Nipsey Russell
Actor, TV Actor
1918 – 2005
Who was Nipsey Russell?
Julius "Nipsey" Russell 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 as the Tin Man. He was also a frequent guest on the long-running "Dean Martin Celebrity Roast" series.
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- Born
- Sep 15, 1918
Atlanta - Also known as
- Russell, Nipsey
- Npsey Rusell
- Julius "Nipsey" Russell
- Julius Russell
- Nipsy Russell
- The Poet Laureate of Comedy
- The Poet Laureate of Television
- Harlem's Son of Fun
- Nipsey
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Cincinnati
- Lived in
- Atlanta
- Died
- Oct 2, 2005
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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