- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 15, 1918
- Place of Birth
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Died
- October 2, 2005
Nipsey Russell
Julius "Nipsey" Russell (September 15, 1918 – October 2, 2005) was an American comedian, best known today for his appearances as a guest panelist on game shows from the 1960s through the 1990s, especially Match Game, Password, Hollywood Squares, To Tell the Truth and Pyramid. His appearances were distinguished in part by the short, humorous poems he would recite during the broadcast. These lyrics became so closely associated with Russell that Dick Clark, Bill Cullen, Betty White, and others regularly referred to him as "the poet laureate of television." He also had a leading role in the film version of The Wiz. Russell was also a frequent guest on Dean Martin's Celebrity Roasts.
Filmography
tv100 Centre Street
2001 · Wallace Roy
tvSpin City
1996 · Nipsey Russell
movieCar 54, Where Are You?
1994 · Police Captain Dave Anderson
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self
moviePosse
1993 · Snopes
movieWildcats
1986 · Ben Edwards
tvYour Number's Up
1985 · Host
movieDream One
1984 · Mr. Rip / Benjamin
$weepstake$
tv$weepstake$
1979
movieFame
1978 · Vinny
movieThe Wiz
1978 · Tinman
movieWiz on Down the Road
1978 · Tinman
tvThe Love Boat
1977 · Dan Manhoney
tvPolice Woman
1974 · Charlie Witt
The Dean Martin Comedy World
tvThe Dean Martin Comedy World
1974 · Host
tvThe Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973 · Self
tvMatch Game
1973 · Self
Barefoot in the Park
tvBarefoot in the Park
1970 · Honey Robinson
movieKing: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Self (archive footage)
tvRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self (uncredited)
movieThe Strolling '20s
1966 · Self
tvThe Dean Martin Show
1965
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
tvTonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
tvThe Red Skelton Show
1951 · Nipsey Ralston, Self
tvThe Bob Hope Show
1950 · Self
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self