Robert Russell

Acting

Robert Russell

Born 1936-05-24 · Kent, England, UK

Acting credits

Inspector Clouseau poster
5.0

Detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau is borrowed from the Surete on special assignment for Scotland Yard in hopes that a fresh outlook will help the government recover the loot from the Great Train Robbery, which is being used to underwrite a new crime wave. What they don't count on, however, is having more than one Clouseau on the job.

Inspector Clouseau

1968

Man in the Wilderness poster
6.3

In the early 1800s, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide he's a goner and leave him behind to die. When he recovers instead, he swears revenge on them and tracks them and their paranoiac expedition leader down.

Man in the Wilderness

1971

Witchfinder General poster
6.5

England, 1645. The cruel civil war between Royalists and Parliamentarians that is ravaging the country causes an era of chaos and legal arbitrariness that allows unscrupulous men to profit by exploiting the absurd superstitions of the peasants; like Matthew Hopkins, a monster disguised as a man who wanders from town to town offering his services as a witch hunter.

Witchfinder General

1968

Carry On Loving poster
5.7

The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but still produces a pamphlet called 'The Wit to Woo'. The strange collection of hopefuls lead to some outlandish matches—and jealousies are bound to lead to trouble.

Carry On Loving

1970

Bedazzled poster
6.2

A hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.

Bedazzled

1967

Eyewitness poster
6.4

A boy who cries wolf witnesses a political assassination on the island of Malta. But will anyone other than his granddad believe him?

Eyewitness

1970

Robbery poster
6.6

In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash.

Robbery

1967

Double Exposure poster
7.5

"James Compton is paid by wealthy Howard Townsend to photograph his mistress Simone . Intimate photo sessions lead to an affair. Simone is kidnapped and he is being blackmailed over the affair by the kidnappers. Some violent scenes."

Double Exposure

1977

Silver Dream Racer poster
5.6

Nick Freeman is a motorcycle racer who, following the death of his brother, inherits a revolutionary prototype motorcycle, and is determined to race it at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.

Silver Dream Racer

1980

Blake's 7: The Beginning poster
9.0

In the far future, freedom fighter Roj Blake, framed by the all-powerful but corrupt Galactic Federation, escapes his captors from his sentence to a harsh penal colony and, helped by a handful of fellow convicts and armed with a superbly-equipped alien spaceship, sets about restoring freedom to the galaxy.

Blake's 7: The Beginning

1985

Black Arrow poster
6.9

In 15th century England, a civil war called Wars of the Roses is being fought between two rival houses who want the throne. Fresh from battle, a knight finds his family dead. He joins the outlaws led by the Black Arrow (Stephan Chase) to seek justice. The noble Black Arrow foils Sir Brackley's (Oliver Reed) plan to kill one ward (Benedict Taylor) and marry the other. This is a classic story by Robert Louis Stevenson turned into film by Disney pictures.

Black Arrow

1985

The Sign of Four poster
6.5

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson try to track down the Great Mogul, the second-largest diamond in the world.

The Sign of Four

1983

Othello poster
6.4

General Othello's marriage is destroyed when vengeful Ensign Iago convinces him that his new wife has been unfaithful.

Othello

1965

The Whisperers poster
6.5

Margaret Ross is an impoverished old woman who lives alone in a seedy apartment and enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress. One day she discovers stolen money hidden by her son and believes her fantasy has come true.

The Whisperers

1967

The Breaking of Bumbo poster
4.7

The hilarious adventures of young Bumbo Bailey, who enlists in the Brigade of Guards and is based in the prestigious Wellington Barracks in London in the Swinging Sixties. He regards his social life as important as his military.

The Breaking of Bumbo

1970

The Sinister Man poster
10.0

When a corpse is found in the Thames, the only clue is that the dead man was killed by a karate or judo expert.

The Sinister Man

1961

Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons poster
8.1

When the Doctor, Sarah Jane and Harry arrive in Scotland, having received an urgent request for assistance from the Brigadier, they discover that the mysterious force which has destroyed three oil rigs has left giant teeth marks on the wreckage. The mystery deepens, leading them to the shores of Loch Ness where they find that the legendary monster really does exist – and is the murderous tool of the Zygons, aliens intent on overpowering the planet. The Doctor, his companions and UNIT must find a way to defeat the deadly Loch Ness Monster and its controllers, but the Zygons have the terrifying power to change shape. The Doctor's life has never been in more danger, as the line between allies and enemies is tested to the very limit...

Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons

1975

On Location: The Carry Ons poster
NR

June Whitfield takes a look at some of the locations used during the making of the legendary 'Carry On' films.

On Location: The Carry Ons

2001

The Spy Killer poster
5.0

Spy Killer stars Robert Horton as a secret agent turned private eye. Framed for murder, Horton is released, but only after promising that he'll track down a book containing a list of government agents who are operating covertly in Red China. The reluctant spy discovers that he can't completely trust anyone in this endeavor--not even his former chief

The Spy Killer

1969

Thirteen to Centaurus poster
8.0

Interstellar travel at sub-light speeds: the enormous distances, isolation from human culture and the aching loneliness of space are enough to drive the strongest personality insane. Better to block all memories of human contact and to program the 12-strong crew to accept only the reality they can see and touch within their spacecraft. But a child born on "the Station" becomes insistent on learning the truth about 'Outside'.

Thirteen to Centaurus

1965

Strange Horizons poster
4.2

The story of a war between men and women in the 23rd century.

Strange Horizons

1992

No artwork available
NR

Derek is happily married with two young children and a steady job. Everything is rosy for him. A visit to the town where he spent his bachelor days takes him into the psst and the realisation that he still belongs to the town in a strange way.

What Would You Do?

1974