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Russell Gleason
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American actor (1907-1945)
Film & TV
Portland, Oregon, USA
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…
Known for
- Seeing Hands — Ben Helwig (uncredited)1943
- Salute to the Marines — Pvt. Hanks1943
- Swing Fever — Sergeant (uncredited)1943
- Swing Shift Maisie — Inspector (Uncredited)1943
- Fingers at the Window — Ogilvie1942
- Dudes Are Pretty People — Brad Benton1942
- Unexpected Uncle — Tommy Turner1941
- Earl of Puddlestone — Sidney Higgins1940
- Grandpa Goes To Town — Sidney Higgins1940
- Young as You Feel — Herbert Thompson1940
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Russell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Portland
- Place of death
- New York City
- Father
- James Gleason
- Mother
- Lucile Gleason
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Military rank
- Technician Fourth Grade
- Image
- Russell Gleason in Homicide Squad.jpg
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- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 1929-00-00
- date of birth
- 1907-02-06
- date of death
- 1945-12-25
- manner of death
- accidental death
- Commons category
- Russell Gleason
- date of burial or cremation
- 1945-12-28
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