Russell Hopton

Russell Hopton

1900-02-17 New York City, New York, USA 97 Credits

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So Young, So Bad

So Young, So Bad

1950

as Police Sergeant (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.4
Acting

Idealistic and naive Dr. Jason arrives at a school for delinquent girls and immediately begins to try to make a difference in the lives of some of the...

Johnny Angel

Johnny Angel

1945

as Reporter (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

George Raft plays a sailor who sets out to solve his father's mysterious death.

West of the Pecos

West of the Pecos

1945

as Jeff Slinger

4.1
Acting

Heading west for his health, Colonel Lambeth takes his daughter Rill along. Lost on the desert they are saved by Pecos and Chito. The Colonel hires th...

Zombies on Broadway

Zombies on Broadway

1945

as Benny

5.0
Acting

Two bumbling press agents must search for a zombie to fulfill a commitment to their ex-gangster boss's new nightclub or face the consequences.

Zombies on Broadway

Zombies on Broadway

1945

Casting

5.0

Two bumbling press agents must search for a zombie to fulfill a commitment to their ex-gangster boss's new nightclub or face the consequences.

Betrayal from the East

Betrayal from the East

1945

as (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

A carnival showman tries to keep Japanese spies from sabotaging the Panama Canal.

Birthday Blues

Birthday Blues

1945

as Thief

Acting

Leon, not willing to admit he had forgotten the birthday of his wife, tells her he left her present at the office, and she insists he go get it. On th...

Youth Runs Wild

Youth Runs Wild

1944

as Dickens (uncredited)

4.2
Acting

The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are busy with the war.

Girls! Girls! Girls!

Girls! Girls! Girls!

1944

as Police Detective

Acting

Errol is mistakenly involved in the raid of a burlesque show where he had innocently gone in order to hire some talent, including a fan dancer, for hi...

A Night of Adventure

A Night of Adventure

1944

as Benny Sarto

5.1
Acting

A lawyer tries to clear his wife's lover of murder charges.

Radio Rampage

1944

as Radio Announcer

Acting

When the family radio goes on the fritz, Edgar, naturally, decides to fix it himself in order to save a few bucks. That Edgar will destroy the house d...

On the Spot

On the Spot

1940

as Dave Nolan

5.5
Acting

Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Two murders and an attempted killing suddenly swing Midvale into natio...

Son of the Navy

Son of the Navy

1940

as Police Officer

5.5
Acting

A runaway boy pretends to be the son of a Navy man, only to turn both their lives upside down.

Women Without Names

Women Without Names

1940

as Police Broadcaster

4.8
Acting

Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the efforts...

Torture Ship

Torture Ship

1939

as Harry 'The Carver' Bogard

3.4
Acting

A mad scientist uses captured criminals as experiments for his study on "the criminal mind" aboard his private ship.

Mutiny in the Big House

Mutiny in the Big House

1939

as Convict Frankie

4.4
Acting

A young man forges a check in order to help his mother, but is caught and sentenced to 14 years in prison...

Renegade Trail

Renegade Trail

1939

as Bob Smoky Joslin

5.0
Acting

Hoppy goes to town to help Marshal Windy with some rustlers and winds up helping the widow Joyce when confidence men try to take her herd. King's Men ...

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

1939

as Barker (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggl...

The Saint Strikes Back

The Saint Strikes Back

1939

as Harry Donnell

5.6
Acting

Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after b...

Made for Each Other

Made for Each Other

1939

as Collins (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.

Tarnished Angel

Tarnished Angel

1938

as Lou

5.3
Acting

A showgirl with a dubious reputation flees the cops and transforms herself into a phony evangelist offering "cures" to the sick and disabled.

Crime Takes a Holiday

Crime Takes a Holiday

1938

as Jerry Clayton

Acting

A district attorney uses psychology to expose a criminal gang by publicizing the prosecution of an innocent man.

Idol of the Crowds

Idol of the Crowds

1937

as Kelly

4.1
Acting

Retired hockey player Johnny Hansen, in order to make money to enlarge his chicken farm, returns to the game and leads his team into the championship ...

Bad Guy

Bad Guy

1937

as Charlie Edwards

6.0
Acting

A power-company troubleshooter has his brother get him out of prison by running high voltage to the bars of his cell.

One Mile from Heaven

One Mile from Heaven

1937

as Peter Brindell

6.7
Acting

A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.

Angel's Holiday

Angel's Holiday

1937

as Gus

5.5
Acting

Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes involved in intrigue centering on movie star Pauline K...

We Who Are About to Die

We Who Are About to Die

1937

as MacAndrews

6.8
Acting

John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspic...

Beware Of Ladies

1936

as Randy Randall

5.0
Acting

An unhappily married newspaper reporter discovers she's being used as a pawn in a scheme to discredit the political candidate she's been assigned to w...

With Love and Kisses

1936

as Flash Henderson

4.0
Acting

A naïve farmer writing songs tries his chances in New York. Unlucky, he is helped by a crooner who lusts after one of his songs. Ignoring the real val...

The Last Outlaw

The Last Outlaw

1936

as Sheriff Arthur Billings

5.5
Acting

After serving 25 years in prison for robbery, Dean Payton returns to his home town to see his daughter, Sally, who is unaware he is her father. He bef...

Below the Deadline

Below the Deadline

1936

as Terry Mulvaney

4.4
Acting

After a good-natured Irish cop is framed for a diamond robbery and murder and presumed dead in a train wreck, he gets plastic surgery and returns to e...

Song of the Trail

Song of the Trail

1936

Director

5.0
Directing

A cowboy realizes too late that his girlfriend's father had been cheated out of everything in a crooked card game. He sets out to get revenge on the c...

Boulder Dam

Boulder Dam

1936

as Cable Operator (uncredited)

4.0
Acting

Fate brings a job at Boulder Dam and romance with a saloon singer into the life of a young man on the run.

Sutter's Gold

Sutter's Gold

1936

as Crazed Sailor

Acting

Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.

Black Gold

Black Gold

1936

as Joe (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

Wildcat riggers risk their lives in the pursuit of oil. Their jobs get even more dangerous when ruthless oil baron J.C. Anderson sets his sights on th...

Black Gold

Black Gold

1936

Director

5.0
Directing

Wildcat riggers risk their lives in the pursuit of oil. Their jobs get even more dangerous when ruthless oil baron J.C. Anderson sets his sights on th...

Rose of the Rancho

Rose of the Rancho

1936

as Frisco

Acting

It is California in 1852 that only recently being surrendered by Mexico to the United States and admitted into the union. Most of the land-owners of C...

Frisco Waterfront

Frisco Waterfront

1935

as Eddie

Acting

As California gubernatorial candidate Burton is about to cast his vote a truck crashes into the polling booth, critically injuring him and his opponen...

False Pretenses

False Pretenses

1935

as Pat Brennan

5.0
Acting

A girl who's just lost her job meets a drunk millionaire on a bridge who's just lost his money. They go back to his house, and eventually come up with...

Valley of Wanted Men

Valley of Wanted Men

1935

as Kelly Dillon

5.0
Acting

Three men escape from prison, go back to their hometown to try to find out who framed them.

Cheers of the Crowd

Cheers of the Crowd

1935

as Lee Adams

5.5
Acting

To draw attention to a popular show, a publicity expert hires a former carnival character, not knowing that the man is on the run from the law.

Death from a Distance

Death from a Distance

1935

as Det. Lt. Ted Mallory

4.8
Acting

While a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one of the audience members is found dead. A tough detecti...

The Headline Woman

The Headline Woman

1935

as Craig

4.0
Acting

When the daughter of a newspaper publisher is falsely charged with murder, a reporter on her father's paper goes into hiding with her. At first hoping...

'G' Men

'G' Men

1935

as Gerard

6.5
Acting

James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend...

Circus Shadows

Circus Shadows

1935

as A Dip

Acting

A phoney "psychic" ring tricks a pretty young circus performer into working for them.

Star of Midnight

Star of Midnight

1935

as Tommy Tennant

6.0
Acting

When a dancer disappears from a theater, Clay Dalzell is asked to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception.

Times Square Lady

Times Square Lady

1935

as Ed Brennan

6.0
Acting

A young Iowa woman inherits her late estranged father's New York business, but the dead man's crooked associates think they can outwit the naive heir ...

Car 99

Car 99

1935

as Dispatch Operator Harper

5.0
Acting

A story of the Michigan State Police and the strong sense of loyalty and duty it instills in its men. It follows the career of a newly-inducted rookie...

Wings in the Dark

Wings in the Dark

1935

as Jake Brashear

6.4
Acting

In his dedicated pursuit of technology that will aid pilots to safely "fly blind" during adverse conditions, aerial innovator Ken Gordon is literally ...

Northern Frontier

Northern Frontier

1935

as Duke Milford

Acting

A Mountie sets out to infiltrate and break up a gang of counterfeiters.

The World Accuses

The World Accuses

1934

as Hugh Collins

6.0
Acting

When a middle aged woman accepts a job at a day care center she comes across the child she gave up early in life.

I Sell Anything

I Sell Anything

1934

as Smiley

4.5
Acting

Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?

A Successful Failure

A Successful Failure

1934

as Phil Stardon

2.5
Acting

Ellery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares about is how much money he makes, and all that his bo...

Desirable

Desirable

1934

as Chet

7.3
Acting

A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.

Take the Stand

Take the Stand

1934

as Bill Hamilton

4.7
Acting

A radio columnist is threatened by gangsters and later murdered during a broadcast. A detective sets out to find the killers.

He Was Her Man

He Was Her Man

1934

as Monk, Curly's Hitman

6.7
Acting

A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his "pals".

Half a Sinner

Half a Sinner

1934

as 'Slim' Sullivan

Acting

A con man poses as a hillbilly preacher.

Born to Be Bad

Born to Be Bad

1934

as Steve Karns

5.8
Acting

Letty, a young woman who ended up pregnant, unmarried and on the streets at fifteen is bitter and determined that her child will not grow up to be tak...

Men in White

Men in White

1934

as Pete

6.0
Acting

A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his social register fianceé can't accept the fact that he...

School for Girls

School for Girls

1934

as Elliott Robbins, aka Buck Kreegar

6.0
Acting

After being convicted of stealing some jewels, Annette Eldrige is sent to a reformatory administered by a sadistic and corrupt female warder. However,...

Good Dame

Good Dame

1934

as 'Spats' Edwards

5.5
Acting

A chorus girl gets stranded in a small midwestern town. Against her better judgement, she hooks up with a smooth-talking con artist who says he can he...

Lady Killer

Lady Killer

1933

as Smiley

6.8
Acting

An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.

Back Page

Back Page

1933

as Brice Regal

6.4
Acting

A former New York reporter (Peggy Shannon) is hired as editor of a failing, small town newspaper in California.

I'm No Angel

I'm No Angel

1933

as 'Flea' Madigan

6.4
Acting

The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head ...

Curtain at Eight

Curtain at Eight

1933

as Reporter Mooney

5.9
Acting

An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee? Her father? Her boyfriend? ...

One Year Later

One Year Later

1933

as Tony Richards

6.3
Acting

A man is convicted of killing his boss, whom he suspected of having an affair with his wife. On board the train taking him to prison for his execution...

Secret of the Blue Room

Secret of the Blue Room

1933

as Max, Chauffeur

5.7
Acting

According to a legend, the mansion's "blue room" is cursed -- everyone who has ever spent the night in that room has met with an untimely end. The thr...

The Little Giant

The Little Giant

1933

as Albert J. 'Al' Daniels

6.8
Acting

Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as soc...

Elmer, the Great

Elmer, the Great

1933

as Whitey

4.9
Acting

Elmer does not want to leave Gentryville, because Nellie is the one that he loves. Even when Mr. Wade of the Chicago Cubs comes to get him, it is only...

Destination Unknown

Destination Unknown

1933

as Georgie

Acting

A group of people are stuck on a schooner in the middle of the Pacific with no wind.

Air Mail

Air Mail

1932

as 'Dizzy' Wilkins

5.5
Acting

A group of air mail pilots risk their lives to deliver important mail through bad weather conditions.

Once in a Lifetime

Once in a Lifetime

1932

as Jerome 'Jerry' Hyland

7.0
Acting

Story of a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies.

Back Street

Back Street

1932

as Reporter (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.

Tom Brown of Culver

Tom Brown of Culver

1932

as American Legion Doctor

5.2
Acting

Boy who thought his father a war hero finds he was really a deserter.

Fast Companions

Fast Companions

1932

as Crooked Owner

6.0
Acting

A crooked jockey tries to reform.

Radio Patrol

Radio Patrol

1932

as Pat Bourke

Acting

A policeman in need of money is persuaded to take a $1000 bribe to stay away the night a packing house is to be robbed.

Night World

Night World

1932

as Klauss

6.9
Acting

"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's st...

The Famous Ferguson Case

The Famous Ferguson Case

1932

as Rusty Callahan

6.0
Acting

A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall aft...

The Big Timer

The Big Timer

1932

as Sullivan

4.2
Acting

Loud-mouth hamburger flipper, Cooky, thinks he can box. His big chance comes when everyone else quits the gym when it is inherited by a dame.

The Circus Show-Up

The Circus Show-Up

1932

as Billy Dooley

7.5
Acting

The sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch ...

Law and Order

Law and Order

1932

as Luther Johnson

4.0
Acting

A legendary lawman and his cohorts set out to restore order to the dangerous streets of Tombstone, Ariz.

The Drifter

The Drifter

1932

as Montana

5.5
Acting

A man known as The Drifter returns home to his cabin in the woods and winds up getting involved with an escaped convict, a gunfighter, lumber company ...

Discarded Lovers

Discarded Lovers

1932

as Bob Adair

4.3
Acting

In this murder mystery, sexy blonde film star Irma Gladden is found dead in her car after shooting the last scene in her film, "Falling Star" at Emine...

Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith

1931

as Terry Wickett

6.4
Acting

A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.

Reckless Living

1931

as Kid Regan

3.0
Acting

In order to be able to buy a gas station, a young couple run a speakeasy. Complications arise when the husband loses their money to bookies.

Blonde Crazy

Blonde Crazy

1931

as Jerry (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

Adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice.

Street Scene

Street Scene

1931

as Steve Sankey

6.8
Acting

The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. T...

The Star Witness

The Star Witness

1931

as Deputy Thorpe

6.7
Acting

A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals...

The Miracle Woman

The Miracle Woman

1931

as Bill Welford

6.6
Acting

After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blin...

Dance, Fools, Dance

Dance, Fools, Dance

1931

as Whitey

6.4
Acting

When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling and witty girl, finds a job as an aspiring reporter...

The Criminal Code

The Criminal Code

1931

as State's Attorney

6.1
Acting

After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 year...

New Moon

New Moon

1930

as Dimitri

4.3
Acting

New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Tanya and they have a ship board romance. Upon arriv...

Min and Bill

Min and Bill

1930

as Alec

6.3
Acting

Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.

Remote Control

Remote Control

1930

as Frank

4.7
Acting

A radio announcer gets caught up with a fake clairvoyant and his gang of thieves.

College Lovers

College Lovers

1930

as Eddie Smith

Acting

Romance on a college campus.

Call of the Flesh

Call of the Flesh

1930

as Captain Enrique Vargas

4.5
Acting

A postulant falls in love with a flamboyant singer from a cafe next door to her convent.

Ella Cinders

Ella Cinders

1926

as Studio Actor (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

Poor Ella Cinders is much abused by her evil step-mother and step-sisters. When she wins a local beauty contest she jumps at the chance to get out of ...