Russell Gleason
Russell Gleason (born February 6, 1907 in Portland , Oregon , † December 26, 1945 in New York City ) was an American actor .
life and career
Russell Gleason was born in Portland in 1907 to the actors and actresses Lucile and James Gleason . His acting training was encouraged by his parents even as a child. He made his first film appearance in 1928 in The Shady Lady . In the Oscar - winning anti - war film Nothing New in the West , he took on the supporting role of the soldier Müller . In the 1930s, Gleason played the recurring role of Herbert Thompson in ten films about the Jones family . Together with his parents, he also starred in a seven-part film series about the Higgins family - his real parents also played his film parents. Gleason's big breakthrough as an actor was denied, he appeared almost exclusively in B-movies . By 1944, he starred in nearly 60 films before joining the army to fight in World War II .
At the age of thirty he married Cynthia Lindsay, with whom he stayed together until his death. Cynthia later wrote a biography about Boris Karloff , with whom the Gleasons were good friends. The couple had a son, Michael Lindsay (1939-2006), who was to work as a television producer in the 1970s. Russell Gleason died on Christmas 1945 when he fell out of the window of the Sutton Hotel in Manhattan , which was then used as a barracks. It is still unclear whether it was an accident or a suicide .
Filmography (selection)
- 1928: The Shady Lady
- 1929: Seven Faces
- 1930: on the Western Front (All Quiet on the Western Front)
- 1931: Beyond Victory
- 1935: Condemned to Live
- 1936: Bank robbery in Claytonville (A Tenderfoot Goes West)
- 1937–1940: Family Jones series (10 episodes)
- 1938–1940: Family Higgins series (7 episodes)
- 1942: Fingers at the Window
- 1943: Seeing Hands
- 1943: Salute to the Marines
- 1943: The Little Angel (Lost Angel)
- 1944: The Adventures of Mark Twain (The Adventures of Mark Twain)
Web links
- Russell Gleason in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Russell Gleason in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Russell Gleason at fandango.com (English)
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SURNAME | Gleason, Russell |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1907 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Portland , Oregon |
DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1945 |
Place of death | New York City |