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Roscoe Lee Browne

Born: 2-May-1925
Birthplace: Woodbury, NJ
Died: 11-Apr-2007
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA [1]
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Character actor, 1960s to 2000s


[1] Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.

Father: Sylvanus Browne (Baptist minister)
Mother: Lovie Lee

    University: BA, Lincoln University, Chester County, PA (1946)
    University:
Middlebury College (graduate study)
    University: University of Florence (graduate study)
    Teacher: Lincoln University, Chester County, PA (1946-52)

    Emmy 1986 for The Cosby Show (guest appearance)
    Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame 1977

    TELEVISION
    A Different World Dr. Barnabus Foster (1988-92)
    Falcon Crest Rosemont (1988)
    Soap Saunders (1980-81)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Epic Movie (25-Jan-2007) Narrator
    Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (15-Jun-2006) Narrator [VOICE]
    Treasure Planet (5-Nov-2002) [VOICE]
    Morgan's Ferry (1999)
    Babe: Pig in the City (25-Nov-1998) [VOICE]
    Judas Kiss (16-Sep-1998)
    Dear God (1-Nov-1996)
    The Pompatus of Love (26-Jul-1996)
    Forest Warrior (1996)
    Last Summer in the Hamptons (13-Sep-1995)
    Babe (4-Aug-1995) Narrator [VOICE]
    Naked in New York (1993)
    The Mambo Kings (28-Feb-1992)
    Oliver & Company (18-Nov-1988) [VOICE]
    Jumpin' Jack Flash (10-Oct-1986)
    Legal Eagles (18-Jun-1986)
    King (12-Feb-1978)
    Twilight's Last Gleaming (9-Feb-1977)
    Logan's Run (23-Jun-1976)
    Uptown Saturday Night (26-Jul-1974)
    The World's Greatest Athlete (14-Feb-1973)
    Cisco Pike (14-Jan-1972)
    The Cowboys (13-Jan-1972)
    The Liberation of L. B. Jones (18-Mar-1970)
    Topaz (17-Dec-1969)
    The Comedians (31-Oct-1967)
    Black Like Me (20-May-1964)
    The Connection (3-Oct-1962)



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