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Roscoe Lee Browne Net Worth

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Frances Sargent Osgood net worth is
$300,000

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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. 

Full NameFrances Sargent Osgood
Net Worth$300,000
Date Of BirthJune 18, 1811
DiedMay 12, 1850, New York City, New York, United States
Place Of BirthBoston, Massachusetts, United States
OccupationActor, stage director
ProfessionPoet
EducationLincoln University (Pennsylvania)
NationalityAmerican
NicknamesRoscoe Lee Browne, Browne, Roscoe Lee
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Star SignTaurus
#Quote
1[on The Cowboys (1972)] Some critics complained that I spoke too well to be believable. When a critic makes that remark, I think if I had said 'Yassuh, boss' to John Wayne then the critic would have taken a shine to me.
2I remember when I chose acting I thought, 'This is it -- for the time being.' I didn't think I was finished yet. I still don't. I keep thinking about what I should be doing.
#Fact
1He was awarded the 1970 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Performance for "The Dream on Monkey Mountain" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
2He was awarded the 1992 Drama-Logue Award for Performance for "Two Trains Running" in the 25th Anniversary Season presented by Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson at the James A. Doolittle Theatre (University of California) in Los Angeles, California.
3Did not start acting until 1956.
4His year of birth was often given as 1925, although Browne himself said it was 1922.
5Played Frederick Douglass in both the TV movie "Swing Out, Sweet Land" and on an episode of the series "Meeting of Minds".
6Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch).
7Began his acting career on the New York stage.
8Ever the wry quipster, he was once told by a director that his speech sounded "white", to which he responded, "We had a white maid".
9Has appeared with Steven Hill in two different, completely unrelated productions in which Hill played the New York County District Attorney: Legal Eagles (1986) and the Law & Order (1990) episode "Consultation".
10Was nominated for Broadway's 1992 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for August Wilson's "Two Trains Running."
11Before turning to acting, Browne taught literature and French at Lincoln University.

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Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Telemarketers: 36 Hrs2009VideoNarrator
Side Order of Life2007TV SeriesClarence
Epic Movie2007Narrator (voice)
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties2006Narrator (voice)
Sweet Deadly Dreams2006Devlin
Will & Grace2004TV SeriesLinus
Static Shock2003-2004TV SeriesDr. Anoyke / Dr. Anokye
Tales of a Fly on the Wall2004TV MovieNarrator (voice)
Law & Order1992-2003TV SeriesAaron Miller / Sir Idris Balewa
Very Merry Christmas Sing Along Songs2003VideoNarrator (voice, as Roscoe Lee Brown)
The Proud Family2003TV SeriesClarence
Behind the Broken Words2003
Treasure Planet2002Mr. Arrow (voice)
The Shield2002TV SeriesBryce Wyms
Morgan's Ferry2001Peabo
Hamlet2000/IITV MoviePolonius
Hope Island1999TV SeriesJudge Patrick Bradley
ER1999TV SeriesRev. Matthew Lynn
The Wild Thornberrys1999TV SeriesKomodo Dragon / Goulam
Hard Time: The Premonition1999TV MovieSebastian
Babe: Pig in the City1998The Narrator (voice)
Judas Kiss1998Chief Bleeker
Spider-Man1995-1998TV SeriesKingpin Wilson Fisk
The Notorious 71997TV MovieLeadbelly
EZ Streets1997TV Series
Cosby1996TV SeriesGeorge Lucas, Hilton's Brother
Forest Warrior1996Clovis Madison
Dear God1996Idris Abraham
CBS Schoolbreak Special1996TV SeriesMr. Wortham
New York Undercover1996TV SeriesDr. Johnson
The Beast1995Short
Phantom 20401995TV SeriesOld Guran
The Pompatus of Love1995Leonard Folder
Freakazoid!1995TV SeriesGreat Mystic Gnome
Last Summer in the Hamptons1995Freddy
Babe1995Narrator (voice)
Sweet Justice1995TV SeriesJudge Powell
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child1995TV SeriesFriar Ferdinand
The John Larroquette Show1994TV SeriesMr. Davis
Batman: The Animated Series1994TV SeriesDr. Wataki
SeaQuest 20321993-1994TV SeriesDr. Raleigh Young
Naked in New York1993Mr. Ried
You Must Remember This1992TV MovieBuck
Noel1992TV Movie voice
A Different World1988-1992TV SeriesDr. Barnabus Foster
Eddie Presley1992Doc
The Mambo Kings1992Fernando Perez
Baby Talk1991TV SeriesRoscoe
The Pirates of Dark Water1991TV SeriesAdditional Voices
Swamp Thing1990TV SeriesDuchamp
Night Angel1990Narrator
Father Dowling Mysteries1990TV SeriesDennis Cray
Columbo1990TV SeriesDr. Steadman
Moon 441990Chairman Hall, Galactic Mining Corp. (uncredited)
Lady in the Corner1989TV MovieOmar DeLacy
Stuck with Each Other1989TV MovieCalhearn
Ring Raiders1989TV SeriesMax Miles
The Real Ghostbusters1988-1989TV SeriesEdward 'Big Ed' Zeddemore
Open Window1989TV ShortNeighbor
Oliver & Company1988Francis (voice)
Falcon Crest1988TV SeriesRosemont
Highway to Heaven1988TV SeriesDr. Hudsbeth
Moments Without Proper Names1987
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light1987TV SeriesReekon Merklynn
Foofur1987TV Series
The Cosby Show1986-1987TV SeriesDr. Barnabus Foster
2271987TV SeriesAlbert Henry
The Nativity1987Video short voice
John Grin's Christmas1986TV MovieGhost of Christmas Past
Head of the Class1986TV SeriesMr. Thomas
Jumpin' Jack Flash1986Archer Lincoln
Legal Eagles1986Judge Dawkins
Blacke's Magic1986TV Series
Space1985TV Mini-SeriesFarquar
American Playhouse1983TV SeriesGloster Current
Magnum, P.I.1983TV SeriesCarlton
CBS Children's Mystery Theatre1981TV SeriesDiogenes 'D.C.' Chase
Soap1980-1981TV SeriesSaunders
Nothing Personal1980Paxton
Benson1980TV SeriesHoward Walker
Miss Winslow and Son1979TV SeriesHarold Neistadter
Once Upon a Classic1978TV SeriesMerlin
Meeting of Minds1978TV SeriesFrederick Douglass
Maude1977-1978TV SeriesMr. Butterfield
Dr. Scorpion1978TV MovieDr. Cresus
King1978TV Mini-SeriesPhilip Harrison
Starsky and Hutch1977TV SeriesQuatraine
Twilight's Last Gleaming1977James Forrest
Logan's Run1976Box
McCoy1975-1976TV SeriesGideon Gibbs
Barney Miller1975TV SeriesCharlie Evans Jeffers
The Big Rip-Off1975TV MovieSilky Gideon Gibbs
Planet of the Apes1974TV SeriesHurton
Uptown Saturday Night1974Congressman Lincoln
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love1974TV MovieMr. Secretary (as Roscoe Lee Brown)
Good Times1974TV SeriesReverend Sam
Super Fly T.N.T.1973Dr. Lamine Sonko
The World's Greatest Athlete1973Gazenga
All in the Family1972-1973TV SeriesJean Duval / Hugh Victor Thompson III
The Streets of San Francisco1973TV SeriesYale Courtland Dancy
Sanford and Son1972TV SeriesOsgood Wilcox
Bonanza1972TV SeriesJoshua
Cisco Pike1972Music Store Owner
The Cowboys1972Jebediah Nightlinger
Swing Out, Sweet Land1970TV MovieFrederick Douglass
The Name of the Game1969-1970TV SeriesDean Marshall / Wamumba
The Liberation of L.B. Jones1970L.B. Jones
Topaz1969Philippe Dubois
The Outcasts1969TV SeriesGideon
Me and My Brother1969Photographer
Uptight1968Clarence
The Invaders1968TV SeriesArnold Andrew Warren
Mannix1968TV SeriesDr. Andrew Josephus
Insight1968TV SeriesStranger
The Comedians1967Petit Pierre
NET Playhouse1967TV Series
Bertolt Brecht: Übungstücke für Schauspieler1964Short
Black Like Me1964Christopher
Terror in the City1964Preacher
Camera Three1963TV SeriesNarrator
Espionage1963TV SeriesMbana
East Side/West Side1963TV Series
The Defenders1962TV SeriesMr. Patterson
The Connection1961J. J. Burden (as Roscoe Brown)

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Oliver & Company1988performer: "Why Should I Worry? reprise"

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Side Order of Life2007TV Series in loving memory - 1 episode
Once in the Life2000thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots2010TV Movie documentary voice
The Cowboys: Together Again2007Video documentary shortHimself
Smiley Face2007Himself (voice)
Independent Lens2006TV Series documentaryNarrator
Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde2004TV Movie documentaryHimself
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives2003DocumentaryReader
2002 Trumpet Awards2002TV SpecialHimself
The Papp Project2001DocumentaryHimself
The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story2000TV Movie documentary
Biography2000TV Series documentaryHimself
Galapagos: Beyond Darwin1996TV Movie documentaryNarrator
Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X1994DocumentaryNarrator (voice)
Haiti: Harvest of Hope1994DocumentaryHimself (voice)
The 46th Annual Tony Awards1992TV SpecialHimself - Nominee: Best Featured Actor in a Play
Working in the Theatre1992TV Series documentaryHimself
19th Annual NAACP Image Awards1987TV SpecialHimself - Presenter
The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1986TV SpecialHimself - Winner: Outstanding Guest Performer in Comedy Series
Is Everybody Happy But Me?1981TV Movie documentaryHimself (segments)
The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards1979TV SpecialHimself
Unknown Powers1978DocumentaryHost
The 1st Annual Black Achievement Awards1978TV SpecialHimself
Flip1972-1973TV SeriesHimself
The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men in 'The Cowboys'1972Documentary shortHimself
The Ra Expeditions1971DocumentaryNarrator
Chronicles: Family Diaries I1970DocumentaryHimself
The Comedians in Africa1967Documentary shortHimself (uncredited)
History of the Negro People1965TV Mini-Series documentary
That Was the Week That Was1964TV SeriesHimself

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Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1988Image AwardImage AwardsOutstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy SeriesThe Cosby Show (1984)
1986Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Guest Performer in a Comedy SeriesThe Cosby Show (1984)
1972Bronze WranglerWestern Heritage AwardsTheatrical Motion PictureThe Cowboys (1972)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1995Daytime EmmyDaytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Performer in an Animated ProgramSpider-Man (1994)
1989Soap Opera Digest AwardSoap Opera Digest AwardsOutstanding Villain: Prime TimeFalcon Crest (1981)
1976Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in Comedy or Drama SeriesBarney Miller (1974)

Known for movies

Mr. Arrow

Treasure Planet (2002)
as Mr. Arrow

Narrator

Babe (1995)
as Narrator

Box

Logan's Run (1976)
as Box

Jebediah Nightlinger

The Cowboys (1972)
as Jebediah Nightlinger

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