Roger Browne is an American actor known best for his work in the peplum and

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s popular in Europe in the 1960s and 1970s.

Career

Roger Browne enrolled in pilot training while serving in the

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, flying the AT-6 trainer aircraft. Browne completed 64 hours of training, including 20 hours of solo flight but was unable to finish due to

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and related symptoms of Manifestations of Apprehension (MOA)."Elders React to Seeing Their Black and White Photos in Color for the First Time".

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. Retrieved March 3, 2020. In a telephone interview with ''Monster Kid Radio'', Browne said whilst he was studying acting and getting bit roles he supported himself as a

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. One of his clients was going to Rome and asked Roger if he would come with him to carry on his work. As the

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were under way, Roger eagerly accepted the offer. He remained in Europe where he was discovered and offered a role in the

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film '' It Happened in Athens''. Upon his return to Rome Browne was asked to appear as

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in ''

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'' and repeated his role in the film '' Mars, God of War''. With the decline of the

sword and sandal Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum (pepla plural), is a subgenre of largely Italian-made historical, mythological, or Biblical epics mostly set in the Greco-Roman antiquity or the Middle Ages. These films attempted to emulate the big-budge ...

genre Browne moved into the

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genre. Roger lived in

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from 1960 to 1980 and made films throughout

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. He had roles in more than 30 films and television shows and dubbed more than 800 films and productions. He served as the president of the English Language Dubbers Association (ELDA) where he claims to have dubbed his voice in 800 films. Roger has worked with

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, Charlie Fawcett, and

. He is best known for his role in ''

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'' (also known as ''The Incredible Paris Incident'' and ''Come rubare la corona d'Inghilterra''), 1967. He also appears as himself in the

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'' Elders React'' series.

Partial filmography

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'' (1960) - Pvt. Connors (uncredited) *''Heroes Die Young'' (1960) - Mule *''

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'' (1961) - Gladiator (uncredited) *''

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'' (1962) - Minor Role *''

'' (1962) - Mars - God of War *'' Mars, God of War'' (1962) - Mars *''

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'' (a.k.a. ''I dieci gladiatori'') (1963) - Glaucus Valerius *''

Seven Slaves Against the World ''Seven Slaves Against the World'' (Italian: ''Gli schiavi più forti del mondo''; also known as ''Seven Slaves Against Rome'') is a 1964 Italian sword-and-sandal adventure film, directed by Michele Lupo, produced by Elio Scardamaglia, written ...

'' (a.k.a. ''Gli schiavi più forti del mondo'') (1964) - Marcus *'' The Revenge of Spartacus'' (a.k.a. ''La vendetta di Spartacus'') (1964) - Valerio *'' Three Swords for Rome'' (1964) - Fabio *''

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'' (1964) *''

Seven Rebel Gladiators ''Sette contro tutti'' or ''Seven Rebel Gladiators'' is a 1965 Italian film directed by Michele Lupo. Plot Cast *Roger Browne as Marcus Aulus (as Roger Brown) *José Greci as Assuer (as Liz Havilland) *Alfio Caltabiano as Vadius (as Al Northo ...

'' (a.k.a. ''Sette contro tutti'') (1965) - Marcus Aulus *'' Super Seven Calling Cairo'' (a.k.a. ''Superseven chiama Cairo'') (1965) - Martin Stevens / Superseven *''

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'' (a.k.a. ''Operazione poker'') (1965) - Glenn Foster *'' Password: Kill Agent Gordon'' (1966) - Douglas Gordon *''

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'' (1966) - Martin Stevens *'' Rififi in Amsterdam'' (1966) - Rex Monroe *'' Un milione di dollari per sette assassini'' (a.k.a. ''Last Man to Kill'') (1966) - Michael King *''

'' (aka ''The Incredible Paris Incident'') (1967) - Sir Reginald Hoover / Argoman *''

Assault on the State Treasure ''Assault on the State Treasure'' (Italian: ''Assalto al tesoro di stato'') is a 1967 Italian action film directed by Piero Pierotti and starring Roger Browne, Anita Sanders and Franco Ressel.Cowie & Elley p.299 Plot Four criminals plan to rob ...

'' (a.k.a. ''Assalto al tesoro di stato'') (1967) - Johnny Quick *''È stato bello amarti'' (1968) *'' Samoa, Queen of the Jungle'' (a.k.a. ''Samoa, regina della giungla'') (1968) - Clint Loman *''One Day, My Daddy'' (a.k.a. ''It Was Nice Loving You'') (1968) *''

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'' (1970) - Soldier on Bridge (uncredited) *''Jungle Master'' (1972) - Lord Carter *'' The Black Hand'' (a.k.a. ''La Mano Nera (Prima della mafia, più della mafia)'') (1973) - State Attorney *''

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'' (1973) - Inspector Weil *'' Mahogany'' (1975) - Ad Agency Executive *'' The Big Operator'' (1976) - James (uncredited) *''

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'' (1977) - The Senator *''War of the Robots'' (1978) - Cmdr. King (uncredited) *'' Backwards ... March!'' (a.k.a. ''Riavanti ... Marsch!'') (1979) - General Thompson *''Do It with the Pamango'' (1980) - Harry Brakson *''The Lone Road'' (2016) - Dad *''Killer Looks'' (2018) - Creepy Old Man

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Browne, Roger Living people American male film actors Year of birth missing (living people)