Georg Stanford Brown

Georg Stanford Brown
Georg Stanford Brown
	Brown in 1972
Born	June 24, 1943; Havana, Cuba
Occupation	Actor, director
Spouse(s)	Tyne Daly (1966–1990)
Children	3
Awards	Best Director – Drama Series; 1986 Cagney & Lacey

Georg Stanford Brown (born June 24, 1943 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban-American actor[1] and director, perhaps best known as one of the stars of the ABC police television series The Rookies from 1972–76.[1] On the show, Brown played the character of Officer Terry Webster.

Personal life

Brown was seven years old when his family moved from Havana to Harlem, NY. At 15, he formed the singing group 'The Parthenons', which had a single TV appearance shortly before breaking up.[2] Brown quit high school at 16, after being invited to do so by a few frustrated teachers. He left New York to move to Los Angeles at 17. After a few years of not being sure what he wanted to do, he decided to go back to school. He passed the college entrance exam and was admitted to Los Angeles City College where he majored in Theater Arts to "take something easy".[2] He ended up really enjoying it and returned to New York to attend the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.[3] He worked as a school janitor to pay his tuition.[4] He met his wife Tyne Daly while at AMDA, where they both studied under Philip Burton, Richard Burton's mentor.[5] They were married for 24 years, from 1966 to 1990. They have three daughters.

Early career

Brown says he feels acting is just something he "fell into".[3] Six months out of school, he appeared in Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival (now called Shakespeare in the Park), and next in The Comedians with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. His work then took him to Africa for four and a half months, Paris, then Southern France. And a chance meeting with Alex Haley who was on his way to Africa to work on a story he was writing (which turned out to be Roots).[3]

Career

During the 1960s, Brown had a variety of roles in films, including Henri Philipot in The Comedians (1967), Theon Gibson in Dayton's Devils (1968), and Dr. Willard in Bullitt (1968). His 1970s films included Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), The Man (1972), and Wild in the Sky (1972), co-starring Brandon deWilde, as anti-war, anti-establishment guerrillas, who devise a scheme to destroy Fort Knox with an atomic bomb.

Brown later played Tom Harvey (son of Chicken George, great-grandson of Kunta Kinte, and great-grandfather of Alex Haley) in the 1977 television miniseries Roots, and 1979's Roots: The Next Generations.

In 1980, he starred in the TV movie The Night the City Screamed, and in Stir Crazy opposite Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. Later in 1984 he starred in the TV movie The Jesse Owens Story in the role of Lew Gilbert. He then went on to a supporting role in yet another miniseries North & South in 1985 as the character Garrison Grady.

In 1986, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for directing the final episode ("Parting Shots") in season 5 of Cagney & Lacey. His directing career continued with the television film Alone in the Neon Jungle (also known by its earlier name Command in Hell), which was network premiered by CBS on Sunday January 17, 1988.[6] It was characterised in The Washington Post by Tom Shales as 'a stupefyingly preposterous bungle, but only in its better moments',[7] while a marginally more favourable assessment praised 'cop characters that are humanized with humor and the realistically gritty feel that comes with filming on location in Pittsburgh instead of Hollywood'.[8]

Brown co-starred in the comedy sequel House Party 2 in 1991, and the Showtime television show Linc's from 1998 thru 2000. Brown also directed several second-season episodes of the television series Hill Street Blues. More recently, Brown had a recurring role on the FX drama series Nip/Tuck.

Filmography

As Actor

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966	How to Steal a Million	Waiter	uncredited
1967	The Comedians	Henri Philipot
1968	Dayton's Devils	Theon Gibson
1968	Bullitt	Dr. Willard
1970	Colossus: The Forbin Project	Dr. John F. Fisher
1972	Wild in the Sky	Lynch
1972	The Man	Robert Wheeler
1980	Stir Crazy	Rory Schultebrand
1983	Imps*	Charlie	segment "Unhappy Hour"
1991	House Party 2	Professor Sinclair
1994	Ava's Magical Adventure	Clayton 'Clay'
2003	Cuban Blood	Black Bum
2005	Shackles	Warden	Direct-to-Video
2015	Madea's Tough Love	Mystery Man (voice role)	uncredited

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1967	Dragnet 1967	Billy Jones	Episode: "The Big Problem"
1968	Judd for the Defense	Harry Crews	Episode: "The Ends of Justice"
1968	It Takes a Thief	Bates	Episode: "Hans Across the Border"
1968	The F.B.I.	George Kern	Episode: "The Intermediary"
1969	The Young Lawyers	Ted Robinson	Episode: "The Young Lawyers"
1969	Julia	Adam Spencer	Episode: "The Eve of Adam"
1969–70	The Bold Ones: The Lawyers	Kenneth Miller / Richie Morris	2 episodes
1969–71	Mannix	Sam Thomas / Brad Turner	2 episodes
1970	Here Comes the Brides	Obie Brown	Episode: "A Bride for Obie Brown"
1970	Ritual of Evil	Larry Richmond	Television Movie
1970	The Bold Ones: The New Doctors	Bakumba	Episode: "Killer on the Loose"
1970	The Name of the Game	Kajid	Episode: "The Time Is Now"
1970	The Interns	Hamid	Episode: "Dancy"
1970–72	Medical Center	Dr. Roy James	3 episodes
1972	Room 222	Jerry	Episode: "And in This Corner..."
1972	Mission: Impossible	Luke Jenkins	Episode: "Bag Woman"
1972	Norman Corwin Presents	unknown role	Episode: "A Son, Come Home"
1972–76	The Rookies	Officer Terry Webster	series regular (93 episodes)
1976	Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway	Donald Umber	Television Movie
1977	Roots	Tom Harvey	Miniseries (2 episodes)
1979	Roots: The Next Generations		Miniseries (2 episodes)
1979	Paris	Donald Holmes	Episode: "Dead Men Don't Kill"
1980	The Night the City Screamed	Charles Neville	Television Movie
1982	Police Squad!	Police under the Safe	Episode: "Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment"
1982	The Kid with the Broken Halo	Rudy Desautel	Television Movie
1983	In Defense of Kids	Ben Humphries	Television Movie
1984	Cagney & Lacey	ADA Burke	Episode: "Choices"
1984	The Jesse Owens Story	Lew Gilbert	Television Movie
1985	North and South, Book I	Garrison Grady	Miniseries (4 episodes)
1987–89	Matlock	Judge Stuart Franklin / Maj. Jeffrey Hamilton	4 episodes
1988	Alone in the Neon Jungle	Sgt. Clevon Jackson	Television Movie
1990	Jake and the Fatman	Lee Preston	Episode: "Who's Sorry Now?"
1992	Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story	Darwin Tolliver	Television Movie
1995	Martin	Reverend Watson	Episode: "Love is a Beach"
1997	The Legend of Calamity Jane	Additional Voices (voice role)	English version; 13 episodes
1997	Malcolm & Eddie	Mr. Bellamy	Episode: "Roofless People"
1998	Team Knight Rider	General William Simonson	Episode: "The Return of Megaman"
1998	The Wild Thornberrys	Kito (voice role)	Episode: "Temple of Eliza"
1998–2000	Linc's	Johnnie B. Goode	series regular (25 episodes)
2000	Family Law	Reverend Perry	Episode: "Media Relations"
2000	Freedom	Walter Young	Episode: "Alpha Dogs"
2001	The District	Preston Kembridge	Episode: "Cop Hunt"
2002	Strong Medicine	Admiral Thomas Carter	Episode: "House Calls"
2003	The Lyon's Den	Judge Ed Rossi	Episode: "The Fifth"
2004	Nip/Tuck	James Sutherland	4 episodes
2005	Judging Amy	Detective Sanders	Episode: "Dream a Little Dream"
2005	Mystery Woman	Toby (uncredited)	Episode 5: Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder
2005	The Reading Room	Rahim	Television Movie
2012	Electric City	Commander Welles (voice role)	2 episodes

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Men of Valor	Roland Shephard	voice role

As Director

Television

Year	Title	Notes
1975–76	The Rookies	4 episodes
1977	Starsky and Hutch	3 episodes
1977–79	Charlie's Angels	8 episodes
1978	The Fitzpatricks	Episode: "The New Fitzpatrick"
1978	Family	Episode: "Fear of Shadows"
1978	Lucan	Episode: "Nightmare"
1978	Fantasy Island	Episode: "Carnival/The Vaudevillians"
1979	Roots: The Next Generations	Episode: "Part V (1932-1933)"
1979–80	Paris	2 episodes
1980	Tenspeed and Brown Shoe	Episode: "The Millionaire's Life"
1981	Lou Grant	Episode: "Violence"
1981	Palmerstown, U.S.A.	Episode: "Dry Hole"
1981	Grambling's White Tiger	Television Movie
1981	The Greatest American Hero	Episode: "The Two-Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Fast Ball"
1981–86	Hill Street Blues	7 episodes
1982	Police Squad!	Episode: "The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand)"
1982–86	Cagney & Lacey	5 episodes
1983	Fame	Episode: "...Help from My Friends"
1983	Trauma Center	Episode: "Notes About Courage"
1983	The Mississippi	Episode: "The Shooting"
1984	Hardcastle and McCormick	Episode: "Third Down and Twenty Years to Life"
1984	The Fall Guy	Episode: "Olympic Quest"
1984	Call to Glory	Episode: "Call It Courage"
1984	Magnum P.I.	2 episodes
1984–85	Miami Vice	2 episodes
1984–86	Dynasty	4 episodes
1985	Finder of Lost Loves	Episode: "Deadly Silence"
1985	Hotel	Episode: "Illusions"
1985	The Paper Chase	Episode: "The Source"
1987	Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story	Television Movie
1986	Tough Cookies	Episode: "The Stoolie"
1987	Vietnam War Story	Episode: "The Mine"
1987	Kids Like These	Television Movie
1988	Alone in the Neon Jungle	Television Movie
1989	Stuck with Each Other	Television Movie
1992	The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story	Television Movie
1993	Father & Son: Dangerous Relations	Television Movie
1996	Viper	Episode: "On a Role"
1999	Linc's	Episode: "From Here to Eternity"
2000	The Brothers Garcia	Episode: "Love Me Tender"
2004	The Long Shot	Television Movie
2004	Wedding Daze	Television Movie
2004	Angel in the Family	Television Movie
2005	Mystery Woman	Episode 3: Mystery Woman: Snapshot
2005	The Reading Room	Television Movie

As Producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Kids Like These	Executive Producer	Television Movie
1987	Vietnam War Story	Executive Producer	3 episodes
1989	Stuck with Each Other	Executive Producer	Television Movie
2004	The Long Shot	Co-Executive Producer	Television Movie

Accolades

Association	Year	Category	Nominated Work	Results	Ref
Directors Guild of America	1982	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series	Hill Street Blues	Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards	1981	Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series (for Episode: "Up In Arms")		Nominated	[9]
	1985	Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series (for Episode: "El Capitan")		Nominated	[10]
	1986	Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series (for Episode: "Parting Shots")	Cagney & Lacey	Won	[11]

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References

"Georg Stanford Brown". The New York Times.
http://www.fandango.com/georgstanfordbrown/biography/p83220
http://www.backstage.com/news/actors-dialogue-georg-stanford-brown-kathryn-dora-brown/
http://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/which-roots-actor-has-children-with-this-cagney-lacey-star/2/
http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/tyne/dalyunkn.html
John Tiech, Pittsburgh Film History: On Set in the Steel City (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2012).
Tom Shales, 'On CBS, A Case of 'Jungle' Rot: Suzanne Pleshette, Adrift In a Ludicrous Cop Caper', The Washington Post (16 January 1988), p. B1.
Joan Hanauer, 'TV Movie Dud of the Year', United Press International (13 January 1988).
"Nominees/Winners". Television Academy. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
"Nominees/Winners". Television Academy. Retrieved 2019-10-21.
"Nominees/Winners". Television Academy. Retrieved 2019-10-21.

External links

Georg Stanford Brown on IMDb

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[NYT-1] "Georg Stanford Brown". The New York Times.

[fandango.com-2] ttp://www.fandango.com/georgstanfordbrown/biography/p83220

[backstage.com-3] ttp://www.backstage.com/news/actors-dialogue-georg-stanford-brown-kathryn-dora-brown/

[4] ttp://www.iloveoldschoolmusic.com/which-roots-actor-has-children-with-this-cagney-lacey-star/2/

[5] ttp://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/tyne/dalyunkn.html

[6] John Tiech, Pittsburgh Film History: On Set in the Steel City (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2012).

[7] Tom Shales, 'On CBS, A Case of 'Jungle' Rot: Suzanne Pleshette, Adrift In a Ludicrous Cop Caper', The Washington Post (16 January 1988), p. B1.

[8] Joan Hanauer, 'TV Movie Dud of the Year', United Press International (13 January 1988).

[9] "Nominees/Winners". Television Academy. Retrieved 2019-10-21.

[10] "Nominees/Winners". Television Academy. Retrieved 2019-10-21.

[11] "Nominees/Winners". Television Academy. Retrieved 2019-10-21.

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
1959–1975	Jack Smight for "Eddie" (1959) Robert Mulligan for The Moon and Sixpence (1960) George Schaefer for Macbeth (1961) Franklin J. Schaffner (1962) Stuart Rosenberg for "The Madman" (1963) Tom Gries for "Who Do You Kill?" (1964) Paul Bogart for "The 700 Year Old Gang" (1965) Sydney Pollack for "The Game" (1966) Alex Segal for Death of a Salesman (1967) Paul Bogart for "Dear Friends" (1968) David Greene for "The People Next Door" (1969) Paul Bogart for "Shadow Game" (1970) Daryl Duke for "The Day the Lion Died" / Fielder Cook for "The Price" (1971) Alexander Singer for "The Invasion of Kevin Ireland" (1972) Jerry Thorpe for "An Eye for an Eye" / Joseph Sargent for "The Marcus-Nelson Murders" (1973) John Korty for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman / Robert Butler for "Part III" (1974) Bill Bain for "A Sudden Storm" (1975)
1976–2000	David Greene for Episode 8 (Rich Man, Poor Man) (1976) David Greene for Roots ("Part 1") (1977) Marvin J. Chomsky for Holocaust (1978) Jackie Cooper for "Pilot" (The White Shadow) (1979) Roger Young for "Cop" (1980) Robert Butler for "Hill Street Station"(1981) Harry Harris for "To Soar and Never Falter" (1982) Jeff Bleckner for "Life in the Minors" (1983) Corey Allen for "Goodbye, Mr. Scripps" (1984) Karen Arthur for "Heat" (1985) Georg Stanford Brown for "Parting Shots" (1986) Gregory Hoblit for "Pilot" (L.A. Law) (1987) Mark Tinker for "Weigh In, Way Out" (1988) Robert Altman for "The Boiler Room" (1989) Thomas Carter for "Promises to Keep" / Scott Winant for "The Go-Between" (1990) Thomas Carter for "In Confidence" (1991) Eric Laneuville for "All God's Children" (1992) Barry Levinson for "Gone for Goode" (1993) Daniel Sackheim for "Tempest in a C-Cup" (1994) Mimi Leder for "Love's Labor Lost" (1995) Jeremy Kagan for "Leave of Absence" (1996) Mark Tinker for "Where's 'Swaldo?" (1997) Mark Tinker for "Pilot" (Brooklyn South) / Paris Barclay for "Brain Salad Surgery" (1998) Paris Barclay for "Hearts and Souls" (1999) Thomas Schlamme for "Pilot" (The West Wing) (2000)
2001–present	Thomas Schlamme for "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part I" & "Part II" (2001) Alan Ball for "Pilot" (Six Feet Under) (2002) Christopher Misiano for "Twenty Five" (2003) Walter Hill for "Deadwood" (2004) J. J. Abrams for "Pilot" (Lost) (2005) Jon Cassar for "Day 5: 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m." (2006) Alan Taylor for "Kennedy and Heidi" (2007) Greg Yaitanes for "House's Head" (2008) Rod Holcomb for "And in the End..." (2009) Steve Shill for "The Getaway" (2010) Martin Scorsese for "Boardwalk Empire" (2011) Tim Van Patten for "To the Lost" (2012) David Fincher for "Chapter 1" (2013) Cary Joji Fukunaga for "Who Goes There" (2014) David Nutter for "Mother's Mercy" (2015) Miguel Sapochnik for "Battle of the Bastards" (2016) Reed Morano for "Offred" (2017) Stephen Daldry for "Paterfamilias" (2018) Jason Bateman for "Reparations" (2019)