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Roscoe Lee Browne

Known for his rich voice and dignified bearing, Roscoe Lee Browne will be remembered by an entire generation for his narration of the feature film Babe, and for comedic roles as well, including the acerbic butler Saunders on the edgy sitcom Soap and the sly Professor Foster on The Cosby Show.

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Filmography

Treasure Planet

2002
as Mr. Arrow (voice)

Babe

1995
as Narrator (voice)

Babe: Pig in the City

1998
as The Narrator (voice)

Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties

2006
as Narrator

Oliver & Company

1988
as Francis (voice)

The Nativity

1987
as Wise Man

Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown

2002
as Kingpin

Topaz

1969
as Philippe Dubois

Dear God

1996
as Idris Abraham

Unknown Powers

1978
as Host

Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love

1974
as Mr. Secretary

Black Like Me

1964
as Christopher

Nothing Personal

1980
as Paxton

Super Fly T.N.T.

1973
as Dr. Lamine Sonko

The Comedians in Africa

1967
as Self (uncredited)

Lionpower from MGM

1967
as Petit Pierre

For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots

2010
as Roscoe Lee Browne

Logan's Run

1976
as Box

Uptight

1968
as Clarence

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977
as James Forrest

Cisco Pike

1972
as Music Shop Proprietor

Swing Out, Sweet Land

1970
as Frederick Douglass

Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X

1994
as Narrator

Last Summer in the Hamptons

1995
as Freddy

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

2000

The Cowboys

1972
as Jebediah Nightlinger

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

2004
as Roscoe Lee Browne

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

1982
as Gloster Current

Morgan's Ferry

1999
as Peabo

Night Angel

1990
as Narrator

Jumpin' Jack Flash

1986
as Archer Lincoln

And When I Die, I Won't Stay Dead

2015
as Self (archive footage)

Stuck With Each Other

1989
as Calhearn

Forest Warrior

1996
as Clovis Madison

Very Merry Christmas Sing Along Songs

2002
as Narrator (voice)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1978
as Merlin

Judas Kiss

1998
as Chief Bleeker

Smiley Face

2007
as Himself (voice)

Naked in New York

1993
as Mr. Ried

Dr. Scorpion

1978
as Dr. Cresus

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

1980
as Hurton

Hamlet

2000
as Polonius

Lady in the Corner

1989
as Omar DeLacy

The Ra Expeditions

1972
as Narrator

The World's Greatest Athlete

1973
as Gazenga

Legal Eagles

1986
as Judge Dawkins

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

1970
as Lord Byron ("L.B.") Jones

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2003

The Comedians

1967
as Petit Pierre