Phil Brown
Known for Acting · 58 credits
- Born
- 1916-04-30
- Died
- 2006-02-09
- Place of birth
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- Phillip Walp Brown · Philip Mortimer Brown
Biography
Philip Mortimer Brown was an American actor and director. 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.
Known For
TV Shows (16)
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as F. Milton Willis
The Professionals
1977
as Callahan
American Playhouse
1982
as Lewis Strauss / Frank Karelsen
Interpol Calling
1959
as Brownley
The Protectors
1972
as Adam Markos
Theatre Night
1957
as Sam Grassman
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
as Frank Rawlinson
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956
as Dr. Bryan Hayes / Gordon
The Martian Chronicles
1980
as Narrator
Journey to the Unknown
1968
as Dr. Charles Wilson
The Fortunate Pilgrim
1988
as O
Oppenheimer
1980
as Lewis Strauss
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
White Hunter
1957
Dial 999
1958
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1978
as Jeremiah Cobb
Movies (42)
Star Wars
1977
as Uncle Owen
Superman
1978
as State Senator
Chaplin
1992
as Projectionist
Hello, Annapolis
1942
as Kansas City
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
as Virginia Senator
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Rev. Cartwright
The Killers
1946
as Nick Adams (uncredited)
A King in New York
1957
as Headmaster
The Bedford Incident
1965
as Chief Hospitalman Mckinley - Sick Bay
Valdez Is Coming
1971
as Malson
The Romantic Englishwoman
1975
as Mr. Wilson
John Paul Jones
1959
as Sentry
Tropic of Cancer
1970
as Van Norden
The Luck of the Irish
1948
as Tom Higginbotham
I Wanted Wings
1941
as Jimmy Masters
Obsession
1949
as Bill Kronin
The Jungle Captive
1945
as Don Young
The Counterfeit Traitor
1962
as Harold Murray (uncredited)
The Camp on Blood Island
1958
as Lt. Peter Bellamy
The Curse of a Faithful Wife
1972
Johnny O'Clock
1947
as Phil, Hotel Clerk
State Fair
1945
as Harry Ware
Pierre of the Plains
1942
as Val Denton
Ooh...You Are Awful
1972
as American Man
Land Raiders
1969
as Sheriff John Mayfield
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942
as Roy Todwell
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
as Joe Bingham
Starwoids
2001
as Self
Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming
1999
as Council Elder
The Impatient Years
1944
as Henry Fairchild
Over 21
1945
as Frank MacDougal
Bomb at 10:10
1967
as Professor Pilich / Profesor Pilić
Bomber Harris
1989
as Lord Beaverbrook
Moonrise
1948
as Elmer - Soda Jerk
Maneaters Are Loose!
1978
as Kevin Pennington
Operation Cross Eagles
1968
as Sgt. Turley
If You Knew Susie
1948
as Joe Collins
The Adding Machine
1969
as Don
Weird Woman
1944
as David Jennings
Scalawag
1973
as Sandy
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
1972
as Clark
Togetherness
1970
as Everett
About Phil Brown
Philip Mortimer Brown was an American actor and director. 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 Charl… With 58 credits spanning from 1941 to 2001, Phil Brown has appeared in 42 films and 16 TV shows.
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Most Popular Phil Brown Movies
- Star Wars (1977) — as Uncle Owen
- Superman (1978) — as State Senator
- Chaplin (1992) — as Projectionist
- Hello, Annapolis (1942) — as Kansas City
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) — as Virginia Senator
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