J. Gordon Russell

J. Gordon Russell

Born: January 11, 1883
Died: April 21, 1935

Movies for J. Gordon Russell...

Lightning Range
Title: Lightning Range
Character: Minor Role (archive footage)
Released: November 29, 1933
Type: Movie
Hester and Hezekiah plan to get Dorothy Horton's inheritance. But when Pete and his men rob the stage they learn of the scheme and send Jim to replace Hezekiah. The Deputy Marshal breaks this up but Black Pete arrives wearing the Marshal's badge and has the Sheriff take him away while he flees with the inheritance money.
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The King of the Kongo
Title: The King of the Kongo
Character: Derelict
Released: August 29, 1929
Type: Movie
A Secret Service agent seeks his missing brother in Africa, and finds his mission complicated by ivory thieves, a girl with a mysterious past, and a troublesome gorilla.
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Say Ah-h!
Title: Say Ah-h!
Released: February 18, 1928
Type: Movie
Charley has to find an ostrich egg in a hurry for a disgruntled visitor, but he doesn't count on the introduction of some surreal plot twists and turns that foil his every attempt.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Title: Uncle Tom's Cabin
Character: Loker
Released: November 4, 1927
Type: Movie
In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but George's owner prevents the wedding. A few years later, Eliza flees with her son, Harry, after learning the Shelbys plan to hand them over to a crooked creditor to prevent foreclosure. George also escapes and goes on the run while Eliza and Harry are captured and brought back home. Mother and son are separated as George tries to find them both.
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Spurs and Saddles
Title: Spurs and Saddles
Character: 'Blaze' Holton
Released: July 17, 1927
Type: Movie
Mildred is traveling West in search of her long-lost father when she catches the roving eye of wicked dance-hall proprietor "Hawk" Kent. She turns him down flat and Kent has his henchman Blaze frame her in a crime. To keep herself out of jail, Mildred is compelled to work in Kent's dive, until the gallant Jack comes to her rescue.
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The Claw
Title: The Claw
Character: Wagondriver
Released: May 8, 1927
Type: Movie
Based on the 1911 novel by Cynthia Stockley, this is the story of Dierdre Saurin, whose infatuation with Major Kinsella takes her to Africa where native uprisings and the jealous connivings of Maurice Stair await her.
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Looking for Trouble
Title: Looking for Trouble
Character: Jasper Murchison
Released: May 30, 1926
Type: Movie
Jack Pepper accidentally fires his gun while forcing a newspaper editor to retract his statement regarding Miss Tulip Hellier, and the sheriff goes after Jack. While hiding out, Jack finds a liquor cache on the Hellier ranch and knows it was placed there as a ruse to distract the sheriff while an outlaw gang runs dope across the border.
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Tumbleweeds
Title: Tumbleweeds
Character: Noll Lassiter
Released: December 27, 1925
Type: Movie
William S. Hart stars in this 1925 silent film as a cowboy intent on claiming land during the 1889 land rush in the Oklahoma Territory. Though hardened from years of taming the new frontier, he falls in love with a beautiful woman. Before he settles down, however, he must contend with men who wish to bring him harm. In the prologue of the 1939 Astor Pictures revival of this film, Hart gives a moving eight-minute introduction-- the first and only time he appeared in a film accompanied by his striking voice.
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Easy Going Gordon
Title: Easy Going Gordon
Character: Slung Williams
Released: August 6, 1925
Type: Movie
Gordon Palmer is a lazy and cowardly rich man's son. When he and his fiancée, Aileen Merton, are held up by two crooks, Slug Williams and Beef O'Connell, he passively allows them to take whatever they want. At least he comes to life when they try to steal Aileen's engagement ring -- he scares them into giving that back. Aileen, however, is pretty fed up with him.
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Parisian Love
Title: Parisian Love
Character: D'Avril (as James Gordon Russell)
Released: August 1, 1925
Type: Movie
Armand and Marie survive in the streets until charitable (and wealthy) scientist Pierre Marcel takes Armand in after a botched robbery. Marie, a fiery Apache, swears revenge on Marcel for taking her lover away from her.
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Hearts and Spurs
Title: Hearts and Spurs
Character: Sid Thomas
Released: June 7, 1925
Type: Movie
Oscar has been sent to the plains to make a man of himself, is soon visited by his sister Sybil Estabrook, who travels west along with her maid in tow. Oscar, who has been losing at cards to Victor Dufresne, is forced by him to rob a stagecoach in order to pay off his gambling debts.
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Singer Jim Mckee
Title: Singer Jim Mckee
Character: Buck Holden (as Gordon Russell)
Released: March 3, 1924
Type: Movie
Jim McKee and his friend Buck rob a stagecoach to get money to support Buck's daughter. Buck is killed, but Jim and the daughter escape. Fifteen years later, Jim finds that he must turn robber again to continue to provide for Buck's daughter.
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Chastity
Title: Chastity
Character: Sam Wolfe
Released: December 31, 1923
Type: Movie
A young woman trying to make it in Hollywood decides that the only way she can attain stardom is to go the "vamp" route, although in her private life she's nothing like her on-screen character. She gets the recognition she wants, but for the wrong reason--she finds herself in the middle of a notorious society scandal. - From IMDB
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Mile-a-Minute Romeo
Title: Mile-a-Minute Romeo
Character: Landry
Released: November 18, 1923
Type: Movie
Three men, Lucky Bill ( Tom Mix ), Landry ( J. Gordon Russell ), and Morgan ( Jim Mason ) are in love with the same girl, pretty Molly ( Betty Jewel ). Lucky Bill finally wins her with his skillful horsemanship and dogged determination.
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The Spoilers
Title: The Spoilers
Character: Burke (as Gordon Russell)
Released: August 26, 1923
Type: Movie
Based on the novel The Spoilers by Rex Beach.
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Kindled Courage
Title: Kindled Courage
Character: Sheriff
Released: January 8, 1923
Type: Movie
Andy Walker, bullied and taunted with being a coward, leaves town on a freight. The brakeman shoots two ruffians, but Andy is hailed as the hero and made a deputy sheriff.
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The Trail of Hate
Title: The Trail of Hate
Character: Jack Beecker
Released: September 30, 1922
Type: Movie
On a trip East, Silent Kerry falls for pretty Mary Stockdale. Later, by coincidence, she just happens to show up in his neck of the West. Her father is at the mercy of the usual gang of rustlers, and there's a jealous dance hall girl, Carmencita, who complicates matters for Kerry.
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His Back Against the Wall
Title: His Back Against the Wall
Character: Bronc Lewis
Released: May 21, 1922
Type: Movie
Jeremy Dice, a finisher in a New York East Side tailor shop who prides himself on being a smart dresser and dancer, proves to be cowardly when he retreats from a bully who gets fresh with his girl, and his employer discharges him. Deciding to go out west, Jeremy is caught hitching the rails and comes upon two outlaws in the desert disputing over booty; they are both killed in a shoot-out, and Jeremy is proclaimed a hero by the sheriff.....
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Rounding Up the Law
Title: Rounding Up the Law
Character: Branch Doughty
Released: April 15, 1922
Type: Movie
Larry Connell arrives in a border town run by Sheriff Bull Weyman and Branch Doughty. Connell wins the sheriff's ranch at draw poker, but Weyman uses his influence with Judge Hyland to have Larry declared bankrupt. Larry attempts to fight foul with fair, but the sale of his cattle pushes him over the edge. Larry holds up Doughty and subsequently gets arrested, but escapes, intending to blow up the sheriff's office.
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Across the Border
Title: Across the Border
Character: The Sheriff
Released: February 15, 1922
Type: Movie
Andy Fowler is made a member of a gang of rustlers after rescuing one of their number from a fire, but he finds his freedom threatened by the local sheriff, who is actually the gang's leader and wants Andy's girlfriend for his own.
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The Sea Lion
Title: The Sea Lion
Character: Simmons
Released: December 4, 1921
Type: Movie
When his long-suffering wife leaves him, the hard-driving captain of a whaling ship turns bitter and takes out his anger, resentment and frustrations on all those around him, leading to tensions with his crew that come up to the point of mutiny.
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Three Word Brand
Title: Three Word Brand
Character: Bull Yeates
Released: October 15, 1921
Type: Movie
Ben Trego dies defending his twin sons from Indian attack. Separated, the two boys grow up very differently, one as Paul Marsden, the other as a cowboy named Three Word Brand. Paul becomes governor of Utah while Brand partners with George Barton in a ranch. The owner of the adjacent ranch plots to get Barton and Brand out of the way in order to control water rights. When Governor Marsden comes to the area to investigate, Brand sees the resemblance between them, though neither knows about his twin. Brand waylays Paul and takes his place as governor in an attempt to thwart the crooked rancher in the water rights scheme.
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The Testing Block
Title: The Testing Block
Character: Ringo
Released: December 26, 1920
Type: Movie
The tough outlaw 'Sierra' Bill falls in love with the traveling girl violinist Nelly Gray. Sierra forces her into marrying him. They have a child, but family life is interrupted by the gambler Ringe, who not only persuades Nelly to leave her husband but ruins Sierra at the gaming table. With thoughts of vengeance, the angry Sierra breaks out of jail and goes after Ringe.
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The Night Riders
Title: The Night Riders
Character: Jake Harnach (as Russell Gordon)
Released: July 1, 1920
Type: Movie
A band of Klan-like night riders have been running rampant, and ranch owner Julian Marbolt (Andre Beaulieu) -- who is afflicted with day blindness and can only see in the evening -- offers a reward for the leader's capture.
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The Sagebrusher
Title: The Sagebrusher
Character: Big Aleck (as Gordon Russell)
Released: January 1, 1920
Type: Movie
A friend of a Montana sagebrusher advertises for a potential wife for him.
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Put up Your Hands
Title: Put up Your Hands
Character: Three Gun Smith (as Gordon Russell)
Released: March 16, 1919
Type: Movie
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Betty and the Buccaneers
Title: Betty and the Buccaneers
Character: Gentleman Jack
Released: November 12, 1917
Type: Movie
Romantic adventure film in which the girl Betty, who dreams about pirates, and her gullible father is tricked by a set of real pirates. They are rescued by a young man who has a crush on Betty.
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Miss Jackie of the Navy
Title: Miss Jackie of the Navy
Character: Bill Blount
Released: November 30, 1916
Type: Movie
All of the navy men in a California port town have fallen in love with Jackie Holbrook, except for Captain Robert Crowne. As a result, roused by the challenge, Jackie decides that she must add Robert to her list of conquests. Disguising herself as a sailor, she leaves port on Robert's ship, which is headed for the island of Vergania to quell a native uprising. On the island, Robert is taken captive by the natives, and just as they prepare to sacrifice him, Jackie leads a successful rescue mission. Then, Jackie reveals herself to be a woman, and Robert, impressed with her beauty and bravery, instantly falls in love, and makes plans with her for an immediate marriage.