Roger Browne obit

RIP Roger Browne

 

He was not on the list.

American film, TV actor, voice director and dubber Roger Browne died after a short illness on October 11. He was 94. I received an e-mail this morning (14) from his daughter Kelsey saying he died peacefully surrounded by loved ones. Roger Rogers Browne Jr. was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on April 13, 1930. He enrolled in pilot training while serving in the U.S. Air Force, flying the AT-6 trainer aircraft. Browne completed 64 hours of training, including 20 hours of solo flight but was unable to finish due to airsickness and related symptoms of Manifestations of Apprehension (MOA). While studying acting and getting bit roles he supported himself as a physical therapist. One of his clients was going to Rome and asked Roger if he would come with him to carry on his work. As the 1960 Summer Olympics were under way, Roger eagerly accepted the offer. He remained in Europe where he was discovered and offered a role in the Jayne Mansfield film “It Happened in Athens”. Browne was then asked to appear as Mars in “Vulcan, Son of Give” and repeated his role in the film “Mars, God of War”. With the decline of the sword and sandal genre Browne moved into the Eurospy genre. Roger lived in Rome from 1960 to 1980 and made films throughout Europe. He had roles in more than 30 films and television shows and dubbed more than 800 films and productions. He served as the president of the Associazione dei doppiatori di lingua inglese - (ELDA). Roger worked with Franco Nero, Sophia Loren, Luciano Salce, Anthony Quinn, Vittorio Gassman, Ernest Borgnine, Rita Tushingham, Richard Lester, the Taviani Brothers, Yoko Tani, Gordon Mitchell, Charlie Fawcett, and Jayne Mansfield. He was best known for his role in “Argoman the Fantastic Superman” (also known as “The Incredible Paris Incident” and “Come rubare la corona d'Inghilterra”), 1967. He also appeared as himself in the Fine Brothers Elders React series. Roger told me he was to appear in a Spaghetti western called “Machado”, in 1967 but it fell through. It was eventually made with Gianni Medici [Revenge for Revenge, September 1968]. Roger was also the English voice to Terence Hill in “They Call Me Trinity” (1970), “Trinity is STILL My Name” (1971), “Man of the East” (1972), “My Name is Nobody” (1973) and “The Genius” (1975). How many other English voices he did for Spaghetti westerns we’ll never know.

 

Actor

The Lone Road (2020)

The Lone Road

5.1

Dad

2020

 

Hale & Garlic (2019)

Hale & Garlic

Short

Captain Mars

2019

 

Killer Looks (2018)

Killer Looks

3.9

Creepy Old Man

2018

 

8

Short

Mystery Man

2017

 

My Haunted House (2013)

My Haunted House

7.3

TV Series

Dad

2016

1 episode

 

In Search of a Memory (2013)

In Search of a Memory

Short

John

2013

 

Do It with the Pamango (1980)

Do It with the Pamango

5.5

Harry Brakson

1980

 

Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980)

Sophia Loren: Her Own Story

6.4

TV Movie

US Army Captain (uncredited)

1980

 

Carlo Giuffrè, Alberto Lionello, Aldo Maccione, Sandra Milo, Renzo Montagnani, and Stefano Satta Flores in Riavanti... Marsch! (1979)

Riavanti... Marsch!

5.4

General Thompson (as Roger Brown)

1979

 

Quattro delitti (1979)

Quattro delitti

TV Mini Series

Sergente O'Hirt

1979

1 episode

 

Ian Ogilvy in Return of the Saint (1978)

Return of the Saint

6.7

TV Series

Hendricks

1979

1 episode

 

The War of the Robots (1978)

The War of the Robots

2.7

Cmdr. King (uncredited)

1978

 

Emanuelle Around the World (1977)

Emanuelle Around the World

4.8

Dan Murrow, News Speaker (uncredited)

1977

 

Emanuelle in America

5.2

The Senator

1977

 

The Cassandra Crossing (1976)

The Cassandra Crossing

6.3

Security Guard (uncredited)

1976

 

Le grand escogriffe (1976)

Le grand escogriffe

5.3

James (uncredited)

1976

 

Diana Ross in Mahogany (1975)

Mahogany

6.1

Ad Agency Executive (as Roger Bill Brown)

1975

 

Quaranta giorni di libertà

TV Mini Series

MacCaffery

1974

2 episodes

 

Women in Cell Block 7 (1973)

Women in Cell Block 7

4.7

Inspector Weil

1973

 

The Black Hand (1973)

The Black Hand

5.7

State Attorney

1973

 

Karzan, il favoloso uomo della jungla (1972)

Karzan, il favoloso uomo della jungla

3.2

Lord Carter

1972

 

Patton (1970)

Patton

7.9

Soldier on Bridge (uncredited)

1970

 

Ellie Lambeti in One Day, My Daddy... (1968)

One Day, My Daddy...

6.0

Luca

1968

 

Roger Browne and Edwige Fenech in Samoa, Queen of the Jungle (1968)

Samoa, Queen of the Jungle

4.6

Clint Loman

1968

 

È stato bello amarti (1968)

È stato bello amarti

5.9

1968

 

Assalto al tesoro di stato (1967)

Assalto al tesoro di stato

5.7

Johnny Quick

1967

 

Argoman the Fantastic Superman (1967)

Argoman the Fantastic Superman

4.4

Sir Reginald Hoover

Argoman

1967

 

Last Man to Kill (1966)

Last Man to Kill

6.5

Michael King

1966

 

Rififi in Amsterdam (1966)

Rififi in Amsterdam

5.1

Rex Monroe

1966

 

Roger Browne in The Spy Who Loved Flowers (1966)

The Spy Who Loved Flowers

5.2

Martin Stevens

1966

 

Password: Kill Agent Gordon (1966)

Password: Kill Agent Gordon

5.2

Douglas Gordon

1966

 

Roger Browne and Fabienne Dali in SuperSeven Calling Cairo (1965)

SuperSeven Calling Cairo

5.1

Martin Stevens

Superseven

1965

 

Operation Poker (1965)

Operation Poker

4.6

Glenn Foster

1965

 

Hercules and the Princess of Troy (1965)

Hercules and the Princess of Troy

5.3

TV Movie

Ortag

1965

 

Seven Rebel Gladiators (1965)

Seven Rebel Gladiators

6.2

Marcus Aulus

1965

 

I tre centurioni (1964)

I tre centurioni

5.4

Fabio

1964

 

La vendetta di Spartacus (1964)

La vendetta di Spartacus

6.1

Valerio

1964

 

Gli schiavi più forti del mondo (1964)

Gli schiavi più forti del mondo

6.0

Marcus

1964

 

The Ten Gladiators (1963)

The Ten Gladiators

4.4

Glaucus Valerius

1963

 

Jayne Mansfield in It Happened in Athens (1962)

It Happened in Athens

5.4

Drake (as Bill Browne)

1962

 

Mars, God of War (1962)

Mars, God of War

4.9

Mars

1962

 

Vulcan, Son of Jupiter (1962)

Vulcan, Son of Jupiter

4.2

Mars - God of War

1962

 

Pontius Pilate (1962)

Pontius Pilate

5.5

Centurion (uncredited)

1962

 

Barabbas (1961)

Barabbas

6.9

Gladiator (uncredited)

1961

 

Erika Peters in Heroes Die Young (1960)

Heroes Die Young

4.1

Mule (as Bill Browne)

1960

 

13 Fighting Men (1960)

13 Fighting Men

5.0

Pvt. Connors (uncredited)

1960

 

Additional Crew

The Last Hunter (1980)

The Last Hunter

5.9

Voice dubbing: David Warbeck (english version)

1980

 

The Heroin Busters (1977)

The Heroin Busters

6.5

voice dubbing: Pat Brocato (english version, uncredited)

1977

 

Maurizio Merli, Tomas Milian, and John Saxon in The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist (1977)

The Cynic, the Rat and the Fist

6.7

voice dubbing: Bruno Corazzari (uncredited)

1977

 

Fabio Testi in The Big Racket (1976)

The Big Racket

7.1

voice dubbing: Romano Puppo (uncredited)

1976