Nipsey Russell
- Schauspiel
- 15. September 1918 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- 2. Oktober 2005
Biografie
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 version of The Wiz. Russell was also a frequent guest on Dean Martin's Celebrity Roasts.
Bekannt aus
Filmografie
- 100 Centre Street · Wallace Roy
- Chaos City · Nipsey Russell
- Wagen 54 - Bitte Melden · Police Captain Dave Anderson
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · Selbst
- Posse - Die Rache des Jessie Lee · Snopes
- American Wildcats · Ben Edwards
- Your Number's Up · Host
- Nemo · Mr. Rip / Benjamin
- $weepstake$
- Fame · Vinny
- The Wiz - Das Zauberhafte Land · Tinman
- Wiz on Down the Road · Tinman
- Love Boat · Dan Manhoney
- Make-Up und Pistolen · Charlie Witt
- The Dean Martin Comedy World · Host
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts · Selbst
- Match Game · Selbst
- Barfuss im Park · Honey Robinson
- Dann war mein Leben nicht umsonst – Martin Luther King · Selbst
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In · Selbst
- The Strolling '20s · Selbst
- The Dean Martin Show
- The Merv Griffin Show · Selbst
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · Selbst
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar · Selbst
- The Red Skelton Show · Nipsey Ralston, Selbst
- The Bob Hope Show · Selbst
- The Ed Sullivan Show · Selbst