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mahatmakanejeeves

(60,587 posts)
Tue May 2, 2023, 10:37 AM May 2023

On this day, May 2, 1922, Roscoe Lee Browne was born.

Roscoe Lee Browne



Browne in 1979

Born: May 2, 1922; Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S.
Died: April 11, 2007 (aged 84); Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American actor and director. 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 in addition to his work in television and film. He is perhaps best known for his role as Saunders in Soap (1979–1981).

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Death

Browne died of stomach cancer at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in the morning of April 11, 2007, aged 84. He never married and had no children.

He was remembered for his contributions in a New York Times encomium by Frank Crohn of the Edna St. Vincent Millay Society:

We mourn the loss of our long-time Trustee and faithful friend. He was always to be counted upon to be supportive of the aims and purposes of the Society. He filled our lives with the soft sound of poetry as only he could recite it. Now the stage is empty and the lights are low.

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On this day, May 2, 1922, Roscoe Lee Browne was born. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 OP
A great time traveler Tetrachloride May 2023 #1
Oh, yes, yes, yes. Thank you for bringing that up. I ought to find a clip from that. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 #3
My first knowledge of him was when he recorded the narration of an audio-only version of the Aristus May 2023 #2
going to toss a banana peel and see what happens Tetrachloride May 2023 #4
All In The Family, The Elevator Story, Season 2 Episode 14 Auggie May 2023 #5
He was only a year old? lastlib May 2023 #6
Whoops. I was just a century off. Thanks. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 #7
no worries, mate! (I'm a century off, too!) lastlib May 2023 #8

Aristus

(68,189 posts)
2. My first knowledge of him was when he recorded the narration of an audio-only version of the
Tue May 2, 2023, 10:43 AM
May 2023

"Star Wars" story in the late 1970's. I'll never know why they chose him for the narration. AFAIK, he had no other connection to the Star Wars franchise.

The LP of the Star Wars story was a prize for any young Star Wars fan. You could listen to the story any time you liked at home. No video, but if one saw the movie, one could insert the images in your mind while the audio played. The things we had to do to get our Star Wars fix before streaming and the internet.

Auggie

(31,770 posts)
5. All In The Family, The Elevator Story, Season 2 Episode 14
Tue May 2, 2023, 11:08 AM
May 2023

Hugh Victor Thompson III: I am Hugh Victor Thompson III. What is your name?

Archie Bunker: I ain't telling you my name.

Hugh Victor Thompson III: Why? Is it a funny name?

Archie Bunker: No. It's a name right out of American history. Bunker, as in the Battle Of.

Hugh Victor Thompson III: Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Bunker Hill.

lastlib

(24,740 posts)
6. He was only a year old?
Tue May 2, 2023, 11:30 AM
May 2023

A really good actor--perfect in "The Cowboys," and did a marvelous job in his appearance in All In The Family.

lastlib

(24,740 posts)
8. no worries, mate! (I'm a century off, too!)
Tue May 2, 2023, 12:46 PM
May 2023




(I did something like it myself on facebook this morning--typing before coffee.......gets me every time!)
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