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person_profile-John Russell

John Russell Died at age: 70

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

John Russell

Date of Birth:

Jan 03, 1921

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jan 19, 1991

Biography of

John Russell

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

    John Lawrence Russell was an American actor, and World War II veteran, most noted for playing Marshal Dan Troop in the successful ABC western television series Lawman from 1958 to 1962, and his lead role as international adventurer Tim Kelly in the syndicated TV series Soldiers of Fortune from 1955 to 1957.

    Russell signed a contract with 20th Century Fox in 1945 and made his first film appearance as a guard in A Royal Scandal. He played several supporting parts while at Fox, acting the role of a junior law partner in the Clifton Webb comedy Sitting Pretty, as well as a navy pilot in Slattery's Hurricane. Later, however, he signed with Republic Pictures where he was cast in a starring role.

    In 1955, Russell landed the lead role in a television drama series called Soldiers of Fortune. In 1958, Russell was cast in his best-known role: the stolid, taciturn Marshal Dan Troop, the lead character in Lawman, an ABC/Warners hit western series that ran for four years. Co-starring alongside Peter Brown, who played Deputy Johnny McKay, and Peggie Castle as Birdcage Saloon owner Lily Merrill, Russell portrayed a US frontier peace officer mentoring his younger compatriot. At the same time that Lawman premiered, Russell played an outlaw, along with Edd Byrnes and Rodolfo Hoyos Jr., in the 1958 season premiere episode of Sugarfoot, another ABC/WB hit western, with Will Hutchins in the title role.

    Russell also appeared in other motion pictures for Warner Bros., notably as a Sioux chieftain in Yellowstone Kelly, as well as a rich corrupt cattle-rancher, Nathan Burdette, in the highly successful Howard Hawks western Rio Bravo, starring John Wayne.

    Throughout the remainder of his movie career, he played secondary roles in more than 20 films, including several A.C. Lyles westerns and three films directed by his friend Clint Eastwood, most notably as Marshal Stockburn, the chief villain in Eastwood's 1985 film, Pale Rider.

    Russell also appeared in the second season of the Filmation children's science-fiction series Jason of Star Command. He played Commander Stone, a blue-skinned alien from Alpha Centauri. He replaced James Doohan, who had played the commander in the previous season, but left to start working on Star Trek: The Motion Picture

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John Russell

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Filmography of

John Russell

Found 50 Movies in total

American Nightmare

Police Officer ( Actor )

... 2002

Under the Gun

Simon Stone ( Actor )

... 1988

Pale Rider

Stockburn ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1981

Mission to Glory: A True Story

Capt. Solis ( Actor )

... 1977

The Outlaw Josey Wales

Bloody Bill Anderson ( Actor )

... 1976

Smoke In The Wind

Cagle Mondier ( Actor )

... 1975

Blood Legacy

Frank Mantee ( Actor )

... 1971

Cannon for Cordoba

General Pershing ( Actor )

... 1970

Noon Sunday

Darmody ( Actor )

... 1970

... 1968

Fireball Jungle

Nero Solitarius ( Actor )

... 1968

Buckskin

Patch ( Actor )

... 1968

Fort Utah

Eli Jonas ( Actor )

... 1967

Hostile Guns

Aaron Pleasant ( Actor )

... 1967

Apache Uprising

Vance Buckner ( Actor )

... 1965

Yellowstone Kelly

Gall, Sioux Chief ( Actor )

... 1959

Disneyland '59

Self ( Actor )

... 1959

Rio Bravo

Nathan Burdette ( Actor )

... 1959

Fort Massacre

Travis ( Actor )

... 1958

The Dalton Girls

W.T. "Illinois" Grey ( Actor )

... 1957

Hell Bound

Jordan ( Actor )

... 1957

Untamed Youth

Russ Tropp ( Actor )

... 1957

The Last Command

Lt. Dickinson ( Actor )

... 1955

Hell's Outpost

Ben Hodes ( Actor )

... 1954

Jubilee Trail

Oliver Hale ( Actor )

... 1954

The Sun Shines Bright

Ashby Corwin ( Actor )

... 1953

Fair Wind to Java

Flint ( Actor )

... 1953

Hoodlum Empire

Joe Gray ( Actor )

... 1952

Oklahoma Annie

Dan Fraser ( Actor )

... 1952

The Barefoot Mailman

Theron ( Actor )

... 1951

Man in the Saddle

Hugh Clagg ( Actor )

... 1951

Fighting Coast Guard

Barney Walker ( Actor )

... 1951

The Fat Man

Gene Gordon ( Actor )

... 1951

Frenchie

Lance Cole ( Actor )

... 1950

Saddle Tramp

Rocky ( Actor )

... 1950

Undertow

Danny Morgan ( Actor )

... 1949

The Story of Molly X

Cash Brady ( Actor )

... 1949

The Gal Who Took the West

Grant O'Hara ( Actor )

... 1949

Slattery's Hurricane

Lt. F.A. 'Hobbie' Hobson ( Actor )

... 1949

Yellow Sky

Lengthy ( Actor )

... 1948

Sitting Pretty

Bill Philby ( Actor )

... 1948

Forever Amber

Black Jack Mallard ( Actor )

... 1947

Somewhere in the Night

Marine Captain (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

The Dark Corner

Policeman at Tony's Apartment (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

Within These Walls

Rogers ( Actor )

... 1945

A Bell for Adano

Capt. Anderson ( Actor )

... 1945

Don Juan Quilligan

Howie Mossrock ( Actor )

... 1945

A Royal Scandal

Guard (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Hopper Boy ( Actor )

... 1939