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John Lawrence Russell (January 3, 1921 – January 19, 1991) was an American film and television actor, most noted for his starring role as Marshal Dan Troop in the ABC western television series Lawman from 1958 to 1962 and his lead role as international adventurer Tim Kelly in the syndicated TV series Soldiers of Fortune from 1955 to 1957. Early life Born in Los Angeles to insurance company executive John Henry Russell and his wife, Amy Requa, John Lawrence Russell was the eldest of three children. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a student athlete. Following the start of World War II, he joined the United States Marine Corps, though he was initially rejected because of his height (6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)). He was commissioned as a 2d Lieutenant on November 11, 1942, and was assigned to the 6th Marine Regiment. His division was sent to Guadalcanal, where he served as an assistant intelligence officer. He contracted malaria and returned home with a medical discharge. Career Russell signed a contract with 20th Century Fox in 1945 and made his first film appearance as a guard in A Royal Scandal. He played several supporting parts while at Fox, acting the role of a junior law partner in the Clifton Webb comedy Sitting Pretty (1948) as well as a navy pilot in Slattery's Hurricane (1949). He primarily played secondary roles, often in western films, including William A. Wellman's 1948 Yellow Sky. Later, however, he signed with Republic Pictures, where he was cast in a starring role opposite Judy Canova in Oklahoma Annie (1952). In 1955, Russell landed the lead role in a television drama series called Soldiers of Fortune. This half-hour syndicated adventure show placed him and his sidekick (played by Chick Chandler) in a dangerous setting each week. While the show proved popular with young boys, it did not draw enough adult viewers to its prime slot and was canceled in 1957. That same year, he returned to films briefly to appear as a corrupt agricultural magnate in the Warner Brothers low-budget exploitation film Untamed Youth. A year later he returned to the small screen as gunslinger Matt Reardon, in "The Empty Gun" episode of the ABC/Warners western series, Cheyenne, starring Clint Walker. In 1958 Russell appeared as Saylor Hornbook on Cheyenne in the episode titled "Dead to Rights". In 1958, Russell was cast in his best-known role: the stolid, taciturn Marshal Dan Troop, the lead character in Lawman, an ABC/Warners hit western series that ran for four years. Co-starring alongside Peter Brown, who played Deputy Johnny McKay, and Peggie Castle as Birdcage Saloon owner Lily Merrill, Russell portrayed a US frontier peace officer mentoring his younger compatriot. Russell also appeared in other motion pictures for Warner Bros., notably as a Sioux chieftain in Yellowstone Kelly (1959), as well as a rich, corrupt cattle rancher, Nathan Burdette, in the highly successful Howard Hawks western Rio Bravo (1959), starring John Wayne. At the same time, Russell guest-starred in an episode of NBC's adventure series Northwest Passage. In 1969, Russell appeared in five episodes of the Robert Wagner series, It Takes a Thief: "Guess Who's Coming To Rio?" (January 9, 1969), "Saturday Night In Venice" (September 25, 1969), "The Blue, Blue Danube" (October 30, 1969), "Payoff In The Piazza" (November 13, 1969) and "A Friend In Deed" (November 27, 1969). Throughout the remainder of his movie career, he played secondary roles in more than 20 films, including several A.C. Lyles westerns and three films directed by his friend Clint Eastwood, most notably as Marshal Stockburn, the chief villain in Eastwood's 1985 film Pale Rider. Russell also appeared in the second season of the Filmation children's science-fiction series Jason of Star Command. He played Commander Stone, a blue-skinned alien from Alpha Centauri. He replaced James Doohan, who had played the commander in the previous season, but left to start working on Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). Death Russell died of complications from emphysema in 1991. He married Renata Titus in 1943. Complete filmography Filmography Selected television References External links John Russell at IMDb John Russell at Find a Grave Unofficial Lawman Western TV Series Homepage. Discover the John Russell popular books. Find the top 100 most popular John Russell books.
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In League with Sherlock Holmes
Leslie S. Klinger & Laurie R. KingThe latest entry in Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger’s popular Sherlock Holmesinspired mystery series, featuring fifteen talented authors and a multitude of new cases for Arthu...
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The Traveling Feast
Rick BassAcclaimed author Rick Bass decided to thank all of his writing heroes in person, one meal at a time, in this "rich smorgasbord of a memoir . . . a soulnourishing, roadburning act o...
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Down to the Woods
M. J. ArlidgeIf you go down to the woods today, you better not go alone . . .FROM THE MILLIONCOPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR M.J. ARLIDGEThe last thing Tom Campbell remembers is camping in the New Fore...
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Truly, Madly, Deeply
Karen KingsburyINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER In love for the first time, a son’s decisions about the future divides his family in this fearless and thoughtprovoking novel from the #1 New York ...
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Ludwig WittgensteinThe Tractatus LogicoPhilosophicus is the only booklength philosophical work published by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein in his lifetime. It was an ambitious project: to identi...
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Union Station
David DowningIn this fascinating historical thriller, a British journalist (and former spy) is adrift in McCarthyera Los Angelesuntil his research into a wartime conspiracy brings him facetofac...
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Forgiving Paris
Karen KingsburyThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of lifechanging fiction brings her signature “emotional, hearttugging” (Woman’s World) prose to this wise and worldly novel of forgiveness ...
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The Ethics of Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantThis carefully crafted ebook: "The Ethics of Immanuel Kant" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Fundamental Principles of the Me...
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Story of Philosophy
Will DurantThis brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the world's great philosophersPlato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergs...
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How To Be Right
James OBrienThe voice of reason in a world that won’t shut up.The Sunday Times BestsellerWinner of the Parliamentary Book AwardsEvery day, James O’Brien listens to people blaming hardworking i...
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The Torchwood Encyclopedia
Gary RussellFounded by Queen Victoria in 1879, the Torchwood Institute has been defending Great Britain from the alien hordes for 130 years. Though London's Torchwood One was destroyed during ...
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In the Company of Sherlock Holmes
Leslie S. Klinger & Laurie R. KingIn the followup to the nationally bestselling A Study in Sherlock, a stunning new volume of original stories from awardwinning Sherlockians Laurie R. King and Leslie S. ...
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Lehrter Station
David DowningCaught between Soviets and Americans, John Russell can't escape his role as an accidental spyBook 5 in the John Russell historical thriller series.It’s 1945, and British journalist...
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Inventing Montana
Ted LeesonEvery summer for two decades, Ted Leeson and a maverick group of close companions have returned to an old ranch house on the benchland overlooking the Madison River. Trout and fly ...
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The Sickness Unto Death
Søren Kierkegaard & Alastair HannayOne of the most remarkable philosophical works of the nineteenth century, The Sickness Unto Death is also famed for the depth and acuity of its modern psychological insights. Writi...
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Essays in Idleness
Meredith McKinney, none Kenko & Kamo no ChomeiThese two works on life's fleeting pleasures are by Buddhist monks from medieval Japan, but each shows a different worldview. In the short memoir Hôjôki, Chômei recounts his decisi...
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Selected Writings
Thomas AquinasIn his reflections on Christianity, Saint Thomas Aquinas forged a unique synthesis of ancient philosophy and medieval theology. Preoccupied with the relationship between faith and ...
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Two Weeks
Karen KingsburyAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Baxter Family novelsnow a TV seriescomes a heartwrenching and redemptive story about a cou...
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Profiles in Courage
John F. KennedyTHE PULITZER PRIZEWINNING CLASSIC OF POLITICAL INTEGRITYWith a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy and introduction by Caroline KennedyJohn F. Kennedy’s enduring classic resounds with ti...
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The Collected Works of John Dewey
John DeweyMadison & Adams Press presents to you this meticulously edited John Dewey collection, formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. C...
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Oswald in New Orleans
Harold Weisberg & Jim GarrisonHarold Weisberg was foremost among the early trailblazers who saw the inadequacy of the Warren Report’s solution to the crime of the century. He tirelessly petitioned the governmen...
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A Dead Man in Trieste
Michael Pearce'Sheer fun' The TimesTrieste in 1906 is of vital strategic importance and one of the world's greatest seaports. But assorted nationalist movements are threatening to pull the place...
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Leon Russell
Bill JanovitzThe definitive New York Times bestselling biography of legendary musician, composer, and performer Leon Russell, who profoudly influenced George Harrison, the Rolling Sto...
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The Basketball 100
The Athletic & Dan KaufmanA celebration of basketball by way of the 100 greatest players to ever grace the court in the history of the NBAfrom The Athletic’s foremost basketball writers and analysts the gam...
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
David Hume & Martin BellIn the posthumously published Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, the Enlightenment philosopher David Hume attacked many of the traditional arguments for the existence of God, e...
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At the End of Every Day
Arianna ReicheThis haunting debut novelperfect for fans of Mona Awad, Karin Tidbeck, and Julia Armfieldis a “wild genreandmindbending ride” (Laura Sims, author of Looker) about a loyal employee ...
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A Beautiful Mind
Sylvia NasarAlso an Academy Award–winning film starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connellydirected by Ron HowardThe powerful, dramatic biography of math genius John Nash, who overcame serious...
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Lady Bird
Jan Jarboe RussellA revealing biography of Lady Bird Johnson exposes startling insights into her marriage to Lyndon Baines Johnsonand her unexpectedly strong impact on his presidency.Long obscured b...
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A Literary Review
Søren Kierkegaard & Alastair HannayWhile ostensibly commenting on the work of a contemporary novelist, Kierkegaard used this review as a critique of his society and age. The influence of this short piece has been fa...
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The Greatest Works of John Dewey
John DeweyMusaicum Books presents to you this meticulously edited John Dewey collection. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readabil...
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The Metaphysics
AristotleThe Metaphysics presents Aristotle's mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of reality and the hardheaded view that all proces...
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The Frontiers of Knowledge
A. C. Grayling'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects' Steven PinkerIn very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through ou...
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London
Iain Sinclair‘A book full of richness, unexpected enticements, short sharp shocks and breathtaking writing’ Guardian Welcome to the real, unauthorised London: the disappeared, the unapproved, ...
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The Ethics of Immanuel Kant
Immanuel KantThis carefully crafted ebook: "The Ethics of Immanuel Kant: Metaphysics of Morals Philosophy of Law & The Doctrine of Virtue + Perpetual Peace + The Critique of Practical ...
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The Dharma of Poetry
John BrehmDiscover how to engage with poetry to support your spiritual practice, leading to more mindfulness, equanimity, and joy.In The Dharma of Poetry, John Brehm shows how poems can open...