Graham Brown Biography (1924-) (original) (raw)

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Born October 24, 1924, in New York City.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

October 24, 1924

New York City, New York, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; STAGE APPEARANCES
• Widower's Houses, Downtown Theatre, New York City, 1959.
• Understudy for Archibald Wellington and governor, The Blacks, Negro Ensemble Company, St. Mark's Playhouse, New York City, 1961.
• Hamlet, Tyrone Guthrie Repertory Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, c.
• 1963-65.
• The Three Sisters, Tyrone Guthrie Repertory Theatre, c. 1963-65.
• Henry V, Tyrone Guthrie Repertory Theatre, c. 1963-65.
• Volpone, Tyrone Guthrie Repertory Theatre, c. 1963-65.
• St. Joan, Tyrone Guthrie Repertory Theatre, c. 1963-65.
• Richard III, Tyrone Guthrie Repertory Theatre, c. 1963-65.
• The Way of the World, Tyrone Guthrie Repertory Theatre, c. 1963-65.
• The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Tyrone Guthrie Repertory Theatre, c.
• 1963-65.
• The Miser, Tyrone Guthrie Repertory Theatre, c. 1963-65.
• Babu, Benito Cereno, Center Stage Repertory, Baltimore, MD, c.
• 1966-67.
• The Balcony, Center Stage Repertory, c. 1966-67.
• Noah, Center Stage Repertory, c. 1966-67.
• Titus Andronicus, Center Stage Repertory, c. 1966-67.
• A Penny for a Song, Center Stage Repertory, c. 1966-67.
• (Broadway debut) Dr. Hampton, Weekend, Broadhurst Theatre, 1968.
• Daddy Goodness, Negro Ensemble Company, 1968.
• Sam, The Man in the Glass Booth, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1968.
• Song of the Lusitania Bogey, Negro Ensemble Company, 1968.
• Voice, God Is a (Guess What?), Negro Ensemble Company, St. Mark's Playhouse, 1968.
• Charlemagne, "Malcochon," An Evening of One Acts, Negro Ensemble Company,St. Mark's Playhouse, 1969.
• Man, Neighbors, American National Theatre and Academy Matinee Series, Theatre De Lys, New York City, 1969.
• Portagee Joe, Man Better Man, Negro Ensemble Company, St. Mark's Theatre,1969.
• Chorus member, Antigone, Inner City Repertory Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 1971.
• Dr. Vanderkellan, Behold! Cometh the Vanderkellans, Theatre De Lys, 1971.
• Carl Blanks, Ride a Black Horse, Negro Ensemble Company, St. Mark's Playhouse, 1971.
• Dr. Dudley Stanton, The River Niger, Negro Ensemble Company, St.
• Mark's Playhouse, 1972, then Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1973.
• Wine, Old Grandad, Poppa, and Blood Leader, The Great Macdaddy, Negro Ensemble Company, St. Mark's Playhouse, 1974.
• Helicanus and Pander, Pericles, New York Shakespeare Festival (NYSF), Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1974.
• Doc, Waiting for Mongo, Negro Ensemble Company, St. Mark's Playhouse, 1975.
• Norman, Black Picture Show, NYSF, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City,1975.
• Title role, Gilbeau, New Federal Theatre, New York City, 1976.
• Joseph Barton, Eden, Negro Ensemble Company, St. Mark's Playhouse, 1976.
• Tiresias, "Oedipus," Kings, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1976.
• The Brownsville Raid, Negro Ensemble Company, 1976.
• Wine, Old Grandad, Soldier, Poppa, and Blood Leader, The Great Macdaddy,Negro Ensemble Company, Theatre De Lys, 1977.
• Jared, Nevis Mountain Dew, Negro Ensemble Company, St. Mark's Playhouse,1979.
• A Season to Unravel, Negro Ensemble Company, St. Mark's Playhouse, 1979.
• The Confession Stone, Theatre Off Park, New York City, 1979.
• Pontiflax, Lagrima del Diablo (title means "The Devil's Tear"), Negro Ensemble Company, St. Mark's Playhouse, 1980.
• Nevis Mountain Dew, Los Angeles Actors' Theatre, Los Angeles, 1981.
• Culpepper, Abercrombie Apocalypse, Negro Ensemble Company, Westside ArtsCenter/Cheryl Crawford Theatre, New York City, 1982.
• Fred T. Blachley and Johnny, Sons and Fathers of Sons, Negro Ensemble Company, Theatre Four, New York City, 1983.
• Actor nine, District Line, Negro Ensemble Company, Theatre Four, 1984.
• William Jenkins, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, Negro Ensemble Company, FordTheatre, Washington, DC, 1984, then Theatre Four, 1985.
• Eyes of the American, Negro Ensemble Company, Theatre Four, 1985.
• Bishop of Carlisle, King Richard II, NYSF, Delacorte Theatre, 1987.
• Baptista and Minola, The Taming of the Shrew, Triplex Theatre, New York City, 1988.
• Antigonus, The Winter's Tale, NYSF, Public Theatre, New York City, 1989.
• Father and Sam Griggs, The Talented Tenth, Manhattan Theatre Club, StageI, New York City, 1989.
• Also appeared in The Emperor's Clothes; Time of Storm; Major Barbara; A Land Beyond the River, 1957; Firebugs, 1963; and Behold Cometh the Vanderkellans, 1972.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Sergeant Waters, A Soldier's Play, U.S. cities, 1983-84.
• Credits; FILM APPEARANCES
• Fan, Rude Boy, Tigon, 1980.
• Mr. Wrightson, The Muppets Take Manhattan, Tri-Star, 1984.
• Doc Frischer, Bloodhounds of Broadway, Columbia, 1989.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; MOVIES
• Minister, Cindy, ABC, 1978.
• Jeremiah, A Special Friendship, CBS, 1987.
• Mr. Munson, The Littlest Victims (also known as Innocent Victims), CBS, 1989.