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Nipsey Russell
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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 thro…
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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 Truth 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.
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2001
100 Centre Street
TV show Wallace Roy
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1996
Spin City
TV show Nipsey Russell
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1994
Car 54, Where Are You?
Movie Police Captain Dave Anderson
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1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV show Self
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1993
Posse
Movie Snopes
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1986
Wildcats
Movie Ben Edwards
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1985
Your Number's Up
TV show Host
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1984
Dream One
Movie Mr. Rip / Benjamin
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1979
$weepstake$
TV show
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1978
Fame
Movie Vinny
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1978
The Wiz
Movie Tinman
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1978
Wiz on Down the Road
Movie Tinman
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1977
The Love Boat
TV show Dan Manhoney
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1974
Police Woman
TV show Charlie Witt
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1974
The Dean Martin Comedy World
TV show Host
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1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV show Self
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1973
Match Game
TV show Self
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1970
Barefoot in the Park
TV show Honey Robinson
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1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV show Self (uncredited)
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1966
The Strolling '20s
Movie Self
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1965
The Dean Martin Show
TV show
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self
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1962
The Merv Griffin Show
TV show Self
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1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV show Self
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1951
The Red Skelton Show
TV show Nipsey Ralston
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1950
The Bob Hope Show
TV show Self
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1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV show Self
