Philip Brown (born March 26, 1958) is an American actor best known for his

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performances. Brown is a native of

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. His father, Philip Brown Sr., was a television technician after having been an actor, and his uncle was actor Peter Brown. He graduated from

North Hollywood High School North Hollywood High School (NHHS) is a public high school in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is located in the San Fernando Valley and enrolls approximately 2,500 students. Several neighborhoods, in ...

. He first played Billy Martin, the son of Doris Day on ''

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'', from 1968-1971. Brown portrayed Randy Harford in '' When the Whistle Blows'' (1980). He also appeared in the 1980s ''

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'' spin-off series ''

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'' as Neil Kittredge, in '' Knots Landing'' as Brian Johnston in 1991, and in 1993 as Buck Huston in '' Loving''. He also played Steve Kendall, a sportscaster, on ''

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'' in the 1980s. Brown also made films in South Africa in the 1980s. He currently works in commercials.

Partial filmography

*''The Playground'' (1965) - Fishback *'' Pretty Maids All in a Row'' (1971) - Jim Green *''Rivals'' (1981) - Clyde 'Clutch' Turner *''Dune Surfer'' (1988) - Ben Maartens *''Back to Freedom'' (1988) - Dr. Paul Fleming *''Wild Zone'' (1989) - Wayne Garrison *''

The Nostradamus Kid ''The Nostradamus Kid'' is a 1992 Australian feature film written and directed by Bob Ellis. The film is about the religious and sexual coming of age of a 1950s and 1960s Seventh-day Adventist boy. Ken Elkin (Noah Taylor) is a "randy young m ...

'' (1993) - Fuzzy Wuzzy *''An American Reunion'' (2003) - Rob Stefanic

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* American male soap opera actors American male television actors American male child actors Living people 1958 births North Hollywood High School alumni {{US-screen-actor-stub