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Nipsey Russell

Nipsey Russell
  • Name: Nipsey Russell
  • Birthday: 1918-09-15
  • Place of birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • Popularity: 0.121
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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... Read More

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Title Release date
Car 54, Where Are You?   as  Police Captain Dave Anderson 1994-01-28
Posse   as  Snopes 1993-05-14
Wildcats   as  Ben Edwards 1986-02-14
Dream One   as  Mr. Rip / Benjamin 1984-12-12
The Wiz   as  Tinman 1978-10-24
Fame   as  Vinny 1978-01-02
Wiz on Down the Road   as  Tinman 1978-01-01
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis   as  Self (archive footage) 1970-03-24