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John Russell
Actor, Additional Credits
Born January 3, 1921Died January 19, 1991 (70 years)
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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.
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 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
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Filmography
| 2002 | American Nightmare · as Police Officer |
| 1987 | Under the Gun · as Simon Stone |
| 1985 | Pale Rider · as Stockburn |
| 1982 | |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) · as Oldtimer #2 - In Saloon |
| 1981 | The Fall Guy (TV Series) · as Marshal Dan Troop |
| 1981 | Uncle Scam · as Art |
| 1978 | Jason of Star Command (TV Series) · as The Commander |
| 1976 | Mission to Glory: A True Story · as Capt. 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 | Police Story (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Emergency! (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Will to Die · as Frank Mantee |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) |
| 1970 | Cannon for Cordoba · as General Pershing |
| 1970 | McCloud (TV Series) · as Harry Hague |
| 1970 | Noon Sunday · as Darmody |
| 1969 | Sesame Street (TV Series) · as The Bridgekeeper |
| 1968 | If He Hollers, Let Him Go! · as Sheriff |
| 1968 | Fireball Jungle · as Nero Solitarius |
| 1968 | Buckskin · as Patch |
| 1968 | It Takes a Thief (TV Series) · as William Dover |
| 1967 | Fort Utah · as Eli Jonas |
| 1967 | Hostile Guns · as Aaron Pleasant |
| 1965 | Apache Uprising · as Vance Buckner |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Amos Mcaleer |
| 1959 | Yellowstone Kelly · as Gall, Sioux Chief |
| 1959 | Rio Bravo · as Nathan Burdette |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Mechanical Cowboy (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Lawman (TV Series) · as Marshal Dan Troop |
| 1958 | Northwest Passage (TV Series) · as Daniel |
| 1958 | Fort Massacre · as Travis |
| 1957 | The Dalton Girls · as W.t. "illinois" Grey |
| 1957 | Hell Bound · as Jordan |
| 1957 | Maverick (TV Series) · as John Grimes |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot (TV Series) · as Jeff Seward |
| 1957 | Untamed Youth · as Russ Tropp |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show (TV Series) · as Gary Donovan |
| 1955 | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Carl Ryker |
| 1955 | The Last Command · as Lt. Dickinson |
| 1955 | Soldiers of Fortune (TV Series) · as Tim Kelly |
| 1954 | Hell's Outpost · as Ben Hodes |
| 1954 | Studio 57 (TV Series) |
| 1954 | Jubilee Trail · as Oliver Hale |
| 1953 | Fair Wind to Java · as Flint |
| 1953 | The Sun Shines Bright · as Ashby Corwin |
| 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 | Three Little Girls in Blue · as Young Man At Party |
| 1946 | Somewhere in the Night · as Marine Captain (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Dark Corner · as Policeman At Tony's Apartment (uncredited) |
| 1945 | A Royal Scandal · as Guard (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Within These Walls · as Rogers |
| 1945 | A Bell for Adano · as Capt. Anderson (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · as Hopper Boy |