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John Russell
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John Russell
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Acting
Birthday
1921-01-03,Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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 Description above from the Wikipedia article John Russell (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

7.813

Rio Bravo
1959-03-18

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

7.9

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939-10-19

6.9

Yellow Sky
1948-12-24

6.1

Hoodlum Empire
1952-04-15

Slattery's Hurricane

5.6

Slattery's Hurricane
1949-08-11

Mission to Glory: A True Story

5

Mission to Glory: A True Story
1977-01-01

The Gal Who Took the West

5.6

The Gal Who Took the West
1949-09-01

Man in the Saddle

6.5

Man in the Saddle
1951-12-02

American Nightmare

4.951

American Nightmare
2002-01-29

5.9

Hell Bound
1957-10-01

5.7

The Fat Man
1951-05-19

The Story of Molly X

4.6

The Story of Molly X
1949-11-01

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

0

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979-06-05

6

Undertow
1949-12-03

Cannon for Cordoba

5.6

Cannon for Cordoba
1970-10-01

4

Untamed Youth
1957-03-15

6.1

Forever Amber
1947-10-10

The Sun Shines Bright

6.4

The Sun Shines Bright
1953-05-02

6.3

Saddle Tramp
1950-09-21

4.6

Jubilee Trail
1954-05-15

5.2

Buckskin
1968-05-01

Apache Uprising

6.6

Apache Uprising
1965-12-29

Within These Walls

5

Within These Walls
1945-07-13

The Dalton Girls

5.3

The Dalton Girls
1957-12-01

5.1

Hostile Guns
1967-07-01

5.7

Frenchie
1950-12-25

8

Oklahoma Annie
1952-03-24

Somewhere in the Night

6.8

Somewhere in the Night
1946-06-12

Six Tickets to Hell

0

Six Tickets to Hell
1981-09-10

3.5

Noon Sunday
1970-01-10

5.9

Fort Massacre
1958-05-14

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

5

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
1968-10-08

Yellowstone Kelly

6.1

Yellowstone Kelly
1959-11-11

The Barefoot Mailman

4

The Barefoot Mailman
1951-12-03

Fair Wind to Java

4.9

Fair Wind to Java
1953-01-28

7.2

Pale Rider
1985-06-28

Fighting Coast Guard

6.5

Fighting Coast Guard
1951-05-31

5.5

Under the Gun
1988-04-25

7.1

Sitting Pretty
1948-03-10

The Outlaw Josey Wales

7.4

The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976-06-30

3.55

Blood Legacy
1971-03-17

The Last Command

6.5

The Last Command
1955-08-03

5

Hell's Outpost
1954-12-15

3.6

Fort Utah
1967-09-01

Don Juan Quilligan

6

Don Juan Quilligan
1945-06-01

Fireball Jungle

6

Fireball Jungle
1968-10-02

A Bell for Adano

5.5

A Bell for Adano
1945-06-21

A Royal Scandal

6.9

A Royal Scandal
1945-03-26

Smoke In The Wind

6

Smoke In The Wind
1975-04-01

6.5

Disneyland '59
1959-06-15

The Dark Corner

6.4

The Dark Corner
1946-04-09

5.8

Cheyenne
1955-09-20

6.8

Maverick
1957-09-22

Alias Smith and Jones

6.9

Alias Smith and Jones
1971-01-05

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

7.8

Emergency!
1972-01-22

6.9

Daniel Boone
1964-09-24

7.1

Police Story
1973-03-20

Jason of Star Command

5.7

Jason of Star Command
1978-09-09

7.1

McCloud
1970-02-17

5.4

Lawman
1958-10-05

4.2

Sugarfoot
1957-09-17

0

Studio 57
1954-09-21

6.8

Maverick
1957-09-22

6.8

Maverick
1957-09-22

Soldiers of Fortune

5

Soldiers of Fortune
1955-01-10

77 Sunset Strip

6.7

77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10

6.7

Simon & Simon
1981-11-24