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Born · January 3, 1921
Died · January 19, 1991 (70 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: 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.
Police Officer
5.0
2002
Simon Stone
5.5
1988
Stockburn
7.2
1985
Oldtimer #2 - in Saloon · (1 episode)
6.7
1981
0.0
1981
Self
0.0
1979
The Commander · (16 episodes)
5.7
1978
Capt. Solis
5.0
1977
Bloody Bill Anderson
7.4
1976
Cagle Mondier
6.0
1975
(1 episode)
7.1
1973
(1 episode)
7.8
1972
Frank Mantee
3.5
1971
(4 episodes)
6.9
1971
General Pershing
5.6
1970
Harry Hague · (1 episode)
7.1
1970
Darmody
3.5
1970
Sheriff
5.0
1968
Nero Solitarius
6.0
1968
Patch
5.2
1968
Eli Jonas
3.6
1967
Aaron Pleasant
5.1
1967
Vance Buckner
6.4
1965
Amos McAleer · (1 episode)
6.9
1964
Gall, Sioux Chief
6.1
1959
Self
6.5
1959
Nathan Burdette
7.8
1959
Mechanical Cowboy (voice) (uncredited) · (1 episode)
6.7
1958
Marshal Dan Troop · (156 episodes)
5.4
1958
Travis
6.0
1958
W.T. "Illinois" Grey
5.3
1957
Jordan
5.9
1957
(1 episode)
6.8
1957
John Grimes · (1 episode)
6.8
1957
Edgar Maxwell · (1 episode)
6.8
1957
Jeff Seward · (1 episode)
4.8
1957
Russ Tropp
4.0
1957
(2 episodes)
5.8
1955
Carl Ryker · (1 episode)
6.6
1955
Lt. Dickinson
6.4
1955
Tim Kelly · (52 episodes)
5.0
1955
Ben Hodes
5.0
1954
(1 episode)
0.0
1954
Oliver Hale
4.6
1954
Ashby Corwin
6.5
1953
Flint
4.9
1953
Joe Gray
6.1
1952
Dan Fraser
8.0
1952
Theron
4.0
1951
Hugh Clagg
6.5
1951
Barney Walker
6.5
1951
Gene Gordon
5.7
1951
Lance Cole
5.7
1950
Rocky
6.3
1950
Danny Morgan
6.0
1949
Cash Brady
4.6
1949
Grant O'Hara
5.6
1949
Lt. F.A. 'Hobbie' Hobson
5.6
1949
Lengthy
6.9
1948
Bill Philby
7.1
1948
Black Jack Mallard
6.1
1947
Marine Captain (uncredited)
6.8
1946
Policeman at Tony's Apartment (uncredited)
6.5
1946
Rogers
5.0
1945
Capt. Anderson
5.6
1945
Guard (uncredited)
6.9
1945
Hopper Boy
7.9
1939