Acting
Community Rating
5.2
TMDB estimate
Born
September 15, 1918
Died
October 2, 2005 (age 87)
Born in
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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.

100 Centre Street
as Wallace Roy
2001

Spin City
as Nipsey Russell
1996

Car 54, Where Are You?
as Police Captain Dave Anderson
1994

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self
1993

Posse
as Snopes
1993

Wildcats
as Ben Edwards
1986

Your Number's Up
as Host
1985

Dream One
as Mr. Rip / Benjamin
1984
$weepstake$
1979

Fame
as Vinny
1978

The Wiz
as Tinman
1978

Wiz on Down the Road
as Tinman
1978

The Love Boat
as Dan Manhoney
1977

Police Woman
as Charlie Witt
1974
The Dean Martin Comedy World
as Host
1974

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973

Match Game
as Self
1973
Barefoot in the Park
as Honey Robinson
1970

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1970

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968