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Russell Collins is a Actor American born on 11 october 1897 at Indianapolis (USA)
Russell Collins (October 11, 1897 Indianapolis, Indiana – November 14, 1965
West Hollywood, California) American actor
Russell H. Collins first appeared on stage in 1922. He had roles in a few early Group Theatre
productions with Success Story being his Broadway debut. Probably his most noted Broadway role was as the star of the 1935 musical play Johnny Johnson. He enjoyed a long career on Broadway, in films and television. By the 1950s he often appeared in many of the television live play-like dramas and was in high demand as a character actor in many TV series to the end of his career.
He played Doc in the 1950 London production of Mr. Roberts at the Coliseum Theatre with
Tyrone Power as Mr. Roberts and Jackie Cooper as Ensign Pulver.
He died of a heart attack on November 14, 1965 in West Hollywood, California.
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Birth name Russell H. Collins
Nationality USA
Birth 11 october 1897 at Indianapolis (USA)
Death 14 november 1965 (at 68 years) at West Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 11 october 1897 at Indianapolis (USA)
Death 14 november 1965 (at 68 years) at West Hollywood (USA)
West Hollywood, California) American actor
Russell H. Collins first appeared on stage in 1922. He had roles in a few early Group Theatre
productions with Success Story being his Broadway debut. Probably his most noted Broadway role was as the star of the 1935 musical play Johnny Johnson. He enjoyed a long career on Broadway, in films and television. By the 1950s he often appeared in many of the television live play-like dramas and was in high demand as a character actor in many TV series to the end of his career.
He played Doc in the 1950 London production of Mr. Roberts at the Coliseum Theatre with
Tyrone Power as Mr. Roberts and Jackie Cooper as Ensign Pulver.
He died of a heart attack on November 14, 1965 in West Hollywood, California.
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Those Calloways (1965)
, 2h11Directed by Norman Tokar, Tom Leetch
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Brandon deWilde, Walter Brennan, Ed Wynn, Linda Evans
Rating64%
La famille Calloway vit dans la forêt juste en dehors de la petite ville de Swiftwater en Nouvelle-Écosse. Le père Cam rêve de construire un sanctuaire pour les oies sauvages qui migrent. Mais la population de la ville trouve Cam trop excentrique. Cam et son fils Bucky décident d'amasser des fourrures pour récolter assez d'argent pour acheter un lac. Mais la somme récoltée ne suffit pas et ils sont contraints de vendre leur maison. La famille construit une nouvelle maison au bord du lac mais un promoteur envisage de construire une zone de loisirs dans la petite ville. Il propose à Cam en échange d'argent et de promesses d'aider à construire le sanctuaire de planter un champ de maïs pour attirer les oiseaux. Cam apprend par la suite que le but du promoteur est de faire un plan d'eau pour la chasse aux oies.
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965)
, 1h37Directed by Alvin Ganzer
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Connie Francis, Harve Presnell, Peter Noone, Liberace, Sue Ane Langdon, Fred Clark
Roles Mr. Stokes (as Russ Collins)
Rating48%
Fail Safe (1964)
, 1h52Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Historical
Themes Politique, Films about religion, Transport films, Aviation films, Films set in the future, Political films, Dans un avion, Dystopian films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, United States Armed Forces in films, Films about language and translation
Actors Henry Fonda, Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Larry Hagman, Sorrell Booke
Rating79%
The film begins with VIPs visiting the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) at Offutt AFB in Omaha, Nebraska. During the trip, an alert is initiated by USAF's early warning radar that an unidentified flying object is making an unauthorized intrusion into American airspace. Defense protocols dictate that the SAC must always keep several bomber groups airborne 24 hours a day in the event of a nuclear attack on the United States. Following the alert, bombers are ordered to proceed to predetermined aerial "fail-safe points" to await their final "go" orders before proceeding towards Soviet targets.
The Rabbit Trap (1959)
, 1h12Directed by Philip Leacock
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ernest Borgnine, David Brian, Bethel Leslie, Kevin Corcoran, Jeanette Nolan, Christopher Dark
Roles Hughie Colt
Rating63%
Since leaving the army ten years ago, Eddie has been working hard without any promotion, never missing a day of work and having only three weeks holiday in his ten years with his construction firm. The day after Eddie, his wife Abby and son Duncan are granted two weeks holiday they spend in a mountain cabin. On the first day Eddie and Duncan place a rabbit trap out in the countryside for the sheer joy of feeding and releasing him. Eddie is called back to work the next day leading to arguments with Abby who insists Eddie should remain on holiday. Eddie fears being left behind in promotion if he endangers his reputation for reliability.
The Matchmaker (1958)
, 1h40Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films based on plays, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Shirley Booth, Anthony Perkins, Shirley MacLaine, Paul Ford, Robert Morse, Russell Collins
Rating67%
Set in 1884, the story focuses on Dolly Gallagher Levi, a widow who supports herself by a variety of means, with matchmaking as her primary source of income. Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy but miserly merchant from Yonkers, New York, has hired her to find him a wife, but unbeknownst to him Dolly is determined to fill the position herself. When he expresses his intent to travel to New York City to woo milliner Irene Molloy, Dolly shows him the photograph of a woman she calls Miss Ernestina Simple and tells him the buxom beauty would be a far better choice for him. Horace agrees to have dinner with Ernestina at the Harmonia Gardens after visiting Irene.
God's Little Acre (1958)
, 1h58Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Jack Lord, Tina Louise, Buddy Hackett, Fay Spain
Rating64%
Widower Ty Ty Walden (Robert Ryan) and his two daughters live in the backwoods of Georgia during the Great Depression (although the film appears to be set in the 1950s, since many of the cars are 1950s vintage). While Ty Ty searches for gold on his farm, his son-in-law Will (Aldo Ray) cheats on his wife Rosamund (Helen Westcott) with Griselda (Tina Louise). Ty Ty has been digging for gold on his land for 15 years. Pluto Swint (Buddy Hackett) arrives to announce he's running for sheriff. Swint is invited to come around back where Darlin' Jill (Fay Spain) is taking a bath in an outdoor bathtub positioned near a handpump and spigot. She asks him to pump some more water (the camera never dips lower than the top of the tub). He is asked to keep his eyes closed, but takes a pleasurable peek.
Raintree County (1957)
, 2h46Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Lee Marvin, Rod Taylor, Nigel Patrick
Roles Niles Foster
Rating62%
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey (Montgomery Clift), a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither (Eva Marie Saint) by Susanna Drake (Elizabeth Taylor), a rich New Orleans girl. He has a brief and passionate affair with Susanna while she is visiting. Following her return to the South, she comes back to Indiana to tell Shawnessey she is pregnant with his child. John marries her out of honor and duty, leaving Nell heartbroken.
The Enemy Below (1957)
, 1h38Directed by Dick Powell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films, Children's films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, Theodore Bikel, Russell Collins, David Hedison, Frank Albertson
Roles Doctor, USS Haynes
Rating73%
The American Buckley-class destroyer escort USS Haynes detects and attacks a German U-boat that is on its way to rendezvous with a German merchant raider in the South Atlantic Ocean. Captain Murrell (Robert Mitchum), a former officer in the merchant marine now an active duty lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve, has recently taken command of the Haynes, even though he is still recovering from injuries incurred in the sinking of his previous ship. Before the U-boat is first spotted, one sailor questions the new captain's fitness and ability. However, as the battle begins, Murrell shows himself to be a match for wily U-boat Kapitän von Stolberg (Curt Jürgens) (portrayed as not being enamoured with the Nazi regime) in a prolonged and deadly battle of wits that tests both men and their crews. Each man grows to respect his opponent.
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
, 1h21Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Western
Themes Films about racism
Actors Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, Ernest Borgnine
Rating76%
In late 1945, one-armed John J. Macreedy (Spencer Tracy) gets off a passenger train at the isolated desert hamlet of Black Rock. It is the first time in 4 years that the train has stopped there. Macreedy is looking for a man named Komoko, but the few residents are inexplicably hostile. The young hotel desk clerk, Pete Wirth (John Ericson), claims he has no vacant rooms. Macreedy is threatened by Hector David (Lee Marvin). Later, Reno Smith (Robert Ryan) informs Macreedy that Komoko, a Japanese-American, was interned during World War II.
Soldier of Fortune (1955)
, 1h36Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie, Gene Barry, Tim Abell, Tom Tully
Roles Icky, Piano Player
Rating61%
Jane Hoyt (Susan Hayward) arrives in Hong Kong, looking for her husband, thrill-seeking photojournalist Louis Hoyt (Gene Barry). She attracts the eye of shady shipping magnate Hank Lee (Clark Gable). With his help, she learns that Louis entered Communist China and was imprisoned as a suspected spy.
The Last Frontier (1955)
, 1h38Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Victor Mature, Guy Madison, Robert Preston, Anne Bancroft, James Whitmore, Russell Collins
Rating62%
Trapper Jed Cooper (Victor Mature) and his two best friends Gus (James Whitmore) and Mungo (Pat Hogan) are relieved of their possessions by some unfriendly Indians, so they seek shelter at a nearby army fort, commanded by Captain Riordan (Guy Madison). The captain recruits the three men as scouts. Also at the fort is Corrina Marston (Anne Bancroft), waiting for her missing husband, Colonel Frank Marston (Robert Preston).
Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
, 1h31Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Rita Hayworth, José Ferrer, Aldo Ray, Russell Collins, Charles Bronson, Diosa Costello
Rating58%
A bar girl from Hawaii, a religious zealot and a love-struck Marine struggle with sin and salvation just after World War II while Sadie Thompson kicks out several songs, including the Oscar-nominated "Blue Pacific Blues".
Niagara (1953)
, 1h32Directed by Henry Hathaway, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Max Showalter, Don Wilson (kickboxeur), Lurene Tuttle
Rating69%
Ray and Polly Cutler (Showalter and Peters) on a delayed honeymoon at Niagara Falls, find their reserved cabin occupied by George and Rose Loomis (Cotten and Monroe). Rose tells them that George is asleep at last, and has recently been discharged from an Army mental hospital. The Cutlers politely accept another, less desirable cabin, and so the two couples become acquainted.
Destination Gobi (1953)
, 1h29Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Ross Bagdasarian, Murvyn Vye, Max Showalter, Darryl Hickman
Rating62%
In November 1944, Chief Boatswain's Mate Sam McHale (Richard Widmark) is aghast to learn that he is being transferred from the USS Enterprise, his beloved aircraft carrier, to Argos 6, a Navy-operated weather station in Inner Mongolia's Gobi Desert. Capt. Gates (Willis Bouchey) explains to McHale that accurate weather forecasts are crucial to the Allies' success in the Pacific theater, and that his practical experience is required by meteorologist Commander Hobart Wyatt (Russell Collins) and his crew of technicians: Jenkins (Don Taylor), Walter Landers (Max Showalter), Wilbur "Coney" Cohen (Darryl Hickman), Elwood Halsey (Martin Milner), Frank Swenson (Earl Holliman) and Paul Sabatello (Ross Bagdasarian). Despite his longing for the ocean, McHale adjusts to life in the desert during the following six months, although Wyatt is bemused by McHale's dependence on the military's strict chain of command.
Monte Carlo Baby (1951)
, 1h10Directed by Jean Boyer
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Audrey Hepburn, Jules Munshin, Henri Génès, Cara Williams, Marcel Dalio, Philippe Lemaire
Rating57%
À Londres, lors de la fermeture en urgence d'une crèche pour crainte d’épidémie, le bébé d’une jeune vedette britannique est par erreur remis à l’orchestre français de Ray Ventura en partance pour Monte-Carlo. Les musiciens s’attachent rapidement au nourrisson tandis que la nurse alarmée part à sa recherche. La jeune vedette récupérera son bébé sain et sauf, à Monte-Carlo à l’issue de quiproquos et de situations confuses au rythme des chansons entraînantes de l’orchestre…