Russ Powell (September 16, 1875 – November 28, 1950) was an American film actor. He appeared in 186 films between 1915 and 1943. He was born in

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, and died in

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Selected filmography

* ''The Fashion Shop'' (1915, Short) - Fat Customer * ''The Tale of the Night Before'' (1915) - Henry's friend * ''Fat and Furious'' (1917) - Merta's Father * '' Clean Sweep'' (1918) - The Butcher * '' Smoldering Embers'' (1920) - Tramp * ''Dangerous Days'' (1920) - Bartender (uncredited) * '' The Slim Princess'' (1920) - The Governor General * '' The Soul of Youth'' (1920) - Patrolman Jones * '' One Stolen Night'' (1923) * '' Kindled Courage'' (1923) - Marshal * '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (uncredited) (1923) * '' A Boy of Flanders'' - Baas Kronstadt (1924) * '' Open All Night'' (1924) (uncredited) * ''

Dynamite Smith ''Dynamite Smith'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and written by C. Gardner Sullivan. The film stars Charles Ray, Bessie Love, and Wallace Beery, and was distributed through Pathé Exchange. The film was presume ...

'' (1924) * '' The Wheel'' (1925) * '' The Show'' (1927) * '' The Red Mill'' (1927) * '' Tillie the Toiler'' (1927) (uncredited) * ''

Soft Cushions ''Soft Cushions'' is a 1927 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and featuring Boris Karloff. It is a comic take by actor and producer Douglas MacLean on the 1911 play '' Kismet'' and the 1920 silent film adaptation. It is liste ...

'' (1927) * '' Surrender!'' (1927) (uncredited) * '' Why Sailors Go Wrong'' (1928) (uncredited) * '' Vamping Venus'' (1928) * '' The Cossacks'' (1928) (uncredited) * '' Napoleon's Barber'' (1928 short) * '' Riley the Cop'' (1928) (uncredited) * '' Sailor's Holiday'' (1929) (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1930) (uncredited) * ''

The Big Trail ''The Big Trail'' is a 1930 American epic pre-Code Western early widescreen film shot on location across the American West starring 23-year-old John Wayne in his first leading role and directed by Raoul Walsh. It is the final completed film ...

'' (1930) (uncredited) * '' Check and Double Check'' (1930) * '' The Grand Parade'' (1930) * '' The Sin Ship'' (1931) * '' The Public Enemy'' (1931) (uncredited) * '' An American Tragedy'' (1931) * '' The Sin of Madelon Claudet'' (1931) * ''

Lady and Gent ''Lady and Gent'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Stephen Roberts for Paramount, featuring a young Charles ("Durango Kid") Starrett, Syd ("Three Mesquiteers") Saylor and an early supporting role by John Wayne. Plot A young ...

'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1933) - Watchman (uncredited) * '' Central Airport'' (1933) (uncredited) * '' Roman Scandals'' (1933) (uncredited) * ''

The House on 56th Street ''The House on 56th Street'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film. The film's plot involves a miscarriage of justice, wrongful conviction and imprisonment, and alienation of a prisoner from her only living relative. Plot A ...

'' (1933) (uncredited) * ''

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' () is an adventure novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas. It was serialised from 1844 to 1846, and published in book form in 1846. It is one of his most popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers'' (184 ...

'' (1934) (uncredited) * '' Call of the Wild'' (1935) * ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...

'' (1935) (uncredited) * ''

Barbary Coast The Barbary Coast (also Barbary, Berbery, or Berber Coast) were the coastal regions of central and western North Africa, more specifically, the Maghreb and the Ottoman borderlands consisting of the regencies in Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, a ...

'' (1935) (uncredited) * '' A Night at the Opera'' (1935) (uncredited) * '' Divot Diggers'' (1936, Short) (voice) * '' A Day at the Races'' (1937) (uncredited) * '' The Emperor's Candlesticks'' (1937) (uncredited) * '' Stella Dallas'' (1937) (uncredited) * '' The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1937) (uncredited) * '' The Wrong Road'' (1937) * '' The Cowboy and the Lady'' (1938) (uncredited) * '' Santa Fe Stampede'' (1938) (uncredited) * '' Son of Frankenstein'' (1939) (uncredited) * ''

I Stole a Million ''I Stole a Million'' is a 1939 film noir crime film starring George Raft as a cab driver turned small-time crook who makes a big score and lives to regret it. The supporting cast includes Claire Trevor, Dick Foran, and Victor Jory. The movie ...

'' (1939) (uncredited) * '' The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1939) (uncredited) * ''

When the Daltons Rode ''When the Daltons Rode'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by George Marshall and starring Randolph Scott, Kay Francis and Brian Donlevy. Based on the 1931 book of the same name by Emmett Dalton, a member of the Dalton Gang, and Jack J ...

'' (1940) (uncredited) * '' The Return of Frank James'' (1940) (uncredited) * ''

Citizen Kane ''Citizen Kane'' is a 1941 American Drama (film and television), drama film directed by, produced by and starring Orson Welles and co-written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz. It was Welles's List of directorial debuts, first feature film. ...

'' (1941) (uncredited) * ''

Action in the North Atlantic ''Action in the North Atlantic'' is a 1943 American war film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Jerry Wald, directed by Lloyd Bacon, and adapted by John Howard Lawson from a story by Guy Gilpatric. The film stars Humphrey Bogart and R ...

'' (1943) (uncredited)

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