Philip "Phil" Brown (born 30 May 1959) is an English former footballer, coach and manager. He is currently manager of Southend United. As a player, Brown was a right-back who made over six hundred league appearances in an eighteen-year career, but never made it to the top flight. However, as a manager, he became the first to lead Hull City to the top division in their 104-year history, winning the Championship play-offs in 2008 after a 1–0 win against Bristol City at Wembley.Since 2011, Brown has appeared as a match summariser on BBC Radio 5 Live as well as the station's sport panel show Fighting Talk, winning for the first time on 5 May 2012.
In his later years, he often made appearances at Star Wars conventions. During these appearances, he got to meet Joel Edgerton, who succeeded him in the prequels.
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Blamed former Screen Actor's Guild President Ronald Reagan for accusing him of being a communist.
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Made his Broadway debut as a dancer in the play "Everywhere I Roam."
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Co-starred with Helen Hayes in a London production of "The Glass Menagerie."
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Father of Kevin; two grandchildren; one great-grandchild.
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Worked in stage and film for more than 30 years but his small role in "Star Wars" made him a celebrity. He became a popular figure at science fiction conventions.
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His brief role as Luke Skywalker's Uncle Owen in the film Star Wars was his most memorable role. He was cast after George Lucas was looking for an an actor with a strong American accent. Brown, who was living in London after being blacklisted in the McCarthy communist-witch hunt of the 1950s, auditioned and won the role instantly.
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Blacklisted in 1952; exiled to London 1953-1993.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming
1999
Short
Council Elder
Chaplin
1992
Projectionist
Bomber Harris
1989
TV Movie
Lord Beaverbrook
Game, Set, and Match
1988
TV Series
Lange Koby
The Fortunate Pilgrim
1988
TV Mini-Series
Supervisor F / O
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
TV Mini-Series
Lord Beaverbrook
Oppenheimer
1980
TV Mini-Series
Lewis Strauss
The Professionals
1980
TV Series
Callahan
The Martian Chronicles
1980
TV Mini-Series
Narrator
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
TV Series
F. Milton Willis
Superman
1978
State Senator
Maneaters Are Loose!
1978
TV Movie
Kevin Pennington
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1978
TV Series
Jeremiah Cobb
Silver Bears
1977
American Banker
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
1977
Uncle Owen
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
Rev. Cartwright
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
1976
Virginia Senator
The Romantic Englishwoman
1975
Mr. Wilson
Scalawag
1973
Sandy
Get Charlie Tully
1972
American Man
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui