Robert Brown FRSE FRS FLS MWS (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope. His contributions include one of the earliest detailed descriptions of the cell nucleus and cytoplasmic streaming; the observation of Brownian motion; early work on plant pollination and fertilisation, including being the first to recognise the fundamental difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms; and some of the earliest studies in palynology. He also made numerous contributions to plant taxonomy, including the erection of a number of plant families that are still accepted today; and numerous Australian plant genera and species, the fruit of his exploration of that continent with Matthew Flinders.
Succeeded Bernard Lee as M in the James Bond films. However, it is not known if he is meant to be the same character, Admiral Sir Miles Messervy, or a different character promoted to be director of MI6. Complicating matters is the fact that Brown played a different character in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). Brown's picture also does not appear in the office of the next M, Judi Dench, but Lee's does.
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Studied acting in New York City at both the New School for Social Research's Dramatic Workshop and the American Theater Wing.
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He went from playing Roger Moore's servant on Ivanhoe (1958) to becoming his superior in the Bond movies, starting with Octopussy (1983).
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He was born and died in Swanage, Dorset, where his father had been coxswain of the town's lifeboat. In 1992, a lifeboat was named "Robert Charles Brown" after his father.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
1991
TV Series
Gorlois
Licence to Kill
1989
M
Slow Burn
1989
Video
Grandfather in Church
Hannay
1988
TV Series
Robertson
The Living Daylights
1987
M
A View to a Kill
1985
M
The Life and Death of King John
1984
TV Movie
Earl of Pembroke
Fantasy Island
1984
TV Series
Octopussy
1983
M
The Winds of War
1983
TV Mini-Series
English Merchantman Captain
The Forgotten Story
1983
TV Series
Captain Stevens
Hit Man
1982
2nd bodyguard
American Playhouse
1982
TV Series
Luke
Lion of the Desert
1980
Al Fadeel
Angels
1980
TV Series
Mr. Carlisle
Time of My Life
1980
TV Series
Mr. Richards
Henry IV Part I
1979
TV Movie
Sir Walter Blunt
Danger UXB
1979
TV Series
Civil Defence Officer
The Passage
1979
Major
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
TV Series
Mr. Hewison
Warlords of the Deep
1978
Briggs
Play for Today
1978
TV Series
Rector
The Cost of Loving
1977
TV Series
Adam Greenaway
Mr. Big
1977
TV Series
Sheik Ibrahim
The Spy Who Loved Me
1977
Admiral Hargreaves
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
TV Mini-Series
A Pharasee
The Message
1976
Otba
Fall of Eagles
1974
TV Mini-Series
Uncle Serge
Demons of the Mind
1972
Fischinger
Wreck Raisers
1972
Cox'n
The Protectors
1972
TV Series
Governor
1,000 Convicts and a Woman
1971
Ralph
Private Road
1971
Mr. Halpern
The Doctors
1971
TV Series
Robert Thurlow
Big Brother
1970
TV Mini-Series
Edward Cheeseman
Tintin et le temple du soleil
1969
Tarragon (English version, voice, uncredited)
The Newcomers
1965-1969
TV Series
Bert Harker
Un hombre solo
1969
One Million Years B.C.
1966
Akhoba
King of the River
1966
TV Series
Ben King
ITV Play of the Week
1966
TV Series
Insp. Wilkins
Softly Softly
1966
TV Series
Bramley
The Avengers
1965
TV Series
Saul
Operation Crossbow
1965
Air Commodore
Thursday Theatre
1965
TV Series
Sam Sixty
All in Good Time
1964
Short
George Fitch
The Yellowbird
1964
TV Movie
Gideon C.I.D.
1964
TV Series
Bill Campbell
The Saint
1963-1964
TV Series
Atkins / Howard Jackman
Escape by Night
1964
Mawsley
Smuggler's Bay
1964
TV Series
Sam Tewkesbury
The Masque of the Red Death
1964
Guard
Ghost Squad
1964
TV Series
Kaufmann
Emergency-Ward 10
1964
TV Series
Mr. Waterman
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963
Sam Farley
Boyd Q.C.
1963
TV Series
Adrian Marshall
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1963
TV Series
Sam / Douin / Sam Farley
No Hiding Place
1961-1963
TV Series
Berry / Lew Evatt
Sierra Nine
1963
TV Series
Galliver
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre
1963
TV Series
Richard Harrison
Mystery Submarine
1963
Coxswain Drage
Billy Budd
1962
Arnold Talbot - Maintopman
Flight from Treason
1962
unconfirmed
The 300 Spartans
1962
Pentheus
Dixon of Dock Green
1960-1961
TV Series
Mr. Lee / Dick Hastings
Probation Officer
1961
TV Series
Harry Barnett
A Story of David: The Hunted
1961
Jashobeam
The Arthur Askey Show
1961
TV Series
Macbeth
1960/III
TV Movie
Bloody Sergeant
Sands of the Desert
1960
1st Tourist
Armchair Mystery Theatre
1960
TV Series
George Hibberd
Inside Story
1960
TV Series
Jack Brooks
It Takes a Thief
1960
Bob Crowther
Interpol Calling
1959-1960
TV Series
Sergeant at Car Impound / Attendant
Sink the Bismarck!
1960
Gunnery Officer on George V (uncredited)
Armchair Theatre
1956-1960
TV Series
Bert Turner / Kenneth Dowey / Joe Mawson in
The Invisible Man
1959
TV Series
Prof. Howard
Ben-Hur
1959
Chief of Rowers (uncredited)
Saturday Playhouse
1959
TV Series
Richard Pengelly
Shake Hands with the Devil
1959
First Sergeant 'Black & Tans'
The Offshore Island
1959
TV Movie
Martin
Ivanhoe
1958-1959
TV Series
Gurth
The Flying Doctor
1959
TV Series
Sam Marlow
Room 43
1958
Mike
The Veil
1958
TV Mini-Series
Constable
Campbell's Kingdom
1957
Ben Creasy
The Abominable Snowman
1957
Ed. Shelley
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957
TV Series
Erik Richter
The Steel Bayonet
1957
Sgt. Maj. Gill
Kill Me Tomorrow
1957
Steve Ryan
Assignment Foreign Legion
1956
TV Series
Sergeant Boucher
Hell in Korea
1956
Pvt. O'Brien
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
TV Series
Baron Buray / Valpezzo
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
1950-1956
TV Series
Richard Pengelly / Mick Egan / Oliver North / ...
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956
TV Series
Hastings
Kraft Theatre
1956
TV Series
Crewman / Officer
The Man Who Never Was
1956
French (uncredited)
Tears for Simon
1956
Farmer with Shotgun (uncredited)
Helen of Troy
1956
Polydorus
The Alien Sky
1956
TV Movie
John Steele
Rheingold Theatre
1955-1956
TV Series
Zanos / Surgeon Lt. Donald Reynell, RCNVR
Lilli Palmer Theatre
1955
TV Series
Swain
The Dark Avenger
1955
First French Knight
Passage Home
1955
Shane
Barbara's Wedding
1954
TV Short
Dering
Campbell Summer Soundstage
1954
TV Series
The Long Rope
1953
Mick Jordan
The Will
1953
TV Short
Philip Ross
Wednesday Theatre
1953
TV Series
Dick Pascoe
Noose for a Lady
1953
Jonas Rigg
Shadow of the Vine
1953
TV Movie
Arthur Heath
The Pickwick Papers
1953
TV Series
Mr. Bob Sawyer
The Gambler and the Lady
1952
John - Waiter at Max's Dive (uncredited)
The Infinite Shoeblack
1952
TV Movie
Andrew Berwick
The Mask
1952
TV Short
James Glasson
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
1952
Bill Jordan
Ivanhoe
1952
Castle Guard Yelling 'Horseman Approaching from the South!' (uncredited)
Derby Day
1952
Foster - Berkeley's Butler (uncredited)
Leading Question
1952
TV Short
Peace-be-with-us Smith
The Marvellous History of St. Bernard
1952
TV Movie
Bonaventure
Death of an Angel
1952
Jim Pollard (uncredited)
Milestones
1951
TV Movie
Arthur Preece
A Tomb with a View
1951
TV Movie
Alec Lanch
The Fifty Mark
1951
TV Movie
Roy Clarke
The Empty Street
1951
TV Short
Robins
Cloudburst
1951
Carter
Rush Job
1951
TV Movie
Cliff Whatley
The Dark Man
1951
Policeman at Hospital (uncredited)
Out of True
1951
Short
Dr. Dale
Marion
1950
TV Movie
George Saunders
The Coventry Nativity Play
1949
TV Movie
First soldier
The Big Story
1949
TV Series
Danny
The Third Man
1949
British Military Policeman in Sewer Chase (uncredited)