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Acting · 1921 to 1991

John Russell

Best rated: Rio Bravo (7.9)

Films
27
Avg rating
6.64
Peak run
1948’53
7+ run
2 films
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The career

John Russell, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1948 to 1953, 6.924567819501955196019651970197519801985Rio Bravo 7.9Pale Rider 7.3Career avg 6.64

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

John Russell's career barcodecoolhot
194727 films1985
Current formLast 5: 6.46 vs career 6.64 (−0.18)
  1. LUntamed Youth1957 · 4.3−2.3
  2. LFort Massacre1958 · 6.2−0.4
  3. WRio Bravo1959 · 7.9+1.3
  4. WYellowstone Kelly1959 · 6.60.0
  5. WPale Rider1985 · 7.3+0.7
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

John by the numbers

Average
6.64
12 rated films
Vote weighted
6.74
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.91
rating spread
Career
39y
1947 to 1985
Total votes
177K
across every film
Best
7.9
Rio Bravo
Worst
7.3
Pale Rider
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
1985Pale Rider posterPale RiderStockburn7.371,873
1970Cannon for CordobaJohn J. Pershing·915
1968BuckskinPatch·260
1967Hostile GunsAaron Pleasant·326
1967Fort UtahEli Jonas·372
1965Apache UprisingVance Buckner·614
1959Rio Bravo posterRio BravoNathan Burdette7.974,565
1959Yellowstone KellyGall6.61,502
1958Fort MassacrePvt. Robert W. Travis6.21,229
1957The Dalton GirlsW.T. 'Illinois' Grey·299
1957Hell BoundJordan·807
1957Untamed YouthRuss Tropp4.31,503
1955The Last CommandLt. Dickinson6.31,104
1954Jubilee TrailOliver Hale·271
1953Fair Wind to JavaFlint·481
1953The Sun Shines BrightAshby Corwin6.92,082
1952Hoodlum EmpireJoe Gray·505
1951The Fat ManGene Gordon·769
1951Man in the SaddleHugh Clagg6.31,798
1950FrenchieLance Cole·665
Better together?

John Russell's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On John Russell

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