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Roscoe Lee Browne

ActorBorn 1922, died 2007On stage 1960 to 19927 productions on this page

Roscoe Lee Browne
Marianna Diamos, Los Angeles Times

Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American actor and director. He is perhaps best known for his many guest appearances on TV series from the 1970s and 1980s, as well as movies like The Cowboys (1972) with John Wayne, and The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) with John Amos and Jan-Michael Vincent, but his biggest roles were as narrator in Babe and Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties, which grossed $400 million combined. He resisted playing stereotypically black roles, instead performing in several productions with New York City's Shakespeare Festival Theater, Leland Hayward's satirical NBC series That Was the Week That Was, and a poetry performance tour of the United States i…

On stage

7 productions, 32 years
1960
The Cool WorldBroadway Eugene Oneill Theatre. Original
2 performances
1962
General SeegerBroadway Lyceum Theatre. Original. Directed by George C. Scott
2 performances
1962
Tiger, Tiger Burning BrightBroadway Booth Theatre. Original. Directed by Joshua Logan
33 performances
1963
The Ballad of the Sad CafeBroadway Martin Beck Theatre. Original. Directed by Alan Schneider
123 performances
1965
Danton's DeathBroadway Vivian Beaumont Theater. Revival
46 performances
1983
My One and OnlyBroadway St. James Theatre. Original
767 performances
1992
Two Trains RunningBroadway Walter Kerr Theatre. Original. Directed by Lloyd Richards
160 performances

Worked with more than once

2 names
  • James Earl Jones 2 productions
  • Cicely Tyson 2 productions

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