Russell Gleason

Russell Gleason

Russell Gleason (February 6, 1908 – December 25, 1945) was an American actor who began his career at the very beginning of the talking film era. Born into an acting family, one of his earliest roles was in the 1930 classic film, All Quiet on the Western Front. While still in the middle of a successful acting career, Gleason joined the U.S. Army in late 1943, during World War II. While awaiting deployment to Europe in December 1945 in New York City, Gleason fell to his death from a hotel window. He was the son of actors Lucille and James Gleason.

  • Title: Russell Gleason
  • Popularity: 3.486
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1908-02-06
  • Place of Birth: Portland, Oregon, USA
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Russell Gleason Movies

  • 1940
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    Earl of Puddlestone

    Earl of Puddlestone

    1 1940 HD

    When Betty's father sees the condescending attitude displayed toward her by a rich family, he decides to get back at them by making them believe that...

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  • 1939
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    The Covered Trailer

    The Covered Trailer

    1 1939 HD

    The Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell to his co-workers at the bank, mother Lil...

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  • 1935
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    Condemned to Live

    Condemned to Live

    5.2 1935 HD

    After a series of murders, a man finds out that his mother was bitten by a vampire bat during her pregnancy, and he believes that he may be the...

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  • 1942
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    Fingers at the Window

    Fingers at the Window

    5.4 1942 HD

    In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.

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  • 1931
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    Homicide Squad

    Homicide Squad

    1 1931 HD

    The police use a gangster's son to get to him.

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  • 1937
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    Big Business

    Big Business

    5 1937 HD

    A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil well. Comedy.

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  • 1931
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    Laugh and Get Rich

    Laugh and Get Rich

    4.7 1931 HD

    An inept inventor and his stoic wife believe an oil well investment has paid off and that they've become wealthy overnight.

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  • 1941
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    Unexpected Uncle

    Unexpected Uncle

    6.5 1941 HD

    An elderly gentleman comes to a young woman's aid by pretending to be her uncle. Comedy.

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  • 1936
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    Fury Below

    Fury Below

    1 1936 HD

    Jim Cole, heir to a mining operation, takes over the mine, which is suffering from unexplained low production, and is facing a strike by the miners....

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  • 1934
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    I Can't Escape

    I Can't Escape

    1 1934 HD

    An ex-convict, unable to get a good job because of his prison record, gets mixed up in a phony stock scam.

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  • 1929
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    The Flying Fool

    The Flying Fool

    5.5 1929 HD

    A man protective of his brother checks out the girl his brother is in love with, in order to see if she's the real thing or just trying to take...

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  • 1932
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    Off His Base

    Off His Base

    1 1932 HD

    It begins with the Mustangs in trouble in their championship series... all the players are banged up and they're being clobbered. But a sports...

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  • 1939
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    Undercover Agent

    Undercover Agent

    4.8 1939 HD

    A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.

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  • 1938
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    Love on a Budget

    Love on a Budget

    1 1938 HD

    This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle...

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  • 1939
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    Here I Am a Stranger

    Here I Am a Stranger

    7 1939 HD

    The story of a young man's discovery of his father.

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  • 1930
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    Officer O'Brien

    Officer O'Brien

    3.7 1930 HD

    Bill O'Brien is promoted to lieutenant in the police department for his arrest of Mike Patello, gang leader and racketeer, for murder. Ruth Dale, who...

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  • 1931
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    Beyond Victory

    Beyond Victory

    1 1931 HD

    Four battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.

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  • 1938
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    A Trip to Paris

    A Trip to Paris

    1 1938 HD

    The Jones Family heads to Gay Paree in celebration of the 25th wedding anniversary of Pa and Ma Jones. It doesn't take long for the Joneses to be...

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  • 1929
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    The Sophomore

    The Sophomore

    4.5 1929 HD

    Joe Collins arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is enticed into a craps game, and loses all in this...

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  • 1936
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    A Tenderfoot Goes West

    A Tenderfoot Goes West

    3 1936 HD

    Wellington Pike, author of 'Wild and Bloody Tales of the West', has never been away from the sedate and civilized East, so he takes a vacation to see...

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  • 1943
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    Seeing Hands

    Seeing Hands

    5.3 1943 HD

    This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig...

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  • 1939
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    News Is Made at Night

    News Is Made at Night

    4.5 1939 HD

    Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal...

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  • 1942
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    Dudes Are Pretty People

    Dudes Are Pretty People

    1 1942 HD

    Western comedy about a cowhand falling in love with the pretty guest at a local dude ranch.

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  • 1939
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    Should Husbands Work?

    Should Husbands Work?

    2 1939 HD

    Joe Higgins' wife gets the job meant for him, so he stays home to do the housework. A Higgins Family comedy

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  • 1939
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    My Wife's Relatives

    My Wife's Relatives

    1 1939 HD

    It all begins when Joe Higgins, business manager of a prosperous candy-manufacturing firm, is ordered by his pompous boss Ellis to break up the...

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  • 1938
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    The Higgins Family

    The Higgins Family

    1 1938 HD

    Pa Higgins' attempts at success in the advertising business are constantly frustrated by his eccentric family.

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  • 1939
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    Money To Burn

    Money To Burn

    1 1939 HD

    In this episode of the Higgins Family series, pandemonium ensues when Ma enters a dog biscuit contest. The prize is a whopping $50,000.

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  • 1940
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    Grandpa Goes To Town

    Grandpa Goes To Town

    1 1940 HD

    Joe and Lil Higgins invest their life savings in a frontier hotel. Upon arrival, the family discovers that the establishment is smack dab in the...

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  • 1939
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    Everybody's Baby

    Everybody's Baby

    1 1939 HD

    The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to lecture on the topic.

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  • 1935
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    Hot Tip

    Hot Tip

    5 1935 HD

    An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies.

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  • 1943
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    Salute to the Marines

    Salute to the Marines

    6.8 1943 HD

    It is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese invade the Philippines, leads a heroic defense, first...

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  • 1936
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    Hitch Hike To Heaven

    Hitch Hike To Heaven

    1 1936 HD

    A theatre actor makes the crossover to movies and becomes a star, but his new-found fame puts his family relationships at risk.

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  • 1940
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    Young as You Feel

    Young as You Feel

    1 1940 HD

    Father sells his drugstore and the Jones family heads for New York to enjoy sophisticated city life. They lose all their money before deciding to go...

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  • 1930
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    All Quiet on the Western Front

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    7.8 1930 HD

    When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is...

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  • 1933
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    Private Jones

    Private Jones

    1 1933 HD

    After America enters World War I, young William "Bill" Jones tries to avoid military service by telling the draft board that he is the sole supporter...

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  • 1929
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    Strange Cargo

    Strange Cargo

    6 1929 HD

    On board a yacht sailing from India to Britain, the owner of the vessel is murdered by one of the passengers. (This film was produced both in full...

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  • 1937
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    Hot Water

    Hot Water

    5 1937 HD

    The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous newspaper article.

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  • 1937
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    Borrowing Trouble

    Borrowing Trouble

    6 1937 HD

    The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a liking to.

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  • 1938
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    Safety in Numbers

    Safety in Numbers

    1 1938 HD

    The Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich mineral deposit.

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  • 1938
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    Down on the Farm

    Down on the Farm

    1 1938 HD

    Excitement runs high when a family's farm is chosen as the site for a big cornhusking contest.

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  • 1931
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    Nice Women

    Nice Women

    1 1931 HD

    A mother tries to get her daughter to marry for money, but the daughter wants to marry for love.

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  • 1943
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    Swing Fever

    Swing Fever

    5 1943 HD

    Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.

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  • 1937
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    Off to the Races

    Off to the Races

    1 1937 HD

    The Jones family's uncle George enters his trotting horse in the fair grounds race. The family helps raise the entrance fee and care for the horse.

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  • 1932
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    Always Kickin'

    Always Kickin'

    1 1932 HD

    When Russel Gleason is thought to have made a kick by Jim Thorpe, he is reinstated on the college team in time for the big game.

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  • 1932
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    The Strange Case of Clara Deane

    The Strange Case of Clara Deane

    6 1932 HD

    A young dress designer marries an insurance agent. They soon have a daughter, but what the wife doesn't know is that her husband is actually a...

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  • 1943
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    Swing Shift Maisie

    Swing Shift Maisie

    6.5 1943 HD

    Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin....

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  • 1929
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    Seven Faces

    Seven Faces

    1 1929 HD

    A 1929 American pre-Code drama film with fantasy elements that was released by Fox Film Corporation in the Fox Movietone sound-on-film system on...

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