Eric Brown, (born December 17, 1964, in New York), is an American film and TV actor of the 1980s. Brown is best known for his role as Phillip Fillmore in the coming of age motion picture Private Lessons and as Vinton "Buzz" Harper, Jr. in the syndicated American TV show Mama's Family. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Brown, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia