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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 (Movies)
American Nightmare
Character:Police Officer
Release Date:29/01/2002
Under the Gun
Character:Simon Stone
Release Date:25/04/1988
Pale Rider
Character:Stockburn
Release Date:28/06/1985
Honkytonk Man
Character:
Release Date:15/12/1982
Six Tickets to Hell
Character:
Release Date:10/09/1981
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Character:Self
Release Date:05/06/1979
Mission to Glory: A True Story
Character:Solis
Release Date:01/01/1977
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Character:Bloody Bill Anderson
Release Date:30/06/1976
Fugitive Lovers
Character:Harris Alexander
Release Date:27/11/1975
Smoke In The Wind
Character:Cagle Mondier
Release Date:01/04/1975
Blood Legacy
Character:Frank Mantee
Release Date:17/03/1971
Cannon for Cordoba
Character:General Pershing
Release Date:01/10/1970
Noon Sunday
Character:Darmody
Release Date:10/01/1970
If He Hollers, Let Him Go!
Character:Sheriff
Release Date:08/10/1968
Fireball Jungle
Character:Nero Solitarius
Release Date:02/10/1968
Buckskin
Character:Patch
Release Date:01/05/1968
Fort Utah
Character:Eli Jonas
Release Date:01/09/1967
Hostile Guns
Character:Aaron Pleasant
Release Date:01/07/1967
Apache Uprising
Character:Vance Buckner
Release Date:29/12/1965
Yellowstone Kelly
Character:Gall, Sioux Chief
Release Date:11/11/1959
Disneyland '59
Character:Self
Release Date:15/06/1959
Rio Bravo
Character:Nathan Burdette
Release Date:08/03/1959
Fort Massacre
Character:Travis
Release Date:14/05/1958
The Dalton Girls
Character:W.T. "Illinois" Grey
Release Date:01/12/1957
Hell Bound
Character:Jordan
Release Date:01/10/1957
Untamed Youth
Character:Russ Tropp
Release Date:15/03/1957
The Last Command
Character:Lt. Dickinson
Release Date:03/08/1955
Hell's Outpost
Character:Ben Hodes
Release Date:15/12/1954
Jubilee Trail
Character:Oliver Hale
Release Date:15/05/1954
The Sun Shines Bright
Character:Ashby Corwin
Release Date:02/05/1953
Fair Wind to Java
Character:Flint
Release Date:28/01/1953
Hoodlum Empire
Character:Joe Gray
Release Date:15/04/1952
Oklahoma Annie
Character:Dan Fraser
Release Date:24/03/1952
The Barefoot Mailman
Character:Theron
Release Date:03/12/1951
Man in the Saddle
Character:Hugh Clagg
Release Date:02/12/1951
Fighting Coast Guard
Character:Barney Walker
Release Date:31/05/1951
The Fat Man
Character:Gene Gordon
Release Date:19/05/1951
Frenchie
Character:Lance Cole
Release Date:25/12/1950
Saddle Tramp
Character:Rocky
Release Date:21/09/1950
Undertow
Character:Danny Morgan
Release Date:03/12/1949
The Story of Molly X
Character:Cash Brady
Release Date:01/11/1949
The Gal Who Took the West
Character:Grant O'Hara
Release Date:01/09/1949
Slattery's Hurricane
Character:Lt. F.A. 'Hobbie' Hobson
Release Date:11/08/1949
Yellow Sky
Character:Lengthy
Release Date:24/12/1948
Sitting Pretty
Character:Bill Philby
Release Date:10/03/1948
Forever Amber
Character:Black Jack Mallard
Release Date:10/10/1947
Somewhere in the Night
Character:Marine Captain (uncredited)
Release Date:12/06/1946
The Dark Corner
Character:Policeman at Tony's Apartment (uncredited)
Release Date:09/04/1946
Within These Walls
Character:Rogers
Release Date:13/07/1945
A Bell for Adano
Character:Capt. Anderson (uncredited)
Release Date:21/06/1945
A Royal Scandal
Character:Guard (uncredited)
Release Date:26/03/1945
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Character:Hopper Boy
Release Date:19/10/1939
Television Appearances
Simon & Simon
Character:Oldtimer #2 - in Saloon
Jason of Star Command
Character:The Commander
Police Story
Character:
Emergency!
Character:
Alias Smith and Jones
Character:
McCloud
Character:Harry Hague
It Takes a Thief
Character:William Dover
It Takes a Thief
Character:Peter Vale
Daniel Boone
Character:Amos McAleer
77 Sunset Strip
Character:Mechanical Cowboy (voice) (uncredited)
Lawman
Character:Marshal Dan Troop
Maverick
Character:
Maverick
Character:John Grimes
Maverick
Character:Edgar Maxwell
Sugarfoot
Character:Jeff Seward
Cheyenne
Character:
Gunsmoke
Character:Carl Ryker
Soldiers of Fortune
Character:Tim Kelly
Studio 57
Character:
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