Philip Mortimer Brown (1916 - 2006)

Born 30 Apr 1916 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Died 9 Feb 2006 at age 89 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Phil Brown is Notable.

Phil Brown was an American actor who performed on the stage and in the movies until he was blacklisted by Hollywood. He returned years later, and became well-known for his portrayal of Uncle Owen Lars the relative of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: A New Hope.

Philip Mortimer Brown was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 30, 1916. He was the son of Dr. Walter Henry Brown and Ella Mood Walp. The family moved to Connecticut by 1917, and then to Palo Alto, California between 1920 and 1930.

Phil was the husband of Virginia "Ginny" May Sharpe.

His most famous acting job was his role as Owen Lars, Luke Skywalker's uncle, in Star Wars (1977).^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Brown_(actor) Accessed 4 May 2022.

• "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23YS-LFQ : 1 September 2021), Phillip Brown, 1916.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCFH-RWR : 31 January 2021), Philip Brown in entry for Walter H Brown, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCNP-GXL : accessed 26 April 2022), Phillip Brown in household of Walter H Brown, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 38B, line 77, family 330, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 217; FHL microfilm 2,339,952.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q57M-LN4S : 18 July 2020), Philip in entry for Dr Walter H Brown, 1962.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBC3-42R : 11 January 2021), Phil Brown, 09 Feb 2006; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVY6-FPXL : accessed 26 April 2022), Phil Brown Skywalker, Newport News, Virginia, United States, 14 Feb 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Daily Press, born-digital text.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVTP-X2PL : accessed 26 April 2022), Mr Phil Brown, Pennsylvania, United States, 14 Feb 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, born-digital text.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4K-SP79 : accessed 26 April 2022), Phil Brown, Washington, United States, 19 Feb 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Seattle Times, The, born-digital text.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVC-WRZD : 16 December 2021), Phil Brown, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 13411241, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Obituary - Los Angeles Times

See Also:

• Star Wars Collector Cards (1977; Topps), Series 4, #238