Russell Waters

Who was Russell Waters?

Russell Waters was a Scottish film actor.

Waters was educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School, Glasgow and the University of Glasgow. He began acting with the Old English Comedy and Shakespeare Company then appeared in repertory theatre, at The Old Vic and in the West End. On screen Waters generally found himself playing mild mannered characters. Waters played the leading man in Richard Massingham's amusing instructional short subjects, among them Tell Me If It Hurts, And So Work, The Daily Round and What a Life!.

In feature films, Waters played secondary roles such as Craggs in The Blue Lagoon, Mr. West in The Happiest Days of Your Life, Palmer in Chance of a Lifetime and "Wings" Cameron in The Wooden Horse. Waters remained in films until 1974, when he was briefly seen as the Harbourmaster in The Wicker Man.