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Alan Browning
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Alan Browning
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1926-03-23,Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
Alan Brown (23 March 1926 – 7 September 1979), known professionally as Alan Browning, was an English actor. Whilst working by day as a reporter for a local paper in Newcastle in the 1950s, he began acting as an amateur at the People's Theatre. He then moved to London to work for a news agency and was sent abroad to Cairo, where he met his first wife (Anne) who was serving in the Women's Royal Naval Service (Wrens). On their return to the UK, and following encouragement from Anne, he began to seek work as an actor. Very soon he was cast as King John in a pair of educational films made for Encyclopedia Britannica, and then became a regular 'extra' playing bit parts in TV series such as Z-Cars, The Saint, and The Avengers. He also starred as Chief Officer Steve Rettar in the ABC series Jezebel in 1963. He became a household name in the UK when he was cast as Ellis Cooper in The Newcomers (1965-1968), but is best remembered for portraying Alan Howard in the television series Coronation Street, a role he played from 1969 to 1973. He was married to his Coronation Street co-star Pat Phoenix from 23 December 1972, until his 1979 death from liver failure as a result of his heavy alcohol intake. Phoenix also played his onscreen wife, Elsie Tanner, in Coronation Street. The pair left The Street in 1973 and toured the UK and New Zealand with theatrical productions of Gaslight and Night Must Fall, both directed by Browning, before Phoenix rejoined the cast of The Street. Browning also recorded an LP of jazz standards called "Whisky & Milk" (a reference to his preferred drink, being easier on the stomach than neat whisky) with the Tony Hayes Quartet in 1975. Browning's other television appearances included Interpol Calling (1960), Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962), Maigret (1963), The Plane Makers (1964), The War of Darkie Pilbeam (1968), Big Breadwinner Hog (1969), The Onedin Line (1971), The Fear Is Spreading (an episode of the TV series Thriller, 1975), When the Boat Comes In (1976), and a leading role in The Cedar Tree (1976-77). His final credit was in a 1978 episode of Return of the Saint. His film credits included Feet of Clay (1960), Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961), Cleopatra (1963), Guns at Batasi (1964), and Julius Caesar (1970).

Filmography

7.1

Guns at Batasi
1964-10-30

5.5

Part-Time Wife
1961-12-05

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The Crazy Kill
1975-02-25

Fury at Smugglers' Bay

4.6

Fury at Smugglers' Bay
1961-01-01

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Gang War
1962-01-01

6.6

Thriller
1973-04-14

7

Z-Cars
1962-01-02

6.8

Gideon's Way
1965-03-18

7.7

The Avengers
1961-01-07

5.4

Crown Court
1972-10-11

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

6

Dr. Finlay's Casebook
1962-08-16

No Hiding Place

3.7

No Hiding Place
1959-09-16

5.5

Suspense
1962-04-30

6.9

Maigret
1960-10-31

The Main Chance

7.7

The Main Chance
1969-06-18

Return of the Saint

7

Return of the Saint
1978-09-10

7.3

The Saint
1962-10-04

7.7

The Avengers
1961-01-07