John Russell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

72

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-01-03

Day of death

1991-01-19 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

John Russell

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.​

Known For

  • Maverick

    Maverick

  • Maverick

    Maverick

  • Maverick

    Maverick

  • Emergency!

    Emergency!

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Simon & Simon

    Simon & Simon

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Lawman

    Lawman

  • Hoodlum Empire

    Hoodlum Empire

  • McCloud

    McCloud

  • Saddle Tramp

    Saddle Tramp

  • Alias Smith and Jones

    Alias Smith and Jones

  • Alias Smith and Jones

    Alias Smith and Jones

  • Police Story

    Police Story

  • Noon Sunday

    Noon Sunday

  • Fort Utah

    Fort Utah

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • Sugarfoot

    Sugarfoot

  • Frenchie

    Frenchie

  • It Takes a Thief

    It Takes a Thief

  • It Takes a Thief

    It Takes a Thief

  • Studio 57

    Studio 57

  • Sitting Pretty

    Sitting Pretty

  • Rio Bravo

    Rio Bravo

  • Hell's Outpost

    Hell's Outpost

  • Undertow

    Undertow

  • Yellow Sky

    Yellow Sky

  • Yellowstone Kelly

    Yellowstone Kelly

  • The Gal Who Took the West

    The Gal Who Took the West

  • Pale Rider

    Pale Rider

  • Forever Amber

    Forever Amber

  • The Outlaw Josey Wales

    The Outlaw Josey Wales

  • Fighting Coast Guard

    Fighting Coast Guard

  • Six Tickets to Hell

    Six Tickets to Hell

  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

  • The Dark Corner

    The Dark Corner

  • Jason of Star Command

    Jason of Star Command

  • Buckskin

    Buckskin

  • Somewhere in the Night

    Somewhere in the Night

  • Honkytonk Man

    Honkytonk Man

  • Oklahoma Annie

    Oklahoma Annie

  • A Royal Scandal

    A Royal Scandal

  • The Last Command

    The Last Command

  • Soldiers of Fortune

    Soldiers of Fortune

  • Apache Uprising

    Apache Uprising

  • The Sun Shines Bright

    The Sun Shines Bright

  • Slattery's Hurricane

    Slattery's Hurricane

  • When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

    When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

  • Fort Massacre

    Fort Massacre

  • American Nightmare

    American Nightmare

  • Disneyland '59

    Disneyland '59

  • A Bell for Adano

    A Bell for Adano

  • Hostile Guns

    Hostile Guns

  • Man in the Saddle

    Man in the Saddle

  • Blood Legacy

    Blood Legacy

  • The Story of Molly X

    The Story of Molly X

  • The Fat Man

    The Fat Man

  • Untamed Youth

    Untamed Youth

  • If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

    If He Hollers, Let Him Go!

  • Under the Gun

    Under the Gun

  • Cannon for Cordoba

    Cannon for Cordoba

  • Mission to Glory: A True Story

    Mission to Glory: A True Story

  • Hell Bound

    Hell Bound

  • Jubilee Trail

    Jubilee Trail

  • The Barefoot Mailman

    The Barefoot Mailman

  • Fair Wind to Java

    Fair Wind to Java

  • Smoke In The Wind

    Smoke In The Wind

  • Within These Walls

    Within These Walls

  • Fireball Jungle

    Fireball Jungle

  • Fugitive Lovers

    Fugitive Lovers

  • The Dalton Girls

    The Dalton Girls