Russ Powell
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Russ Powell was an actor who was no stranger to being featured in numerous film roles throughout his Hollywood career. Powell started his acting career landing roles in such films as "Head Over Heels" (1922), "Vamping Venus" (1928) and "The Big Trail" (1930). He also appeared in the romance "Zoo in Budapest" (1933) with Loretta Young and "The Call of the Savage" (1935) with Noah Bee...
Biography
Russ Powell was an actor who was no stranger to being featured in numerous film roles throughout his Hollywood career. Powell started his acting career landing roles in such films as "Head Over Heels" (1922), "Vamping Venus" (1928) and "The Big Trail" (1930). He also appeared in the romance "Zoo in Budapest" (1933) with Loretta Young and "The Call of the Savage" (1935) with Noah Beery Jr.. He kept working in film throughout the thirties and the eighties, starring in the adventure "The Call of the Wild" (1935) with Clark Gable, the western "Hit the Saddle" (1937) with Robert Livingston and the drama "The Wrong Road" (1937) with Richard Cromwell. Powell was most recently credited in "Heaven Will Protect A Woiking Goil" (2011). Powell passed away in November 1950 at the age of 75.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
The Fallen Sparrow
(1943)
Priest
Action in the North Atlantic
(1943)
"Slops" Denton
King of Dodge City
(1941)
Storekeeper
Prairie Stranger
(1941)
Whittling Jones
The Son of Davy Crockett
(1941)
Station boss
Unexpected Uncle
(1941)
Band member
Little Men
(1941)
Railroad conductor
When the Daltons Rode
(1940)
Engineer
Double Alibi
(1940)
Librarian
The House of the Seven Gables
(1940)
Grocer
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939)
Ugly man
I Stole a Million
(1939)
Watchman
The Arizona Wildcat
(1939)
Call a Messenger
(1939)
Watchman
Chicken Wagon Family
(1939)
Proprietor
The Night of Nights
(1939)
Doorman
Hero for a Day
(1939)
Watchman
For Love or Money
(1939)
Night watchman
I'm from Missouri
(1939)
Mule man
Union Pacific
(1939)
Vendor
The Main Event
(1938)
Newsboys' Home
(1938)
Vendor
Romance in the Dark
(1938)
Stagehand
If I Were King
(1938)
Second ruffian
The Jury's Secret
(1938)
Juror
The Firefly
(1937)
Stablehand
The Emperor's Candlesticks
(1937)
Coachman
Ali Baba Goes to Town
(1937)
Arab
The Wrong Road
(1937)
Ira Foster
The Toast of New York
(1937)
Second mug
She Loved a Fireman
(1937)
Barman
Man of the People
(1937)
Manager of brewery
Champagne Waltz
(1937)
Second moustache
Fatal Lady
(1936)
Brazilian opera troupe
Wedding Present
(1936)
Beer wagon driver
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
(1936)
Storekeeper
Sutter's Gold
(1936)
The King Steps Out
(1936)
Cab driver
Give Me Your Heart
(1936)
Cab driver
Earthworm Tractors
(1936)
Hardware man
Banjo on My Knee
(1936)
Bartender
I Married a Doctor
(1936)
Hotel clerk
A Son Comes Home
(1936)
Musician
Rose of the Rancho
(1936)
Bartender
The Garden of Allah
(1936)
Ouled Naïls proprietor
Mad Love
(1935)
Gendarme
The Call of the Wild
(1935)
Bartender
Crime and Punishment
(1935)
Reporter
The Florentine Dagger
(1935)
Taxi driver
Transient Lady
(1935)
Mark Baxter
A Night at the Ritz
(1935)
Cook
Public Hero No. 1
(1935)
Bartender
Little Man, What Now?
(1934)
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
(1934)
Station master
Stamboul Quest
(1934)
Fat German
The Merry Frinks
(1934)
Proprietor
The Merry Widow
(1934)
Fat lackey
Wharf Angel
(1934)
Greasy
The Count of Monte Cristo
(1934)
Manouse
Central Airport
(1933)
Chef
Zoo in Budapest
(1933)
Toski
To the Last Man
(1933)
Greaves
Mystery Ranch
(1932)
Sheriff Bill Burnap
Lady and Gent
(1932)
Second bartender
The Sin Ship
(1931)
Tourist, detective
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
(1931)
Claudet
An American Tragedy
(1931)
The coroner [Fred Heit]
Are These Our Children
(1931)
Sam
The Big Trail
(1930)
Windy Bill
Check and Double Check
(1930)
Kingfish
The Love Parade
(1930)
Afghan Ambassador
The Grand Parade
(1930)
Calamity Johnson
Fashions in Love
(1929)
Joe
Vamping Venus
(1928)
Pete Papaglos/Bacchus
The Gate Crasher
(1928)
Caesar, the actor
Riley the Cop
(1928)
Mr. Kuchendorf
No Place To Go
(1927)
Cannibal chief
Soft Cushions
(1927)
The Fat Thief
The Wheel
(1925)
Dan Satterly
The Re-creation of Brian Kent
(1925)
Sheriff Knox
A Boy of Flanders
(1924)
Baas Kronstadt
Dynamite Smith
(1924)
Colin MacClintock
One Stolen Night
(1923)
Sheik Amud
Through a Glass Window
(1922)
"Coffee Pete"
Head over Heels
(1922)
Papa Bambinetti
The Concert
(1921)
Pollinger
The Soul of Youth
(1920)
Patrolman Jones
Smoldering Embers
(1920)
The Slim Princess
(1920)
The governor general
Brothers Divided
(1919)
Lafe Wetherby
The Tale of the Night Before
(1915)
His friend
Film Production - Main (Feature Film)
Miracle In The Wilderness
(1991)
Transportation Coordinator
Unspeakable Acts
(1990)
Transportation Coordinator
The Ryan White Story
(1989)
Transportation Coordinator
Plain Clothes
(1988)
Transportation Coordinator
A Stoning in Fulham County
(1988)
Transportation Coordinator
Adam
(1983)
Transportation Coordinator
Film Production - Main (Special)
Under Fire: The Real Story
(1989)
Transportation
Cast (Short)
PONY EXPRESS DAYS
(1940)
Arabian Tights
(1933)
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