Roger Browne is an American actor known best for his work in the peplum and Eurospy films popular in Europe in the 1960s and 1970s.

Career

Roger Browne enrolled in pilot training while serving in the U.S. Air Force, flying the AT-6 trainer aircraft. Browne completed 64 hours of training, including 20 hours of solo flight but was unable to finish due to

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. Retrieved March 3, 2020. In a telephone interview with ''Monster Kid Radio'', Browne said whilst he was studying acting and getting bit roles he supported himself as a

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. One of his clients was going to Rome and asked Roger if he would come with him to carry on his work. As the

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were under way, Roger eagerly accepted the offer. He remained in Europe where he was discovered and offered a role in the

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film '' It Happened in Athens''. Upon his return to Rome Browne was asked to appear as

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in '' Vulcan, Son of Giove'' and repeated his role in the film '' Mars, God of War''. With the decline of the

sword and sandal Sword-and-sandal, also known as peplum (pepla plural), is a subgenre of largely Italian-made historical, mythological, or Biblical epics mostly set in the Greco-Roman antiquity or the Middle Ages. These films attempted to emulate the big-budget ...

genre Browne moved into the

Eurospy Eurospy film, or Spaghetti spy film (when referring to Italian-produced films in the genre), is a genre of spy films produced in Europe, especially in Italy, France, and Spain, that either sincerely imitated or else parodied the British James B ...

genre. Roger lived in

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from 1960 to 1980 and made films throughout

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. He had roles in more than 30 films and television shows and dubbed more than 800 films and productions. He served as the president of the English Language Dubbers Association (ELDA) where he claims to have dubbed his voice in 800 films. Roger has worked with

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, the Taviani Brothers,

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, Charlie Fawcett, and

. He is best known for his role in '' Argoman the Fantastic Superman'' (also known as ''The Incredible Paris Incident'' and ''Come rubare la corona d'Inghilterra''), 1967. He also appears as himself in the

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'' Elders React'' series.

Partial filmography

*'' 13 Fighting Men'' (1960) - Pvt. Connors (uncredited) *''Heroes Die Young'' (1960) - Mule *''

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'' (1961) - Gladiator (uncredited) *''

Pontius Pilate Pontius Pilate (; grc-gre, Πόντιος Πιλᾶτος, ) was the fifth governor of the Roman province of Judaea, serving under Emperor Tiberius from 26/27 to 36/37 AD. He is best known for being the official who presided over the trial of ...

'' (1962) - Minor Role *'' Vulcan, Son of Giove'' (1962) - Mars - God of War *'' Mars, God of War'' (1962) - Mars *''

The Ten Gladiators ''The Ten Gladiators'' ( it, I dieci gladiatori) is a 1963 Italian film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. Plot summary Roccia and a band of fellow gladiators join forces with a patrician named Glaucus Valerius to replace Nero, (and his evil henc ...

'' (a.k.a. ''I dieci gladiatori'') (1963) - Glaucus Valerius *''

Seven Slaves Against the World ''Seven Slaves Against the World'' ( Italian: ''Gli schiavi più forti del mondo''; also known as ''Seven Slaves Against Rome'') is a 1964 Italian sword-and-sandal adventure film, directed by Michele Lupo, produced by Elio Scardamaglia, written ...

'' (a.k.a. ''Gli schiavi più forti del mondo'') (1964) - Marcus *'' The Revenge of Spartacus'' (a.k.a. ''La vendetta di Spartacus'') (1964) - Valerio *'' Three Swords for Rome'' (1964) - Fabio *'' Revenge of the Gladiators'' (1964) *'' Seven Rebel Gladiators'' (a.k.a. ''Sette contro tutti'') (1965) - Marcus Aulus *'' Super Seven Calling Cairo'' (a.k.a. ''Superseven chiama Cairo'') (1965) - Martin Stevens / Superseven *'' Operation Poker'' (a.k.a. ''Operazione poker'') (1965) - Glenn Foster *'' Password: Kill Agent Gordon'' (1966) - Douglas Gordon *''

The Spy Who Loved Flowers ''The Spy Who Loved Flowers'' ( it, Le spie amano i fiori, also known as ''Hell Cats'') is a List of Italian films of 1966, 1966 Italian/Spanish international co-production, co-production Science fiction film, science fiction-Eurospy film written ...

'' (1966) - Martin Stevens *'' Rififi in Amsterdam'' (1966) - Rex Monroe *''

Un milione di dollari per sette assassini ''Last Man to Kill'' ( it, Un milione di dollari per 7 assassini, french: 1.000.000 de dollars pour 7 assassinats) is a 1966 Italian-French crime- spy film written and directed by Umberto Lenzi and starring Roger Browne, Erika Blanc and Dakar. ...

'' (a.k.a. ''Last Man to Kill'') (1966) - Michael King *'' Argoman the Fantastic Superman'' (aka ''The Incredible Paris Incident'') (1967) - Sir Reginald Hoover / Argoman *'' Assault on the State Treasure'' (a.k.a. ''Assalto al tesoro di stato'') (1967) - Johnny Quick *''È stato bello amarti'' (1968) *''

Samoa, Queen of the Jungle ''Samoa, Queen of the Jungle'' ( it, Samoa, regina della giungla) is a 1968 Italian adventure film directed by Guido Malatesta. Cast * Roger Browne as Clint Lomas * Edwige Fenech as Samoa * Ivy Holzer as Nancy White * Ivano Staccioli as Morea ...

'' (a.k.a. ''Samoa, regina della giungla'') (1968) - Clint Loman *''One Day, My Daddy'' (a.k.a. ''It Was Nice Loving You'') (1968) *'' Patton'' (1970) - Soldier on Bridge (uncredited) *''Jungle Master'' (1972) - Lord Carter *'' The Black Hand'' (a.k.a. ''La Mano Nera (Prima della mafia, più della mafia)'') (1973) - State Attorney *'' Women in Cell Block 7'' (1973) - Inspector Weil *''

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'' (1975) - Ad Agency Executive *'' The Big Operator'' (1976) - James (uncredited) *'' Emanuelle in America'' (1977) - The Senator *''War of the Robots'' (1978) - Cmdr. King (uncredited) *'' Backwards ... March!'' (a.k.a. ''Riavanti ... Marsch!'') (1979) - General Thompson *''Do It with the Pamango'' (1980) - Harry Brakson *''The Lone Road'' (2016) - Dad *''Killer Looks'' (2018) - Creepy Old Man

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Browne, Roger Living people American male film actors Year of birth missing (living people)