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It sits within the topics 1918 births, 2005 deaths and 20th-century African-American male actors.
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Film & TV
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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…
Known for
- 100 Centre Street — Wallace Roy2001
- Spin City — Nipsey Russell1996
- Car 54, Where Are You? — Police Captain Dave Anderson1994
- Posse — Snopes1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self1993
- Wildcats — Ben Edwards1986
- Your Number's Up — Host1985
- Dream One — Mr. Rip / Benjamin1984
- $weepstake$1979
- The Wiz — Tinman1978
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1918-09-15
- Active to
- 2005-10-02
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 11,027
- Total plays
- 51,614
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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 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Nipsey+
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Julius
- Family name
- Russell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Atlanta
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- comedian
- Educated at
- University of Cincinnati
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Image
- Nipsey Russell 1971.jpg
- Residence
- Atlanta
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- nickname
- Nipsey
- cause of death
- stomach cancer
- date of birth
- 1924-10-13
- date of death
- 2005-10-02
- manner of death
- natural causes
- influenced by
- James Brown
- Commons category
- Nipsey Russell
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