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Russell Arms is a Actor American born on 3 february 1920 at Berkeley (USA)

Russell Arms

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Birth name Russell Lee Arms
Nationality USA
Birth 3 february 1920 at Berkeley (USA)
Death 13 february 2012 (at 92 years) at Hamilton (USA)

Russell Lee Arms (February 3, 1920 – February 13, 2012) was an American actor and singer.

Biography

Arms and his second wife, Mary Lynne, resided in Palm Springs, California for many years. They then moved to Hamilton, Illinois, where Arms died on February 13, 2012, aged 92.

Usually with

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Russell Arms (12 films)

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Actor

By the Light of the Silvery Moon
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
, 1h41
Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Mary Wickes, Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp, Billy Gray
Roles Chester Finley
Rating69% 3.4944953.4944953.4944953.4944953.494495
By the Light of the Silvery Moon relates the further adventures of the Winfield family in small town Indiana as daughter Marjorie Winfield's (Doris Day) boyfriend, William Sherman (Gordon MacRae), returns from the Army after World War I. Bill and Marjorie's on-again, off-again romance provides the backdrop for other family crises, caused mainly by son Wesley's (Billy Gray) wild imagination.
Cover Up
Cover Up (1949)
, 1h23
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Dennis O'Keefe, William Bendix, Barbara Britton, Art Baker, Ann E. Todd, Doro Merande
Roles Frank Baker
Rating65% 3.2969753.2969753.2969753.2969753.296975
In a small Midwestern town a man is found dead. When insurance investigator Sam Donovan (O'Keefe) arrives looking into the apparent suicide, all clues lead him into suspecting murder. Unfortunately, no one wants to assist him with the case, including Sheriff Larry Best (Bendix). Finally, attractive local girl Anita (Britton) breaks the silence and helps investigator Donovan solve the case.
Loaded Pistols
Loaded Pistols (1948)
, 1h18
Directed by Dorothy Yost, Armand Schaefer, John English
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gene Autry, Barbara Britton, Chill Wills, Jack Holt, Russell Arms, Robert Shayne
Roles Larry Evans
Rating58% 2.909222.909222.909222.909222.90922
Following the death of his friend Ed Norton who was killed during a dice game, Gene Autry (Gene Autry) sets out in search of the killer. His search takes him to an old house where Larry Evans (Russell Arms), who was accused of the murder, is in hiding. Larry's sister Mary (Barbara Britton) defends her brother, claiming they both loved Ed, who acted as their guardian after the death of their father. Mary is able to convince Gene that Larry is innocent. Gene offers to help him evade the sheriff until he can discover the real killer.
The Checkered Coat
The Checkered Coat (1948)
, 1h6
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Tom Conway, Noreen Nash, Hurd Hatfield, James Seay, Frank Cady, Leonard Mudie
Roles Dr. Stevenson
Rating57% 2.851862.851862.851862.851862.85186
Daredevils of the Clouds
Daredevils of the Clouds (1948)
, 1h
Directed by George Blair
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Robert Livingston, Mae Clarke, Grant Withers, Edward Gargan, Ray Teal, Jimmie Dodd
Roles Jimmy
Rating60% 3.0457953.0457953.0457953.0457953.045795
Trans-Global Airlines president Douglas Harrison (Pierre Watkin) wants to force Terry O'Rourke (Robert Livingston), and his rival Polar Airways out of business. When Kay Cameron (Mae Clarke) asks for a job, Harrison connives to have her infiltrate O'Rourke's operation in his Edmonton, Alberta headquarters. She is assigned to work on the official documents required by Jimmy Travis (Russell Arms), a Canadian customs official. Soon after, a Polar Airways flight encounters trouble when an oil line breaks. Radio operator, Eddy Clark (Jimmie Dodd) talks O'Rourke down through a thick fog. O'Rourke decides not to report the accident and the damage to his aircraft, afraid his insurance company will cancel the policy, jeopardizing his lucrative Canadian government contract to haul gold ore.
High Wall
High Wall (1947)
, 1h39
Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Robert Taylor, Audrey Totter, Herbert Marshall, Dorothy Patrick, H. B. Warner, Warner Anderson
Roles Patient Awaiting Discharge Hearing (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.44353.44353.44353.44353.4435
Steven Kenet catches his unfaithful wife in the apartment of Willard I. Whitcombe, her boss, and apparently strangles her. Believing he killed her, he attempts to commit suicide by driving his car into the river, even though they have a 6-year-old son. Kenet survives but is sent to the county psychiatric hospital for evaluation to determine if he is sane enough to be charged with murder. He has no memory of what happened, likely due to a pre-existing brain injury from the war.
Deception
Deception (1946)
, 1h50
Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical, Noir, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Films based on plays
Actors Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, John Abbott, Russell Arms, Benson Fong
Roles Music Student (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.495833.495833.495833.495833.49583
Christine Radcliffe (Bette Davis) runs up the stairs of a college concert hall in the rain. The hall is filled with enraptured students, and her eyes fill with tears as she recognizes the cellist on stage: Karel Novak (Paul Henreid) who spent the war trapped in neutral Sweden. After the performance, Novak is mobbed by well-wishers, and a student reporter questions him about his favorite composers. Novak lists some famous ones, then adds, "And, of course, Hollenius."
The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
, 1h52
Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Monty Woolley, Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Jimmy Durante, Richard Travis, Billie Burke
Roles Richard Stanley
Rating74% 3.7460053.7460053.7460053.7460053.746005
During a cross-country lecture tour, notoriously acerbic radio personality Sheridan Whiteside (Monty Woolley) slips on the icy steps of the house of the Stanleys (Grant Mitchell and Billie Burke), a prominent Ohio family, and insists on recuperating in their home during the Christmas holidays. The overbearing, self-centered celebrity soon comes to dominate the lives of the residents and everyone else who enters the household. He encourages young adults Richard (Russell Arms) and June (Elisabeth Fraser) Stanley to pursue their dreams, much to the dismay of their conventional father Ernest.
Captains of the Clouds
Captains of the Clouds (1942)
, 1h54
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy-drama, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall, Alan Hale, George Tobias, Reginald Gardiner
Roles Louis 'Alabama' Prentiss
Rating63% 3.1989653.1989653.1989653.1989653.198965
Brian MacLean (James Cagney), Johnny Dutton (Dennis Morgan), "Tiny" Murphy (Alan Hale, Sr.), "Blimp" Lebec (George Tobias), and British expatriate "Scrounger" Harris (Reginald Gardiner) are bush pilots competing for business in rugged Northern Ontario, Canada in 1939, as the Second World War is beginning. Dutton, whose ambition is to start his own airline, flies by the book but MacLean is a seat-of-the-pants kind of pilot, mirroring the differences in their personalities.
Always in My Heart
Always in My Heart (1942)
, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Kay Francis, Walter Huston, Gloria Warren, Frankie Thomas, Una O'Connor, Sidney Blackmer
Roles Red
Rating61% 3.0981253.0981253.0981253.0981253.098125
MacKenzie Scott (Walter Huston), a brilliant musician, is falsely convicted of murder and sentenced to life. While Scott languishes in prison, his long-suffering ex-wife Marjorie (Kay Francis) raises their two children to adulthood. Out of respect for Scott, whom she still loves, Marjorie never reveals to the kids that their father is in jail, insisting instead that Scott has long since died.