John Russell
53 movies · 16 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 3, 1921
- Died
- Jan 19, 1991 (age 70)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- John Lawrence Russell · جان راسل
Biography
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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.
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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: movies and TV shows
Acting (67)
- 2002 American Nightmare
as Police Officer
- 1988 Under the Gun
as Simon Stone
- 1987 Your First Gun - A Family Guide To Shooting
as Grandpa
- 1985 Pale Rider
as Stockburn
- 1982
- 1981
- 1981
- 1978
- 1977 Mission to Glory: A True Story
as Solis
- 1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales
as Bloody Bill Anderson
- 1975 Fugitive Lovers
as Harris Alexander
- 1975 Smoke In The Wind
as Cagle Mondier
- 1973
- 1972
- 1971 Blood Legacy
as Frank Mantee
- 1971
- 1970 Cannon for Cordoba
as General Pershing
- 1970
- 1970 Noon Sunday
as Darmody
- 1968 If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
as Sheriff
- 1968 Fireball Jungle
as Nero Solitarius
- 1968 Buckskin
as Patch
- 1968
- 1967 Fort Utah
as Eli Jonas
- 1967 Hostile Guns
as Aaron Pleasant
- 1965 Apache Uprising
as Vance Buckner
- 1964
- 1959 Yellowstone Kelly
as Gall, Sioux Chief
- 1959 Rio Bravo
as Nathan Burdette
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 Fort Massacre
as Travis
- 1957 The Dalton Girls
as W.T. "Illinois" Grey
- 1957 Hell Bound
as Jordan
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 Untamed Youth
as Russ Tropp
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 The Last Command
as Lt. Dickinson
- 1955
- 1954 Hell's Outpost
as Ben Hodes
- 1954
- 1954 Jubilee Trail
as Oliver Hale
- 1953 The Sun Shines Bright
as Ashby Corwin
- 1953 Fair Wind to Java
as Flint
- 1952 Hoodlum Empire
as Joe Gray
- 1952 Oklahoma Annie
as Dan Fraser
- 1951 The Barefoot Mailman
as Theron
- 1951 Man in the Saddle
as Hugh Clagg
- 1951 Fighting Coast Guard
as Barney Walker
- 1951 The Fat Man
as Gene Gordon
- 1950 Frenchie
as Lance Cole
- 1950 Saddle Tramp
as Rocky
- 1949 Undertow
as Danny Morgan
- 1949 The Story of Molly X
as Cash Brady
- 1949 The Gal Who Took the West
as Grant O'Hara
- 1949 Slattery's Hurricane
as Lt. F.A. 'Hobbie' Hobson
- 1948 Yellow Sky
as Lengthy
- 1948 Sitting Pretty
as Bill Philby
- 1947 Forever Amber
as Black Jack Mallard
- 1946 Somewhere in the Night
as Marine Captain (uncredited)
- 1946 The Dark Corner
as Policeman at Tony's Apartment (uncredited)
- 1945 Within These Walls
as Rogers
- 1945 A Bell for Adano
as Anderson (uncredited)
- 1945 A Royal Scandal
as Guard (uncredited)
- 1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Hopper Boy
Behind the camera (2)
- 1929 Side Street
Adaptation
- 1924 Dangerous Money
Screenplay
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 1979
- 1959