Acting
Phil Brown
Philip Mortimer Brown was an American actor and director. After majoring in dramatics at Stanford University where he was a Brother of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Brown played some of his earliest stage roles as part of New York's Group Theater. When it folded, he and other Group Theatre veterans headed to Hollywood, where Brown worked in motion pictures and helped found the fabled Actors' Laboratory. In 1946, he played Ernest Hemingway's famous protagonist Nick Adams in Robert Siodmak's version of The Killers, alongside William Conrad and Charles McGraw as the titular "killers". His association with the Lab came back to haunt him later in the decade, when its members fell under the scrutiny of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Although he was not a communist, Brown was blacklisted in 1952, and was eventually compelled to relocate with his family to England between 1953 and 1993. Overseas he was able to resume acting on stage, TV and films; he also directed for the stage and TV. He was best known for his role as Luke Skywalker's uncle, Owen Lars, in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977). He returned to the United States in the 1990s and in later years made the rounds of autograph shows. Phil Brown died of pneumonia on February 9, 2006 at the age of 89.
Filmography
Starwoids
Film · 2001
Chaplin
Film · 1992
Bomber Harris
Film · 1989
The Fortunate Pilgrim
Series · 1988
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Series · 1981
The Martian Chronicles
Series · 1980
Oppenheimer
Series · 1980
Tales of the Unexpected
Series · 1979
Maneaters Are Loose!
Film · 1978
Superman
Film · 1978
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Series · 1978
Star Wars
Film · 1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Film · 1977
The Professionals
Series · 1977
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Film · 1976
The Romantic Englishwoman
Film · 1975
Scalawag
Film · 1973
Ooh...You Are Awful
Film · 1972
The Curse of a Faithful Wife
Film · 1972
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Film · 1972
The Protectors
Series · 1972
Valdez Is Coming
Film · 1971
Togetherness
Film · 1970
Tropic of Cancer
Film · 1970
Land Raiders
Film · 1969
The Adding Machine
Film · 1969
Operation Cross Eagles
Film · 1968
Journey to the Unknown
Series · 1968
Bomb at 10:10
Film · 1967
The Bedford Incident
Film · 1965
The Counterfeit Traitor
Film · 1962
John Paul Jones
Film · 1959
Interpol Calling
Series · 1959
The Camp on Blood Island
Film · 1958
Dial 999
Series · 1958
A King in New York
Film · 1957
White Hunter
Series · 1957
Theatre Night
Series · 1957
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Series · 1956
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Series · 1956
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Series · 1955
Obsession
Film · 1949
The Luck of the Irish
Film · 1948
Moonrise
Film · 1948
If You Knew Susie
Film · 1948
Johnny O'Clock
Film · 1947
The Killers
Film · 1946
State Fair
Film · 1945
Over 21
Film · 1945
The Jungle Captive
Film · 1945
Weird Woman
Film · 1944
The Impatient Years
Film · 1944
Calling Dr. Gillespie
Film · 1942
Pierre of the Plains
Film · 1942
Hello, Annapolis
Film · 1942
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Film · 1941
I Wanted Wings
Film · 1941