Lawman: Short Straw
05:00 am - 05:30 am, Monday, December 22 on WJKF WEST Network (9.3)
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Short Straw
Season 1, Episode 11
When a hired gunslinger fails to kill Troop (John Russell), a group of sinister businessmen decide to tackle the job themselves. McKay: Peter Brown. Haggert: Jack Lambert. Crowthers: Ted de Corsia. Dru: Bek Nelson. Biddle: John Hubbard.
repeat
1958
English
Stereo
Western
Other
Action/adventure
Cast & Crew
John Russell
(Actor)
.. Marshal Dan Troop
Peter Brown
(Actor)
.. Dep. Johnny McKay
Bek Nelson
(Actor)
.. Dru Lemp
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Did You Know..
John Russell
(Actor)
.. Marshal Dan Troop
Born:
January 03, 1921
Died: January 19, 1991
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: January 19, 1991
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Trivia:
Two things American actor John Russell was not: he was not cinematographer John L. Russell, nor was he the Johnny Russell who appears as Shirley Temple's brother in 20th Century-Fox's The Blue Bird (1940). He was however, a contract juvenile at Fox from 1937 through 1941. Interrupting his career for war service, Russell emerged from his tour of duty as a highly decorated marine. Busy in postwar films and TV as a secondary lead and utility villain, Russell was given costar billing with Chick Chandler in the 1955 syndicated TV adventure series Soldiers of Fortune. Four years later, Russell (now sporting a mustache) was cast as Marshal Dan Troop on the Warner Bros. weekly western series Lawman. This assignment lasted three years, after which Russell became a journeyman actor again. John Russell was well served with character parts in 1984's Honkytonk Man and 1985's Pale Rider, both directed by and starring another ex-TV-cowboy, Clint Eastwood.
Peter Brown
(Actor)
.. Dep. Johnny McKay
Born:
January 01, 1935
Trivia:
Born Peter de Sappe, this lead actor appeared onscreen from 1958.
Bek Nelson
(Actor)
.. Dru Lemp
Born:
May 08, 1927
