老人家1915年出生的，99年是他最后一次出现在舞台了，2011年去世。 比较著名的角色都是几十年前的了。电视剧角色比较著名的有三部。 比如52年的《Dragnet 》的Officer Bill Gannon ，这部电视剧最早是52年推出的以纪实手法拍摄，后来54年拍了一季，然后67年到70年继续拍摄后面的季，Harry Morgan 是67到70年的主演。中间暂停的原因不详，不过这部NBC的剧集是第一部最有影响力的犯罪类剧。后来1987年改编成电影版由汤姆汉克斯主演，他还是演了这个角色Bill Gannon。
Although best known as the deputy on Bonanza (1959) and Robert in The Magnificent Seven (1960), Russell's notoriety on a national level was as the owner of the Portland Mavericks Baseball Club. Helming the only independent team in the class A Northwest League, Russell was an innovator. Before Bull Durham (1988), there were the Mavericks. Russell kept a 30 man roster because he believed that some of the players deserved to have one last season. His motto was simply one three lettered word - not WIN - although the Mavericks did just that - no, the word was FUN. He created a park that kept all corporate sponsorship outside the gates, hired the first female general manager in professional baseball, and the following year hired the first Asian American GM/Manager. That same season his team set a record for the highest attendance in Minor league history, and went on to win the pennant. Ex-major leaguers and never-weres who couldn't stop playing the game flocked to his June tryouts, which were always open to anyone that showed up. From as far away as Capetown, and France, players would head to Portland for a chance with Russell's Mavericks.
