Russ Brown

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Russell Brown May 30 1892 Philadelphia Pennsylvania October 19 1964 Englewood New Jersey was an American Tony Awardwinning actor of stage and film Brown a stage actor for decades is best remembered by audiences as Captain Brackett in South Pacific which he repeated in the movie version and for his performances as Benny Van Buren in the stagefilm version of Damn Yankees in 1958 and the following year as park caretaker George Lemon in the classic courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder 1959 For his stage performance in Damn Yankees he earned Broadways Tony Award in 1956 as did actor Ray Walston actress Gwen Verdon and her choreographer husband Bob Fosse among others all for the same Tony Awardwinning musical