
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 became so closely associated with Russell that Dick Clark, Bill Cullen, Betty White, and others regularly referred to him as "the poet laureate of television." He also had a leading role in the film version of The Wiz. Russell was also a frequent guest on Dean Martin's Celebrity Roasts.

as Self

as Self
1962

as Dan Manhoney
1977

as Self
1993

as Self
1962

as Nipsey Russell
1996

as Self
1973

as Charlie Witt
1974

as Self /Officer Nipsey Ralston
1951

as Self
1948
as Self
1957

as Self (uncredited)
1968

as Self
1950
as Ben Edwards
1986

as Police Captain Dave Anderson
1994

as Snopes
1993

as Ben Edwards
1986

as Mr. Rip / Benjamin
1984

as Vinny
1978

as Tinman
1978

as Tinman
1978

as Self (archive footage)
1970

as Self
1966
as Self
1 ep.

as Self
5 episodes

as Dan Manhoney
1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

as Self
4 episodes

as Nipsey Russell
1 episodes

as Self
5 episodes

as Charlie Witt
1 episodes

as Self /Officer Nipsey Ralston
1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes

as Self (uncredited)
1 episodes

as Self
1 episodes

1 episodes

as Self
5 episodes

as Wallace Roy
1 episodes
1 episodes
as Honey Robinson
12 episodes
as Host
1 episodes

as Host
4 episodes