Henry Brown (actor)

Henry Brown is a film, television and stage actor whose career began in the early 1970s and continues to the present. With over sixty credits, he has appeared in over thirty films and thirty television shows. He quite often plays policemen and law enforcement officials. He played the main role in Carmen Madden's 2010 film, Everyday Black Man.

Henry Brown
Other names	Henry Brown, Jr., Henry V. Brown
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1970 to present

Background

In 1969, Brown came to UCSB with the intention of playing baseball. He graduated from there in 1971. One day while grabbing a quick meal, he accidentally spilt a glass of milk on Frank Silvera who happened to be a guest artist at UCSB at the time. Silvera introduced him to Dr. William R. Reardon. Brown was then recruited for the UCSB Touring Players. It was actually another guest artist Paul Winfield that introduced Brown to Stanley Kramer, and while still a student, Brown would land his first acting role in a Kramer film.[1]

His film work includes My First Mister, Lethal Weapon 3. He has also had roles in The Man In The Glass Booth, Three the Hard Way, The Law, and Fireball Forward.[2] On television he has had a recurring role in Baywatch Nights.[3] He has also appeared in Pickett Fences.[4] Brown is also a stage actor[5] and his stage work includes playing the part of Kofi Annan in David Hare's Iraq war drama Stuff Happens which also included Keith Carradine playing Bush and Julian Sands playing Blair.[6] Other stage work includes playing the part Billy Lee in The Ballad of Billy Lee.[7] In addition to film, television and stage work, Brown has ventured into directing, and his directorial debut was music video “Nothing Sacred” by Mr. Way.[8]

Career

1970s to 1980s

His earliest film work in the 1970 film, R. P. M. which was directed by Stanley Kramer. Along with Jose Brad and Frank Alesia, he played one of the students.[9][10] A couple of years later, he played a wounded soldier in Marvin J Chomsky's Fireball Forward.[11] In the Richard Donner directed, 1973, made-for-television film, Stat! he played the part of Dr. Neil Patricks.[12] Also that year he played the part of Abe Humes in the Kojak movie, The Marcus-Nelson Murders. [13][14] In 1976, he appeared in the Douglas Hickox feature, Sky Riders which starred James Coburn, Susannah York and Robert Culp.[15]

1990s to 2000s

In 1992, he appeared in two episodes of Matlock, as Reggie in "The Evening News, Part 1" and "The Evening News, Part 2".[16]

In 2005, Their Eyes Were Watching God starring Halle Berry was released. He played the part of Water Stone.[17][18] He played Mr. Reid in Bill Duke's 2006 romantic comedy-drama Not Easily Broken.[19][20]

He played the main role as Moses in Carmen Madden's award-winning, 2010 released film, Everyday Black Man where he plays local grocery store owner Moses. Moses has been turned down for a loan from a bank and then becomes duped by a seemingly good man into letting his shop being used to sell drugs. Brown's performance was noted as "Down to a T" in a review by The other view.[21][22]

Stage work (partial list)

Stage

Title	Role #	Director	Venue	Date	Notes #
The Space Between the Stars, A new play by Bob Potter		Peter Lackner	Centre Stage Theater	Wednesday through Saturday February 4–7 and 11–14, 2004	[23]
Stuff Happens		Gordon Davidson	The Taper 135 North Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA	May 25 – July 17, 2005	[24]
Ballad of Billy Lee (Encore Presentation)	Billy Lee	Asa Olsson	Plaza Playhouse Theater Carpinteria, CA	Sunday Nov 18, 2012	[25]

Filmography

Film

Title	Role	Director	Year	Notes #
R. P. M.	Student	Stanley Kramer	1970	As Henry Brown Jr.
Fireball Forward	Wounded soldier	Marvin J. Chomsky	1972	As Henry Brown Jr.
The Marcus-Nelson Murders	Abe Humes	Joseph Sargent	1973	Made for television As Henry Brown Jr.
Stat!	Dr. Neil Patricks	Richard Donner	1973	Made for television
The Law	Reynaldo Williams	John Badham	1974	Made for Television
The Man in the Glass Booth	Jack	Arthur Hiller	1975
Sky Riders	Martin	Douglas Hickox	1976
Friendly Fire		David Greene	1979	Made for television
Lethal Weapon	Plainclothes cop	Richard Donner	1987
Scrooged	Technicians	Richard Donner	1988	as Henry V. Brown
Do You Know the Muffin Man?	Sgt. Ernie Ronay	Gilbert Cates	1989
Stepfather II	Dr. Joseph Danvers	Jeff Burr	1989
Satan's Princess	Felson	Bert I. Gordon	1989
Uncaged	Slash	Lisa Hunt	1991
The Art of Dying	Captain	Wings Hauser	1991
Lethal Weapon 3	Squad Member #2	Richard Donner	1992
Hero	Hospital Guard	Stephen Frears	1992
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story	Officer Daniels	Alan Metzger	1993
Sex, Love and Cold Hard Cash	Dickson	Harry Longstreet	1993	Made for Television
Slaughter of the Innocents	Stanley Moorehead	James Glickenhaus	1993
Ring of Steel	Detective Smith	David Frost	1994
Mixed Nuts	Police	Nora Ephron	1994
Judicial Consent	Tony	William Bindley	1994
Excessive Force II: Force on Force	Captain John Buchanan	Jonathan Winfrey	1995
Don't Look Back	Doctor	Geoff Murphy	1996	Made for television
Cupid	Detective Thompson	Doug Campbell	1997
The Price of Kissing	Jackee's Boyfriend	Vince DiPersio	1997
Butter	Khaleed's Father	Peter Gathings Bunche	1998
My First Mister	Jack Taylor, Salesman	Christine Lahti	2001
Their Eyes Were Watching God	Walter Stone	Darnell Martin	2005	Made for television
Allan Quatermain and the Temple of Skulls	Engineer	Mark Atkins	2008
Not Easily Broken	Mr. Reid	Bill Duke	2009
Everyday Black Man	Moses	Carmen Madden	2010
Duende:The Red Shoes	Duende Man	Tina Love	2016

Television shows (partial list)

Title	Episode #	Role	Director	Year	Notes #
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors	Quality of Fear	Bobby Rawlins	Richard Donner	1972
The Streets of San Francisco	A Wrongful Death	Saunders	Don Medford	1973
Tenafly	Joyride to Nowhere	Allan Cooper	Robert Day	1973
Police Story	Line of Fire	Henninger	Barry Crane	1973
Kojak	Marker to a Dead Bookie	Omar 'Miami' Blake	Alex March	1974	As Henry V. Brown
Chase	The Game Ball		Georg Fenady	1974
Toma	The Street		Jeannot Szwarc	1974
Lucas Tanner	The Noise of a Quiet Weekend	Phil	Leo Penn	1975
Kojak	Money Back Guarantee	Forbes	Daniel Haller	1975
The Rookies	Deliver Me from Innocence	Ralph Denker	Richard Benedict	1976
Family	Point of Departure	Policeman	John Erman	1976
Delvecchio	Delvecchio		Jerry London	1976
Delvecchio	The Avenger	Rob Turner	Jerry London	1976
The Blue Knight	Upward Mobility	Cuban		1976
The Quest	The Seminole Negro Indian Scouts	Pompey	Irving J. Moore	1976
M*A*S*H	End Run	Sgt. Billy Tyler	Harry Morgan	1977

References

1. Arts and Entertainment, Thursday, November 12, 1987 – Front Page An Alumnus Is Guest Artist of Peabody Duck By Connie V. Dowell
2. LA Theatre Works – Henry Brown
3. TV.com – Baywatch Nights Season 1 Episode 1, Pursuit
4. Santa Barbara Independent, Friday, January 29, 2010 – Gimme Foreign Fiction, Speaking of Stories Returns to Center Stage Theater By Elizabeth Schwyzer
5. Santa Barbara Independent, Friday, January 29, 2010 – Gimme Foreign Fiction, Speaking of Stories Returns to Center Stage Theater By Elizabeth Schwyzer
6. Playbill, June 5, 2005 – News, Bush Administration Ready Iraq Attack in Stuff Happens as Hare Drama Reaches American Soil By Ernio Hernandez
7. Brown Paper Tickets – Ballad of Billy Lee (Encore Presentation), Plaza Playhouse Theater, Carpinteria, CA
8. Noozhawk, March 8, 2016 – Speaking of Stories to Present ‘Stories From The Twilight Zone’ March 13–14 By Teri Ball
9. KinoPoisk – Создатели / Революция в минуту, R.P.M., 1970
10. Rotten Tomatoes – R.P.M. (1970), CAST
11. Turner Classic Movies – Fireball Forward(1972), Cast
12. Unsold Television Pilots: 1955–1989, By Lee Goldberg – 1148.Stat!
13. Movie Dude – Henry Brown, TV
14. Turner Classic Movies – Marcus-Nelson Murders, The(1973), Cast & Crew
15. The Spinning Image – Sky Riders
16. TV Guide – Henry Brown, Credits
17. Famous FX – Henry Brown
18. Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema, – Pager 428, THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
19. Christian Film Database – Films → Not Easily Broken, ACTOR ~~~~~~~~~~ CHARACTER
20. Moviefone – Not Easily Broken (2009), Full Cast & Crew
21. Noozhawk, March 8, 2016 – Speaking of Stories to Present ‘Stories From The Twilight Zone’ March 13–14 By Teri Ball
22. The Other View, April 21, 2011 – Everyday Black Man DVD Review
23. Center Stage Theater – SOME PAST PERFORMANCES: 2001–2004, THE SPACE BETWEEN THE STARS
24. Playbill, June 5, 2005 – News, Bush Administration Ready Iraq Attack in Stuff Happens as Hare Drama Reaches American Soil By Ernio Hernandez
25. Brown Paper Tickets – Ballad of Billy Lee (Encore Presentation), Plaza Playhouse Theater, Carpinteria, CA

External links

• Imdb: Henry Brown
• Ultimatge70s.com: Henry Brown
• Noozhawk Article: Speaking of Stories to Present ‘Stories From The Twilight Zone’ March 13–14