Russell Gleason
Russell Gleason (February 6, 1908 – December 25, 1945) was an American actor who began his career at the very beginning of the talking film era. Born into an acting family, one of his earliest roles was in the 1930 classic film, All Quiet on the Western Front.
While still in the middle of a successful acting career, Gleason joined the U.S. Army in late 1943, during World War II. While awaiting deployment to Europe in December 1945 in New York City, Gleason fell to his death from a hotel window. He was the son of actors Lucille and James Gleason.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.6958 |
| Birthday | 1908-02-06 |
| Place of Birth | Portland, Oregon, USA |
| Also Known As |
1940
Earl of Puddlestone
10/1
When Betty's father sees the condescending attitude displayed toward her by a rich family, he decides to get back at them by making them believe that...
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Earl of Puddlestone
1939
The Covered Trailer
7/1
The Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell to his co-workers at the bank, mother Lil unwittingly...
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The Covered Trailer
1935
Condemned to Live
5.156/16
After a series of murders, a man finds out that his mother was bitten by a vampire bat during her pregnancy, and he believes that he may be the vampir...
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Condemned to Live
1942
Fingers at the Window
5.667/18
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
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Fingers at the Window
1931
Homicide Squad
8/1
The police use a gangster's son to get to him.
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Homicide Squad
1937
Big Business
7.5/2
A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil well. Comedy.
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Big Business
1931
Laugh and Get Rich
6/4
An inept inventor and his stoic wife believe an oil well investment has paid off and that they've become wealthy overnight.
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Laugh and Get Rich
1941
Unexpected Uncle
6.917/6
An elderly gentleman comes to a young woman's aid by pretending to be her uncle. Comedy.
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Unexpected Uncle
1936
Fury Below
5/2
Jim Cole, heir to a mining operation, takes over the mine, which is suffering from unexplained low production, and is facing a strike by the miners. J...
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Fury Below
1934
I Can't Escape
6.667/3
An ex-convict, unable to get a good job because of his prison record, gets mixed up in a phony stock scam.
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I Can't Escape
1929
The Flying Fool
6/5
A man protective of his brother checks out the girl his brother is in love with, in order to see if she's the real thing or just trying to take advant...
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The Flying Fool
1932
Off His Base
10/1
It begins with the Mustangs in trouble in their championship series... all the players are banged up and they're being clobbered. But a sports reporte...
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Off His Base
1939
Undercover Agent
4.214/7
A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.
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Undercover Agent
1938
Love on a Budget
8/1
This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle wh...
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Love on a Budget
1939
Here I Am a Stranger
7.333/3
The story of a young man's discovery of his father.
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Here I Am a Stranger
1930
Officer O'Brien
5.25/4
Bill O'Brien is promoted to lieutenant in the police department for his arrest of Mike Patello, gang leader and racketeer, for murder. Ruth Dale, who...
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Officer O'Brien
1931
Beyond Victory
9/1
Four battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.
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Beyond Victory
1938
A Trip to Paris
5.5/2
The Jones Family heads to Gay Paree in celebration of the 25th wedding anniversary of Pa and Ma Jones. It doesn't take long for the Joneses to be vict...
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A Trip to Paris
1929
The Sophomore
5.333/3
Joe Collins arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is enticed into a craps game, and loses all in this nost...
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The Sophomore
1936
A Tenderfoot Goes West
5/3
Wellington Pike, author of 'Wild and Bloody Tales of the West', has never been away from the sedate and civilized East, so he takes a vacation to see...
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A Tenderfoot Goes West
1943
Seeing Hands
6.333/9
This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig...
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Seeing Hands
1939
News Is Made at Night
4.75/4
Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal o...
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News Is Made at Night
1942
Dudes Are Pretty People
8/2
Western comedy about a cowhand falling in love with the pretty guest at a local dude ranch.
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Dudes Are Pretty People
1939
Should Husbands Work?
6/2
Joe Higgins' wife gets the job meant for him, so he stays home to do the housework. A Higgins Family comedy
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Should Husbands Work?
1939
Money To Burn
10/1
In this episode of the Higgins Family series, pandemonium ensues when Ma enters a dog biscuit contest. The prize is a whopping $50,000.
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Money To Burn
1939
My Wife's Relatives
7/1
It all begins when Joe Higgins, business manager of a prosperous candy-manufacturing firm, is ordered by his pompous boss Ellis to break up the romanc...
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My Wife's Relatives
1938
The Higgins Family
7/2
Pa Higgins' attempts at success in the advertising business are constantly frustrated by his eccentric family.
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The Higgins Family
1940
Grandpa Goes To Town
10/1
Joe and Lil Higgins invest their life savings in a frontier hotel. Upon arrival, the family discovers that the establishment is smack dab in the middl...
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Grandpa Goes To Town
1939
Everybody's Baby
8/1
The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to lecture on the topic.
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Everybody's Baby
1935
Hot Tip
7/3
An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.
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Hot Tip
1943
Salute to the Marines
7.2/5
It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first...
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Salute to the Marines
1936
Hitch Hike To Heaven
10/1
A theatre actor makes the crossover to movies and becomes a star, but his new-found fame puts his family relationships at risk.
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Hitch Hike To Heaven
1940
Young as You Feel
8/1
Father sells his drugstore and the Jones family heads for New York to enjoy sophisticated city life. They lose all their money before deciding to go b...
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Young as You Feel
1930
All Quiet on the Western Front
7.8/964
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is dest...
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1933
Private Jones
9/1
After America enters World War I, young William "Bill" Jones tries to avoid military service by telling the draft board that he is the sole supporter...
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Private Jones
1929
Strange Cargo
8/2
On board a yacht sailing from India to Britain, the owner of the vessel is murdered by one of the passengers. (This film was produced both in full sou...
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Strange Cargo
1937
Hot Water
6.5/2
The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous newspaper article.
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Hot Water
1937
Borrowing Trouble
7/2
The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a liking to.
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Borrowing Trouble
1938
Safety in Numbers
7/1
The Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich mineral deposit.
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Safety in Numbers
1938
Down on the Farm
10/1
Excitement runs high when a family's farm is chosen as the site for a big cornhusking contest.
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Down on the Farm
1931
Nice Women
8/1
A mother tries to get her daughter to marry for money, but the daughter wants to marry for love.
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Nice Women
1943
Swing Fever
6/4
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
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Swing Fever
1937
Off to the Races
10/1
The Jones family's uncle George enters his trotting horse in the fair grounds race. The family helps raise the entrance fee and care for the horse.
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Off to the Races
1932
Always Kickin'
0/0
When Russel Gleason is thought to have made a kick by Jim Thorpe, he is reinstated on the college team in time for the big game.
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Always Kickin'
1932
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
6.5/2
A young dress designer marries an insurance agent. They soon have a daughter, but what the wife doesn't know is that her husband is actually a crimina...
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The Strange Case of Clara Deane
1943
Swing Shift Maisie
6.8/5
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Bre...
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Swing Shift Maisie
1929
Seven Faces
9/1
A 1929 American pre-Code drama film with fantasy elements that was released by Fox Film Corporation in the Fox Movietone sound-on-film system on Decem...
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Seven Faces
1937
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
4.5/8
A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more i...
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Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1928
The Shady Lady
8/1
The Shady Lady is a 1928 sound part-talkie American drama film directed by Edward H. Griffith.
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The Shady Lady
1930
Sisters
8/1
In spite of her best efforts, a Manhattan model falls in love with a country-hick census taker, while trying to help out her sister and the sister's j...
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Sisters
1940
Yesterday's Heroes
10/1
A doctor looks at his scrapbook and reflects on college days: how success at football took him from his studies, his flirtation with a widow and his t...
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