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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Starwoids
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2001
Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming
Character:Council Elder
Release Date:01/01/1999
Chaplin
Character:Projectionist
Release Date:17/12/1992
Bomber Harris
Character:Lord Beaverbrook
Release Date:03/09/1989
The Martian Chronicles
Character:Narrator
Release Date:27/01/1980
Superman
Character:State Senator
Release Date:14/12/1978
Maneaters Are Loose!
Character:Kevin Pennington
Release Date:03/05/1978
Star Wars
Character:Uncle Owen
Release Date:25/05/1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Character:Rev. Cartwright
Release Date:09/02/1977
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Character:Virginia Senator
Release Date:16/09/1976
The Romantic Englishwoman
Character:Mr. Wilson
Release Date:11/06/1975
Scalawag
Character:Sandy
Release Date:22/04/1973
Ooh...You Are Awful
Character:American Man
Release Date:01/12/1972
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Character:Clark
Release Date:07/11/1972
The Curse of a Faithful Wife
Character:
Release Date:25/06/1972
Valdez Is Coming
Character:Malson
Release Date:09/04/1971
Togetherness
Character:Everett
Release Date:13/09/1970
Tropic of Cancer
Character:Van Norden
Release Date:27/02/1970
The Adding Machine
Character:Don
Release Date:23/09/1969
Land Raiders
Character:Sheriff John Mayfield
Release Date:27/07/1969
Operation Cross Eagles
Character:Sgt. Turley
Release Date:01/01/1968
Bomb at 10:10
Character:Professor Pilich / Profesor Pilić
Release Date:12/07/1967
The Bedford Incident
Character:Chief Hospitalman Mckinley - Sick Bay
Release Date:11/10/1965
The Counterfeit Traitor
Character:Harold Murray (uncredited)
Release Date:13/04/1962
John Paul Jones
Character:Sentry
Release Date:16/06/1959
The Camp on Blood Island
Character:Lt. Peter Bellamy
Release Date:15/04/1958
A King in New York
Character:Headmaster
Release Date:12/09/1957
Obsession
Character:Bill Kronin
Release Date:03/08/1949
Moonrise
Character:Elmer - Soda Jerk
Release Date:01/10/1948
The Luck of the Irish
Character:Tom Higginbotham
Release Date:15/09/1948
If You Knew Susie
Character:Joe Collins
Release Date:07/02/1948
Johnny O'Clock
Character:Phil, Hotel Clerk
Release Date:07/01/1947
The Killers
Character:Nick Adams (uncredited)
Release Date:30/08/1946
State Fair
Character:Harry Ware
Release Date:29/08/1945
Over 21
Character:Frank MacDougal
Release Date:08/08/1945
The Jungle Captive
Character:Don Young
Release Date:25/06/1945
The Impatient Years
Character:Henry Fairchild
Release Date:10/09/1944
Weird Woman
Character:David Jennings
Release Date:01/03/1944
Calling Dr. Gillespie
Character:Roy Todwell
Release Date:01/08/1942
Pierre of the Plains
Character:Val Denton
Release Date:29/07/1942
Hello, Annapolis
Character:Kansas City
Release Date:23/04/1942
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Character:Joe Bingham
Release Date:04/12/1941
I Wanted Wings
Character:Jimmy Masters
Release Date:26/03/1941
Television Appearances
The Fortunate Pilgrim
Character:O
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Character:
Oppenheimer
Character:Lewis Strauss
The Martian Chronicles
Character:Narrator
Tales of the Unexpected
Character:F. Milton Willis
The Professionals
Character:Callahan
The Protectors
Character:Adam Markos
Journey to the Unknown
Character:
Out of the Unknown
Character:
Interpol Calling
Character:Brownley
Dial 999
Character:
White Hunter
Character:
Theatre Night
Character:Sam Grassman
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Character:Dr. Bryan Hayes
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Character:Gordon
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Character:Frank Rawlinson
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