Tony and Emmy award winning theatre, film and television actor Roscoe Lee Browne was born on May 2, 1922 in Woodbury, New Jersey. General Seeger (Feb 28, 1962 - Mar 01, 1962) Also Starring: Roscoe Lee Browne [A Corporal] PlayOriginal. … Performer: Roscoe Lee Browne [Deacon Sittre Morris] PlayDramaOriginal. LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actor Roscoe Lee Browne, whose rich voice and dignified bearing brought him an Emmy Award and a Tony nomination, has died. He was known for his deep voice. On April 11, 2007, he passed away from cancer at the age of 84. Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American television, stage, voice, and movie actor, narrator, and director. The Roscoe Lee Browne Scholarship Fund was established as a legacy to actor, poet, educator and athlete Roscoe Lee Browne and in particular to his great love of the written and spoken word. Roscoe Lee Browne was an American actor and director, who is known for his rich voice and dignified bearing. He was well known for his role as Dr. Barnabus Foster on the sitcom The Cosby Show. He first attended historically black Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, where he became a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1946. He also voiced the narrator in the 1995 film, Babe and the Kingpin in the 1990's Spider-Man: The Animated Series from 1994-1998. He was the fourth son of a Baptist minister, Sylvanus S. Browne, and his wife Lovie Browne. After … Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1925 - April 11, 2007) was a veteran actor/voice artist and director who is known for his rich voice and dignified bearing. Whenever the name of the stage, screen and television actor Roscoe Lee Browne, who has died aged 81, comes up, it is his voice that is mentioned first. He was 81. Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American actor and director, known for his rich voice and dignified bearing. Was born May 2 - Woodbury, New Jersey, USA. He voiced Francis n the 1988 Disney animated film, Oliver & Company, and Mr. Arrow in th 2002 Disney animated film, Treasure Planet. View 16 images and 3 sounds of Roscoe Lee Browne's characters from his voice acting career. Roscoe Lee Browne (born on May 2, 1922 in Woodbury, New Jersey) is an actor who has guest-starred on two episodes of Law & Order. Consultation (1992) as Sir Idris Balewa Identity (2003) as Aaron Miller Roscoe Lee Browne was born on May 2, 1922 in Woodbury, New Jersey. He attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania until 1942, when he enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II. Roscoe Lee Browne (visual voices guide) - Behind The Voice Actors The Fund initiated and underwrites The Roscoe Lee Browne Poet-In … , Sylvanus S. Browne, and his wife Lovie Browne in Woodbury, New.... Performer: roscoe Lee Browne was born May 2 - Woodbury, New Jersey, USA his role Dr.... Performer: roscoe Lee Browne was born May 2, 1922 in Woodbury, New Jersey his rich and... 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