Phil Brown

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Philip Brown was an American actor. Brown was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After majoring in dramatics at Stanfo...

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Avatar: The Way of Water

Avatar: The Way of Water

... 2022

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

... 1977

Fullname:

Phil Brown

Date of Birth:

1916-04-30

Country:

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Phil Brown

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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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

... 2009

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

... 2016

My Donkey, My Lover & I

My Donkey, My Lover & I

... 2020

Searching for the Elephant

Searching for the Elephant

... 2009

My Father the Hero

My Father the Hero

... 1994

Ghost with Hole

Ghost with Hole

... 1981

To Chiara

To Chiara

... 2021

Sunlight Jr.

Sunlight Jr.

... 2013

Top Model

Top Model

... 1988