Russell Gleason

Russell Gleason

1908-02-06 Portland, Oregon, USA 48 Credits

Biography

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....

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Swing Fever

Swing Fever

1943

as Sergeant (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.

Swing Shift Maisie

Swing Shift Maisie

1943

as Inspector (Uncredited)

6.5
Acting

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

Salute to the Marines

Salute to the Marines

1943

as Pvt. Hanks

6.8
Acting

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 ...

Seeing Hands

Seeing Hands

1943

as Ben Helwig (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

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 ...

Fingers at the Window

Fingers at the Window

1942

as Ogilvie

5.5
Acting

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

Dudes Are Pretty People

Dudes Are Pretty People

1942

as Brad Benton

Acting

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

Unexpected Uncle

Unexpected Uncle

1941

as Tommy Turner

6.5
Acting

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

Earl of Puddlestone

Earl of Puddlestone

1940

as Sidney Higgins

Acting

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 ...

Grandpa Goes To Town

Grandpa Goes To Town

1940

as Sidney Higgins

Acting

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 middl...

Young as You Feel

Young as You Feel

1940

as Herbert Thompson

Acting

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 b...

Money To Burn

Money To Burn

1939

as Sidney Higgins

Acting

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

The Covered Trailer

The Covered Trailer

1939

as Sidney Higgins

Acting

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 unwittingly...

Here I Am a Stranger

Here I Am a Stranger

1939

as Tom Sortwell

7.0
Acting

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

Should Husbands Work?

Should Husbands Work?

1939

as Sidney Higgins

2.0
Acting

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

News Is Made at Night

News Is Made at Night

1939

as Albert Hockman

4.5
Acting

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

My Wife's Relatives

My Wife's Relatives

1939

as Sidney Higgins

Acting

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 romanc...

Undercover Agent

Undercover Agent

1939

as Bill Trent

3.9
Acting

A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.

Everybody's Baby

Everybody's Baby

1939

as Herbert Thompson

Acting

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

Down on the Farm

Down on the Farm

1938

as Herbert Thompson

Acting

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

Safety in Numbers

Safety in Numbers

1938

as Herbert Thompson

Acting

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

A Trip to Paris

A Trip to Paris

1938

as Herbert Thompson

1.0
Acting

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 vict...

The Higgins Family

The Higgins Family

1938

as Sidney Higgins

Acting

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

Love on a Budget

Love on a Budget

1938

as Herbert Thompson

Acting

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

Borrowing Trouble

Borrowing Trouble

1937

as Herbert Thompson

6.0
Acting

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

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

1937

as Russell Gleason

3.8
Acting

A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more i...

Hot Water

Hot Water

1937

as Herbert Thompson

5.0
Acting

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

Big Business

Big Business

1937

as Herbert Thompson

5.0
Acting

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

Off to the Races

Off to the Races

1937

as Herbert Thompson

Acting

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.

Fury Below

Fury Below

1936

as Jim Cole III

1.0
Acting

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. J...

A Tenderfoot Goes West

A Tenderfoot Goes West

1936

as Wellington Pike

3.0
Acting

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 ...

Hitch Hike To Heaven

Hitch Hike To Heaven

1936

as Daniel Delaney

Acting

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

Condemned to Live

Condemned to Live

1935

as David

5.1
Acting

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 vampir...

Hot Tip

Hot Tip

1935

as Ben Johnson

5.0
Acting

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

I Can't Escape

I Can't Escape

1934

as Tom Martin

6.0
Acting

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

Private Jones

Private Jones

1933

as Williams

Acting

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 ...

Always Kickin'

Always Kickin'

1932

Acting

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.

Off His Base

1932

as Jerry Minor Smith

Acting

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 reporte...

The Strange Case of Clara Deane

The Strange Case of Clara Deane

1932

as Norman Ware

6.0
Acting

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 crimina...

Nice Women

Nice Women

1931

as Bill Wells

Acting

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

Homicide Squad

Homicide Squad

1931

as Joe Riley

Acting

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

Beyond Victory

Beyond Victory

1931

as Bud

Acting

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

Laugh and Get Rich

Laugh and Get Rich

1931

as Larry Owens

4.7
Acting

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

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930

as Mueller

7.8
Acting

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 dest...

Officer O'Brien

Officer O'Brien

1930

as Johnny Dale

3.7
Acting

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 ...

Seven Faces

Seven Faces

1929

as Georges Dufeyel

Acting

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 Decem...

The Sophomore

The Sophomore

1929

as Dutch

4.5
Acting

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 nost...

The Flying Fool

The Flying Fool

1929

as Jimmy Taylor

5.5
Acting

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 advant...

Strange Cargo

Strange Cargo

1929

as Hungerford

6.0
Acting

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 sou...