Philip Brown was an American actor. Brown was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After majoring in dramatics at Stanford University where he was a Brother of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Brown played some of his earliest stage roles as part of New York's Group Theater. When it folded, he and other Group Theatre veterans headed to Hollywood, where Brown worked in motion pictures and helped found the fabled Actors' Laboratory. In 1946, he played Ernest Hemingway's famous protagonist Nick Adams in Robert Siodmak's version of The Killers, alongside William Conrad and Charles McGraw as the titular "killers". His association with the Lab came back to haunt him later in the decade, when its members fell under the scrutiny of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Although he was not a communist, Brown was blacklisted in 1952, and was eventually compelled to relocate with his family to England between 1953 and 1993. Overseas he was able to resume acting on stage, TV and films; he also directed for the stage and TV. He was best known for his role as Luke Skywalker's uncle, Owen Lars, in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977). He returned to the United States in the 1990s and in later years made the rounds of autograph shows. Phil Brown died of pneumonia on February 9, 2006 at the age of 89.

Phillip Walp Brown (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 30 d'abril de 1916 - Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, 9 de febrer de 2006) va ser un actor conegut per haver participat a la primera pel·lícula de "Star Wars".

Philip Mortimer Brown, alias Phil Brown, est un acteur américain né le 30 avril 1916 à Cambridge (Massachusetts) et décédé le 9 février 2006 à Woodland Hills, Los Angeles (Californie).

Il a notamment joué le rôle d'Owen Lars dans Star Wars : épisode IV - Un nouvel espoir.

Même s'il n'était pas communiste, l'acteur a été contraint de s'expatrier en Grande-Bretagne de 1953 à 1993.