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John Russell

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Known For

70 Years Old

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.​

Born

Los Angeles, California, USA on 3rd January 1921

Died

19th January 1991

All Credits

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Maverick
Edgar Maxwell
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Maverick
John Grimes
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Maverick
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Daniel Boone
Amos McAleer
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Jason of Star Command
The Commander
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Cheyenne
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It Takes a Thief
Peter Vale
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It Takes a Thief
William Dover
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Studio 57
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Simon & Simon
Oldtimer #2 - in Saloon
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Emergency!
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McCloud
Harry Hague
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77 Sunset Strip
Mechanical Cowboy (voice) (uncredited)
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Police Story
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Sugarfoot
Jeff Seward
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Gunsmoke
Carl Ryker
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Lawman
Marshal Dan Troop
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Soldiers of Fortune
Tim Kelly
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Alias Smith and Jones
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Rio Bravo
Nathan Burdette
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The Outlaw Josey Wales
Bloody Bill Anderson
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Pale Rider
Stockburn
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Yellowstone Kelly
Gall, Sioux Chief
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Hopper Boy
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The Fat Man
Gene Gordon
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A Royal Scandal
Guard (uncredited)
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American Nightmare
Police Officer
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Honkytonk Man
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The Dark Corner
Policeman at Tony's Apartment (uncredited)
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Apache Uprising
Vance Buckner
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Yellow Sky
Lengthy
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Sitting Pretty
Bill Philby
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Oklahoma Annie
Dan Fraser
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Somewhere in the Night
Marine Captain (uncredited)
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The Last Command
Lt. Dickinson
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Mission to Glory: A True Story
Capt. Solis
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Man in the Saddle
Hugh Clagg
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Hell's Outpost
Ben Hodes
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Forever Amber
Black Jack Mallard
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A Bell for Adano
Capt. Anderson (uncredited)
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Cannon for Cordoba
General Pershing
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The Sun Shines Bright
Ashby Corwin
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Frenchie
Lance Cole
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Saddle Tramp
Rocky
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The Story of Molly X
Cash Brady
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Fort Massacre
Travis
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If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
Sheriff
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Undertow
Danny Morgan
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Hostile Guns
Aaron Pleasant
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Disneyland '59
Self
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Fort Utah
Eli Jonas
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Slattery's Hurricane
Lt. F.A. 'Hobbie' Hobson
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The Dalton Girls
W.T. "Illinois" Grey
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Hell Bound
Jordan
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Hoodlum Empire
Joe Gray
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Buckskin
Patch
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Under the Gun
Simon Stone
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When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Self
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Jubilee Trail
Oliver Hale
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Blood Legacy
Frank Mantee
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Fair Wind to Java
Flint
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The Gal Who Took the West
Grant O'Hara
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Untamed Youth
Russ Tropp
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The Barefoot Mailman
Theron
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Noon Sunday
Darmody
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Fighting Coast Guard
Barney Walker
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Within These Walls
Rogers
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Smoke In The Wind
Cagle Mondier
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Fireball Jungle
Nero Solitarius
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Six Tickets to Hell