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, 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
Credits
- 2002 · American Nightmare as Police Officer
- 1988 · Under the Gun as Simon Stone
- 1985 · Pale Rider as Stockburn
- 1981 · Simon & Simon as Oldtimer #2 - in Saloon
- 1981 · Six Tickets to Hell as
- 1979 · When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion as Self
- 1978 · Jason of Star Command as The Commander
- 1977 · Mission to Glory: A True Story as Capt. Solis
- 1976 · The Outlaw Josey Wales as Bloody Bill Anderson
- 1975 · Smoke In The Wind as Cagle Mondier
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1972 · Emergency! as
- 1971 · Blood Legacy as Frank Mantee
- 1971 · Alias Smith and Jones as
- 1970 · Cannon for Cordoba as General Pershing
- 1970 · McCloud as Harry Hague
- 1970 · Noon Sunday as Darmody
- 1968 · If He Hollers, Let Him Go! as Sheriff
- 1968 · Fireball Jungle as Nero Solitarius
- 1968 · Buckskin as Patch
- 1967 · Fort Utah as Eli Jonas
- 1967 · Hostile Guns as Aaron Pleasant
- 1965 · Apache Uprising as Vance Buckner
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Amos McAleer
- 1959 · Yellowstone Kelly as Gall, Sioux Chief
- 1959 · Disneyland '59 as Self
- 1959 · Rio Bravo as Nathan Burdette
- 1958 · 77 Sunset Strip as Mechanical Cowboy (voice) (uncredited)
- 1958 · Lawman as Marshal Dan Troop
- 1958 · Fort Massacre as Travis
- 1957 · The Dalton Girls as W.T. "Illinois" Grey
- 1957 · Hell Bound as Jordan
- 1957 · Maverick as
- 1957 · Maverick as John Grimes
- 1957 · Maverick as Edgar Maxwell
- 1957 · Sugarfoot as Jeff Seward
- 1957 · Untamed Youth as Russ Tropp
- 1955 · Cheyenne as
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Carl Ryker
- 1955 · The Last Command as Lt. Dickinson
- 1955 · Soldiers of Fortune as Tim Kelly
- 1954 · Hell's Outpost as Ben Hodes
- 1954 · Studio 57 as
- 1954 · Jubilee Trail as Oliver Hale
- 1953 · The Sun Shines Bright as Ashby Corwin
- 1953 · Fair Wind to Java as Flint
- 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 · Somewhere in the Night as Marine Captain (uncredited)
- 1946 · The Dark Corner as Policeman at Tony's Apartment (uncredited)
- 1945 · Within These Walls as Rogers
- 1945 · A Bell for Adano as Capt. Anderson
- 1945 · Don Juan Quilligan as Howie Mossrock
- 1945 · A Royal Scandal as Guard (uncredited)
- 1939 · Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Hopper Boy