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On this day, May 2, 1922, Roscoe Lee Browne was born.
Roscoe Lee Browne
Browne in 1979
Born: May 2, 1922; Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S.
Died: April 11, 2007 (aged 84); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American actor and director. He resisted playing stereotypically black roles, instead performing in several productions with New York City's Shakespeare Festival Theater, Leland Hayward's satirical NBC series That Was the Week That Was, and a poetry performance tour of the United States in addition to his work in television and film. He is perhaps best known for his role as Saunders in Soap (1979–1981).
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Death
Browne died of stomach cancer at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in the morning of April 11, 2007, aged 84. He never married and had no children.
He was remembered for his contributions in a New York Times encomium by Frank Crohn of the Edna St. Vincent Millay Society:
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Browne in 1979
Born: May 2, 1922; Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S.
Died: April 11, 2007 (aged 84); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American actor and director. He resisted playing stereotypically black roles, instead performing in several productions with New York City's Shakespeare Festival Theater, Leland Hayward's satirical NBC series That Was the Week That Was, and a poetry performance tour of the United States in addition to his work in television and film. He is perhaps best known for his role as Saunders in Soap (1979–1981).
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Death
Browne died of stomach cancer at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in the morning of April 11, 2007, aged 84. He never married and had no children.
He was remembered for his contributions in a New York Times encomium by Frank Crohn of the Edna St. Vincent Millay Society:
We mourn the loss of our long-time Trustee and faithful friend. He was always to be counted upon to be supportive of the aims and purposes of the Society. He filled our lives with the soft sound of poetry as only he could recite it. Now the stage is empty and the lights are low.
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Tetrachloride said in 2023:
He was notable in “The Cowboys.”
The Cowboys - Revenge
PJ Maybe
1.27K subscribers
104,705 views Jul 29, 2022
Rancher Wil Andersen is forced to hire inexperienced boys as cowhands in order to get his herd to market on time but the rough drive is full of dangers and a gang of cattle rustlers is trailing them.
John Wayne - Wil Andersen,
Roscoe Lee Browne - Jebediah Nightlinger,
Bruce Dern - Long Hair,
Colleen Dewhurst - Kate,
Alfred Barker Jr. - Fats – Cowboy,
Nicolas Beauvy - Dan – Cowboy,
Steve Benedict - Steve – Cowboy,
Robert Carradine - Slim Honeycutt – Cowboy,
Norman Howell - Weedy – Cowboy,
Stephen R. Hudis - Charlie Schwartz – Cowboy,
Sean Kelly - Stuttering Bob – Cowboy,
A Martinez - Cimarron – Cowboy,
Clay O'Brien - Hardy Fimps – Cowboy,
Sam O'Brien - Jimmy Phillips – Cowboy,
Mike Pyeatt - Homer Weems - Cowboy
PJ Maybe
1.27K subscribers
104,705 views Jul 29, 2022
Rancher Wil Andersen is forced to hire inexperienced boys as cowhands in order to get his herd to market on time but the rough drive is full of dangers and a gang of cattle rustlers is trailing them.
John Wayne - Wil Andersen,
Roscoe Lee Browne - Jebediah Nightlinger,
Bruce Dern - Long Hair,
Colleen Dewhurst - Kate,
Alfred Barker Jr. - Fats – Cowboy,
Nicolas Beauvy - Dan – Cowboy,
Steve Benedict - Steve – Cowboy,
Robert Carradine - Slim Honeycutt – Cowboy,
Norman Howell - Weedy – Cowboy,
Stephen R. Hudis - Charlie Schwartz – Cowboy,
Sean Kelly - Stuttering Bob – Cowboy,
A Martinez - Cimarron – Cowboy,
Clay O'Brien - Hardy Fimps – Cowboy,
Sam O'Brien - Jimmy Phillips – Cowboy,
Mike Pyeatt - Homer Weems - Cowboy
There are lots of clips, but almost all were posted by fans. This one is official and thus not subject to being removed:
The Cowboys - Original Theatrical Trailer
Warner Bros.
291K subscribers
293,148 views Jul 8, 2014
One of screen icon John Wayne's finest twilight films, The Cowboys was a box-office hit in 1972 and controversial in the movie career of Wayne (but you'll have to see it to understand why!).John Wayne stars as a rancher who will lose his livestock unless he can transform a ragtag bunch of schoolboys into cowboys. When all his ranch hands go off in search of gold, the veteran rancher is forced to hire eleven teenage boys as trail hands, and in the process of driving 1200 cattle across 400 rough miles, the young cowboys become cowmenDirected by Mark Rydell, the excellent cast also includes Bruce Dern, Roscoe Lee Browne, Colleen Dewhurst, and teenagers Robert Carradine and A Martinez.
Warner Bros.
291K subscribers
293,148 views Jul 8, 2014
One of screen icon John Wayne's finest twilight films, The Cowboys was a box-office hit in 1972 and controversial in the movie career of Wayne (but you'll have to see it to understand why!).John Wayne stars as a rancher who will lose his livestock unless he can transform a ragtag bunch of schoolboys into cowboys. When all his ranch hands go off in search of gold, the veteran rancher is forced to hire eleven teenage boys as trail hands, and in the process of driving 1200 cattle across 400 rough miles, the young cowboys become cowmenDirected by Mark Rydell, the excellent cast also includes Bruce Dern, Roscoe Lee Browne, Colleen Dewhurst, and teenagers Robert Carradine and A Martinez.
Tue May 2, 2023: On this day, May 2, 1922, Roscoe Lee Browne was born.