Russ Powell

{{short description|American actor}} {{other people|Russell Powell}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Russ Powell | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1875|9|16}} | birth_place = Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1950|11|28|1875|9|16}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | years_active = 1915–1943 | occupation = Actor }}

'''Russ Powell''' (September 16, 1875 – November 28, 1950) was an American film actor.<ref name="BFI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba6383d83 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231212205/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba6383d83 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 31, 2017 |title=Russ Powell |accessdate=December 31, 2017 |work=British Film Institute}}</ref> He appeared in 186 films between 1915 and 1943. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and died in Los Angeles, California.

==Selected filmography== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''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) {{div col end}}

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0694302|name=Russ Powell}} *{{IBDB name}}

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