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name: "Lewis Lord Russell"
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born: "8 September 1889"
died: "12 November 1961"
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updated: "2026-09-20T01:23:59.272749+00:00"
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# Lewis Lord Russell

Actor. Born 8 September 1889 in Farmington, Illinois, USA. Died 12 November 1961.

## Details

- **Born:** 8 September 1889, Farmington, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 12 November 1961
- **Also known as:** Lewis L. Russell, George Lewis Lord
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Russell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6536804, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751289/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89586

## Biography

Lewis Lord Russell, also credited as Lewis L. Russell and born George Lewis Lord, was an American actor. He appeared in vaudeville, Broadway productions and Hollywood films from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s.

Russell was born on 10 September 1889 in Farmington, Illinois. He played the role of Charles St. James, father of Jane Wyman's character, in the Academy Award-winning film *The Lost Weekend* (1945). He also appeared as the Governor in the Marx Brothers comedy *A Night in Casablanca* (1946) and as W.T. Wayne in an episode of the television series *Adventures of Superman* (1953). On stage he performed in the 1943 Broadway revival of *The Corn Is Green*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Lost Weekend* (1945), Fi1m 82, as Charles St. James — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lost-weekend.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Naked Hills* (1956), as Baxter
- *The King's Thief* (1955), as Gentleman (uncredited)
- *Sangaree* (1953), as Capt. Bronson
- *Adventures of Superman* (1952), series, as W.T. Wayne
- *When the Redskins Rode* (1951), as Gov. Dinwiddie
- *The Underworld Story* (1950), as Calvin
- *Kiss the Blood Off My Hands* (1948), as Tom Widgery
- *My Dog Rusty* (1948), as Mayor Fulderwilder
- *I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now* (1947), as T.J. Milford (uncredited)
- *The Trouble with Women* (1947), as Wilmer Dawson
- *Jewels of Brandenburg* (1947), as Roger Hamilton
- *Ladies' Man* (1947), as David Harmon (as Lewis Russell)
- *Cross My Heart* (1946), as Judge
- *A Night in Casablanca* (1946), as Governor
- *One Way to Love* (1946), as Roger Winthrop
- *The Lost Weekend* (1945), as Charles St. James — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lost-weekend.md)
- *She Wouldn't Say Yes* (1945), as Colonel Brady
- *Hold That Blonde!* (1945), as Henry Carteret
- *The Affairs of Susan* (1945), as Mr. Cusp
- *Molly and Me* (1945), as Sir Arthur Burroughs

## Gallery

- ![Lewis Lord Russell](https://film.one/media/person/1234844/gallery-b5e145abd109.jpg) Lewis Lord Russell — BlueSkyMidwestern, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Lewis_Lord_Russell.jpg/1280px-Lewis_Lord_Russell.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lewis Russell in Molly and Me - cropped screenshot (1945)](https://film.one/media/person/1234844/gallery-0c70d5390288.jpg) Lewis Russell in Molly and Me - cropped screenshot (1945) — Film screenshot (20th Century Fox), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Lewis_Russell_in_Molly_and_Me.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lewis Lord Russell](https://film.one/media/person/1234844/gallery-46ab83b379bf.jpg) Lewis Lord Russell — Image via TMDB

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