Robert Brown (born Robin Adair MacKenzie Brown; November 17, 1926 – September 19, 2022) was an American film and television actor who was mostly active in the 1960s and 1970s.

Life and career

Brown was born in

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during the mid-1940s. Brown guest-starred on numerous

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programs. He was cast in the role of Peter Coll in the two-part episode "The Mad Dog Coll Story" of the

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,'' which was transmitted on July 28 and August 4, 1961. He made three guest appearances on ''

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'': as Frank Sykes in the 1960 episode "The Case of the Larcenous Lady", as Goring Gilbert in the 1963 episode "The Case of the Reluctant Model" (both of which were as the murderer) and as Tracey Walcott in the 1964 episode "The Case of the Sleepy Slayer". He also appeared once on ''

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'', playing the role of the come-alive

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statue in "Darrin on a Pedestal" which aired on October 22, 1970. Brown had a starring role as the charismatic, fast-talking Jason Bolt in the 1968–70

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''. He starred as Carter Primus in the 1971–1972 syndicated sea adventure television series '' Primus''. In 1962, he was cast as a minister in an episode of the NBC western television series ''

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'' ("Blessed Are They"). Brown appeared as both of the two beings alternating in the character of Lazarus on the ''

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'' episode "

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" (1967). He was cast at the last minute when

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failed to appear for shooting. His only feature film credits are the

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'' and the horror film ''

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'' (1962). In 1975, Brown appeared as the son of the murder victim in the ''

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'' episode "Playback". Brown was a close friend of

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and appeared in an episode of O'Connor's series ''

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'' in 1979 and an episode of '' In the Heat of the Night'' titled "Poor Relations," which aired in 1994. Brown did voiceover work for radio and television. He was also a writer working on short stories and a novel.

Death

Brown died in

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, on September 19, 2022, at the age of 95.

References

External links

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Robert Brown Profile at FocusOnTheMasters.Com
1926 births 2022 deaths American male television actors American male film actors Actors from Trenton, New Jersey Male actors from New Jersey United States Navy personnel of World War II American male radio actors 20th-century American male actors 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American novelists Novelists from New Jersey 20th-century American short story writers {{US-screen-actor-1920s-stub