{{short description|American actor}} {{Refimprove|date=March 2018}} {{use mdy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox person |name= Russell Bassett |image = Russell Bassett 1914.jpg |caption = Bassett in detail of film still for<br>''Behind the Scenes'' (1914) |birth_date = {{birth date|1845|10|24}} |birth_place= Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1918|5|8|1845|10|24}} |death_place= New York City, New York, U.S. |occupation = Actor |spouse = Carlotta E.M. Bassett }}
'''Russell Bassett''' (October 24, 1845 – May 8, 1918) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in 76 silent films between 1911 and 1918.
Bassett was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but he moved to Oakland, California at age 3 when his father became a miner.<ref name="mpw">{{cite news|title=Russell Bassett, Veteran Actor, Dead|url=https://archive.org/stream/morewor36chal#page/n537/mode/1up|work=Moving Picture World|date=May 15, 1918|page=1126}}</ref> He attended the now-defunct Brayton College<ref name=ot>{{cite news|title=Oakland Hall of Film Fame|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18668389/russell_bassett/|work=Oakland Tribune|date=July 22, 1917|location=California, Oakland|page=43|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 26, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> in Oakland, and that was where he gained his initial acting experience.<ref name="mpw" />
Bassett gained early acting experience in stock theater with the Hooley Stock Company in Chicago. Later, he "toured the whole width of America, broadening, mellowing, polishing off his art."<ref name=ot/> On Broadway, he appeared in ''The Other Fellow'' (1910), ''The Top o' th' World'' (1907), and ''Rip Van Winkle'' (1905).<ref>{{cite web|title=Russell Bassett|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/russell-bassett-31239|website=Internet Broadway Database|publisher=The Broadway League|accessdate=27 March 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327014333/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/russell-bassett-31239|archivedate=27 March 2018}}</ref>
During his film career, Bassett acted for the Biograph, Edison, Yankee, Pathe, Imp, Reliance, Nestor, and Famous Players companies.<ref name="mpw" />
Bassett was married and had a son. On May 8, 1918, he died from a cerebral hemorrhage at his home in New York City.<ref>{{cite news|title=Russell Bassett|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18669106/russell_bassett/|work=New York Herald|date=May 9, 1918|location=New York, New York City|page=9|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 26, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} *''When the Heart Calls'' (1912) *''Almost a Rescue'' (1913) *''The Eagle's Mate'' (1914) *''Such a Little Queen'' (1914) *''Behind the Scenes'' (1914) *''The Morals of Marcus'' (1915) *''David Harum'' (1915) *''Fanchon the Cricket'' (1915) *''Jim the Penman'' (1915) *''May Blossom'' (1915) *''Little Pal'' (1915) *''Sold'' (1915) *''Nearly a King'' (1916) *''Diplomacy'' (1916) *''Hulda from Holland'' (1916) *''Less Than the Dust'' (1916) *''Little Lady Eileen'' (1916) *''A Coney Island Princess'' (1916) * ''The Honeymoon'' (1917) * ''Public Be Damned'' (1917) *''Broadway Jones'' (1917) *''Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (1917) *''Hit-The-Trail Holliday'' (1918) {{Div col end}}
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==External links== {{commons category|Russell Bassett}} *{{IMDb name|60238}} *{{IBDB name}} *[http://digital.library.louisville.edu/concern/images/ulpa_1980_020_0270?locale=en Russell Bassett] circa 1881 as a stage actor(Univ./Louisville)
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