Acting
Nipsey Russell
Also Known As: Julius Russell
Birth Date
September 15, 1918
Death Date
October 2, 2005
(passed away at 87)
Place of Birth
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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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 version of The Wiz. Russell was also a frequent guest on Dean Martin's Celebrity Roasts.
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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1962 • 5 episodes
The Love Boat
Dan Manhoney
1977 • 1 episode
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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1993 • 1 episode
The Red Skelton Show
Nipsey Ralston
1951 • 1 episode
Spin City
Nipsey Russell
1996 • 1 episode
The Merv Griffin Show
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1962 • 3 episodes
Match Game
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1973 • 5 episodes
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
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1957 • 1 episode
Police Woman
Charlie Witt
1974 • 1 episode
The Ed Sullivan Show
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1948 • 1 episode
The Dean Martin Show
1965 • 1 episode
The Bob Hope Show
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1950 • 1 episode
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
1968 • 1 episode
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
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1973 • 5 episodes
100 Centre Street
Wallace Roy
2001 • 1 episode
$weepstake$
1979 • 1 episode
The Wiz
Tinman
1978
Posse
Snopes
1993
Wildcats
Ben Edwards
1986
Barefoot in the Park
Honey Robinson
1970 • 12 episodes