John Russell


Actor

About

Also Known As
John Lawrence Rusell, Johnny Russell
Birth Place
Los Angeles, USA
Born
January 03, 1921
Died
January 19, 1991
Cause of Death
Pneumonia After Brief Illness

Biography

Member of a pioneer Los Angeles family; made film debut in "A Bell For Adano" (1945) and worked variously under contract to Universal, Republic and Warner Bros. in more than fifty films including "Forever Amber" (1947),...

Notes

He received a battlefield commission for valor at Guadalcanal during WWII.

Biography

Member of a pioneer Los Angeles family; made film debut in "A Bell For Adano" (1945) and worked variously under contract to Universal, Republic and Warner Bros. in more than fifty films including "Forever Amber" (1947),

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Her Alibi (1989)
Clown
Under the Gun (1988)
Maid to Order (1987)
Amazing Grace And Chuck (1987)
Pale Rider (1985)
Marshal Stockburn
Phar Lap (1983)
Australian Racecalls; Race Commentator
Honkytonk Man (1982)
Jack Wade
Uncle Scam (1981)
The Good-Time Outlaws (1979)
Doorman At Armadillo Club
Kino, the Padre on Horseback (1977)
Lord Shango (1974)
Smoke in the Wind (1971)
Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
Marshal
Cannon for Cordoba (1970)
Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing
If He Hollers, Let Him Go! (1968)
Sheriff
Buckskin (1968)
Patch
Fireball Jungle (1968)
Nero Sagittarius
Fort Utah (1967)
Eli Jonas
Hostile Guns (1967)
Aaron
Apache Uprising (1966)
Vance Buckner
The Girl From Tobacco Row (1966)
Yellowstone Kelly (1959)
Gall
Rio Bravo (1959)
Nathan Burdette
Fort Massacre (1958)
Travis
The Dalton Girls (1957)
W. T. "Illinois" Grey
Hell Bound (1957)
Jordan
Untamed Youth (1957)
Russ Tropp
The Last Command (1955)
Lt. Dickson
Hell's Outpost (1954)
Ben Hodes
Jubilee Trail (1954)
Oliver Hale
The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
Ashby Corwin
Fair Wind to Java (1953)
Flint
Hoodlum Empire (1952)
Joe Gray
Oklahoma Annie (1952)
Dan Fraser
The Fat Man (1951)
Gene Gordon
Man in the Saddle (1951)
Hugh Clagg
The Barefoot Mailman (1951)
Theron
Fighting Coast Guard (1951)
Barney Walker
Frenchie (1951)
Lance Cole
Saddle Tramp (1950)
Rocky
Undertow (1949)
Danny Morgan
The Story of Molly X (1949)
Cash Brady
Slattery's Hurricane (1949)
Lt. F. J. "Hobby" Hobson
The Gal Who Took the West (1949)
Grant O'Hara
Sitting Pretty (1948)
Bill Philby
Yellow Sky (1948)
Lengthy
Forever Amber (1947)
Black Jack Mallard
Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)
Somewhere in the Night (1946)
Marine captain
Wake Up and Dream (1946)
Pilot
The Dark Corner (1946)
Policeman
A Royal Scandal (1945)
Guard
Don Juan Quilligan (1945)
Howie Mossrock
Within These Walls (1945)
Rogers
A Bell for Adano (1945)
Capt. Anderson
The Man I Married (1940)
Ricky [Hoffman]
The Blue Bird (1940)
Tyltyl
Jesse James (1939)
Jesse James Jr.
City in Terror (1939)
Ted Carter
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Hopper boy
Sabotage (1939)
Matt Grayson
Five of a Kind (1938)
Dickie
Prison Break (1938)
Jackie
The Duke Comes Back (1937)
Jimmy Foster

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Pardon My Past (1945)
2nd Camera
The Great John L. (1945)
Second Camera
The Cheaters (1945)
2nd Camera

Writer (Feature Film)

Frankenstein (1931)
Contr to Screenplay const
El dios del mar (1930)
Argumento [Story]
Side Street (1929)
Scen
The Pagan (1929)
Story
The Red Mark (1928)
Story
The Sorrows of Satan (1927)
Adaptation
God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1927)
Adaptation
Beau Geste (1926)
Adaptation
The Crowded Hour (1925)
Scen
The Little French Girl (1925)
Screenwriter
The Iron Horse (1925)
Story
The Street of Forgotten Men (1925)
Adaptation
Lord Jim (1925)
Adaptation
Mademoiselle Midnight (1924)
Scen
Dangerous Money (1924)
Adaptation
Argentine Love (1924)
Adaptation
Mademoiselle Midnight (1924)
Story
The Exiles (1923)
Adaptation

Music (Feature Film)

Medicine Ball Caravan (1971)
Composer
From Nashville With Music (1969)
Composer

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Malpractice (1989)
Production Manager

Cast (Special)

No One Dies Alone (1988)
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979)

Music (Special)

The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars (1998)
Music

Misc. Crew (Special)

The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars (1998)
Effects

Life Events

1945

Film debut, "A Bell For Adano"

Photo Collections

Rio Bravo - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for Rio Bravo (1959), directed by Howard Hawks. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

Videos

Movie Clip

Trailer

Family

Newton Requa Russell
Brother
US senator. Born in June 1927.

Bibliography

Notes

He received a battlefield commission for valor at Guadalcanal during WWII.