Personal Info
Julius Russell
Nipsey Russell
Acting
Biography
Julius "Nipsey" Russell (September 15, 1918 – October 2, 2005) was an American comedian, best known today for his appearances as a guest panelist on game shows from the 1960s through the 1990s, especially Match Game, Password, Hollywood Squares, To Tell the Truth and Pyramid. His appearances were distinguished in part by the short, humorous poems he would recite during the broadcast. These lyrics became so closely associated with Russell that Dick Clark, Bill Cullen, Betty White, and others regularly referred to him as "the poet laureate of television." He also had a leading role in the film v…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Car 54, Where Are You?
as Police Captain Dave Anderson
Posse
as Snopes
Wildcats
as Ben Edwards
Dream One
as Mr. Rip / Benjamin
The Wiz
as Tinman
Fame
as Vinny
Wiz on Down the Road
as Tinman
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
The Strolling '20s
as Self
TV Shows
100 Centre Street
as Wallace Roy · 1 ep.
Spin City
as Nipsey Russell · 1 ep.
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self · 1 ep.
Your Number's Up
as Host · 4 ep.
$weepstake$
1 ep.
The Love Boat
as Dan Manhoney · 1 ep.
Police Woman
as Charlie Witt · 1 ep.
The Dean Martin Comedy World
as Host · 1 ep.
Match Game
as Self · 5 ep.
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self · 5 ep.