Nipsey Russell
Actor
Biography
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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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Filmography
Wildcats
as Ben Edwards 1986
Posse
as Snopes 1993
Car 54, Where Are You?
as Police Captain Dave Anderson 1994
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage) 1970
Dream One
as Mr. Rip / Benjamin 1984
Wiz on Down the Road
as Tinman 1978
Fame
as Vinny 1978