Nipsey Russell
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- 15 settembre 1918 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- 2 ottobre 2005
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
- 100 Centre Street · Wallace Roy
- Spin City · Nipsey Russell
- Una volante tutta matta · Police Captain Dave Anderson
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien · In persona
- Posse - La leggenda di Jessie Lee · Snopes
- Una bionda per i Wildcats · Ben Edwards
- Your Number's Up · Host
- Il sogno di Nemo e Alice · Mr. Rip / Benjamin
- $weepstake$
- Fame · Vinny
- I'm Magic · Tinman
- Wiz on Down the Road · Tinman
- Love Boat · Dan Manhoney
- Pepper Anderson agente speciale · Charlie Witt
- The Dean Martin Comedy World · Host
- The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts · In persona
- Match Game · In persona
- Barefoot in the Park · Honey Robinson
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis · In persona
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In · In persona
- The Strolling '20s · In persona
- The Dean Martin Show
- The Merv Griffin Show · In persona
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson · In persona
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar · In persona
- The Red Skelton Show · Nipsey Ralston, In persona
- The Bob Hope Show · In persona
- The Ed Sullivan Show · In persona