Roscoe Lee Browne

Biography

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Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1925 – April 11, 2007) was an American actor and director, known for his rich voice and dignified bearing.

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Known For

Will & Grace

Linus

Falcon Crest

Rosemont

Law & Order

Idris Balewa

Law & Order

Aaron Miller

All in the Family

Hugh Victor Thompson III

Magnum, P.I.

Carlton

Starsky & Hutch

A Different World

Dr. Barnabus Foster

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2007	Smiley Face	Himself (voice)
2007	Epic Movie	Narrator (voice)
2006	Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties	Narrator
2005	Spider-Man: The Venom Saga	Kingpin
2004	July '64	Self - Narrator (voice)
2003	Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003	Daredevil vs. Spider-Man	Kingpin/Wilson Fisk (voice)
2002	Treasure Planet	Mr. Arrow (voice)
2001	Morgan's Ferry	Peabo
2000	Hamlet	Polonius
2000	The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story
1999	Hard Time: The Premonition	Sebastian
1998	Babe: Pig in the City	The Narrator (voice)
1998	Judas Kiss	Chief Bleeker
1996	Forest Warrior	Clovis Madison
1996	Dear God	Idris Abraham
1996	Galapagos: Beyond Darwin	Narrator
1995	Babe	Narrator (voice)
1995	Last Summer in the Hamptons	Freddy
1995	Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X	Narrator (voice)
1993	Naked in New York	Mr. Ried
1993	Eddie Presley	Doc
1992	Noël	(voice)
1992	You Must Remember This	Buck
1990	Moon 44	Chairman Hall, Galactic Mining Corp. (uncredited)
1990	Night Angel	Narrator
1989	Stuck with Each Other	Calhearn
1989	Lady in a Corner	Omar DeLacy
1988	Oliver & Company	Francis (voice)
1988	Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs	Narrator (voice)
1987	The Nativity	Wise Man (voice)
1987	Moments Without Proper Names	Self
1986	Jumpin' Jack Flash	Archer Lincoln
1986	Legal Eagles	Judge Dawkins
1986	Christmas	Ghost of Christmas Past
1984	Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood	Voice
1983	For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers	Gloster Current
1981	The Haunting of Harrington House	Diogenes 'D.C.' Chase
1980	Nothing Personal	Paxton
1980	Farewell to the Planet of the Apes	Hurton
1978	Unknown Powers	Host
1978	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court	Merlin
1978	Dr. Scorpion	Dr. Cresus
1977	Twilight's Last Gleaming	James Forrest
1976	The Miracle Healers	Himself
1976	Logan's Run	Box
1974	Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love	Mr. Secretary
1974	Uptown Saturday Night	Congressman Lincoln
1973	The World's Greatest Athlete	Gazenga
1973	Super Fly T.N.T.	Dr. Lamine Sonko
1972	The Cowboys	Jebediah Nightlinger
1972	The Ra Expeditions	Narrator
1972	The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men in 'The Cowboys'
1971	Cisco Pike	Music Shop Proprietor
1970	The Liberation of L.B. Jones	Lord Byron "L.B." Jones
1970	Swing Out, Sweet Land	Frederick Douglas
1969	Topaz	Philippe Dubois
1968	Uptight	Clarence
1967	The Comedians	Petit Pierre
1964	Black Like Me	Christopher
1964	Pie in the Sky	Preacher
1961	The Connection	J. J. Burden (as Roscoe Brown)

Year	TV Show	Role
2002	The Shield	Bryce Wyms
2000	Static Shock	Dr. Anokye (voice)
1998	The Wild Thornberrys	Komodo Dragon (voice)
1998	Will & Grace	Linus
1998	The Wild Thornberrys	Goulam (voice)
1996	EZ Streets
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Friar Ferdinand (voice)
1994	New York Undercover
1994	Spider-Man	Kingpin (voice)
1994	ER	Matthew Lynn
1993	seaQuest DSV	Dr. Raleigh Young
1993	The John Larroquette Show	Mr. Davis
1992	Batman: The Animated Series	Dr. Wataki (voice)
1991	Baby Talk
1990	Law & Order	Idris Balewa
1990	Law & Order	Aaron Miller
1989	Ring Raiders
1987	A Different World	Dr. Barnabus Foster
1987	Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
1986	Blacke's Magic
1985	227
1985	Space	Farquar
1984	The Cosby Show	Dr. Barnabus Foster
1984	Highway to Heaven
1981	Falcon Crest	Rosemont
1980	Magnum, P.I.	Carlton
1979	Benson
1979	Miss Winslow and Son
1978	King	Philip Harrison
1977	Meeting of Minds
1977	Soap	Saunders
1975	Starsky & Hutch
1975	McCoy	Gideon Gibbs
1975	Barney Miller	Charlie Evans Jeffers
1974	Planet of the Apes
1974	Good Times
1972	Maude
1972	The Streets of San Francisco
1972	Sanford and Son
1971	Columbo	Dr. Steadman
1971	All in the Family	Hugh Victor Thompson III
1968	The Outcasts
1968	The Name of the Game	Wamumba
1967	Mannix
1967	The Invaders	Arnold Andrew Warren
1959	Bonanza	Joshua