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name: "Georg Stanford Brown"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/georg-stanford-brown"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "24 June 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
updated: "2026-09-16T20:12:09.517730+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Georg Stanford Brown

Director. Born 24 June 1943 in Havana, Cuba.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 24 June 1943, Havana, Cuba
- **Active:** 1981–1984
- **Works often with:** Bill Duke, Gabrielle Beaumont, Robert Crais, Stan Lathan, Alexander Singer, Anthony Yerkovich

## Biography

Georg Stanford Brown is a Cuban-American actor and director. Born on 24 June 1943 in Havana, Cuba, he trained at Los Angeles City College and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. He began acting in the 1960s with roles in films including *Bullitt* (1968) and *How to Steal a Million* (1966), and on television series such as *Mission: Impossible*.

Brown gained prominence as Officer Terry Webster in the ABC series *The Rookies* (1972–76). He later appeared as Tom Harvey in the miniseries *Roots* (1977) and *Roots: The Next Generations* (1979), and as Rory Schultebrand in *Stir Crazy* (1980). He has also had recurring roles in *North & South* (1985) and *Nip/Tuck* (2003).

As a director, Brown has helmed episodes of *Hill Street Blues* (1981–86), *Miami Vice* (1984–85), *Magnum, P.I.* (1980) and *Police Squad!* (1982). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for an episode of *Cagney & Lacey* in 1986.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Miami Vice* (1984), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), Fi1m 86, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)

## Also known for

- *Bullitt* (1968), Dr. Willard
- *How to Steal a Million* (1966), Waiter (uncredited)
- *Nip/Tuck* (2003), James Sutherland
- *Stir Crazy* (1980), Rory Schultebrand
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), Director
- *Police Squad!* (1982), Director
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Luke Jenkins — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *The Wild Thornberrys* (1998), Kito (voice)

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