Philip Brown (actor)

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{{Short description|American actor}}

{{Notability|Bio|date=March 2017}}

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| name = Philip Brown

| image = Philip Brown (actor) 1968 (cropped).jpg

| caption = From the first season of The Doris Day Show (1968)

| birth_name = Philip J. Brown Jr.

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|3|26}}

| birth_place = Coalinga, California, U.S.

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1963–present

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Philip J. Brown Jr. (born March 26, 1958) is an American actor best known for his television performances.

Brown is a native of Coalinga, California. His father Philip Brown Sr. was a television technician after having been an actor,{{cite news |title=All in Family |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39685025/the_austin_american/ |accessdate=November 27, 2019 |newspaper=Austin American-Statesman |date=March 21, 1971 |page=19 |via=Newspapers.com}} and his uncle was actor Peter Brown.{{cite news |title=Television Question Box |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39685222/st_louis_postdispatch/ |accessdate=November 27, 2019 |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=August 17, 1980 |page=38 |via=Newspapers.com}} He graduated from North Hollywood High School.{{cite news |title=Being ex-child star is no bed of roses |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30608718/the_anniston_star/ |accessdate=November 27, 2019 |newspaper=The Anniston Star |date=May 17, 1980 |location=Alabama, Anniston |page=7B |via=Newspapers.com}}

He first played Billy Martin, the son of Doris Day on The Doris Day Show, from 1968-1971.{{cite book| last1=Terrace| first1=Vincent| title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&q=doris+day+show| date=January 10, 2012| publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers| location=Jefferson, N.C.| isbn=978-0-7864-8641-0| pages=278–279| edition=2nd| access-date=April 3, 2022}}

Brown portrayed Randy Harford in When the Whistle Blows (1980).{{r|etvs|page1=1169}} He also appeared in the 1980s Dynasty spin-off series The Colbys as Neil Kittredge, in Knots Landing as Brian Johnston in 1991,{{Citation needed |date=November 2019}} and in 1993 as Buck Huston in Loving.{{cite news |last1=Reichardt |first1=Nancy M. |title=Actor enthusiastic about 'Loving' role |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30608777/austin_americanstatesman/ |accessdate=November 27, 2019 |newspaper=Austin American-Statesman |agency=United Feature Syndicate |date=June 27, 1993 |page=46 |via=Newspapers.com}} He also played Steve Kendall, a sportscaster, on Search for Tomorrow in the 1980s.{{cite news |last1=Reed |first1=Jon-Michael |title=Actors turn to soaps for security |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30608852/dayton_daily_news/ |accessdate=November 27, 2019 |work=Dayton Daily News |agency=United Feature Syndicate |date=October 23, 1983 |page=10 TV Datebook |via=Newspapers.com}}

Brown also made films in South Africa in the 1980s.{{cite news |last1=Hirsch |first1=Lynda |title='Loving's Philip Brown knows about change |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30608946/asbury_park_press/ |accessdate=November 27, 2019 |newspaper=Asbury Park Press |date=May 26, 1994 |page=E3 |via=Newspapers.com}}

He currently works in commercials.