Nipsey Russell

Nipsey Russell

Birthday: 1918-09-15

Deathday: 2005-10-02

Place of birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0751369

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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nipsey Russell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Played in movies:

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Score: 7.1

Wildcats

Score: 6.3

The Wiz

Score: 6.0

Posse

Score: 5.3

Wiz on Down the Road

Score: 5.0

Dream One

Score: 3.4

Car 54, Where Are You?

Score: 3.3

Fame

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

100 Centre Street

Score: 7.7

Match Game

Score: 7.6

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Score: 7.5

The Red Skelton Show

Score: 7.4

The Red Skelton Show

Score: 7.4

The Dean Martin Show

Score: 7.3

Spin City

Score: 7.1

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Score: 7.0

The Bob Hope Show

Score: 7.0

The Ed Sullivan Show

Score: 6.8

The Love Boat

Score: 6.3

Police Woman

Score: 6.3

The Merv Griffin Show

Score: 6.2

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

Score: 5.4

Barefoot in the Park

Score: 5.0

$weepstake$

Score: 0.0

Your Number's Up

Score: 0.0

The Dean Martin Comedy World

Score: 0.0