Phil Brown
Acting
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.
Known for
Acting58
movieBattlestar Galactica: The Second Coming
1999
Council Elder
movieChaplin
1992
Projectionist
movieBomber Harris
1989
Lord Beaverbrook
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Lewis Strauss / Frank Karelsen
tvOppenheimer
1980
Lewis Strauss
tvThe Martian Chronicles
1980
Narrator
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979
F. Milton Willis
movieSuperman
1978
State Senator
movieManeaters Are Loose!
1978
Kevin Pennington
tvThe Professionals
1977
Callahan
movieStar Wars
1977
Uncle Owen
movieTwilight's Last Gleaming
1977
Rev. Cartwright
movieThe Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
Virginia Senator
movieThe Romantic Englishwoman
1975
Mr. Wilson
movieScalawag
1973
Sandy
movieOoh...You Are Awful
1972
American Man
tvThe Protectors
1972
Adam Markos
movieTogetherness
1970
Everett
movieTropic of Cancer
1970
Van Norden
movieLand Raiders
1969
Sheriff John Mayfield
tvJourney to the Unknown
1968
Dr. Charles Wilson
movieOperation Cross Eagles
1968
Sgt. Turley
movieBomb at 10:10
1967
Professor Pilich / Profesor Pilić
movieThe Bedford Incident
1965
Chief Hospitalman Mckinley - Sick Bay
movieThe Counterfeit Traitor
1962
Harold Murray (uncredited)
tvInterpol Calling
1959
Brownley
movieJohn Paul Jones
1959
Sentry
movieThe Camp on Blood Island
1958
Lt. Peter Bellamy
movieA King in New York
1957
Headmaster
tvTheatre Night
1957
Sam Grassman
tvColonel March of Scotland Yard
1956
Dr. Bryan Hayes / Gordon
tvThe Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955
Frank Rawlinson
movieObsession
1949
Bill Kronin
movieMoonrise
1948
Elmer - Soda Jerk
movieThe Luck of the Irish
1948
Tom Higginbotham
movieIf You Knew Susie
1948
Joe Collins
movieJohnny O'Clock
1947
Phil, Hotel Clerk
movieThe Killers
1946
Nick Adams (uncredited)
movieState Fair
1945
Harry Ware
movieOver 21
1945
Frank MacDougal
movieThe Jungle Captive
1945
Don Young
movieThe Impatient Years
1944
Henry Fairchild
movieWeird Woman
1944
David Jennings
movieCalling Dr. Gillespie
1942
Roy Todwell
moviePierre of the Plains
1942
Val Denton
movieHello, Annapolis
1942
Kansas City
movieH.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
Joe Bingham
movieI Wanted Wings
1941
Jimmy Masters
Directing4
tvGhost Squad
1961
Director
Theatre '70
1960
Director
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Director
Crew2
movieObsession
1949
Dialogue Coach
movieThe Jungle Captive
1945
Dialogue Coach