- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 3, 1921
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- January 19, 1991
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, ta…
Filmography
movieAmerican Nightmare
2002 · Police Officer
movieUnder the Gun
1988 · Simon Stone
moviePale Rider
1985 · Stockburn
movieHonkytonk Man
1982
tvSimon & Simon
1981 · Oldtimer #2 - in Saloon
movieSix Tickets to Hell
1981
movieWhen the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979 · Self
tvJason of Star Command
1978 · The Commander
movieMission to Glory: A True Story
1977 · Solis
movieThe Outlaw Josey Wales
1976 · Bloody Bill Anderson
movieFugitive Lovers
1975 · Harris Alexander
movieSmoke In The Wind
1975 · Cagle Mondier
tvPolice Story
1973
tvEmergency!
1972
movieBlood Legacy
1971 · Frank Mantee
tvAlias Smith and Jones
1971 · , Marshall
movieCannon for Cordoba
1970 · General Pershing
tvMcCloud
1970 · Harry Hague
movieNoon Sunday
1970 · Darmody
movieIf He Hollers, Let Him Go!
1968 · Sheriff
movieFireball Jungle
1968 · Nero Solitarius
movieBuckskin
1968 · Patch
tvIt Takes a Thief
1968 · William Dover, Peter Vale
movieFort Utah
1967 · Eli Jonas
movieHostile Guns
1967 · Aaron Pleasant
movieApache Uprising
1965 · Vance Buckner
tvDaniel Boone
1964 · Amos McAleer
movieYellowstone Kelly
1959 · Gall, Sioux Chief
movieDisneyland '59
1959 · Self
movieRio Bravo
1959 · Nathan Burdette
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Mechanical Cowboy (voice) (uncredited)
tvLawman
1958 · Marshal Dan Troop
movieFort Massacre
1958 · Travis
movieThe Dalton Girls
1957 · W.T. "Illinois" Grey
movieHell Bound
1957 · Jordan
tvMaverick
1957 · John Grimes, Edgar Maxwell, Marshal Dan Troop
tvSugarfoot
1957 · Jeff Seward
movieUntamed Youth
1957 · Russ Tropp
tvCheyenne
1955
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Carl Ryker
movieThe Last Command
1955 · Lt. Dickinson
tvSoldiers of Fortune
1955 · Tim Kelly
movieHell's Outpost
1954 · Ben Hodes
tvStudio 57
1954
movieJubilee Trail
1954 · Oliver Hale
movieThe Sun Shines Bright
1953 · Ashby Corwin
movieFair Wind to Java
1953 · Flint
movieHoodlum Empire
1952 · Joe Gray
movieOklahoma Annie
1952 · Dan Fraser
movieThe Barefoot Mailman
1951 · Theron
movieMan in the Saddle
1951 · Hugh Clagg
movieFighting Coast Guard
1951 · Barney Walker
movieThe Fat Man
1951 · Gene Gordon
movieFrenchie
1950 · Lance Cole
movieSaddle Tramp
1950 · Rocky
movieUndertow
1949 · Danny Morgan
movieThe Story of Molly X
1949 · Cash Brady
movieThe Gal Who Took the West
1949 · Grant O'Hara
movieSlattery's Hurricane
1949 · Lt. F.A. 'Hobbie' Hobson
movieYellow Sky
1948 · Lengthy
movieSitting Pretty
1948 · Bill Philby
movieForever Amber
1947 · Black Jack Mallard
movieSomewhere in the Night
1946 · Marine Captain (uncredited)
movieThe Dark Corner
1946 · Policeman at Tony's Apartment (uncredited)
movieWithin These Walls
1945 · Rogers
movieA Bell for Adano
1945 · Capt. Anderson (uncredited)
movieA Royal Scandal
1945 · Guard (uncredited)
movieMr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Hopper Boy
movieSide Street
1929 · Adaptation
movieDangerous Money
1924 · Screenplay