American Nightmare
2002 · Movie
as Police Officer
John Russell
1921-01-03
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Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Filmography
Under the Gun
1988 · Movie
as Simon Stone
Pale Rider
1985 · Movie
as Stockburn
Honkytonk Man
1982 · Movie
Six Tickets to Hell
1981 · Movie
Simon & Simon
1981 · TV Show
as Oldtimer #2 - in Saloon
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979 · Movie
as Self
Jason of Star Command
1978 · TV Show
as The Commander
Mission to Glory: A True Story
1977 · Movie
as Solis
The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976 · Movie
as Bloody Bill Anderson
Smoke In The Wind
1975 · Movie
as Cagle Mondier
Fugitive Lovers
1975 · Movie
as Harris Alexander
Police Story
1973 · TV Show
Emergency!
1972 · TV Show
Blood Legacy
1971 · Movie
as Frank Mantee
Alias Smith and Jones
1971 · TV Show
as Marshall
Cannon for Cordoba
1970 · Movie
as General Pershing
Noon Sunday
1970 · Movie
as Darmody
McCloud
1970 · TV Show
as Harry Hague
Buckskin
1968 · Movie
as Patch
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
1968 · Movie
as Sheriff
Fireball Jungle
1968 · Movie
as Nero Solitarius
It Takes a Thief
1968 · TV Show
as William Dover, Peter Vale
Hostile Guns
1967 · Movie
as Aaron Pleasant
Fort Utah
1967 · Movie
as Eli Jonas
Apache Uprising
1965 · Movie
as Vance Buckner
Daniel Boone
1964 · TV Show
as Amos McAleer
Rio Bravo
1959 · Movie
as Nathan Burdette
Yellowstone Kelly
1959 · Movie
as Gall, Sioux Chief
Disneyland '59
1959 · Movie
as Self
Fort Massacre
1958 · Movie
as Travis
Lawman
1958 · TV Show
as Marshal Dan Troop
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · TV Show
as Mechanical Cowboy (voice) (uncredited)
Hell Bound
1957 · Movie
as Jordan
Untamed Youth
1957 · Movie
as Russ Tropp
The Dalton Girls
1957 · Movie
as W.T. "Illinois" Grey
Sugarfoot
1957 · TV Show
as Jeff Seward
Maverick
1957 · TV Show
as John Grimes, Edgar Maxwell, Marshal Dan Troop
The Last Command
1955 · Movie
as Lt. Dickinson
Cheyenne
1955 · TV Show
Gunsmoke
1955 · TV Show
as Carl Ryker
Soldiers of Fortune
1955 · TV Show
as Tim Kelly
Jubilee Trail
1954 · Movie
as Oliver Hale
Hell's Outpost
1954 · Movie
as Ben Hodes
Studio 57
1954 · TV Show
The Sun Shines Bright
1953 · Movie
as Ashby Corwin
Fair Wind to Java
1953 · Movie
as Flint
Hoodlum Empire
1952 · Movie
as Joe Gray
Oklahoma Annie
1952 · Movie
as Dan Fraser
Man in the Saddle
1951 · Movie
as Hugh Clagg
The Fat Man
1951 · Movie
as Gene Gordon
The Barefoot Mailman
1951 · Movie
as Theron
Fighting Coast Guard
1951 · Movie
as Barney Walker
Saddle Tramp
1950 · Movie
as Rocky
Frenchie
1950 · Movie
as Lance Cole
Slattery's Hurricane
1949 · Movie
as Lt. F.A. 'Hobbie' Hobson
The Gal Who Took the West
1949 · Movie
as Grant O'Hara
The Story of Molly X
1949 · Movie
as Cash Brady
Undertow
1949 · Movie
as Danny Morgan
Yellow Sky
1948 · Movie
as Lengthy
Sitting Pretty
1948 · Movie
as Bill Philby
Forever Amber
1947 · Movie
as Black Jack Mallard
Somewhere in the Night
1946 · Movie
as Marine Captain (uncredited)
The Dark Corner
1946 · Movie
as Policeman at Tony's Apartment (uncredited)
Within These Walls
1945 · Movie
as Rogers
A Bell for Adano
1945 · Movie
as Capt. Anderson (uncredited)
A Royal Scandal
1945 · Movie
as Guard (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Movie
as Hopper Boy
