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Website
  
TonyBrown.com

Name
  
Tony Brown


Role
  
Television Actor

Education
  
Wayne State University

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Born
  
April 11, 1933 (age 90) (
1933-04-11
)
Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.

Occupation
  
Journalist, College Dean - Hampton University, President/CEO - Tony Brown Productions

Movies and TV shows
  
Tony Brown's Journal, The White Girl

William Anthony "Tony" Brown (born April 11, 1933) is an American journalist, academian, comedian and businessman. He is best known as the commentator of the long running syndicated television show, Tony Brown's Journal.

Contents

Brown is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

Accomplishments

  • 1959, he received a BA in Sociology from Wayne State University.
  • 1961, he received an MA in Psychiatric Social Work from Wayne State University. He is a former faculty member at Central Washington University and Federal City College.
  • 1971, he became the founding dean of Howard University's School of Communication.
  • 1989, he wrote, directed, produced and distributed a dramatic movie with an anti-drug message, The White Girl.
  • 1998, wrote Empower The People: A 7-Step plan to Overthrow the Conspiracy that is Stealing Your Money and Freedom
  • 2002, he was inducted into the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Silver Circle.
  • 2004, he became the dean of Hampton University's Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications. He held the position until 2009, when he stepped down.

    • In 1988 he wrote, produced, and directed the film The White Girl, which dramatized an African American student's struggle with cocaine addiction.

    He joined the Republican Party in 1990.

    Filmography

    Producer
    2001
    Maybe It's Me (TV Series) (producer - 1 episode)
    - The Pilot Episode (2001) - (producer)
    2000
    Freedom (TV Series) (producer - 1 episode)
    - Enemy (2000) - (producer)
    1992
    Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (TV Series) (producer - 1 episode)
    - Unaired Pilot - (producer)
    1989
    Baywatch (TV Series) (coordinating producer - 21 episodes)
    - The End? (1990) - (coordinating producer)
    - Old Friends (1990) - (coordinating producer)
    - The Big Race (1990) - (coordinating producer)
    - Shark Derby (1990) - (coordinating producer)
    - Eclipse (1990) - (coordinating producer)
    - Snake Eyes (1990) - (coordinating producer)
    - Muddy Waters (1990) - (coordinating producer)
    - We Need a Vacation (1990) - (coordinating producer)
    - Home Cort (1990) - (coordinating producer)
    - Armored Car (1990) - (coordinating producer)
    - The Reunion (1989) - (coordinating producer)
    - Shelter Me (1989) - (coordinating producer)
    - The Cretin of the Shallows (1989) - (coordinating producer)
    - Cruise Ship (1989) - (coordinating producer)
    - Rookie School (1989) - (coordinating producer)
    - The Drowning Pool (1989) - (coordinating producer)
    - The Sky Is Falling (1989) - (coordinating producer)
    - Message in a Bottle (1989) - (coordinating producer)
    - Second Wave (1989) - (coordinating producer)
    - Heat Wave (1989) - (coordinating producer)
    - In Deep (1989) - (coordinating producer)
    1990
    The White Girl (producer)
    1978
    Tony Brown's Journal (TV Series) (executive producer)
    1968
    Black Journal (TV Series) (producer - 1970-1976)
    Director
    1990
    The White Girl
    Actor
    1968
    Black Journal (TV Series) as
    Host (1970 - 1976)
    Writer
    1990
    The White Girl
    Editor
    1978
    NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney (TV Movie documentary)
    Self
    1978
    Tony Brown's Journal (TV Series) as
    Self - Host
    - A $40 Million Slave (2007) - Self - Host
    - The Down Low: No Longer a Secret (2005) - Self - Host
    - Black Soap (1982) - Self - Host
    - Blacks and Television (Part III) (1982) - Self - Host
    - Television and Blacks (Part II) (1982) - Self - Host
    - Blacks and Television (Part I) (1982) - Self - Host
    - The House with Music in It (1981) - Self - Host
    - Man and Woman (1978) - Self - Host
    1971
    Black Journal (TV Series) as
    Self - Host / Self - Guest Host / Self
    - The Black Pimp (1971) - Self - Host

    References

    Tony Brown (journalist) Wikipedia
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