Russ Powell Explained

Russ Powell
Birth Date:	16 September 1875
Birth Place:	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Yearsactive:	1915–1943
Occupation:	Actor

Russ Powell (September 16, 1875  - November 28, 1950) was an American film actor.^[1] He appeared in 186 films between 1915 and 1943. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and died in Los Angeles, California.

Selected filmography

• The Fashion Shop (1915, Short) - Fat Customer
• The Tale of the Night Before (1915) - Henry's friend
• Fat and Furious (1917) - Merta's Father
• Clean Sweep (1918) - The Butcher
• Smoldering Embers (1920) - Tramp
• Dangerous Days (1920) - Bartender (uncredited)
• The Slim Princess (1920) - The Governor General
• The Soul of Youth (1920) - Patrolman Jones
• One Stolen Night (1923)
• Kindled Courage (1923) - Marshal
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (uncredited) (1923)
• A Boy of Flanders - Baas Kronstadt (1924)
• Open All Night (1924) (uncredited)
• Dynamite Smith (1924)
• The Wheel (1925)
• The Show (1927)
• The Red Mill (1927)
• Tillie the Toiler (1927) (uncredited)
• Soft Cushions (1927)
• Surrender! (1927) (uncredited)
• Why Sailors Go Wrong (1928) (uncredited)
• Vamping Venus (1928)
• The Cossacks (1928) (uncredited)
• Napoleon's Barber (1928 short)
• Riley the Cop (1928) (uncredited)
• Sailor's Holiday (1929) (uncredited)
• Safety in Numbers (1930) (uncredited)
• The Big Trail (1930) (uncredited)
• Check and Double Check (1930)
• The Grand Parade (1930)
• The Sin Ship (1931)
• The Public Enemy (1931) (uncredited)
• An American Tragedy (1931)
• The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)
• Lady and Gent (1932)
• King Kong (1933) - Watchman (uncredited)
• Central Airport (1933) (uncredited)
• Roman Scandals (1933) (uncredited)
• The House on 56th Street (1933) (uncredited)
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) (uncredited)
• Call of the Wild (1935)
• The Three Musketeers (1935) (uncredited)
• Barbary Coast (1935) (uncredited)
• A Night at the Opera (1935) (uncredited)
• Divot Diggers (1936, Short) (voice)
• A Day at the Races (1937) (uncredited)
• The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937) (uncredited)
• Stella Dallas (1937) (uncredited)
• The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) (uncredited)
• The Wrong Road (1937)
• The Cowboy and the Lady (1938) (uncredited)
• Santa Fe Stampede (1938) (uncredited)
• Son of Frankenstein (1939) (uncredited)
• I Stole a Million (1939) (uncredited)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) (uncredited)
• When the Daltons Rode (1940) (uncredited)
• The Return of Frank James (1940) (uncredited)
• Citizen Kane (1941) (uncredited)
• Action in the North Atlantic (1943) (uncredited)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Russ Powell . https://web.archive.org/web/20171231212205/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba6383d83 . dead . December 31, 2017 . December 31, 2017 . British Film Institute.