--- name: "Russell Collins" canonical: "https://film.one/person/russell-collins" fi1m_id: "russell-collins" imdb_id: "nm0172660" tmdb_id: 40203 wikidata_id: "Q3453450" roles: ["Actor"] born: "11 October 1897" died: "14 November 1965" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T07:12:23.774911+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." --- # Russell Collins ## Identity Russell Collins - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/russell-collins - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** russell-collins - **IMDb ID:** nm0172660 - **TMDB ID:** 40203 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3453450 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Collins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3453450, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0172660/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40203 Actor. Born 11 October 1897 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. Died 14 November 1965. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 11 October 1897, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - **Died:** 14 November 1965 - **Also known as:** Russ Collins, Russell Henry Collins - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Collins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3453450, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0172660/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40203 ## Biography Russell Collins (born Russell Henry Collins) was an American actor whose career spanned stage, film and television from the 1920s to the mid-1960s. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he trained at the Carnegie Institute of Technology Drama School and attended Indiana University and Northwestern University. He began professional stage work in the early 1920s with a stock company in Cleveland and made his Broadway debut in 1932. Collins appeared in numerous Broadway productions through 1962, including a notable starring role in the 1935 musical play *Johnny Johnson*. From the late 1940s he worked increasingly in Hollywood, with film roles including Mr. Hastings in *Bad Day at Black Rock* (1955), Mr. Qua in *Niagara* (1953) and Knapp in *Fail Safe* (1964). He also had many television appearances, among them episodes of *Alfred Hitchcock Presents*, *The Twilight Zone* and *Perry Mason*. He died in West Hollywood, California, in 1965. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, wikidata.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Bad Day at Black Rock* (1955), Fi1m 86, as Mr. Hastings — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-day-at-black-rock.md) ## Complete filmography (63) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Strange Behavior* (1981), as Art Direction - *When the Boys Meet the Girls* (1965), as Mr. Stokes (as Russ Collins) - *Those Calloways* (1964), as Nat Perkins - *Profiles in Courage* (1964), series, as Foote, Adams Sr. - *Fail Safe* (1964), as Knapp - *The Great Adventure* (1963), series, as Watson - *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Doc Phillips, Cal Clement — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md) - *The Outer Limits* (1963), series, as Justice of the Peace - *Going My Way* (1962), series, Actor - *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), series, as Dr. Martin - *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Sam Brody - *Sam Benedict* (1962), series, Actor - *The Dick Van Dyke Show* (1961), series, as The Judge - *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor - *Target: The Corruptors!* (1961), series, Actor - *Hazel* (1961), series, as Mr. Butterworth - *Ichabod and Me* (1961), series, Actor - *87th Precinct* (1961), series, Actor - *The Defenders* (1961), series, as Dean Fellows - *The Islanders* (1960), series, Actor - *The Tall Man* (1960), series, Actor - *The Detectives* (1959), series, Actor - *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Ben Conroy — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md) - *The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis* (1959), series, Actor - *The Ransom of Red Chief* (1959), as Dorset - *The Rabbit Trap* (1959), as Hughie Colt - *Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse* (1958), series, as Harry Baker - *The Rifleman* (1958), series, as Charlie Willard - *Naked City* (1958), series, as Joseph Peavey - *God's Little Acre* (1958), as Watchman - *Peter Gunn* (1958), series, Actor - *The Matchmaker* (1958), as Joe Scanlon - *Shirley Temple's Storybook* (1958), series, as Royal Chamberlain, Alpheus - *The Enemy Below* (1957), as Doctor - *Raintree County* (1957), as Niles Foster - *The Real McCoys* (1957), series, Actor - *DuPont Show of the Month* (1957), series, Actor - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Banning Grant - *The Thin Man* (1957), series, Actor - *Wagon Train* (1957), series, as Judge Josiah Black - *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Actor - *On Trial* (1956), series, as Harry Brown - *The Last Frontier* (1955), as Captain Phil Clarke - *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor - *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Bill Finley, Johnny, Clarence Weems, John Brown, Skinner #21, Ed Barnes, Dad, Alvin Moss, Mr. Fletcher - *Soldier of Fortune* (1955), as Icky - *Bad Day at Black Rock* (1955), as Mr. Hastings — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-day-at-black-rock.md) - *Canyon Crossroads* (1955), as Dr. Andrew Rand - *Miss Sadie Thompson* (1953), as Dr. Robert MacPhail - *Destination Gobi* (1953), as Hobart Wyatt - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Fremont - *Niagara* (1953), as Mr. Qua - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Ed Holt - *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, Actor - *The Lost Will of Dr. Rant* (1951), as John Eldred - *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Marlett, Ezra - *The Sleeping City* (1950), as Medical Examiner (uncredited) - *The Walking Hills* (1949), as Bibbs - *Shockproof* (1949), as Frederick Bauer - *Suspense* (1949), series, as Everett Kelsey - *Studio One* (1948), series, as Charlie Henderson, Carl Bannister, Collins - *Close-Up* (1948), as Beck - *Pie in the Sky* (1935), Actor ## Gallery - ![Russell Collins](https://film.one/media/person/3873366/gallery-f64f15b90d44.jpg) Russell Collins — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Russell_Collins_%281958%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Russell Collins](https://film.one/media/person/3873366/gallery-e0093eace7d4.jpg) Russell Collins — Image via TMDB - ![Russell Collins](https://film.one/media/person/3873366/gallery-9c9bbbed6110.jpg) Russell Collins — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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