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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

And When I Die, I Won't Stay Dead

2015
as Self (archive footage)

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

2010
as Roscoe Lee Browne

Smiley Face

2007
as Himself (voice)

Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties

2006
as Narrator

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

2004
as Roscoe Lee Browne

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2003

Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown

2002
as Kingpin

Very Merry Christmas Sing Along Songs

2002
as Narrator (voice)

Treasure Planet

2002
as Mr. Arrow (voice)

The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story

2000

Hamlet

2000
as Polonius

Morgan's Ferry

1999
as Peabo

Babe: Pig in the City

1998
as The Narrator (voice)

Judas Kiss

1998
as Chief Bleeker

Dear God

1996
as Idris Abraham

Forest Warrior

1996
as Clovis Madison

Last Summer in the Hamptons

1995
as Freddy

Babe

1995
as Narrator (voice)

Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X

1994
as Narrator

Naked in New York

1993
as Mr. Ried

Night Angel

1990
as Narrator

Stuck With Each Other

1989
as Calhearn

Lady in the Corner

1989
as Omar DeLacy

Oliver & Company

1988
as Francis (voice)

The Nativity

1987
as Wise Man

Legal Eagles

1986
as Judge Dawkins

Jumpin' Jack Flash

1986
as Archer Lincoln

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

1982
as Gloster Current

Farewell to the Planet of the Apes

1980
as Hurton

Nothing Personal

1980
as Paxton

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1978
as Merlin

Dr. Scorpion

1978
as Dr. Cresus

Unknown Powers

1978
as Host

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977
as James Forrest

Logan's Run

1976
as Box

Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love

1974
as Mr. Secretary

Super Fly T.N.T.

1973
as Dr. Lamine Sonko

The World's Greatest Athlete

1973
as Gazenga

The Ra Expeditions

1972
as Narrator

Cisco Pike

1972
as Music Shop Proprietor

The Cowboys

1972
as Jebediah Nightlinger

Swing Out, Sweet Land

1970
as Frederick Douglass

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

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

Topaz

1969
as Philippe Dubois

Uptight

1968
as Clarence

The Comedians in Africa

1967
as Self (uncredited)

The Comedians

1967
as Petit Pierre

Lionpower from MGM

1967
as Petit Pierre

Black Like Me

1964
as Christopher