. 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 i…

On stage 7 productions, 32 years

1960 The Cool World Eugene Oneill Theatre · Original 2 perf.
1962 General Seeger Lyceum Theatre · Original · directed by George C. Scott 2 perf.
1962 Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright Booth Theatre · Original · directed by Joshua Logan 33 perf.
1963 The Ballad of the Sad Cafe Martin Beck Theatre · Original · directed by Alan Schneider 123 perf.
1965 Danton's Death Vivian Beaumont Theater · Revival 46 perf.
1983 My One and Only St. James Theatre · Original 767 perf.
1992 Two Trains Running Walter Kerr Theatre · Original · directed by Lloyd Richards 160 perf.

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Worked with more than once2 names

James Earl Jones 2 productions
Cicely Tyson 2 productions

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In the literature6 passages

  • Cast: Twiggy, Tommy Tune, Charles “Honi” Coles, Bruce McGill, Denny Dillon, Roscoe Lee Browneebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • drew Mihok; General Manager, Robert Kamlot; Press, Merle Debuskey, Bob Ullman, Richard Kornberg CAST: Cynthia Belpe Roscoe Lee Browne, Frankie R. Faison, Lou Ferguson, Earletheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt
  • BEHIND THE BROKEN WORDS with Roscoe Lee Browne and Anthony Zerbe as creators and co-stars in a theatre piece that presents a poetic journey into some of America's outstanding Uterary works. Performed in two parts.theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1981-82 Season, v. 38 (Willis).txt
  • PANTOMIME by Derek Walcott; Director, Gregory Mosher; with Brian Murray, Roscoe Lee Brownetheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1981-82 Season, v. 38 (Willis).txt
  • CAST Risa.Cynthia Maitells Wolf.Anthony Chisholm Memphis.A1 White Holloway.Roscoe Lee Browne Hambone.Sullivan Ealker Sterling.Larry Eishbume West.Chuck Patterson UNDERSTUDIES/STANDBYS Ed Cambridge (HollowayAVest), Robinson Erank Adu (Memphis/Hambone) A drama in two acts with eight scenes. The action takes place in Memphis Lee's restaurant…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1991-1992 season, v. 48 (Willis).txt
  • Larry Fishburne, Cynthia Martells Above: Roscoe Lee Browne, Cynthia Marteiis, A1 Whitetheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1991-1992 season, v. 48 (Willis).txt

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