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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.

English

Treasure Planet

2002
as Mr. Arrow (voice)

Babe

1995
as Narrator (voice)

Babe: Pig in the City

1998
as The Narrator (voice)

Oliver & Company

1988
as Francis (voice)

The Nativity

1987
as Wise Man

Topaz

1969
as Philippe Dubois

Dear God

1996
as Idris Abraham

Black Like Me

1964
as Christopher

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

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

The Cowboys

1972
as Jebediah Nightlinger

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde

2004
as Roscoe Lee Browne

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)

Forest Warrior

1996
as Clovis Madison

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

Hamlet

2000
as Polonius

Lady in the Corner

1989
as Omar DeLacy

The Ra Expeditions

1972
as Narrator

Legal Eagles

1986
as Judge Dawkins

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

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

The Comedians

1967
as Petit Pierre

Soap

1977
as Saunders

Guest Star

Episode A Different World
Do the Write Thing
1992
Episode Planet of the Apes
Tomorrow's Tide
1974
Episode Freakazoid!
And Fanboy is His Name
1995
Episode Batman: The Animated Series
Time Out of Joint
1994
Episode Magnum, P.I.
Of Sound Mind
1983
Episode The Wild Thornberrys
The Dragon and the Professor
1999
Episode Sanford and Son
Jealousy
1972
Episode The Proud Family
Wedding Bell Blues
2003
Episode New York Undercover
Bad Blood
1996
Episode All in the Family
Archie in the Hospital
1973
Episode Static Shock
Static in Africa
2003
Episode The John Larroquette Show
The Job
1994
Episode The Cosby Show
The Card Game
1986
Episode All in the Family
The Elevator Story
1972
Episode seaQuest DSV
Greed for a Pirate's Dream
1994
Episode Law & Order
Identity
2003
Episode Maude
Victoria's Boyfriend
1977
Episode Head of the Class
Teacher's Teacher
1986
Episode Columbo
Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo
1990
Episode Law & Order
Consultation
1992
Episode Freakazoid!
And Fanboy is His Name / Lawn Gnomes, Chapter IV: Fun in the Sun / Frenching with Freakazoid!
1995
Episode A Different World
Almost Working Girl
1991
Episode Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch on Playboy Island (a.k.a. Murder on Voodoo Island) (1)
1977
Episode Benson
Just Friends
1980
Episode Cosby
The Broken Reflection
1996
Episode Freakazoid!
Lawn Gnomes, Chapter IV: Fun in the Sun
1995
Episode Will & Grace
The Newlydreads
2004
Episode Spider-Man: The Animated Series
Enter the Green Goblin
1996
Episode Good Times
God's Business Is Good Business
1974
Episode Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch on Playboy Island (a.k.a. Murder on Voodoo Island) (2)
1977
Episode A Different World
All's Fair
1988
Episode The Shield
Throwaway
2002
Episode Hope Island
It Takes a Voyage to Learn
1999
Episode Kirk
Oh, What A Tangled Web We Weave (2)
1996
Episode Maude
Mr. Butterfield's Return
1978
Episode East Side/West Side
Go Fight City Hall
1963
Episode Static Shock
Out of Africa
2004
Episode A Different World
Speech Therapy
1988
Episode The Invaders
The Vise
1968
Episode Mannix
Deadfall (1)
1968
Episode ER
Rites of Spring
1999
Episode Barney Miller
The Escape Artist
1975
Episode 227
Men's Club
1987
Episode The Cosby Show
Shakespeare
1987
Episode seaQuest DSV
The Devil's Window
1993
Episode The Streets of San Francisco
A Trout in the Milk
1973