Henry Brown | |
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Other names | Henry Brown, Jr., Henry V. Brown |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1970 to present |
Henry Brown is an American film, television and stage actor whose career began in the early 1970s. With over sixty credits, he has appeared in over thirty films and thirty television shows. He quite often plays policemen and law enforcement officials. He played the main role in Carmen Madden's 2010 film, Everyday Black Man .
In 1969, Brown came to UCSB with the intention of playing baseball. He graduated from there in 1971. One day while grabbing a quick meal, he accidentally spilt a glass of milk on Frank Silvera who happened to be a guest artist at UCSB at the time. Silvera introduced him to Dr. William R. Reardon. Brown was then recruited for the UCSB Touring Players. It was actually another guest artist Paul Winfield that introduced Brown to Stanley Kramer, and while still a student, Brown would land his first acting role in a Kramer film. [1]
His film work includes My First Mister, Lethal Weapon 3. He has also had roles in The Man In The Glass Booth, Three the Hard Way, The Law, and Fireball Forward. [2] On television he has had a recurring role in Baywatch Nights . [3] He has also appeared in Pickett Fences. [4] Brown is also a stage actor [5] and his stage work includes playing the part of Kofi Annan in David Hare's Iraq war drama Stuff Happens which also included Keith Carradine playing Bush and Julian Sands playing Blair. [6] Other stage work includes playing the part Billy Lee in The Ballad of Billy Lee. [7] In addition to film, television and stage work, Brown has ventured into directing, and his directorial debut was music video “Nothing Sacred” by Mr. Way. [8]
His earliest film work in the 1970 film, R. P. M. which was directed by Stanley Kramer. Along with Jose Brad and Frank Alesia, he played one of the students. [9] [10] A couple of years later, he played a wounded soldier in Marvin J Chomsky's Fireball Forward. [11] In the Richard Donner directed, 1973, made-for-television film, Stat! he played the part of Dr. Neil Patricks. [12] Also that year he played the part of Abe Humes in the Kojak movie, The Marcus-Nelson Murders . [13] [14] In 1975, Brown starred in TheMan In The Glass Booth, the Arthur Hiller-directed adaptation of Robert Shaw's stage play. The following year, in 1976, he appeared in the Douglas Hickox feature, Sky Riders which starred James Coburn, Susannah York and Robert Culp. [15] In the "End Run" episode of M*A*S*H in early 1977, Brown played Billy Tyler, a former college football star headed for the pros who loses a leg.
In 1992, he appeared in two episodes of Matlock, as Reggie in "The Evening News, Part 1" and "The Evening News, Part 2". [16]
In 2005, Their Eyes Were Watching God starring Halle Berry was released. He played the part of Water Stone. [17] He played Mr. Reid in Bill Duke's 2006 romantic comedy-drama Not Easily Broken . [18] [19]
He played the main role as Moses in Carmen Madden's award-winning, 2010 released film, Everyday Black Man where he plays local grocery store owner Moses. Moses has been turned down for a loan from a bank and then becomes duped by a seemingly good man into letting his shop being used to sell drugs. Brown's performance was noted as "Down to a T" in a review by The Other View. [20] [21]
Title | Role # | Director | Venue | Date | Notes # |
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The Space Between the Stars, A new play by Bob Potter | Peter Lackner | Centre Stage Theater | Wednesday through Saturday February 4–7 and 11–14, 2004 | [22] | |
Stuff Happens | Gordon Davidson | The Taper 135 North Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA | May 25 – July 17, 2005 | [23] | |
Ballad of Billy Lee (Encore Presentation) | Billy Lee | Asa Olsson | Plaza Playhouse Theater Carpinteria, CA | Sunday Nov 18, 2012 | [24] |
Title | Role | Director | Year | Notes # |
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R. P. M. | Student | Stanley Kramer | 1970 | As Henry Brown Jr. |
Fireball Forward | Wounded soldier | Marvin J. Chomsky | 1972 | As Henry Brown Jr. |
The Marcus-Nelson Murders | Abe Humes | Joseph Sargent | 1973 | Made for television As Henry Brown Jr. |
Stat! | Dr. Neil Patricks | Richard Donner | 1973 | Made for television |
The Law | Reynaldo Williams | John Badham | 1974 | Made for Television |
The Man in the Glass Booth | Jack | Arthur Hiller | 1975 | |
Sky Riders | Martin | Douglas Hickox | 1976 | |
Friendly Fire | David Greene | 1979 | Made for television | |
Lethal Weapon | Plainclothes cop | Richard Donner | 1987 | |
Scrooged | Technicians | Richard Donner | 1988 | as Henry V. Brown |
Do You Know the Muffin Man? | Sgt. Ernie Ronay | Gilbert Cates | 1989 | |
Stepfather II | Dr. Joseph Danvers | Jeff Burr | 1989 | |
Satan's Princess | Felson | Bert I. Gordon | 1989 | |
Uncaged | Slash | Lisa Hunt | 1991 | |
The Art of Dying | Captain | Wings Hauser | 1991 | |
Lethal Weapon 3 | Squad Member #2 | Richard Donner | 1992 | |
Hero | Hospital Guard | Stephen Frears | 1992 | |
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story | Officer Daniels | Alan Metzger | 1993 | |
Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash | Dickson | Harry Longstreet | 1993 | Made for Television |
Slaughter of the Innocents | Stanley Moorehead | James Glickenhaus | 1993 | |
Ring of Steel | Detective Smith | David Frost | 1994 | |
Mixed Nuts | Police | Nora Ephron | 1994 | |
Judicial Consent | Tony | William Bindley | 1994 | |
Excessive Force II: Force on Force | Captain John Buchanan | Jonathan Winfrey | 1995 | |
Don't Look Back | Doctor | Geoff Murphy | 1996 | Made for television |
Cupid | Detective Thompson | Doug Campbell | 1997 | |
The Price of Kissing | Jackee's Boyfriend | Vince DiPersio | 1997 | |
Butter | Khaleed's Father | Peter Gathings Bunche | 1998 | |
My First Mister | Jack Taylor, Salesman | Christine Lahti | 2001 | |
Their Eyes Were Watching God | Walter Stone | Darnell Martin | 2005 | Made for television |
Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls | Engineer | Mark Atkins | 2008 | |
Not Easily Broken | Mr. Reid | Bill Duke | 2009 | |
Everyday Black Man | Moses | Carmen Madden | 2010 | |
Duende:The Red Shoes | Duende Man | Tina Love | 2016 | |
Title | Episode # | Role | Director | Year | Notes # |
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The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Quality of Fear | Bobby Rawlins | Richard Donner | 1972 | |
The Streets of San Francisco | A Wrongful Death | Saunders | Don Medford | 1973 | |
Tenafly | Joyride to Nowhere | Allan Cooper | Robert Day | 1973 | |
Police Story | Line of Fire | Henninger | Barry Crane | 1973 | |
Kojak | episode: "Marker to a Dead Bookie" | Omar 'Miami' Blake | Alex March | 1974 | As Henry V. Brown |
Chase | episode: "The Game Ball" | Georg Fenady | 1974 | ||
Toma | episode: "The Street" | Jeannot Szwarc | 1974 | ||
Lucas Tanner | episode: "The Noise of a Quiet Weekend" | Phil | Leo Penn | 1975 | |
Kojak | episode: "Money Back Guarantee" | Forbes | Daniel Haller | 1975 | |
The Rookies | episode: "Deliver Me from Innocence" | Ralph Denker | Richard Benedict | 1976 | |
Family | episode: "Point of Departure" | Policeman | John Erman | 1976 | |
Delvecchio | 2 episodes: "Delvecchio (series pilot) & "The Avenger" | Ron Turner | Jerry London | 1976 | |
The Blue Knight | Upward Mobility | Cuban | 1976 | ||
The Quest | episode: "The Seminole Negro Indian Scouts" | Pompey | Irving J. Moore | 1976 | |
M*A*S*H | episode: "End Run" | Sgt. Billy Tyler | Harry Morgan | 1977 | |
Tales of the Unexpected (TV series) | episode: "A Hand For Sonny Blue" | Eugene | Curtis Harrington | ||
Hunter | episode: "Informant" | John Banks | James Whitmore, Jr. | 1989 | |
Snoops | episode: "Twice Dead" | Quinn Burdette | Ivan Dixon | ||
Monsters | episode: "Love Hurts" | Vance | Manny Coto |
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