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name: "John Russell"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 January 1921"
died: "19 January 1991"
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average_fi1m_score: 80
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:37.594870+00:00"
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# John Russell

Actor. Born 3 January 1921 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 19 January 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 January 1921, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 19 January 1991
- **Active:** 1939–1985
- **Also known as:** John Lawrence Russell, جان راسل

## Biography

John Russell (1921–1991) was an American film and television actor. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles, as a student athlete before serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Second World War, where he received decorations for his service in the Guadalcanal campaign.

Russell began his screen career in the mid-1940s under contract with 20th Century Fox and later Republic Pictures. He gained prominence on television as the lead in the syndicated series *Soldiers of Fortune* (1955–1957) and as Marshal Dan Troop in the ABC Western *Lawman* (1958–1962). His film roles included Nathan Burdette in *Rio Bravo* (1959) and Bloody Bill Anderson in *The Outlaw Josey Wales* (1976). He appeared in three films directed by Clint Eastwood, notably as the villainous Marshal Stockburn in *Pale Rider* (1985).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Pale Rider* (1985), Fi1m 77, as Stockburn — [page](https://film.one/film/pale-rider.md)
- *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington* (1939), Fi1m 84, as Hopper Boy — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-smith-goes-to-washington.md)

## Also known for

- *The Outlaw Josey Wales* (1976), Bloody Bill Anderson
- *Rio Bravo* (1959), Nathan Burdette
- *Honkytonk Man* (1982)
- *Yellow Sky* (1948), Lengthy
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), Carl Ryker
- *Simon & Simon* (1981), Oldtimer #2 - in Saloon
- *Somewhere in the Night* (1946), Marine Captain (uncredited)
- *The Dark Corner* (1946), Policeman at Tony's Apartment (uncredited)

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