Roscoe Lee Browne Net Worth is$16 Million Roscoe Lee Browne Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
He was a master class in cerebral eloquence and audience command...and although his dominant playing card in the realm of acting was quite serious and stately, nobody cut a more delightfully dry edge in sitcoms than this gentleman, whose calm yet blistering put-downs often eluded his lesser victims. Acting titan Roscoe Lee Browne was born to a ...
Full Name Frances Sargent Osgood Date Of Birth May 2, 1925, Woodbury, New Jersey, United States Died April 11, 2007, Los Angeles, California, United States Place Of Birth Woodbury, New Jersey, USA Profession Actor, Soundtrack Education Lincoln University (1946), Middlebury College, Columbia University Nationality American Parents Lovie Lee Usher, Sylvanus S. Browne Awards NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series Star Sign Taurus
# Quote 1 [on The Cowboys (1972)] Some critics complained that I spoke too well to be believable. When a critic makes that remark, I think if I had said 'Yassuh, boss' to John Wayne then the critic would have taken a shine to me. 2 I remember when I chose acting I thought, 'This is it -- for the time being.' I didn't think I was finished yet. I still don't. I keep thinking about what I should be doing.
# Fact 1 He was awarded the 1970 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Performance for "The Dream on Monkey Mountain" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California. 2 He was awarded the 1992 Drama-Logue Award for Performance for "Two Trains Running" in the 25th Anniversary Season presented by Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson at the James A. Doolittle Theatre (University of California) in Los Angeles, California. 3 Did not start acting until 1956. 4 His year of birth was often given as 1925, although Browne himself said it was 1922. 5 Played Frederick Douglass in both the TV movie "Swing Out, Sweet Land" and on an episode of the series "Meeting of Minds". 6 Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch). 7 Began his acting career on the New York stage. 8 Ever the wry quipster, he was once told by a director that his speech sounded "white", to which he responded, "We had a white maid". 9 Has appeared with Steven Hill in two different, completely unrelated productions in which Hill played the New York County District Attorney: Legal Eagles (1986) and the Law & Order (1990) episode "Consultation". 10 Was nominated for Broadway's 1992 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for August Wilson 's "Two Trains Running." 11 Before turning to acting, Browne taught literature and French at Lincoln University.
Actor Title Year Status Character The Telemarketers: 36 Hrs 2009 Video Narrator Side Order of Life 2007 TV Series Clarence Epic Movie 2007 Narrator (voice) Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties 2006 Narrator (voice) Sweet Deadly Dreams 2006 Devlin Will & Grace 2004 TV Series Linus Static Shock 2003-2004 TV Series Dr. Anoyke / Dr. Anokye Tales of a Fly on the Wall 2004 TV Movie Narrator (voice) Law & Order 1992-2003 TV Series Aaron Miller / Sir Idris Balewa Very Merry Christmas Sing Along Songs 2003 Video Narrator (voice, as Roscoe Lee Brown) The Proud Family 2003 TV Series Clarence Behind the Broken Words 2003 Treasure Planet 2002 Mr. Arrow (voice) The Shield 2002 TV Series Bryce Wyms Morgan's Ferry 2001 Peabo Hamlet 2000/II TV Movie Polonius Hope Island 1999 TV Series Judge Patrick Bradley ER 1999 TV Series Rev. Matthew Lynn The Wild Thornberrys 1999 TV Series Komodo Dragon / Goulam Hard Time: The Premonition 1999 TV Movie Sebastian Babe: Pig in the City 1998 The Narrator (voice) Judas Kiss 1998 Chief Bleeker Spider-Man 1995-1998 TV Series Kingpin
Wilson Fisk The Notorious 7 1997 TV Movie Leadbelly EZ Streets 1997 TV Series Cosby 1996 TV Series George Lucas, Hilton's Brother Forest Warrior 1996 Clovis Madison Dear God 1996 Idris Abraham CBS Schoolbreak Special 1996 TV Series Mr. Wortham New York Undercover 1996 TV Series Dr. Johnson The Beast 1995 Short Phantom 2040 1995 TV Series Old Guran The Pompatus of Love 1995 Leonard Folder Freakazoid! 1995 TV Series Great Mystic Gnome Last Summer in the Hamptons 1995 Freddy Babe 1995 Narrator (voice) Sweet Justice 1995 TV Series Judge Powell Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 1995 TV Series Friar Ferdinand The John Larroquette Show 1994 TV Series Mr. Davis Batman: The Animated Series 1994 TV Series Dr. Wataki SeaQuest 2032 1993-1994 TV Series Dr. Raleigh Young Naked in New York 1993 Mr. Ried You Must Remember This 1992 TV Movie Buck Noel 1992 TV Movie voice A Different World 1988-1992 TV Series Dr. Barnabus Foster Eddie Presley 1992 Doc The Mambo Kings 1992 Fernando Perez Baby Talk 1991 TV Series Roscoe The Pirates of Dark Water 1991 TV Series Additional Voices Swamp Thing 1990 TV Series Duchamp Night Angel 1990 Narrator Father Dowling Mysteries 1990 TV Series Dennis Cray Columbo 1990 TV Series Dr. Steadman Moon 44 1990 Chairman Hall, Galactic Mining Corp. (uncredited) Lady in the Corner 1989 TV Movie Omar DeLacy Stuck with Each Other 1989 TV Movie Calhearn Ring Raiders 1989 TV Series Max Miles The Real Ghostbusters 1988-1989 TV Series Edward 'Big Ed' Zeddemore Open Window 1989 TV Short Neighbor Oliver & Company 1988 Francis (voice) Falcon Crest 1988 TV Series Rosemont Highway to Heaven 1988 TV Series Dr. Hudsbeth Moments Without Proper Names 1987 Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light 1987 TV Series Reekon
Merklynn Foofur 1987 TV Series The Cosby Show 1986-1987 TV Series Dr. Barnabus Foster 227 1987 TV Series Albert Henry The Nativity 1987 Video short voice John Grin's Christmas 1986 TV Movie Ghost of Christmas Past Head of the Class 1986 TV Series Mr. Thomas Jumpin' Jack Flash 1986 Archer Lincoln Legal Eagles 1986 Judge Dawkins Blacke's Magic 1986 TV Series Space 1985 TV Mini-Series Farquar American Playhouse 1983 TV Series Gloster Current Magnum, P.I. 1983 TV Series Carlton CBS Children's Mystery Theatre 1981 TV Series Diogenes 'D.C.' Chase Soap 1980-1981 TV Series Saunders Nothing Personal 1980 Paxton Benson 1980 TV Series Howard Walker Miss Winslow and Son 1979 TV Series Harold Neistadter Once Upon a Classic 1978 TV Series Merlin Meeting of Minds 1978 TV Series Frederick Douglass Maude 1977-1978 TV Series Mr. Butterfield Dr. Scorpion 1978 TV Movie Dr. Cresus King 1978 TV Mini-Series Philip Harrison Starsky and Hutch 1977 TV Series Quatraine Twilight's Last Gleaming 1977 James Forrest Logan's Run 1976 Box McCoy 1975-1976 TV Series Gideon Gibbs Barney Miller 1975 TV Series Charlie Evans Jeffers The Big Rip-Off 1975 TV Movie Silky Gideon Gibbs Planet of the Apes 1974 TV Series Hurton Uptown Saturday Night 1974 Congressman Lincoln Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love 1974 TV Movie Mr. Secretary (as Roscoe Lee Brown) Good Times 1974 TV Series Reverend Sam Super Fly T.N.T. 1973 Dr. Lamine Sonko The World's Greatest Athlete 1973 Gazenga All in the Family 1972-1973 TV Series Jean Duval / Hugh Victor Thompson III The Streets of San Francisco 1973 TV Series Yale Courtland Dancy Sanford and Son 1972 TV Series Osgood Wilcox Bonanza 1972 TV Series Joshua Cisco Pike 1972 Music Store Owner The Cowboys 1972 Jebediah Nightlinger Swing Out, Sweet Land 1970 TV Movie Frederick Douglass The Name of the Game 1969-1970 TV Series Dean Marshall / Wamumba The Liberation of L.B. Jones 1970 L.B. Jones Topaz 1969 Philippe Dubois The Outcasts 1969 TV Series Gideon Me and My Brother 1969 Photographer Uptight 1968 Clarence The Invaders 1968 TV Series Arnold Andrew Warren Mannix 1968 TV Series Dr. Andrew Josephus Insight 1968 TV Series Stranger The Comedians 1967 Petit Pierre NET Playhouse 1967 TV Series Bertolt Brecht: Übungstücke für Schauspieler 1964 Short Black Like Me 1964 Christopher Terror in the City 1964 Preacher Camera Three 1963 TV Series Narrator Espionage 1963 TV Series Mbana East Side/West Side 1963 TV Series The Defenders 1962 TV Series Mr. Patterson The Connection 1961 J. J. Burden (as Roscoe Brown)
Soundtrack Title Year Status Character Oliver & Company 1988 performer: "Why Should I Worry? reprise"
Thanks Title Year Status Character Side Order of Life 2007 TV Series in loving memory - 1 episode Once in the Life 2000 thanks
Self Title Year Status Character For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots 2010 TV Movie documentary voice The Cowboys: Together Again 2007 Video documentary short Himself Smiley Face 2007 Himself (voice) Independent Lens 2006 TV Series documentary Narrator Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde 2004 TV Movie documentary Himself Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives 2003 Documentary Reader 2002 Trumpet Awards 2002 TV Special Himself The Papp Project 2001 Documentary Himself The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story 2000 TV Movie documentary Biography 2000 TV Series documentary Himself Galapagos: Beyond Darwin 1996 TV Movie documentary Narrator Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X 1994 Documentary Narrator (voice) Haiti: Harvest of Hope 1994 Documentary Himself (voice) The 46th Annual Tony Awards 1992 TV Special Himself - Nominee: Best Featured Actor in a Play Working in the Theatre 1992 TV Series documentary Himself 19th Annual NAACP Image Awards 1987 TV Special Himself - Presenter The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1986 TV Special Himself - Winner: Outstanding Guest Performer in Comedy Series Is Everybody Happy But Me? 1981 TV Movie documentary Himself (segments) The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards 1979 TV Special Himself Unknown Powers 1978 Documentary Host The 1st Annual Black Achievement Awards 1978 TV Special Himself Flip 1972-1973 TV Series Himself The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men in 'The Cowboys' 1972 Documentary short Himself The Ra Expeditions 1971 Documentary Narrator Chronicles: Family Diaries I 1970 Documentary Himself The Comedians in Africa 1967 Documentary short Himself (uncredited) History of the Negro People 1965 TV Mini-Series documentary That Was the Week That Was 1964 TV Series Himself
Won Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 1988 Image Award Image Awards Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series The Cosby Show (1984) 1986 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy Series The Cosby Show (1984) 1972 Bronze Wrangler Western Heritage Awards Theatrical Motion Picture The Cowboys (1972)
Nominated Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 1995 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program Spider-Man (1994) 1989 Soap Opera Digest Award Soap Opera Digest Awards Outstanding Villain: Prime Time Falcon Crest (1981) 1976 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Comedy or Drama Series Barney Miller (1974)
Known for movies Treasure Planet (2002)
Babe (1995)
Logan's Run (1976)
The Cowboys (1972)
$16 Million
