Russell Brown (May 30, 1892 in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since ...

– October 19, 1964 in

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) was an American

Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ...

-winning actor of stage and film. Brown, a stage actor for decades, is best remembered by audiences as Captain Brackett in '' South Pacific'', which he repeated in the movie version, and for his performances as "Benny Van Buren" in the stage/film version of ''

Damn Yankees ''Damn Yankees'' is a 1955 musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., durin ...

'' in 1958, and the following year as park caretaker George Lemon in the classic courtroom drama, '' Anatomy of a Murder'' (1959). For his stage performance in "Damn Yankees!", he earned Broadway's Tony Award in 1956, as did actor

Ray Walston Herman Raymond Walston (November 2, 1914 – January 1, 2001) was an American actor and comedian, well known as the title character on ''My Favorite Martian''. His other major film, television, and stage roles included Luther Billis ('' South Pac ...

, actress

Gwen Verdon Gwyneth Evelyn "Gwen" Verdon (January 13, 1925October 18, 2000) was an American actress and dancer. She won four Tony Awards for her musical comedy performances, and served as an uncredited choreographer's assistant and specialty dance coach for t ...

and her choreographer husband

Bob Fosse Robert Louis Fosse (; June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987) was an American actor, choreographer, dancer, and film and stage director. He directed and choreographed musical works on stage and screen, including the stage musicals ''The Pajam ...

, among others, all for the same Tony Award-winning musical.

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* * * 1892 births 1964 deaths 20th-century American male actors American male film actors American male stage actors American male television actors Tony Award winners Burials at Kensico Cemetery {{theat-bio-stub