Brown, Georg Stanford 1943–

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Brown, Georg Stanford 1943–

PERSONAL

Born June 24, 1943, in Havana, Cuba; married Tyne Daly (an actress), June, 1966 (divorced, 1990); children: Alisabeth, Kathryne Dora (an actress), Alexandra.

Addresses: Office—Nexus Entertainment, 8033 Sunset Blvd., Suite 1018, Los Angeles, CA 90046.

Career: Actor, director, and producer. Nexus Entertainment, Los Angeles, principal.

Member: Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, Directors Guild of America, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

Awards, Honors: Emmy Award nominations, outstanding directing in a drama series, 1981, for "Up in Arms," and 1985, for "El Capitan," both episodes of Hill Street Blues; Emmy Award, outstanding directing in a drama series, 1986, for "Parting Shots," Cagney & Lacey.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Officer Terry Webster, The Rookies, ABC, 1972–76.

Johnnie B. Goode, Linc's, Showtime, 1998.

General Walter Young, Freedom, UPN, 2000.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Tom Harvey, Roots, ABC, 1977.

Tom Harvey, Roots: The Next Generation, ABC, 1979.

Lew Gilbert, The Jesse Owens Story, syndicated, 1984.

Grady, North and South, ABC, 1985.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Larry Richmond, Ritual of Evil, NBC, 1970.

Donald Umber, Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway, NBC, 1976.

Charles Neville, The Night the City Screamed, ABC, 1980.

Rudy Desautel, The Kid with the Broken Halo, NBC, 1982.

Ben Humphries, In Defense of Kids, CBS, 1983.

Sergeant Clevon Jackson, Alone in the Neon Jungle (also known as Command in Hell and Neon Jungle), CBS, 1988.

Darwin Tolliver, Murder without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story (also known as Best Intentions), NBC, 1992.

Toby, Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder, Hallmark Channel, 2005.

Rahim, The Reading Room, Hallmark Channel, 2005.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

The Young Lawyers, ABC, 1969.

Officer Terry Webster, The Rookies, ABC, 1972.

Police Chief Otis Pittman, The City, ABC, 1986.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Variety '77—The Year in Entertainment, CBS, 1978.

The Television Annual: 1978/1979, ABC, 1979.

The 19th Annual NAACP Image Awards, NBC, 1987.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Billy James, "The Big Problem," Dragnet 1967, 1968.

"Hands across the Border: Parts 1 & 2," It Takes a Thief, 1968.

Harry Crews, "The Ends of Justice," Judd for the Defense, 1968.

George Kern, "The Intermediary," The F.B.I., 1968.

"The Eve of Adam," Julia, 1969.

Richie, "The Crowd Pleasers," The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (also known as The Lawyers), 1969.

Brad Turner, "Eagles Sometimes Can't Fly," Mannix, 1969.

Kenneth, "Panther in a Cage," The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (also known as The Lawyers), 1970.

Obie Brown, "Obie Brown and the Black Princess" (also known as "Bride for Obie Brown"), Here Comes the Brides, 1970.

Bakumba, "Killer on the Loose," The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (also known as The New Doctors), 1970.

Kalid, "The Time Is Now," The Name of the Game, 1970.

Dr. Roy James, "The Rebel in White," Medical Center, 1970.

Dennis Thomas, "A Choice of Evils," Mannix, 1971.

Dr. James, "The Man in Hiding," Medical Center, 1971.

Luke Jenkins, "Bag Woman," Mission: Impossible, 1972.

Dr. James, "Terror," Medical Center, 1972.

Officer Terry Webster, "S.W.A.T.: Parts 1 & 2," S.W.A.T., 1975.

"Dead Men Don't Kill," Paris, CBS, 1979.

Special guest star, "Ring of Fear," Police Squad!, ABC, 1982.

Assistant District Attorney Burke, "Choices," Cagney & Lacey, CBS, 1984.

Major Jeffrey Hamilton, "The Court Martial: Parts 1 & 2," Matlock, NBC, 1987.

Judge Stuart Franklin, "The Mayor: Parts 1 & 2," Matlock, NBC, 1989.

"Who's Sorry Now?," Jake and the Fatman, 1990.

Reverend Watson, "Love Is a Beach," Martin, Fox, 1995.

Mr. Bellamy, "Roofless People," Malcolm & Eddie, UPN, 1997.

"The Return of Megaman," Team Knight Rider, syndicated, 1998.

Voice of Kito, "Temple of Eliza," The Wild Thornberrys (animated), Nickelodeon, 1998.

Reginald (some sources cite Reverend) Perry, "Media Relations," Family Law, CBS, 2000.

Preston Kembridge, "Cop Hunt," The District, CBS, 2001.

Admiral Thomas Carter, "House Calls," Strong Medicine, Lifetime, 2002.

James Sutherland, "Manya Mabika," Nip/Tuck, CBS, 2004.

James Sutherland, "Mrs. Grubman," Nip/Tuck, CBS, 2004.

James Sutherland, "Joel Gideon," Nip/Tuck, CBS, 2004.

James Sutherland, "Sean McNamara," Nip/Tuck, CBS, 2004.

Detective Sanders, "Dream a Little Dream," Judging Amy, CBS, 2005.

Television Director; Series:

Charlie's Angels, ABC, eight episodes, between 1978 and 1979.

Hill Street Blues, NBC, five episodes, 1981–82.

Television Director; Movies:

Grambling's White Tiger, NBC, 1981.

Miracle of the Heart: A Boystown Story, syndicated, 1986.

(And executive producer) Kids Like These, CBS, 1987.

(And executive producer) "The Mine," Vietnam War Story, HBO, 1987.

Alone in the Neon Jungle (also known as Command in Hell and Neon Jungle), CBS, 1988.

(And executive producer) Stuck with Each Other, NBC, 1989.

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations (also known as Dangerous Relations and On the Streets of L.A.), NBC, 1993.

(And executive producer) The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story (also known as Garwood: Prisoner of War), ABC, 1993.

(And executive producer) The Long Shot, Hallmark Channel, 2004.

Wedding Daze, Hallmark Channel, 2004.

Angel in the Family, Hallmark Channel, 2004.

Mystery Woman: Snapshot, Hallmark Channel, 2005.

The Reading Room, Hallmark Channel, 2005.

Television Director; Episodic:

"Cliffy," The Rookies, ABC, 1975.

"One-Way Street to Nowhere," The Rookies, ABC, 1975.

"The Torch Man," The Rookies, ABC, 1975.

"Journey to Oblivion," The Rookies, ABC, 1976.

"Fear of Shadows," Family, ABC, 1978.

"Pawn," Paris, CBS, 1979.

Police Squad!, ABC, 1982.

"The Great McCarthy," Miami Vice, NBC, 1984.

"Golden Triangle: Part 1," Miami Vice, NBC, 1985.

Directed "Parting Shots," an episode of Cagney & Lacey CBS; and "A Bird in the Hand" and "The Butler Did It," episodes of Police Squad!; also directed episodes of The Brothers Garcia, Nickelodeon; Call to Glory ABC; Dynasty, ABC; The Fall Guy, ABC; Fame, NBC; Fantasy Island; Finder of Lost Loves, ABC; The Fitzpatricks, CBS; The Greatest American Hero, ABC; Hotel (also known as Arthur Hailey's "Hotel"); The Lazarus Syndrome, ABC; Lou Grant, CBS; Lucan, ABC; The Mississippi; Palmerstown, U.S.A. (also known as Palmer-stown), CBS; The Paper Chase (also known as The Paper Chase: The Second Year, The Paper Chase: The Third Year, The Paper Chase: The Fourth Year, and The Paper Chase: The Graduation Year); The Road Home, CBS; Starsky and Hutch, ABC; Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, ABC; Trauma Center, ABC; and Viper, syndicated.

Film Appearances:

Henri Philipot, The Comedians (also known as Les comediens), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967.

Himself, The Comedians in Africa, 1967.

Dr. Willard, Bullitt, Warner Bros., 1968.

Theon Gibson, Dayton's Devils, Cue, 1968.

Dr. John F. Fisher, Colossus: The Forbin Project (also known as Colossus 1980, The Day the World Changed Hands, and The Forbin Project), Universal, 1969.

Robert Wheeler, The Man, Paramount, 1972.

Lynch, Black Jack (also known as God Bless the Bomb, Wild in the Sky, and Wild in the Sun), American International Pictures, 1973.

Rory Schultebrand, Stir Crazy, Columbia, 1980.

Professor Sinclair, House Party 2, New Line Cinema, 1991.

Ava's Magical Adventure, 1994.

Black bum, Dreaming of Julia, Artisan Entertainment, 2003.

Shackles, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Narrator, Voices of Glory, 1999.

Voice of Roland Shephard, Men of Valor (video game), 2004.

(In archive footage) TV in Black: The First Fifty Years, Koch Vision, 2004.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Jet, March 6, 1980, p. 58; January 22, 1981, p. 20; January 7, 1982, p. 58; August 27, 1990, p. 61.

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