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name: "Robert Russell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-russell-1011851"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "18 January 1912"
died: "11 February 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T01:04:35.296681+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Robert Russell

Writer. Born 18 January 1912 in Spokane, Washington, USA. Died 11 February 1992.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 18 January 1912, Spokane, Washington, USA
- **Died:** 11 February 1992
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Russell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7350744, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751417/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1011851

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The More the Merrier*](https://film.one/film/the-more-the-merrier.md) (82)

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## Biography

Robert Russell was an American screenwriter and playwright. He received story and screenplay credits on the 1943 comedy *The More the Merrier*, for which he was nominated for two Academy Awards. His other film credits include *The Well-Groomed Bride* (1946), *Come September* (1961) and *Walk Don't Run* (1966).

Russell graduated from the University of Southern California. During the Second World War he served in the Office of Strategic Services and received a Bronze Star. On Broadway he co-wrote the book for the musicals *Take Me Along* (1959) and *Flora the Red Menace* (1965). He also wrote more than thirty documentary, business and educational films.

He died in New York City on 11 February 1992.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The More the Merrier* (1943), Fi1m 82, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/the-more-the-merrier.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Walk Don't Run* (1966), Story
- *Come September* (1961), Story
- *Rebel in Paradise* (1960), Writer
- *The Lady Says No* (1952), Screenplay
- *The Well Groomed Bride* (1946), Screenplay
- *It Looks Like Rain* (1945), Story
- *Storm* (1943), Writer
- *The More the Merrier* (1943), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-more-the-merrier.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 1944: Best Story (nominated), for *The More the Merrier*
- 1944: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *The More the Merrier*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Musical 1960: Tony Award for Best Musical (nominated), for *Take Me Along*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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