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John Russell‌

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Birthday

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John Russell

Los Angeles, California, USA

John Russell

Los Angeles, California, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1921-01-03

Popularity

star7.1

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.​

Movie Credits

Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo‌
star7.8
calendar 1959

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington‌
star7.9
calendar 1939

Yellow Sky

Yellow Sky‌
star6.9
calendar 1948

Hoodlum Empire

Hoodlum Empire‌
star6.1
calendar 1952

Slattery's Hurricane

Slattery's Hurricane‌
star5.6
calendar 1949

Mission to Glory: A True Story

Mission to Glory: A True Story‌
star5.0
calendar 1977

The Gal Who Took the West

The Gal Who Took the West‌
star5.6
calendar 1949

Man in the Saddle

Man in the Saddle‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

American Nightmare

American Nightmare‌
star5.0
calendar 2002

Hell Bound

Hell Bound‌
star5.9
calendar 1957

The Fat Man

The Fat Man‌
star5.7
calendar 1951

The Story of Molly X

The Story of Molly X‌
star4.6
calendar 1949

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Undertow

Undertow‌
star6.0
calendar 1949

Cannon for Cordoba

Cannon for Cordoba‌
star5.6
calendar 1970

Untamed Youth

Untamed Youth‌
star4.0
calendar 1957

Forever Amber

Forever Amber‌
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calendar 1947

The Sun Shines Bright

The Sun Shines Bright‌
star6.4
calendar 1953

Saddle Tramp

Saddle Tramp‌
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calendar 1950

Jubilee Trail

Jubilee Trail‌
star4.6
calendar 1954

Buckskin

Buckskin‌
star5.2
calendar 1968

Apache Uprising

Apache Uprising‌
star6.6
calendar 1965

Within These Walls

Within These Walls‌
star5.0
calendar 1945

The Dalton Girls

The Dalton Girls‌
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calendar 1957

Hostile Guns

Hostile Guns‌
star5.1
calendar 1967

Frenchie

Frenchie‌
star5.7
calendar 1950

Oklahoma Annie

Oklahoma Annie‌
star8.0
calendar 1952

Somewhere in the Night

Somewhere in the Night‌
star6.8
calendar 1946

Six Tickets to Hell

Six Tickets to Hell‌
star0.0
calendar 1981

Noon Sunday

Noon Sunday‌
star3.5
calendar 1970

Fort Massacre

Fort Massacre‌
star5.9
calendar 1958

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

If He Hollers, Let Him Go!‌
star5.0
calendar 1968

Yellowstone Kelly

Yellowstone Kelly‌
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calendar 1959

The Barefoot Mailman

The Barefoot Mailman‌
star4.0
calendar 1951

Fair Wind to Java

Fair Wind to Java‌
star4.9
calendar 1953

Pale Rider

Pale Rider‌
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calendar 1985

Fighting Coast Guard

Fighting Coast Guard‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

Under the Gun

Under the Gun‌
star5.5
calendar 1988

Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty‌
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calendar 1948

The Outlaw Josey Wales

The Outlaw Josey Wales‌
star7.4
calendar 1976

Blood Legacy

Blood Legacy‌
star3.5
calendar 1971

The Last Command

The Last Command‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Hell's Outpost

Hell's Outpost‌
star5.0
calendar 1954

Fort Utah

Fort Utah‌
star3.6
calendar 1967

Don Juan Quilligan

Don Juan Quilligan‌
star6.0
calendar 1945

Fireball Jungle

Fireball Jungle‌
star6.0
calendar 1968

A Bell for Adano

A Bell for Adano‌
star5.5
calendar 1945

A Royal Scandal

A Royal Scandal‌
star6.9
calendar 1945

Smoke In The Wind

Smoke In The Wind‌
star6.0
calendar 1975

Disneyland '59

Disneyland '59‌
star6.5
calendar 1959

The Dark Corner

The Dark Corner‌
star6.4
calendar 1946

Tv Credits

Cheyenne

Cheyenne‌
star5.8
calendar 1955

Maverick

Maverick‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

Alias Smith and Jones

Alias Smith and Jones‌
star6.9
calendar 1971

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Emergency!

Emergency!‌
star7.8
calendar 1972

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone‌
star6.9
calendar 1964

Police Story

Police Story‌
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calendar 1973

Jason of Star Command

Jason of Star Command‌
star5.7
calendar 1978

McCloud

McCloud‌
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calendar 1970

Lawman

Lawman‌
star5.4
calendar 1958

Sugarfoot

Sugarfoot‌
star4.2
calendar 1957

Studio 57

Studio 57‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

Maverick

Maverick‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

Maverick

Maverick‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

Soldiers of Fortune

Soldiers of Fortune‌
star5.0
calendar 1955

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip‌
star6.7
calendar 1958

Simon & Simon

Simon & Simon‌
star6.7
calendar 1981