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Nipsey Russell

Nipsey Russell

Known For Acting
Birthday Sep 15, 1918
Died Oct 02, 2005 (87)
Birthplace Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Popularity 0.4 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 Tru ... th 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 Dean Martin's Celebrity Roasts. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nipsey Russell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

Car 54, Where Are You?

Car 54, Where Are You?

1994

as Police Captain Dave Anderson

Posse

Posse

1993

as Snopes

Wildcats

Wildcats

1986

as Ben Edwards

The Wiz

The Wiz

1978

as Tinman

Wiz on Down the Road

Wiz on Down the Road

1978

as Tinman

Fame

Fame

1978

as Vinny

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Barefoot in the Park

as Honey Robinson

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Sep 24, 1970

Spin City

as Nipsey Russell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1996

The Love Boat

as Dan Manhoney

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1977

100 Centre Street

as Wallace Roy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 15, 2001

Police Woman

as Charlie Witt

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1974

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Sep 14, 1973

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

Your Number's Up

as Host

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 23, 1985

The Dean Martin Comedy World

as Host

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 06, 1974

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 09, 1950

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

The Dean Martin Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1965

The Red Skelton Show

as Self /Officer Nipsey Ralston

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1951

The Red Skelton Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1951

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 29, 1957

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Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 26, 1979

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