JOHN RUSSELL BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:

John Russell was born on January 3rd, 1921 in Los Angeles, California with the birth name John Lawrence Russell.  After completing High School, he attended the University of California and excelled in athletics.  After college, he served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II.  

Upon receiving a medical discharge he was discovered by a talent scout who was intrigued by his good looks and was asked if he was interested in pursuing a movie career.  He began by being contracted with 20th Century Fox for a variety of supporting roles and then later on he signed with Republic Pictures.

The majority of roles he played throughout his career were often in western films such as, "Oklahoma Annie" (1952).  Alongside his film career he also found work as a television actor.  He starred in a number of popular series such as, "It Takes A Thief" (1969) and prior to this series, he was given the lead role in a television drama called, "Soldiers of Fortune" (1955), however it was not so successful and was canceled in 1957.   

Russell's best known role was in 1958 with the role as Marshall Dan Troop in, "Lawman" which was a hit western series that ran on ABC for five consecutive years.  Throughout the 1960's and 1970's, Russell would return to the film industry taking secondary roles and appeared in more then twenty films.  He returned in 1985 with a memorable role in, "Pale Rider" directed by his close friend Clint Eastwood.    
 
John Russell married twice throughout his lifetime, first to Renata Titus from 1943 through 1965 and the couple had three children together.  His second marriage was to Linda Warner Pearse for only one year 1970 to 1971.  He passed away on January 19th, 1991 in Los Angeles, California from emphysema and is buried at a military cemetery in Westwood California. 

Filmography

1988 Under the Gun
1985 Pale Rider 
1984 The Fall Guy 
1982 Honkytonk Man 
1982 Simon & Simon
1981 Six Tickets to Hell 
1981 Uncle Scam 
1979-1981 Jason of Star Command
1977 Mission to Glory: A True Story 
1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales 
1976 Where the Wind Dies
1975 Smoke in the Wind 
1975 Lord Shango 
1975 Noon Sunday 
1975 Fugitive Lovers 
1974 Police Story
1974 McCloud
1974 Gunsmoke
1973 Emergency! 
1971-1972 Alias Smith and Jones
1971 Legacy of Blood 
1970 Cannon for Cordoba 
1969 It Takes a Thief
1969 Fireball Jungle 
1968 If He Hollers, Let Him Go! 
1968 Buckskin 
1967 Fort Utah 
1967 Hostile Guns 
1965 Apache Uprising 
1965 Daniel Boone
1958-1962 Lawman 
1958-1960 Maverick
1959 Yellowstone Kelly
1959 Rio Bravo 
1959 Northwest Passage
1958 Sugarfoot
1958 Cheyenne 
1958 Fort Massacre 
1957 The Dalton Girls 
1957 Hell Bound 
1957 The Gale Storm Show 
1957 Untamed Youth
1955-1957 Soldiers of Fortune 
1955 Studio 57
1955 The Last Command 
1954 Hell's Outpost 
1954 Jubilee Trail 
1953 The Sun Shines Bright
1953 Fair Wind to Java 
1952 Hoodlum Empire 
1952 Oklahoma Annie 
1951 Man in the Saddle 
1951 The Barefoot Mailman 
1951 Fighting Coast Guard 
1951 The Fat Man 
1950 Frenchie 
1950 Saddle Tramp 
1949 Undertow 
1949 The Story of Molly X 
1949 The Gal Who Took the West 
1949 Slattery's Hurricane 
1948 Yellow Sky 
1948 Sitting Pretty 
1947 Forever Amber
1946 Three Little Girls in Blue 
1946 Somewhere in the Night
1946 The Dark Corner
1945 Within These Walls 
1945 A Bell for Adano
1945 Don Juan Quilligan
1945 A Royal Scandal 
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington