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Robert Brown(1926-2022)

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Robert Brown
The adventures of a logging work team and the marriageable single women sent to them in post-American Civil War Seattle in the Washington Territory.
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Here Come the Brides (1968–1970)
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American actor, a tall, rugged television leading man of the 1960s and 70s, as well as a voice actor and occasional writer, not to be confused with the British actor of that name (1921-2003) who played M in several James Bond films. There was also Robert Howell Brown -- better known as Robert Lansing -- who arrived on the scene after Robin Adair MacKenzie Brown had already trademarked the 'Robert Brown' moniker in the Screen Actors Guild. Brown, the younger of two siblings born to parents William and Margaret in Trenton, New Jersey, was of English and Scottish ancestry. After wartime service in the U.S. Navy he studied acting under Lee Strasberg at the New School Dramatic Workshop (originally founded in 1940 by German theater director Erwin Piscator), alongside fellow alumni Rod Steiger and Walter Matthau. He made his debut both on Broadway and on the screen in 1948. He first appeared in several early anthology dramas on television and in a couple of B-movies. His first noteworthy role was as Sir Justin in the Roger Corman-directed gothic horror Tower of London (1962). He also had three guest spots on Perry Mason (1957) before being famously cast as a last-ditch replacement for John Drew Barrymore (whose 'no show' on the set resulted in a six-months suspension of his Screen Actors Guild membership) to play the part of alien scientist Lazarus in the Star Trek (1966) episode The Alternative Factor. While probably doing his best with the role -- given the short notice he had to come to grips with the intricate script -- Alternative Factor is generally ranked as one of the lesser entries in the franchise. Brown's luck did not improve the following year. Slated for the career-making role of Steve McGarrett in Hawaii Five-O (1968), he was dropped by producer Leonard Freeman at the eleventh hour in favour of Jack Lord.

Finally given a chance to shine, Brown was cast in the leading role of Jason Bolt, the extrovert boss of a lumberjacking outfit, in Here Come the Brides (1968), an off-beat western series said to have been inspired by the classic MGM musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954). It ran for two seasons, after which Brown had another starring role as the eponymous oceanographer of Primus (1971), a scuba-diving adventure set around Nassau in the Bahamas. This show was produced by Ivan Tors who had made his reputation in the aquatic arena with Sea Hunt (1958) and Flipper (1964). Primus fared rather less well in the ratings and was axed after just one season. Brown then made just a few more sporadic TV guest appearances before fading from the scene in 1994.
BornNovember 17, 1926
DiedSeptember 19, 2022(95)
BornNovember 17, 1926
DiedSeptember 19, 2022(95)
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Robert Brown, Kathleen Crowley, and Arthur Franz in The Flame Barrier (1958)
Robert Brown in Star Trek (1966)
Robert Brown in Star Trek (1966)
Robert Brown
Bo Svenson, Robert Brown, Hoke Howell, and David Soul in Here Come the Brides (1968)
Joan Blondell, Robert Brown, Bridget Hanley, Mark Lenard, and David Soul in Here Come the Brides (1968)
"Here Come The Brides" Robert Brown, Bobby Sherman, Bridget Hanley, David Soul 1969 © 1978 Gene Trindl
Robert Brown and Gary Dubin in Here Come the Brides (1968)
"Here Come The Brides" Bobby Sherman, Robert Brown 1969 © 1978 Gene Trindl
Joan Blondell, Robert Brown, Bridget Hanley, Bobby Sherman, and David Soul in Here Come the Brides (1968)
Joan Blondell, Robert Brown, Bridget Hanley, Bobby Sherman, and David Soul in Here Come the Brides (1968)

Known for

Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek (1966)
Star Trek
8.4
TV Series
  • Lazarus
Mike Connors in Mannix (1967)
Mannix
7.4
TV Series
  • Robert Foreman
The Silent Service (1957)
The Silent Service
8.6
TV Series
  • Darnell
Joan Blondell, Robert Brown, Bridget Hanley, Bobby Sherman, and David Soul in Here Come the Brides (1968)
Here Come the Brides
7.6
TV Series
  • Jason Bolt

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Actor

  • Carroll O'Connor and Howard E. Rollins Jr. in In the Heat of the Night (1988)
    In the Heat of the Night
  • Carroll O'Connor in Brass (1985)
    Brass
  • Ricardo Montalban and Hervé Villechaize in Fantasy Island (1977)
    Fantasy Island
  • Games Mother Never Taught You (1982)
    Games Mother Never Taught You
  • Martin Balsam, Carroll O'Connor, Danielle Brisebois, and Jean Stapleton in Archie Bunker's Place (1979)
    Archie Bunker's Place
  • Carroll O'Connor in The Last Hurrah (1977)
    The Last Hurrah
  • Robert Forster, David Birney, and Richard E. Kalk in Police Story (1973)
    Police Story
  • Columbo (1971)
    Columbo
  • Mike Connors in Mannix (1967)
    Mannix
  • Dick Van Dyke, Marty Brill, Nancy Dussault, Fannie Flagg, Hope Lange, and Angela Powell in The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971)
    The New Dick Van Dyke Show
  • Primus (1971)
    Primus
  • Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, and Dick York in Bewitched (1964)
    Bewitched
  • Joan Blondell, Robert Brown, Bridget Hanley, Bobby Sherman, and David Soul in Here Come the Brides (1968)
    Here Come the Brides
  • J.T. (1969)
    J.T.
  • Danny Thomas in The Danny Thomas Hour (1967)
    The Danny Thomas Hour

Soundtrack

  • Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, and Dick York in Bewitched (1964)
    Bewitched
    • (uncredited)

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    • November 17, 1926
    • Trenton, New Jersey, USA
    • September 19, 2022
    • Ojai, California, USA(undisclosed)
    • August 27, 1988 - June 23, 2018 (her death)
  • Made his Broadway stage debut in 1948 in a production of "Skipper Next to God" that was directed by Lee Strasberg.
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  • Trivia
    Brown was a last minute replacement for actor John Drew Barrymore for The Alternative Factor (1967) who never showed up for shooting.
  • Quotes
    Actually, I haven't felt good doing little pieces of anything things unless it was some noble effort. Television in my case hasn't been that "noble effort." For some maybe, but I've never come close to it. I'm happy making a very good living. I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea. Once an actor, etc. I was asked the other day, "How do you get an elephant out of the theater?" You can't. It's in their blood. I'm like that, too.

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